Churchill NA75
| This page is about the British heavy tank Churchill NA75. For other versions, see Churchill (Family). |
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Description
The Tank, Infantry, Mk IV, Churchill NA75 is a rank III British heavy tank with a battle rating of 4.3 (AB/RB/SB). It was introduced in Update "Sky Guardians".
General info
Survivability and armour
Armour type:
- Rolled homogeneous armour (Hull, Cupola doors)
- Cast homogeneous armour (Turret, Hull machine gun area)
| Armour | Front (Slope angle) | Sides | Rear | Roof |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hull | 89 mm Front plate 89 + 89 mm Front plate (MG Port) 38 mm (70°) Front glacis 76.2 mm (20°) Lower glacis |
64 mm 76.2 mm Side hatch 38 mm Edges 26 + 38 mm Rear |
50.8 mm 25.4 mm (71°) Bottom |
15.87 mm |
| Turret | 89-104 mm (1°-38°) Turret front 76.2 mm (5°-65°) + 50.8 mm (10°-63°) Gun mantlet |
76-80 mm | 76-80 mm | 35-45 mm |
| Cupola | 19.05 mm | 19.05 mm | 19.05 mm | 19.5 mm Front door
25.4 mm Back door |
Notes:
- Suspension wheels and chassis construction are 20 mm thick while tracks are 30 mm thick.
- Air inlets have a 63.5 mm plate modelled.
Mobility
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| Game Mode | Max Speed (km/h) | Weight (tons) | Engine power (horsepower) | Power-to-weight ratio (hp/ton) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Forward | Reverse | Stock | Upgraded | Stock | Upgraded | ||
| Arcade | 30 | 3 | 39 | _,___ | 668 | __.__ | 17.13 |
| Realistic | 28 | 3 | _,___ | 350 | __.__ | 8.97 | |
Modifications and economy
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Armaments
Main armament
| 75 mm OQF Mk.V | Turret rotation speed (°/s) | Reloading rate (seconds) | |||||||||||
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| Mode | Capacity | Vertical | Horizontal | Stabilizer | Stock | Upgraded | Full | Expert | Aced | Stock | Full | Expert | Aced |
| Arcade | 81 | -12°/+20° | ±180° | - | 19.4 | 26.9 | 32.6 | 36.1 | 38.4 | 6.50 | 5.75 | 5.30 | 5.00 |
| Realistic | 14.3 | 16.8 | 20.4 | 22.6 | 24.0 | ||||||||
Ammunition
| Penetration statistics | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ammunition | Type of warhead |
Penetration @ 0° Angle of Attack (mm) | |||||
| 10 m | 100 m | 500 m | 1,000 m | 1,500 m | 2,000 m | ||
| M72 shot | AP | 91 | 88 | 78 | 67 | 57 | 49 |
| M61 shot | APCBC | 104 | 101 | 90 | 78 | 68 | 59 |
| M48 shell | HE | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 |
| Shell details | ||||||||||||
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| Ammunition | Type of warhead |
Velocity (m/s) |
Projectile mass (kg) |
Fuse delay (m) |
Fuse sensitivity (mm) |
Explosive mass (TNT equivalent) (g) |
Ricochet | |||||
| 0% | 50% | 100% | ||||||||||
| M72 shot | AP | 619 | 6.3 | - | - | - | 47° | 60° | 65° | |||
| M61 shot | APCBC | 618 | 6.79 | 1.2 | 14 | 63.7 | 48° | 63° | 71° | |||
| M48 shell | HE | 463 | 6.3 | 0 | 0.1 | 666 | 79° | 80° | 81° | |||
| Smoke shell characteristics | ||||||
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| Ammunition | Velocity (m/s) |
Projectile mass (kg) |
Screen radius (m) |
Screen deploy time (s) |
Screen hold time (s) |
Explosive mass (TNT equivalent) (g) |
| M89 | 259 | 3 | 13 | 5 | 20 | 50 |
Ammo racks
| Full ammo |
1st rack empty |
2nd rack empty |
3rd rack empty |
4th rack empty |
Visual discrepancy |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 81 | 78 (+3) | 57 (+24) | 18 (+63) | 1 (+80) | No |
Notes:
- Racks disappear after all shells in the rack have been fired.
Machine guns
| 7.92 mm BESA | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mount | Capacity (Belt) | Fire rate | Vertical | Horizontal |
| Coaxial | 9,450 (225) | 600 | - | - |
Usage in battles
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Pros and cons
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Pros:
- Significant improvements in firepower and defence over the previous Churchill III.
- The cheek area of the turret is significantly reduced and well sloped sideways (a major weak spot of Churchill III).
- The only Churchill series heavy tank with APHE ammunition (the same shell found in the US tech tree for early Shermans - M61 shot), which makes engaging and destroying enemies much easier than before.
- The ability to angle the tank to improve overall frontal armour and thus survivability.
- A great gun depression of -12 degrees makes fighting in mountainous terrain easy; one of the best in the British ground force tech tree (comparable to Comet).
- Excellent armour for its BR range; can withstand multiple enemy shots (except the German 75 mm KwK40 L43 cannon found in Panzer IV series medium tanks).
- Have smoke grenades for smoke screen.
Cons:
- Because there is no primitive gun stabiliser for the 75 mm gun, sudden stopping of the tank can cause the gun to wobble quite a bit before becoming stable.
- This vehicle is difficult to manoeuvre in tight and narrow streets, and with a terrible and slow reverse speed (-3 km/h), it is easily flanked by enemies nearby.
- Slow top speed and poor mobility are inherent weaknesses in all British Churchill series heavy tanks, requiring extra caution in close quarters engagement.
- In full uptier combat against enemies such as Tiger I, Panther D, and T-34-85, the gun may feel inadequate; careful aiming is required.
History
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Media
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See also
Similar Churchill variants in the game:
See M4 Sherman (Family) for vehicles sharing the M3 (75 mm) cannon.
External links
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- topic on the official game forum;
- other literature.
| Britain heavy tanks | |
|---|---|
| Matilda | Matilda III · Matilda Hedgehog |
| Churchill | Churchill I · Churchill III · Churchill VII · Churchill Crocodile · Churchill NA75 · Black Prince |
| Post-war | Caernarvon · Conqueror |
| Other | Independent · Excelsior · TOG II |
