Tier VIII Medium Tank Great Britain

Centurion Mk. I

Centurion I

Tank ID 5969

Vehicle description

Wargaming Tankopedia

Development of the Centurion started in 1943. The vehicle was designed as a "universal tank" to replace existing infantry and cruiser tanks. The Centurion was the first British vehicle that featured sloped armor plates. The tank entered service in 1947. A total of 100 vehicles of this series were manufactured from 1945 through 1946.

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Technical profile

Standard configuration

Hit points

1,520

Weight

42.5 t

Forward speed

50 km/h

Reverse speed

20 km/h

View range

390 m

Signal range

750 m

Armour

	Front	Sides	Rear
Hull	76	51	38
Turret	127	76	76

Engine: Rolls-Royce Meteor Mk. IVA 101 · 760 hp

Radio: SR C42

Armament

Standard gun and ammunition

OQF 17-pdr Gun Mk. VII (A41)

Calibre 76 mm

Reload time 3.8 s

Aiming time 2.0 s

Dispersion 0.34

Rate of fire 15.79 /min

Ammo capacity 73

Shell types

AP · armour-piercing Damage 113 / 150 / 188

Penetration 128 / 171 / 214 mm

APCR · composite rigid Damage 113 / 150 / 188

Penetration 179 / 239 / 299 mm

HE · high explosive Damage 143 / 190 / 238

Penetration 29 / 38 / 48 mm

Marks of Excellence

Damage thresholds

Combined Damage (Damage + Assist + Tracking)

Combined damage

1 Mark ≥ 65 %

1,804

2 Marks ≥ 85 %

2,623

3 Marks ≥ 95 %

3,388

Approximation based on WN8 expected values — not an official Wargaming figure.

WN8 Expected Values

XVM reference

XVM Expected Values for WN8 calculation (per battle)

Per battle (avg.)

Avg. damage 1,093

Avg. spotted 1.26

Avg. kills 0.78

Avg. defence 0.95

Exp. win rate 52.43 %

Community stats

Measured, not estimated

Average across every profile stored on WG-Watch — real battles instead of expected values.

Win rate

53.09 %

Avg. WN8

1,812

Battles

36,081

As of Aug 31, 2026

Rank 150 of 228 at Tier VIII

Best players on this tank

By WN8

From the stored profiles, minimum 50 battles on this vehicle. Updated daily.

#	Player	WN8	Battles	Win rate
1	Vale__ eu	5,122	74	63.51 %
2	Yzne eu	4,778	239	70.29 %
3	Morganskillman eu	4,298	50	64.00 %
4	mailand eu	4,120	200	67.50 %
5	Panzerfighter_ eu	4,021	125	80.00 %
6	sady3296 eu	3,896	179	67.04 %
7	m00h eu	3,802	87	60.92 %
8	moimoi12_FIN eu	3,801	115	64.35 %
9	LordStaufen eu	3,800	64	56.25 %
10	Quickfingers eu	3,740	174	62.64 %