The Churchill

[iron650]

The Churchill was a British tank. The Churchill served in the Second Battle of El Alamein, Italy, Dieppe Raid, and Normandy. The Churchill was less prone to catching fire than the M4. The Churchills (8) at the Second Battle of El Alamein had no major damage while under anti-tank fire.

Specs (Overview of them):

Weight: 38.5 tons
Length: 24ft 5in
Width: 10ft 8in
Height: 8ft 2in
Crew: 5 (Commander, gunner, loader/radio operator, driver, co driver/hull gunner)
Armor: 16mm to 102mm (the Mk VII supposedly had 152mm in front)
Armament: QF 2pdr (early), QF 6pdr (mid), 75mm (late)
Engine: Bedford  horizontally opposed twin-six petrol engine 350 hp
Power/weight: 9.1hp/tonne
Transmission: Merritt-Brown 4 speed constant mesh epicyclic gearbox
Suspension: coiled spring
Range: 100mi
Speed 15mph
Steering: triple differential steering in gearbox



The Churchill would be an interesting addition. The Churchill could be one of the British tanks we lack. The churchill can have different gun loadout as an option (like the M4 and rockets.) The Churchill would need the armor to be tweaked for the EW, MW, and LW models. 

[Butcher]

I would be in more favor to add the Comet Tank with the Churchill, both would be interesting additions - as the Comet is fast with a decent gun, where Churchill is a "work horse".

Churchill Mk IV with 6 pounder gun (84 rounds)
Churchill Mk VII with 75mm gun
Churchill Mk VIII with 95mm Howitzer (I want to say under 50 rounds?)

Churchill AVRE would be an interesting addition but most likely perked, its mortar would be devistating on towns, however extremely low reload time. Not even sure if this would be used against tanks (other then blowing a track off?)

[SmokinLoon]

I would be in more favor to add the Comet Tank with the Churchill, both would be interesting additions - as the Comet is fast with a decent gun, where Churchill is a "work horse".

Churchill Mk IV with 6 pounder gun (84 rounds)
Churchill Mk VII with 75mm gun
Churchill Mk VIII with 95mm Howitzer (I want to say under 50 rounds?)

Churchill AVRE would be an interesting addition but most likely perked, its mortar would be devistating on towns, however extremely low reload time. Not even sure if this would be used against tanks (other then blowing a track off?)

That thing is a monster.  It was reloaded not from inside the turret, but from one of the hull positions through the hatch.  Keep in mind, the Churchill tank is slower than a 7 year itch.  If we do get it, I say add it with the 6 Pdr gun and give it some of the HV AP ammo.

[Butcher]

That thing is a monster.  It was reloaded not from inside the turret, but from one of the hull positions through the hatch.  Keep in mind, the Churchill tank is slower than a 7 year itch.  If we do get it, I say add it with the 6 Pdr gun and give it some of the HV AP ammo.

well like most tanks, the Churchill would be close to the Panzer 4's Eny depending on its loadout, however yes at 15mph it would be painfully slow however I would see it used in favor of the Panzer 4 never the less.

Comet would be just awesome at 32mph and 77mm gun - it would be a perk tank no doubt, but something to combat our current perk tanks.

[LLogann]

Churchhill would be a great addition, but which one first?

[Butcher]

Churchhill would be a great addition, but which one first?

personally I vote for the Churchill for its variety configuration vs the Comet which was pretty much a tank killer.

[iron650]

I found something on the Comet: "This is not to discount the achievements of the Comet, but this tank only arrived as the Rhine was being crossed and saw limited action."

[Tank-Ace]

Churchill AVRE would be an interesting addition but most likely perked, its mortar would be devistating on towns, however extremely low reload time. Not even sure if this would be used against tanks (other then blowing a track off?)

You mean the one with the 290mm gun? yeah, you could (probably) use it agaist tanks. 8" is used against GV's, and its only a 200mm gun or so. The 290mm is something close to an 11.6" gun.

[Bruv119]

seeing as we appear to be going GV crazy we might aswell have a decent British one.   

[MK-84]

seeing as we appear to be going GV crazy we might aswell have a decent British one.   

Wierd isn't it.  I find myself oddly excited about new GV's as well ans I don't know why

new gv system?  I actually use the hull and coax mgs now

[Butcher]

You mean the one with the 290mm gun? yeah, you could (probably) use it agaist tanks. 8" is used against GV's, and its only a 200mm gun or so. The 290mm is something close to an 11.6" gun.

Were not talking about the same thing here, the Petard is a Spigot mortar, not an actual 11.6 inch shell. Here's some more info below - and Yeah it would disable a tank but its useless trying to get that close unless you were facing a phone number guy. ->

A petard mortar was the demolition weapon fitted to the Churchill AVRE tank. It was a mortar of a 290 mm bore, known to its crews as the "flying dustbin" due to the characteristics of its projectile: an unaerodynamic 20 kg charge which could be fired up to 100 m. This was sufficient to demolish many bunkers and earthworks and even disable a Tiger tank.

[Skyguns MKII]

+1

[M0nkey_Man]

+1 for AVRE version 

ZE TOWNS VILL DIE!

[Skyguns MKII]

+1 for AVRE version 

ZE TOWNS VILL DIE!

YES and its not overkill do to the fact it doesn't have a Anti Tank armament.

[iron650]

How about the regular ones with the 2pdr, 6pdr, and 75mm?