Tier III Light Tank Great Britain

Cruiser Mk. III

Cruiser III

Tank ID 7761

Vehicle description

Wargaming Tankopedia

The vehicle was developed on the basis of the M1931 Christie tanks, purchased by the British Army in 1936. The vehicle was intended to be a fast, lightly-armored breakthrough tank. The modified design was deemed successful and became the basis for other cruiser tanks. A total of 65 vehicles were built. They saw combat in France and North Africa in 1940–1941.

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Technical profile

Standard configuration

Hit points

370

Weight

14.3 t

Forward speed

48 km/h

Reverse speed

20 km/h

View range

320 m

Signal range

400 m

Armour

	Front	Sides	Rear
Hull	14	14	14
Turret	14	14	14

Engine: Nuffield Liberty Mk. II (III) · 370 hp

Radio: WS No. 19 Mk. I

Armament

Standard gun and ammunition

QF 2-pdr Mk. IX (III)

Calibre 40 mm

Reload time 2.3 s

Aiming time 2.1 s

Dispersion 0.40

Rate of fire 26.09 /min

Ammo capacity 200

Shell types

AP · armour-piercing Damage 34 / 45 / 56

Penetration 48 / 64 / 80 mm

APCR · composite rigid Damage 34 / 45 / 56

Penetration 91 / 121 / 151 mm

HE · high explosive Damage 45 / 60 / 75

Penetration 17 / 23 / 29 mm

Marks of Excellence

Damage thresholds

Combined Damage (Damage + Assist + Tracking)

Combined damage

1 Mark ≥ 65 %

439

2 Marks ≥ 85 %

638

3 Marks ≥ 95 %

824

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 266

Avg. spotted 1.85

Avg. kills 1.48

Avg. defence 1.42

Exp. win rate 58.12 %

Community stats

Measured, not estimated

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

Win rate

55.59 %

Avg. WN8

1,190

Battles

9,667

As of Aug 31, 2026

Rank 17 of 64 at Tier III

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	BigPrank eu	4,252	175	71.43 %
2	Brotis na	3,520	53	77.36 %
3	GehakteMolen eu	3,058	64	65.63 %
4	Panzerfighter_ eu	3,005	124	75.81 %
5	m00h eu	2,993	102	65.69 %
6	Xilense eu	2,976	199	75.88 %
7	BIGGUCClSOSA eu	2,679	781	66.84 %
8	Mol1t eu	2,509	615	66.67 %
9	RedHagen eu	2,412	90	66.67 %
10	Bladed_Baron eu	2,303	63	61.90 %