Covenanter
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Covenanter
A new cruiser tank that featured such innovations as an opposed-piston engine, front placement of cooling radiators, and the wide use of welding. The vehicle was ordered for production on April 17, 1939. A total of 1,771 tanks in four base variants were mass-produced. The Covenanter tanks were used mostly for training purposes in the U.K. from 1940 through 1943.


QF 2-pdr Mk. X (A13 III)


WS No. 19 Mk. III


Meadows D.A.V. (A13 III)


Meadows D.A.V. O.C.


Covenanter Mk. I


Covenanter Mk. III
Shell Types:

AP

APCR

HE

AP

APCR

HE
Equipment:














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Firepower: | |||||||||
Ammunition | 260 (rounds) | ||||||||
Caliber | 40 (mm) | ||||||||
Damage | 60 / 60 / 75 (HP) | ||||||||
Penetration | 98 / 130 / 23 (mm) | ||||||||
Rate of Fire | 28.57 (rounds/min) | ||||||||
Average Damage per Minute | 1714 (HP) | ||||||||
Shells in the Magazine | |||||||||
Time for Loading Between Shots | (s) | ||||||||
Time for Complete Loading | (s) | ||||||||
Gun Loading | 2.10 (s) | ||||||||
Aiming Time | 1.70 (s) | ||||||||
Dispersion at 100 m | 0.36 (m) | ||||||||
Mobility: | |||||||||
Weight | 18.15 (t) | ||||||||
Engine Power | 400 (h.p.) | ||||||||
Specific Power | 22.03 (h.p./t) | ||||||||
Top Speed | 60 (km/h) | ||||||||
Reverse Speed | 22 (km/h) | ||||||||
Traverse Speed | 50 (deg/s) | ||||||||
Turret Traverse Speed | 48 (deg/s) | ||||||||
Survivability: | |||||||||
Hit Points | 570 (HP) | ||||||||
Hull Armor | 40 / 30 / 25 (mm) | ||||||||
Turret Armor | 39 / 19 / 25 (mm) | ||||||||
Spotting: | |||||||||
View Range | 350 (m) | ||||||||
Signal Range | 550 (m) | ||||||||
Crew: | |||||||||
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