Tier VIII Heavy Tank Great Britain

Charlemagne

Tank ID 52049

Vehicle description

Wargaming Tankopedia

A project developed by the School of Tank Technology (STT) in 1958, presenting a medium tank with a high crossing capacity, the maximum weight for its type, and a low silhouette. This vehicle was supposed to have a "pike nose" and an all-cast turret. Its frontal hull and turret armor was planned to be strong enough to compete with Soviet heavy tanks. The vehicle's distinctive feature was a gun with perfect stabilization and low shell velocity.

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Technical profile

Standard configuration

Hit points

1,500

Weight

45.0 t

Forward speed

35 km/h

Reverse speed

15 km/h

View range

380 m

Signal range

750 m

Armour

	Front	Sides	Rear
Hull	130	70	38
Turret	170	80	70

Engine: Meteorite M120 · 750 hp

Radio: C42/B47 AFV stations complete

Armament

Standard gun and ammunition

120 mm Low Velocity Gun

Calibre 119 mm

Reload time 16.7 s

Aiming time 3.5 s

Dispersion 0.44

Rate of fire 3.59 /min

Ammo capacity 60

Shell types

AP · armour-piercing Damage 330 / 440 / 550

Penetration 165 / 220 / 275 mm

AP · armour-piercing Damage 330 / 440 / 550

Penetration 203 / 270 / 338 mm

HE · high explosive Damage 398 / 530 / 663

Penetration 45 / 60 / 75 mm

Marks of Excellence

Damage thresholds

Combined Damage (Damage + Assist + Tracking)

Combined damage

1 Mark ≥ 65 %

2,522

2 Marks ≥ 85 %

3,668

3 Marks ≥ 95 %

4,738

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 1,528

Avg. spotted 1.13

Avg. kills 0.92

Avg. defence 0.55

Exp. win rate 53.67 %

Community stats

Measured, not estimated

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

Win rate

60.07 %

Avg. WN8

2,568

Battles

2,537

As of Aug 31, 2026

Rank 6 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	Dualistiq eu	4,334	160	65.00 %
2	IThree_starsI eu	4,196	208	61.06 %
3	skill4ltu eu	4,022	194	63.40 %
4	Yzne eu	3,869	102	73.53 %
5	Xilense eu	3,338	103	68.93 %
6	3rdMarker eu	3,084	66	63.64 %
7	StrongNoob eu	2,598	104	71.15 %
8	SoranaSokana eu	2,531	83	54.22 %
9	Laverfine eu	2,394	72	68.06 %
10	SupremeMaster eu	2,110	165	54.55 %