Gryphon – Promotional HT Level 10 of Great Britain in WOT
Gryphon (UK, HT-10, Promotional, Mechanics: 2-Round Magazine with Reverse Reloading) was released on Thursday for testing at the WoT supertest. This vehicle features a unique reverse reloading magazine mechanic.
Reverse Reloading Mechanic:
- The shell that is reloaded first will have the fastest reload time, while subsequent shells will take longer to load. For maximum DPM, fire the entire first loaded magazine, then shoot only the first loaded shell.
Full preliminary stats
Weapon Characteristics:
- Average Damage: 420
- Average Armor Penetration with AP Shell: 273
- Average Armor Penetration with APCR Shell: 311
- Average Armor Penetration with HE Shell: 60
- Reload Time of Entire Magazine: 27.42 seconds
- Reload Time Between Shells: 2.5 seconds
- First Shell Reload Time: 8.2 seconds
- Second Shell Reload Time: 19.2 seconds
- Shells in Magazine: 2
- Horizontal Velocity Sight Translation: 33.38
- Vertical Aiming Angles: -10/20
- Aiming Time: 2.40 seconds
- Dispersion at 100 m: 0.36
- Average Damage per Minute: 3,056
- Initial Flight Speed of Armor-Piercing Projectile: 1,067 m/s
- Initial Flight Speed of Sub-Caliber Projectile: 1,334 m/s
- Initial Flight Speed of High-Explosive Projectile: 1,067 m/s
- All performance characteristics are indicated with the commander’s bonus.
MOBILITY
- MAXIMUM FORWARD/ BACKWARD SPEED 43/15 km/h
- SPECIFIC POWER 21.1 h.p./t
- HULL TRAVERSE SPEED 32 deg/s
- TURRET TRAVERSE SPEED 32 deg/s
SURVIVABILITY
- TOTAL HIT POINTS 2100 HP
- HULL ARMOR 80/80/35 mm
- TURRET ARMOR 250/110/100 mm
- VIEW RANGE 400 m
- SIGNAL RANGE 750 m
Historical Information
As work on the Chieftain tank progressed, the idea of producing a similar-class vehicle outside the U.K. emerged. Based on the chassis of the first prototype, a project was developed with the American turret of the promising Concept1b tank. The vehicle was given the working name Gryphon. Besides the turret, a range of other American components was planned. The internal equipment was meant to remain British. Initially, the design included the possibility of mounting either a British or an American gun, depending on the country where production was supposed to begin. The project was closed in favor of more promising vehicle types.
Crew: 4 (Commander, Driver, Gunner, Loader [Radio Operator])
Role in Combat: Universal Heavy Tank
Special Equipment Category: Survivability
source – wotexpress eu
