Excelsior

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Excelsior

1 500

Crew:

Commander
Radio Operator
Driver
Gunner
Loader

Advantages:

Frontal and rear armour is tough, on both the turret and hull with no frontal weakspots.
One of the most manoeuvrable Tier V heavies, drives more like a medium tank.
Gun depression from the sides is great, however, this is risky due to the thin sides.
Spaced armour on the sides actually beefs the thickness to 60mm.
Preferential matchmaking, just like the similar performing T14.

Disadvantages:

75mm gun is, like most premium tanks, equivalent to the second best gun of the regular tanks.
Angling the armour is not a viable option, as that will expose the fragile sides.
90mm guns will overmatch the side armour (>90mm guns are thankfully rare at tier V and VI).
The excellent gun depression is lacking at the front and rear.
Tracks get easily destroyed.

Tank description:

The Excelsior is a British tier 5 premium heavy tank.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.Unique among heavy tanks of its tier, the Excelsior possesses many great strengths contrasted by an equal number of great weaknesses. Some of these features include strong front and rear armour yet paper-thin side armour, a fast firing yet poor handling gun, and greater side gun depression than front or rear gun depression. Heavily dependent on circumstance as well as the prowess of its driver, an Excelsior can be either an easy kill or an unstoppable juggernaut.

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.