Tier II Light Tank Great Britain

Light Mk. VIC

Light VIC

Tank ID 54865

Vehicle description

Wargaming Tankopedia

A modification of the Mk.VI light tank with enhanced armament (the 15-mm Besa machinegun). Produced from December 1939 through July 1940. Initially, the tanks were designed for service in colonies. A total of 130 Mk. VIC tanks were manufactured.

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Technical profile

Standard configuration

Hit points

300

Weight

5.2 t

Forward speed

53 km/h

Reverse speed

20 km/h

View range

300 m

Signal range

375 m

Armour

	Front	Sides	Rear
Hull	14	13	6
Turret	14	14	11

Engine: Meadows E.S.T.L. · 88 hp

Radio: WS No. 9

Armament

Standard gun and ammunition

15 mm Machine Gun BESA

Calibre 15 mm

Reload time 18.0 s

Aiming time 1.5 s

Dispersion 0.52

Rate of fire 102.38 /min

Ammo capacity 800

Shell types

AP · armour-piercing Damage 7 / 9 / 11

Penetration 20 / 27 / 34 mm

Marks of Excellence

Damage thresholds

Combined Damage (Damage + Assist + Tracking)

Combined damage

1 Mark ≥ 65 %

425

2 Marks ≥ 85 %

619

3 Marks ≥ 95 %

799

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 258

Avg. spotted 1.60

Avg. kills 1.30

Avg. defence 1.42

Exp. win rate 53.49 %

Community stats

Measured, not estimated

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

Win rate

53.70 %

Avg. WN8

816

Battles

3,287

As of Aug 31, 2026

Rank 19 of 51 at Tier II

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	Wywysbomb na	2,058	60	58.33 %
2	Hotdogbun eu	1,515	116	59.48 %
3	Iceprince eu	1,352	63	53.97 %
4	kvintonr1 eu	1,208	119	52.10 %
5	Jogele eu	1,174	88	52.27 %
6	StrongNoob eu	985	53	62.26 %
7	Pigeonaras eu	960	76	53.95 %
8	dahmandreas eu	959	98	48.98 %
9	KzH_bis__DZE eu	933	88	61.36 %
10	Manitoba_Defender eu	854	91	59.34 %