Turtle Mk. I
Tier VIII Tank Destroyer Great Britain

Turtle Mk. I

Turtle I

Tank ID 59985

Vehicle description

Wargaming Tankopedia

An assault vehicle conceived for breakthrough attacks on enemy fortifications. Development began in 1943. One of the designs, developed as a student project, was proposed at the School of Tank Technology (Chertsey, U.K.). Existed only in blueprints.

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Technical profile

Standard configuration

Hit points

1,400

Weight

60.0 t

Forward speed

25 km/h

Reverse speed

12 km/h

View range

370 m

Signal range

570 m

Armour

Front Sides Rear
Hull 254 102 76
Turret

Engine: Rolls-Royce Meteor P · 800 hp

Radio: WS No. 19 Special

Armament

Standard gun and ammunition

OQF 55-pdr AT Gun

Calibre 108 mm
Reload time 6.8 s
Aiming time 1.9 s
Dispersion 0.36
Rate of fire 8.82 /min
Ammo capacity 50

Shell types

AP · armour-piercing Damage 248 / 330 / 413

Penetration 180 / 240 / 300 mm

APCR · composite rigid Damage 248 / 330 / 413

Penetration 203 / 270 / 338 mm

HE · high explosive Damage 323 / 430 / 538

Penetration 41 / 54 / 68 mm

Marks of Excellence

Damage thresholds

Combined Damage (Damage + Assist + Tracking)

Combined damage
1 Mark ≥ 65 %
2,351
2 Marks ≥ 85 %
3,420
3 Marks ≥ 95 %
4,418

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 1,425
Avg. spotted 0.67
Avg. kills 0.97
Avg. defence 0.61
Exp. win rate 52.91 %

Community stats

Measured, not estimated

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

Win rate

56.31 %

Avg. WN8

2,347

Battles

14,959

As of Aug 31, 2026

Rank 65 of 228 at Tier VIII

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 EvilQuintessence eu 7,664 72 73.61 %
2 Baby eu 5,387 124 75.00 %
3 IThree_starsI eu 5,064 105 65.71 %
4 Cruxie eu 4,627 153 66.01 %
5 mailand eu 4,600 89 73.03 %
6 JOD3L eu 4,426 624 66.67 %
7 Xilense eu 4,348 160 66.88 %
8 Yzne eu 3,978 132 66.67 %
9 Panzerfighter_ eu 3,886 155 64.52 %
10 LordStaufen eu 3,692 86 58.14 %

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