Tier VII Artillery Great Britain

Crusader 5.5-in. SP

Crusader SP

Tank ID 11345

Vehicle description

Wargaming Tankopedia

An SPG on the Crusader chassis with a 140-mm howitzer. The vehicle was developed after the end of WWII. The work on the project was discontinued at the prototyping stage. Never entered mass production or saw service.

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Technical profile

Standard configuration

Hit points

350

Weight

17.6 t

Forward speed

14 km/h

Reverse speed

44 km/h

View range

275 m

Signal range

550 m

Armour

	Front	Sides	Rear
Hull	28	28	12
Turret	–	–	–

Engine: Nuffield Liberty Mk. III (CSP) · 395 hp

Radio: WS No. 19 Mk. III

Armament

Standard gun and ammunition

Q.F. 4.5-in. Howitzer

Calibre 114 mm

Reload time 12.0 s

Aiming time 4.0 s

Dispersion 0.66

Rate of fire 5.00 /min

Ammo capacity 75

Shell types

HE · high explosive Damage 338 / 450 / 563

Penetration 21 / 28 / 35 mm

Marks of Excellence

Damage thresholds

Combined Damage (Damage + Assist + Tracking)

Combined damage

1 Mark ≥ 65 %

1,541

2 Marks ≥ 85 %

2,242

3 Marks ≥ 95 %

2,895

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 934

Avg. spotted 0.06

Avg. kills 0.89

Avg. defence 1.57

Exp. win rate 52.50 %

Community stats

Measured, not estimated

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

Win rate

51.72 %

Avg. WN8

1,290

Battles

16,426

As of Aug 31, 2026

Rank 73 of 85 at Tier VII

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	WhiteScar eu	2,738	204	64.71 %
2	mailand eu	2,688	63	49.21 %
3	Ursid eu	2,633	76	63.16 %
4	skill4ltu eu	2,485	53	64.15 %
5	Keyhand eu	2,442	126	65.08 %
6	m00h eu	2,430	70	54.29 %
7	Panzerfighter_ eu	2,409	114	73.68 %
8	Manton_ eu	2,269	81	50.62 %
9	_Asti_ eu	2,252	62	61.29 %
10	Insane_BTW eu	2,193	86	58.14 %