Tier V Light Tank Great Britain

Covenanter

Tank ID 6481

Vehicle description

Wargaming Tankopedia

A new cruiser tank that featured such innovations as an opposed-piston engine, front placement of cooling radiators, and the wide use of welding. The vehicle was ordered for production on April 17, 1939. A total of 1,771 tanks in four base variants were mass-produced. The Covenanter tanks were used mostly for training purposes in the U.K. from 1940 through 1943.

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Technical profile

Standard configuration

Hit points

570

Weight

18.2 t

Forward speed

60 km/h

Reverse speed

22 km/h

View range

350 m

Signal range

550 m

Armour

	Front	Sides	Rear
Hull	40	30	25
Turret	39	20	25

Engine: Meadows D.A.V. (A13 III) · 400 hp

Radio: WS No. 19 Mk. III

Armament

Standard gun and ammunition

QF 2-pdr Mk. X (A13 III)

Calibre 40 mm

Reload time 2.1 s

Aiming time 1.7 s

Dispersion 0.36

Rate of fire 28.57 /min

Ammo capacity 260

Shell types

AP · armour-piercing Damage 45 / 60 / 75

Penetration 74 / 98 / 123 mm

APCR · composite rigid Damage 45 / 60 / 75

Penetration 98 / 130 / 163 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 %

630

2 Marks ≥ 85 %

916

3 Marks ≥ 95 %

1,183

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 382

Avg. spotted 1.88

Avg. kills 0.92

Avg. defence 1.09

Exp. win rate 55.81 %

Community stats

Measured, not estimated

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

Win rate

51.97 %

Avg. WN8

1,094

Battles

20,079

As of Aug 31, 2026

Rank 73 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	Yzne eu	8,777	68	72.06 %
2	swiss1809 na	5,078	123	60.16 %
3	m00h eu	4,642	141	70.21 %
4	methinator eu	4,564	165	64.24 %
5	Banned eu	3,754	151	56.29 %
6	stronk_noob eu	3,445	72	56.94 %
7	Xilense eu	3,410	166	65.06 %
8	OIDA_Da_AUTkatzlschwoaf eu	3,101	147	59.86 %
9	skill4ltu eu	3,075	75	60.00 %
10	Eastfront87 eu	2,850	91	53.85 %