World of Tanks Supertest: Caernarvon AX – Tier VIII – Premium Heavy Tank
2 min readYet another Tier VIII Premium enters Supertest: Caernarvon AX. This British heavy tank will continue the same play-style of other British heavy tanks, medium mobility, decent turret armour and good gun parameters. Caernarvon AX looks almost like an improved FV201 (A45).
Wargaming introduced eighteen Tier VIII Premium tanks to Supertest, just in 2017. Do we need more Tier VIII Premium tanks in the game? I would expect to see even more in the near future, as Wargaming has plans to introduce at least one Tier VIII premium tank to every branch.
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The following information is from Supertest and it’s subject to change before the final version is released to the live server.
Statistics
Tier VIII Heavy Tank – Premium | |
Hit Points | 1,400 |
Gun | OQF 20-pdr Gun Type B Barrel |
Shell Type | AP / APC / HE |
Shell Avg. Penetration | 226 / 259 / 42 mm |
Shell Avg. Damage | 230 / 230 / 280 |
Reload Time | 6.04s |
Rate of Fire | 9.93 rounds per minute |
Aiming Time | 2.21s |
Average Damage per Minute | 2,284 |
Accuracy | 0.307 |
Gun Depression/Elevation Angles | -10 / +20 |
Hull / Turret Traverse Speed | 28 / 37.5 deg/s |
Top Speed / Reverse Speed | 36.3 / 12 km/h |
Terrain Resistance | |
Hard | 1.055 |
Medium | 1.247 |
Soft | 2.205 |
Hull Armour | 130 / 50 / 38 mm |
Turret Armour | 254 / 152 / 95 mm |
Weight / Max Load | 65.0t / 70.0t |
Engine Power | 950 |
Specific Power | 14.62 hp/t |
Concealment of Stationary Vehicle | 8% |
Concealment of Moving Vehicle | 4% |
View Range | 380 m |
Signal Range | 782.1 m |
Crew | 4 |
Some of tier 8 premiums are needed. Like this one or premium lights. Players have been righfully asking for tier 8 british premium heavy for years. However we don’t need more premiums where there are already plenty of alternatives to choose from like STG.
This one sure is needed. About time we got a British heavy besides that bloody Excelsior nonsense.
We had the FV201 (A45) at Tier VII. This is just the regular Caernarvon with more armour… Not sure about it.
20pdr bitch gun – main reason this tank will be mediocore at best
People aren’t going to be excited about this tank if it has the 20pdr; needs something else to differentiate it from the Caernarvon and other tier 8 heavy premiums. Maybe it will be medium tank level expensive, $32-35, instead of $50.
“Caernarvon with more armour”
Ummmm… no, Caernarvon has way more armor. The only thing better about the FV201 is DPM due to it’s rate of fire. I am looking forward to this tank since the FV201 has become practically useless as patches have been released.
I like the A45. Have over 200 battles and 2 marks.
Old Caernarvon? 😛
Current Caernarvon has 20pdr!!! It’s getting a 32pdr to get to a better “level”… now WG introduces the “old” Caernarvon as a Premium with extra plates at the turret 😀
I totally forgot the Caernarvon buff…the premium is looking worse and worse.
Fv201 needs an upper plate buff though, its a heavy tank with pretty much no hull armour anywhere. I still use it as a crew trainer, but I wouldnt say its very good…
that’s weird in terms of stats, ugly in terms of visuals.. and its sad, cause the brits needed a proper premium heavy
I have that, the tank itself is fine at tier 7, but the gun is severely lacking.
Does make for challenging gameplay though.
Was that typo on purpose? 😛
I think this one actually has more dpm than the current version of Caernarvon in 9.20
Give it the 105mm from the Centurions 😀
This isn’t power creep yet… what is this WG? Give it the 105mm L7
you’re right, it has about 400 more DPM… which is still 400 DPM less then the 32-pdr currently set for 9.20.1
I completely agree with You, the 105mm L7 cannon would be a great addition to this tank. It would help with some variety rather than using the same old gun as the normal Caernarfon.