History Characters / WorldOfTanksUnitedKingdom

* LethalJokeCharacter: While widely made fun of, a platoon of 3 [=TOGs=] is no joke. The DPM and penetration will shred anything, and they have over 4200 HP!

* FragileSpeedster: One of the fastest SPG's, coming close to the mobility of a ''light tank''.
* UnexpectedGameplayChange: While most arty usually sit far away from the action and deliver a few powerful hits with their BFG, the FV304 can zip around all over the place like a light (albeit the turning radius isn't so hot), hide itself easily, and usually inflicts DeathOfAThousandCuts.

* MovesetClone: Of the [[ThatOneTank M3 Lee]], the main difference being improved [[FanNickname tumor]]... I mean turret armor, and the option of a 6-pounder gun.

* MixAndMatchCritters: The Matilda BP is essentially a Cromwell turret mated into a Matilda chassis.

!!Centurion Mk. 7/1

* CripplingOverspecialization: Gets absurd penetration on its gun, but pays for it with long reload and [[DoNotRunWithAGun bad bloom]]. It plays more like a TD.

!!Centurion Action X

* {{Acrofatic}}: Despite its huge size, it will very easily hit 55Kph and stay there.

* MovesetClone: Of the M4 Sherman, the main difference being improved soft stats on the 76mm at the cost of a worse premium round.

* HeyItsThatGuy: The tank you drive in the British North Africa campaign in [[VideoGame/CallOfDuty Call Of Duty 2]].

* DeathofAThousandCuts: The top gun on the Matilda does pitiful damage per shot, but has an absurd rate of fire. Enemies that stay in the line of fire are quickly reduced to Swiss cheese.

* CripplingOverspecialization: Trades everything for a slow moving howitzer shell... that will one shot everything at tier 3, and many tier 4 tanks.

* MoreDakka: The Bofors fires 4 shots in 2 seconds, with only a 6 second reload and acceptable penetration. With premium rounds, its very capable of [[DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu killing a KV-1 in 2 clips]].

* TheScrappy: All three Vickers are some of the worst mediums in the game.

* GradualGrinder: When fighting tier 6's, it becomes this. It can still penetrate, but it takes a long time to kill a tier 6 taking 50 hp bites at a time.
* MagikarpPower: The grind to the Matilda takes you through three tiers of cardboard-thin, big-as-a-house Vickers Mediums. It's not difficult to consider the diamond-hard, low-profile Matilda (and the following Churchill heavy tank) to be a fitting reward for your troubles.

* MovesetClone: Of the M3 Lee, the main difference being improved tumor... I mean turret armor, and the option of a 6 pounder gun.

* FragileSpeedster: a top speed of 60km/h coupled with its lack of armor means this Tank must rely on speed to not end up as a flaming pile of scrap.

* DeathOfAThousandCuts: Extremely good dpm and decent mobility, offset buy terrible penetration.

* MasterOfNone: It tries to be a generalist, but the low dpm and meh mobility let it down.

* CripplingOverspecialization: Gets absurd penetration on its gun, but pays for it with long reload and bad bloom. It plays more like a TD.

* {{Acrofatic}} Despite its huge size, it will very easily hit 55Kph and stay there.

* {{Acrofatic}} Surprisingly mobile for its size.

* TheScrappy: The Churchill VII is often cited as one of the most painful tanks to play as, due to a combination of low speed, inadequate weaponry, and fairly easy-to-hit weakspots.

* StoneWall: great all around armor but the 17 pounder struggles to hurt targets at this teir.

British Tank Destroyers, up to tier 4, are mostly conversions of other tanks into Tank Destroyers, which are fast and lightly armored. However, their gameplay reverses from tier 5 to tier 9, becoming extremely thick skinned, but somewhat unwieldy and sluggish assault guns with low damage but very fast firing guns and health pools which rival medium or even heavy tanks of the same tier. Between these tiers their guns get increasingly capable while their armor becomes increasingly mediocre, but they all have the same large, weak commander's hatch. Despite their armor artillery is still capable of dealing a lot of damage with a direct hit. The alternate TD line consists of older hulls refitted with new turrets and armament, and focuses more on higher-alpha (and slower reloading) guns and turret capability at the cost of armor. Both lines end in TDs that mount a monstrous 183mm gun.

* WeaksauceWeakness: The machinegun port opposite of the gun has even worse armor than the cupola. It is so thinly armored that a 150mm HE round can punch straight through, usually killing the AT 8 in one hit. Bad news when you're the same tier as the KV-2...

* DeathOfAThousandCuts: The rate of fire on this 17 pounder is obscenely high, allowing you to wreck opponents foolish enough to expose themselves.

* StoneWall: It is slower than most heavy tanks, but has thick armor all around, not unlike low tier French lights. It's not uncommon for a top tier Matilda to be surrounded and take out at least half of the attackers before falling.

* MasterOfNone: When stock and armed with an poorly trained crew the Gun Carrier is blind and a easy target due to it's abysmal stealth rating and limited view range.

* BFG: Mounts a 9.2 inch howitzer, and is notorious for not only the absurd damage and splash radius of it's shots but the ability to get those shots where other arty can't.

* (T6) Cromwell > Comet > Centurion I > Centurion 7/1 > [=FV4202=] - The cruiser and universal mediums.

!![=FV4202=]

* MightyGlacier: Heavy, ridiculously large, and only slightly faster than the Maus. The TOG II* also mounts a fast firing 17-pdr gun and has the biggest HP pool of all Tier 6 tanks, comparable to Tier 7 heavies.

* MightyGlacier: Was uparmored and made more sluggish with the release of the alternate British TD line.

* BFG: Notorious for its 183mm gun, especially when loaded with [=HESH=] and fired at soft enough targets.

* BFG: Also comes with a 183mm gun.
* GlassCannon: The main difference between this TD and the [=FV215b 183=]. The 4005 is much faster, but the fridge-like turret is about as durable as a Waffentrager's turret.

* (T6) Cromwell > Comet > Centurion I > Centurion 7/1 > FV4202 - The cruiser and universal mediums.

* (T5) Churchill I > Churchill VII > Black Prince > Caernarvon > Conqueror > FV215b

[[UsefulNotes/BritsWithBattleships Armored fighting vehicles produced and fielded by Great Britain and the British Commonwealth, focused primarily on Britannic development.]] British tanks normally will be found with one or two great strengths and one or two great weaknesses at the same time. High-tier British tanks get a unique [=HESH=] (High Explosive Squash Head) round as their gold round, which is basically a HE round with extra penetration. While this does mean that British tanks suffer against very tough armor that could be neutralized by a premium APCR or HEAT round, HESH can tear up thinly-armored targets that are otherwise armored enough to shrug off standard HE.

British light tanks were built as combat tanks in their time, so they don't have dedicated scouting tanks (at least so far). At low tiers, the light tanks have somewhat higher top speeds than the mediums, but their maneuverability is almost indistinguishable

British heavy tanks start off as mid-tier infantry tanks, and as such are slow and ponderous, reasonable guns for their tier with an emphasis on fire rate over alpha damage. They eventually become incredibly accurate support tanks, better at moving to positions and giving covering fire than engaging head to head. They also get good on the move accuracy and low aim times. Their armour is generally on the weak side. The guns on most British heavies have more in the way of sustained Damage Per Minute than alpha damage and have the best penetration for their tier with the exception of the Black Prince.

British Tank Destroyers, up to tier 4, are mostly conversions of other tanks into Tank Destroyers, which are fast and lightly armored. However, their gameplay reverses from tier 5 to tier 9, becoming extremely thick skinned, but somewhat unwieldy and sluggish assault guns with low damage but very fast firing guns and health pools which rival medium or even heavy tanks of the same tier. Between these tiers their guns get increasingly capable while their armor becomes increasingly mediocre, but they all have the same large, weak commander's hatch. Despite their armor artillery is still capable of dealing a lot of damage with a direct hit. The alternate TD line focuses more on higher-alpha (and slower reloading) guns and speed at the cost of armor. Both lines end in TDs that mount a monstrous 183mm gun.

* StoneWall: It can reliably take Armor-Piercing. Composite-Ridged, and High-Explosive Anti-Tank shells from the front all day provided that no one aims for the cupola. But the individual damage is rather low.
* UnexpectedGameplayChange: The AT 2 marks an turning point in the United Kingdom's original tank destroyer line in terms of performance. It is preceded by the fast and fragile Alecto before the player earns the slow, heavily armored AT 2

[[UsefulNotes/BritsWithBattleships Armored fighting vehicles produced and fielded by Great Britain and the British Commonwealth, focused primarily on Britannic development.]] British tanks normally will be found with one or two great strengths and one or two great weaknesses at the same time.

British Tank Destroyers, up to tier 4, are mostly conversions of other tanks into Tank Destroyers, which are fast and lightly armored. However, their gameplay reverses from tier 5 to tier 9, becoming extremely thick skinned, but somewhat unwieldy and sluggish assault guns with low damage but very fast firing guns and health pools which rival medium or even heavy tanks of the same tier. Between these tiers their guns get increasingly capable while their armor becomes increasingly mediocre, but they all have the same large, weak commander's hatch. Despite their armor artillery is still capable of dealing a lot of damage with a direct hit.

* DeathofaThousandCuts: The top gun on the Matilda does pitiful damage per shot, but has an absurd rate of fire. Enemies that stay in the line of fire are quickly reduced to Swiss cheese.

* StoneWall: It is slower than most heavy tanks, but has thick armor all around, not unlike low tier French lights. It's not uncommon for a top tier Matilda to be surrounded and take out at least half of the attackers before falling.

!!Grant

!!Sherman III

!!Matilda Black Prince

!!Sherman Firefly

!!Cromwell

!!Comet

!!Centurion Mk. I

!!Centurion Mk. 7/1

!![=FV4202=]

!!Black Prince

!!Caernarvon

!!Caernarvon

!![=FV215b=]

* UnexpectedGameplayChange: The AT 2 marks an turning point in the United Kingdom's original tank destroyer line in terms of pewrformance. It is preceded by the fast and fragile Alecto before the player earns the slow, heavily armored AT 2

DeathofaThousandCuts: The top gun on the Matilda does pitiful damage per shot, but has an absurd rate of fire. Enemies that stay in the line of fire are quickly reduced to Swiss cheese.

StoneWall: It is slower than most heavy tanks, but has thick armor all around, not unlike low tier French lights. It's not uncommon for a top tier Matilda to be surrounded and take out at least half of the attackers before falling.

The AT 2 is an British tier 5 tank destroyer.

The Churchill Gun Carrier is an tier 6 British tank destroyer.

!!AT 2Churchill Gun Carrier

!!Achilles

!!AT 8

!!Challenger

!!AT 15A

!!AT 7

!!AT 15

!!Charioteer

!!Tortise

!![=FV4004=] Conway

!![=FV215b=] (183)

!![=FV4005=] Stage II

!!FV4202

!!FV215b

!!FV4004 Conway

!!FV215b (183)

!!FV4005 Stage II

!!FV304

!!FV207

!!FV3805