Caliban

Caliban stats at a glance

The Caliban has 1200 hit points , 130mm of frontal hull armor , and a top speed of 33 km/h. Its strongest gun configuration deals 850 damage per shot with 180mm of armor penetration , giving it a theoretical maximum DPM of 3545.

Hull & survivability

The front-to-side armor ratio is 3.7:1. This pronounced angling makes the Caliban significantly stronger when keeping its front facing the enemy.

Mobility

Forward-to-reverse speed ratio is 2.8:1. Reverse speed is limited, so pre-aim and exposure timing matter more on this vehicle.

Camouflage

Available guns (1)

With the top-tier gun, the Caliban can theoretically output up to 3545 damage per minute at sustained fire (shot damage × rounds per minute).

How Caliban compares to its peers

There are 107 tier 8 heavy tanks in WoT, including the Caliban. Its 1200 HP places it in the top 80% for hit points among same-tier heavy tanks (peer average: 1237). Frontal hull armor of 130mm ranks in the top 57% for the class (peer average: 144mm). Top forward speed of 33 km/h is faster than 15% of peer vehicles in this tier and class. The strongest gun deals 850 damage per shot, higher than 100% of comparable vehicles. Best penetration of 180mm puts it in the top 99% for armor-piercing capability in its class.

Direct comparisons

• Caliban vs Chrysler K — tier 8 heavy tank from USA
• Caliban vs Chrysler GF — tier 8 heavy tank from USA
• Caliban vs T26E5 — tier 8 heavy tank from USA
• See full tier 8 heavy tank tier list — all 107 vehicles ranked

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• 110 — China
• 112 FL — China, premium
• 112 — China, premium
• 50TP prototyp — Poland, premium
• 50TP Resilient — Poland, premium
• 53TP Markowskiego — Poland
• 56TP — Poland, premium
• Object 703–II (100) — USSR, premium
• All UK tanks · Tier 8 premium tanks

Understand the stats

Want a deeper grasp of what these numbers actually mean in battle? Read the glossary:

• What is DPM — the most important offensive metric
• Alpha damage — single-shot damage and what it means for playstyle
• Penetration — and how it interacts with armor angling
• Hull-down position — the king of defensive plays
• View range — how spotting actually works

About this vehicle

The Caliban is a project of the Royal Military College developed in 1962. The vehicle certainly was not pretty, but it was supposed to feature excellent movement characteristics, reliable frontal armor, and a powerful gun. The project turned out to be too complicated and expensive, and its numerous innovations did not guarantee any advantages over the vehicles in production and development. Work was discontinued at the drafting stage, and no prototypes were built.

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