Tier V Heavy Tank Great Britain

Excelsior

Tank ID 54353

Vehicle description

Wargaming Tankopedia

An experimental assault tank on the Cromwell's chassis. Developed as a replacement for infantry and cruiser tanks. Development was started in 1942, and two prototypes designated the Excelsior were built by the English Electric Company in 1943–44. After the trials, the project was discontinued in favor of the Churchill tank that was already developed.

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Technical profile

Standard configuration

Hit points

880

Weight

41.0 t

Forward speed

39 km/h

Reverse speed

12 km/h

View range

350 m

Signal range

570 m

Armour

	Front	Sides	Rear
Hull	114	32	108
Turret	114	92	92

Engine: Rolls-Royce Meteor · 600 hp

Radio: WS No. 19 Special

Armament

Standard gun and ammunition

75 mm Gun Mk. V

Calibre 75 mm

Reload time 3.8 s

Aiming time 2.3 s

Dispersion 0.42

Rate of fire 15.79 /min

Ammo capacity 75

Shell types

AP · armour-piercing Damage 83 / 110 / 138

Penetration 68 / 91 / 114 mm

APCR · composite rigid Damage 83 / 110 / 138

Penetration 108 / 144 / 180 mm

HE · high explosive Damage 131 / 175 / 219

Penetration 29 / 38 / 48 mm

Marks of Excellence

Damage thresholds

Combined Damage (Damage + Assist + Tracking)

Combined damage

1 Mark ≥ 65 %

1,055

2 Marks ≥ 85 %

1,534

3 Marks ≥ 95 %

1,982

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 639

Avg. spotted 1.60

Avg. kills 1.25

Avg. defence 1.16

Exp. win rate 56.59 %

Community stats

Measured, not estimated

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

Win rate

55.56 %

Avg. WN8

1,661

Battles

6,206

As of Aug 31, 2026

Rank 29 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	4,694	68	72.06 %
2	skill4ltu eu	4,590	80	73.75 %
3	Artus2000 eu	4,264	62	72.58 %
4	Eumelmad eu	3,936	57	54.39 %
5	Xilense eu	3,798	67	73.13 %
6	m00h eu	3,695	93	73.12 %
7	sady3296 eu	3,178	69	72.46 %
8	TheKalash_Management eu	3,115	90	68.89 %
9	Mr__Buttons na	3,094	159	57.23 %
10	grego34 na	2,899	53	50.94 %