Manticore
Tier X Light Tank Great Britain

Manticore

Tank ID 58961

Vehicle description

Wargaming Tankopedia

A light tank project with an oscillating turret for providing anti-tank defense behind infantry positions. No prototypes were built, and it existed only in blueprints.

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Technical profile

Standard configuration

Hit points

1,600

Weight

12.4 t

Forward speed

68 km/h

Reverse speed

25 km/h

View range

400 m

Signal range

750 m

Armour

Front Sides Rear
Hull 50 30 25
Turret 80 40 30

Engine: Rolls-Royce B81 (1955) · 530 hp

Radio: C42 VHF

Armament

Standard gun and ammunition

QF 105 mm Gun

Calibre 105 mm
Reload time 14.0 s
Aiming time 1.9 s
Dispersion 0.38
Rate of fire 4.29 /min
Ammo capacity 30

Shell types

AP · armour-piercing Damage 293 / 390 / 488

Penetration 186 / 248 / 310 mm

APCR · composite rigid Damage 293 / 390 / 488

Penetration 201 / 268 / 335 mm

HE · high explosive Damage 360 / 480 / 600

Penetration 45 / 60 / 75 mm

Marks of Excellence

Damage thresholds

Combined Damage (Damage + Assist + Tracking)

Combined damage
1 Mark ≥ 65 %
2,026
2 Marks ≥ 85 %
2,947
3 Marks ≥ 95 %
3,807

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 1,228
Avg. spotted 3.14
Avg. kills 0.71
Avg. defence 0.74
Exp. win rate 51.51 %

Community stats

Measured, not estimated

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

Win rate

56.03 %

Avg. WN8

2,147

Battles

47,592

As of Aug 31, 2026

Rank 53 of 110 at Tier X

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 Keyhand eu 4,642 122 64.75 %
2 iyouxin eu 4,549 450 68.00 %
3 Yzne eu 4,297 324 64.51 %
4 moimoi12_FIN eu 4,238 598 65.05 %
5 skill4ltu eu 4,127 305 63.93 %
6 mailand eu 4,072 158 65.82 %
7 FeNIKsII eu 3,914 2,245 69.76 %
8 Rasierer32 eu 3,790 320 60.00 %
9 Ursid eu 3,670 449 64.14 %
10 methinator eu 3,581 1,127 61.40 %

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