Cruiser Mk. III - characteristics review of light tank 3 tier of Great Britain, how much XP, tech tree, modules, provisions, similar tanks

Tanks / Great Britain / 3 tier, Light tank

Modules selection

Cruiser Mk. III

Cruiser Mk. III*

Nuffield Liberty Mk. II

Nuffield Liberty Mk. III

WS No. 11

WS No. 9

WS No. 19 Mk. I

Cruiser Mk. III

Cruiser Mk. III*

15 mm Machine Gun BESA

QF 2-pdr Mk. IX

40 mm Pom-Pom

Basic

Tank ID 7761

Tank type Light tank

Tier 3

Nation Great Britain

XP needed

1 500

Price in credits

38 000

Crew 4 people

Commander radioman, commander

Gunner

Driver

Loader

Боевая мощь

Damage 45 / 45 / 60 points

Armor percing

Damage 34 - 45 - 56 points

Penetration 37 - 49 - 61 mm

Armor piercing CR

Damage 34 - 45 - 56 points

Penetration 53 - 71 - 89 mm

High explosive

Damage 45 - 60 - 75 points

Penetration 17 - 23 - 29 mm

Penetration 49 / 71 / 23 mm

Gun caliber 40 mm

Gun reload time 9 sec

Gun fire rate 22.86 shots/min

DPM 1029 points/min

Gun aim time 2.3 sec

Gun dispersion 0.45 m

Gun elevation angles 15 / 20

Gun horizontal aiming angles 180 / 180

Gun traverse speed 44 deg/sec

Max ammo 320

Survivability

HP 390 points

Hull HP 312 points

Turret HP 78 points

Hull armor 14 / 14 / 14 mm

Turret armor 14 / 12 / 14 mm

Engine fire chance 20%

Mobility

Mass 14.53 ton

Engine power 395 hp

Power per ton 27.19 hp/ton

Speed forward 48 km/h

Speed backward 20 km/h

Steering angle 0 deg

Suspension traverse speed 35 deg/sec

Turret traverse speed 42 deg/sec

Spotting

View range 330 m

Radio signal range 400 m

Compatible modules

Guns

Name	Tier	XP	Credits	Weight (kg)	Damage	Penetration	Reload	Rounds per min	Aim time (sec)	Dispersion	Rounds	Other compatible tanks
15 mm Machine Gun BESA	1	0	1 900	70	9	27	5.71	118.72	0.14	0.58	720	none
QF 2-pdr Mk. IX	3	300	6 000	130	45/45/60	64/121/23	2.06	29.17	1.14	0.38	100	Cruiser IV Medium III Stuart I-IV
40 mm Pom-Pom	4	1 000	20 000	160	45/45/60	49/71/23	1.2	50	1.14	0.38	100	Covenanter Cruiser II Cruiser IV

Turrets

Name	Tier	XP	Credits	Weight (kg)	Armor	HP	Traverse speed	View range	Other compatible tanks
Cruiser Mk. III	1	0	120	2 250	14/14/14	58	46	320	none
Cruiser Mk. III*	2	320	500	2 500	14/12/14	78	42	330	none

Radio

Name	Tier	XP	Credits	Weight (kg)	Signal range (m)	Other compatible tanks
WS No. 11	3	0	600	40	350	UC 2-pdr Valentine Stuart I-IV Show 9 more tanks Medium III Loyd GC Grant Cruiser IV M2 Valentine AT Cruiser II Matilda Alecto
WS No. 9	5	610	3 600	40	375	Cruiser IV Crusader Crusader SP Show 9 more tanks Stuart I-IV Medium III Loyd GC Covenanter Grant Valentine AT Valentine Matilda Alecto
WS No. 19 Mk. I	6	1 480	15 000	40	400	FSV Sch. A AT 2 Churchill GC Show 25 more tanks Valentine Alecto Matilda Cavalier Cromwell Sexton II AT 8 Grant Birch Gun Saladin Achilles Archer Covenanter Staghound Churchill I Bishop AEC Crusader SP Crusader Stuart I-IV Cruiser IV Churchill VII Firefly Sherman III Valentine AT

Engines

Name	Tier	XP	Credits	Weight (kg)	Power	Fire chance	Other compatible tanks
Nuffield Liberty Mk. II	3	0	500	383	340	20%	AT 2 AT 8 Cruiser IV
Nuffield Liberty Mk. III	4	1 100	11 500	383	395	20%	Crusader Cruiser IV Crusader SP Show 3 more tanks AT 2 AT 8 AT 7

Suspensions

Name	Tier	XP	Credits	Weight (kg)	Other compatible tanks
Cruiser Mk. III	2	0	660	4 500	none
Cruiser Mk. III*	3	310	1 220	4 500	none

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How much XP and credits are needed for Cruiser Mk. III?

To unlock and buy the Cruiser Mk. III tank, including modules and progressing from the first level in the Great Britain`s tree, 1 925 experience points and 46 530 credits will be required.

Tech tree path	Total
1 Cruiser I QF 2-pdr Mk. IX prototype 0 0 40 mm Pom-Pom prototype 3 000 90 2 Cruiser II 3 100 220	310 6 100
2 Cruiser II 3 100 220 A10E1 730 0 Cruiser Mk. II 1 700 115 3 Cruiser III 38 000 1 500	1 615 40 430

Total:

1 925 and

46 530

WN8

Table of the expected values for Cruiser Mk. III is used to calculate the WN8 rating. The values are based on active player statistics from Lesta servers in the XVM database.