Churchill I
Tier V Heavy Tank Great Britain

Churchill I

Tank ID 2897

Vehicle description

Wargaming Tankopedia

The A22 prototype was built by Vauxhall Motors in the fall of 1940. The vehicle first entered mass production in the summer of 1941. Early modifications had no track fenders, a different fan, and a 3-inch howitzer in the hull. A total of 300 Churchill I tanks were manufactured.

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Technical profile

Standard configuration

Hit points

870

Weight

38.4 t

Forward speed

26 km/h

Reverse speed

14 km/h

View range

330 m

Signal range

550 m

Armour

Front Sides Rear
Hull 178 64 51
Turret 102 89 89

Engine: Meadows D.A.V. (A22) · 330 hp

Radio: WS No. 19 Mk. III

Armament

Standard gun and ammunition

QF 2-pdr Mk. X (A22)

Calibre 40 mm
Reload time 1.9 s
Aiming time 1.5 s
Dispersion 0.36
Rate of fire 31.58 /min
Ammo capacity 265

Shell types

AP · armour-piercing Damage 45 / 60 / 75

Penetration 77 / 102 / 128 mm

APCR · composite rigid Damage 45 / 60 / 75

Penetration 114 / 152 / 190 mm

HE · high explosive Damage 56 / 75 / 94

Penetration 17 / 23 / 29 mm

Marks of Excellence

Damage thresholds

Combined Damage (Damage + Assist + Tracking)

Combined damage
1 Mark ≥ 65 %
1,028
2 Marks ≥ 85 %
1,495
3 Marks ≥ 95 %
1,931

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 623
Avg. spotted 0.88
Avg. kills 1.13
Avg. defence 1.36
Exp. win rate 55.72 %

Community stats

Measured, not estimated

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

Win rate

51.54 %

Avg. WN8

1,147

Battles

25,277

As of Aug 31, 2026

Rank 77 of 87 at Tier V

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 Rasierer32 eu 3,781 100 58.00 %
2 GehakteMolen eu 3,651 120 66.67 %
3 3rdMarker eu 3,455 74 64.86 %
4 Yzne eu 3,354 78 61.54 %
5 grego34 na 3,244 110 47.27 %
6 Quickfingers eu 3,105 78 64.10 %
7 RedHagen eu 3,076 171 61.40 %
8 H0bg0bl1n eu 2,901 63 68.25 %
9 klakq_1 eu 2,727 52 65.38 %
10 skill4ltu eu 2,691 188 59.04 %

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