Hannover

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Battleship | Germany | Tier ★

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57,000,000

Hannover — German Tier ★ battleship.

A behemoth battleship of 100,000 tons, equipped with extra-heavy 483 mm main guns and mighty AA defenses comprising anti-aircraft and dual-purpose gun systems designed in the 1940s.

Hannover was released into the German tech tree on 14 April 2022.

Modules

	Rate of Fire (shots/min)	180° Turn Time (sec)	Maximum Dispersion (m)	Maximum HE Shell Damage (HP)	Chance of Fire on Target Caused by HE Shell (%)	Maximum AP Shell Damage (HP)		Research price (exp)	Purchase price ()
483 mm/50 SK C42	2.1	40	274	5,500	39	17,300		0	0

	Hit Points (HP)	Armor (mm)	Armor (mm)	Main Turrets (pcs.)	Secondary Gun Turrets (pcs.)	AA Mounts (pcs.)	Torpedo Tubes (pcs.)	Hangar Capacity (pcs.)		Research price (exp)	Purchase price ()
Hannover	126,500	19	480	4	16	8/6/8/4/16				0	0

	IDS_SHIP_PARAM_SUO_INCREASE_DIST (%)	Maximum Firing Range (km)		Research price (exp)	Purchase price ()
FKS Typ 11 Mod. 1		0		0	0

	Maximum Speed (knot)		Research price (exp)	Purchase price ()
Propulsion: 250,000 hp	30		0	0

Compatible Upgrades

Slot 1
Slot 2
Slot 3
Slot 4
Slot 5
Slot 6

Player Opinion

Performance

Warning. The data presented in the AA Defense sidebar section may be incorrect.
Refer to the in-game Port screens for more useful data.

Combat Capability - Direct Control Over Secondary Battery Crews

Hannover is equipped with the Direct Control Over Secondary Battery Crews combat instruction, which provides an increase to secondary battery performance for a short period of time. It can be activated after firing 12 main battery turrets at locked-on enemy targets. Despite the name, captains cannot directly control the secondary battery.

Requirements:

Can only be used after successful gun adjustment firing.
Required number of qualified gun shots: 10

Effects:

Secondary battery firing range: +12%
Secondary battery reload time: -20%
Action time: 50 seconds

Hannover, the supership of the German battleship tech tree, carries the largest guns of any German ship in the game. She shares similar characteristics to Preussen, but with the inclusion of the Direct Control Over Secondary Battery Crews combat instruction that increases her strength in long range secondary batteries.

Armament:

Hannover features eight 483mm guns housed in four twin turrets. Her main battery range is short at only 21.4km, but can be increased with the Spotter Plane consumable. The guns also have good firing angles compared to other high tier German battleships.

These guns are different from Preussen’s 457mm guns not only in size but overmatch capability. The AP shells can overmatch 32mm plating, feature good alpha damage, and decent penetration. Her HE shells have a 39% fire chance and have the German “quarter pen” mechanic, allowing them to penetrate up to 121mm of armor. Hannover’s large guns allow her to overmatch and can deal damage to every ship in her matchmaking spread as long as aiming and dispersion allow.

Hannover’s gun accuracy is nearly identical to Preussen in terms of dispersion values and sigma. While 'Preussen gets a fast 22 second reload to compensate for low gun count and unreliable accuracy, Hannover has a slightly longer reload at 24 seconds and the addition of 32mm overmatch.

Hannover’s turrets turn 180 degrees at a decent speed of 46 seconds. With only eight guns, pre-turning the guns is necessary to ensure all guns remain in the fight.

Hannover carries sixteen twin-mount 128mm secondary turrets, with improved German secondary accuracy and increased range. They have a base reload of 4 seconds, 32mm penetration, and a base range of 8.3km (which can be increased to 12.5km with appropriate captain skills, modules, and signals). As with her main guns, they also have the quarter pen mechanic. Her secondaries are further enhanced by the Direct Control Over Secondary Battery Crews combat instruction, which increases secondary battery firing range by 12% and decreases their reload time by 12% for 50 seconds.

Survivabillity:

Hannover’s hull features a similar armor scheme to her predecessor, Preussen. Her 15km concealment is very high for a battleship and many ships in her matchmaking range can outspot her. Her hull has a high health pool of 126,500 (2nd largest in the game) but her torpedo damage reduction is lower at 30%. Her overall armor scheme is strong, with a 50mm central deck and 32mm bow and stern armor. She also has a 60mm icebreaker that covers most of the bow armor. Her citadel is well protected by a strong armor belt and the turtleback armor scheme found on German battleships. However, she is still vulnerable to citadel hits from long distances by battleship AP and will take massive penetration damage at closer ranges. Like other German battleships, Hannover’s superstructure is massive and thinly armored which makes it easily susceptible to AP full penetrations and HE shells. Even when angled, she can still take large chunks of damage. Hannover is a noticeably larger target than Preussen and much easier to hit at longer ranges.

While her armor can easily resist HE shells, Hannover’s large HP pool leaves her very susceptible to percentage-based fire damage — a single full duration fire deals more than 22,000 damage. As she has a normal battleship Damage Control Party  consumable, it is important to save the consumable for multiple instances of fires.

Hannover carries a long range German Hydroacoustic Search , which comes with 3 charges lasting for 120 seconds, and has a cooldown period of 120 seconds. It detects ships and torpedoes at 6 km and 4 km respectively.

Maneuverability:

Hannover’s 30 knot top speed is good for her size, allowing her to make forward pushes or comfortably reposition as needed. However, her 21 second rudder shift and 1170m turning circle are both poor. Players must position carefully as turning away gives considerable time for enemy ships to deal massive damage. Although she has an improved Hydroacoustic Search consumable, her bad maneuverability and low torpedo damage reduction mean torpedoes are a considerable threat. Players can equip the Steering Gears Modification 1 in the 4th slot module to reduce the rudder shift time but this does not affect the bad turning radius.

Anti-Aircraft:

Hannover’s long and medium AA DPS is mediocre (220.50 and 374.50 respectively) with 9 flak clouds. Her close range DPS is also mediocre at 315. As she cannot fully stop a carrier strike by herself, grouping up with allied ships to overlap AA is recommended when facing a carrier.

Battle Performance:

For Preussen players, Hannover should feel familiar. The relatively close to medium range aggressive battleship playstyle is enhanced with larger guns, 32mm overmatch, strong frontal armor, and the Direct Control Over Secondary Battery Crews combat instruction.

However, she has the same considerable downsides found on her predecessors, notably poor agility and concealment, which makes the close to medium play style more difficult to do successfully. Having a large hitpoint pool comes at a price, as Hannover takes more fire damage, more torpedo damage due to the low torpedo damage reduction, and is an easier target to hit due to her massive size.

Like other secondary focused battleships, Hannover should avoid being too aggressive at the start of the battle to avoid massive HP loss from fires, torpedoes, and aircraft. Towards mid to late game, players should utilize island cover, concealment, and Hydroacoustic Search to push key positions in order to utilize her secondaries and main guns to deal effective damage. Due to the nature of the combat instructions, players will find more success in firing as much as possible to fulfill the requirements for the Main Battery Fire Adjustment as it increases her secondary damage per minute as well as the range to 14 km.

While Hannover can be played as a secondary focused battleship like most German battleships, she can also be built for main guns due to their relatively fast reload and ability to overmatch 32mm. However, this does not fully utilize her combat instructions to further improve secondary performance.

Hannover is an improvement to the offensive capabilities of the German battleship line, but with the increased vulnerability to fires, torpedoes, and penetration damage.

Pros:

Large HP pool
Heavily armored deck and side plating
Thick icebreaker
Turtleback armor scheme
Large guns with good reload time, penetration, alpha damage, and overmatch
Large amount of secondaries with improved accuracy and range'
Access to long range Hydroacoustic Search 
Combat instructions that increase secondary range and decrease secondary reload

Cons:

Large target
Large superstructure that eats damage
Low torpedo damage reduction
Vulnerable to fire damage
Poor agility
Bad concealment

Research

As a top-tier ship, Hannover has no module upgrades to research.

Optimal Configuration

Upgrades

The recommended upgrades are:

Slot 1: Main Armaments Modification 1
Slot 2: Damage Control System Modification 1  or Hydroacoustic Search Modification 1
Slot 3: Secondary Battery Modification 1 or Aiming Systems Modification 1
Slot 4: Steering Gears Modification 1
Slot 5: Concealment System Modification 1 
Slot 6: Main Battery Modification 3

Steering Gears Modification 1 is preferred in slot 4 due to how sluggish Hannover is. She benefits from better rudder shift to dodge torpedoes with hydro acoustic search on, turning for gun/secondary angles, and for turning towards incoming shells.

Commander Skills

Recommended Commander Skills
Cost (points)	Attack			Defense
1	Gun Feeder -40% time to switch shell type. ★	Demolition Expert +1% chance of main and secondary HE shells causing a fire +15% to the fragmentation damage area of HE ordnance when firing at submarines. ★	Consumables Specialist −7.5% cooldown time of all Consumables except: Damage Control Party , Repair Party .	Emergency Repair Specialist -3% cooldown time of Damage Control Party  and Repair Party . ★★	Incoming Fire Alert Receive a warning about a salvo fired at your ship from more than 4.5 km.	Preventive Maintenance −30% chance of main armament, engines, steering becoming incapacitated +15% to HP of secondary and AA guns. ★★
2	Grease the Gears +20% main turret traverse speed. ★★★	Inertial Fuse for HE Shells +25% armor penetration of HE shells. Base fire chance reduced by half.	Brisk So long as the ship remains undetected: +10% ship speed.	Vigilance +25% detection range of enemy torpedoes +7% damage reduction of Torpedo Protection System. . ★	Priority Target The detection indicator will show the number of enemies targeting you with main battery. ★★	AAA & ASW Expert +15% continuous AAA and flak damage . +10% damage inflicted by depth charges. While AAA is active: −40% ship consumables reload time..
3	Super-Heavy AP Shells +7.5% AP shell damage −10% fire and flood damage received +25% fire and flood duration.	Long-Range Secondary Battery Shells +20% secondary battery firing range. ★★★	Adrenaline Rush -0.2% reload time of all armaments per 1% HP lost +0.2% AA continuous damage per 1% HP lost. ★★★	Basics of Survivability -15% repair, fire, and flooding duration. ★★	Improved Repair Party Readiness −0.8% reload time of Repair Party each time your ship receives potential damage equal to 100% of the ship's base HP. After receiving 2M HP potential damage: +1 charge of Repair Party ..	Focus Fire Training In an active priority AA sector: • +1.5% (to 5%) immediate damage. • +25% continuous damage. • +1 flak burst per salvo. −10% aircraft preparation time. −15% reload time of Airstrike armament..
4	Furious 1st fire / flood −10% Main battery reload time 2nd etc. (up to 5), each −5% Main battery reload time	Manual Secondary Battery Aiming −10% secondary battery reload time. −10% secondary battery dispersion. When firing at a manually selected target: dispersion gradually improves from -25% to -50%. ★★	Close Quarters Combat -10% reload time of main battery if an enemy ship is spotted within secondary range. ★★	Emergency Repair Expert Damage Control Party  and Repair Party : +1 charge (each). +10% action time . ★★★	Concealment Expert -10% detectability range of the ship.	Fire Prevention Expert -10% risk of fire. Three fires maximum. ★★★
Key: ★★★ - Extremely Useful ★★ - Frequently Useful ★ - Occasionally Useful No stars - Not Useful

Consumables

Hannover equips the following consumables:

Slot 1: Damage Control Party 
Slot 2: Repair Party 
Slot 3: Spotting Aircraft  or Catapult Fighter 
Slot 4: Hydroacoustic Search

Signals

Recommended Signal Flags
Combat
Juliet Charlie -100% to the risk of magazine detonation. ★★	Juliet Yankee Bissotwo -20% to flooding duration. ★★★	India Yankee -20% to fire duration. ★★★	Hotel Yankee -20% to damage received when ramming the enemy. +50% to damage dealt when ramming the enemy. ★	Victor Lima +1% chance for HE bombs and shells with a caliber above 160mm causing a fire. +0.5% chance for bombs and smaller shells causing a fire. +4% chance of torpedoes causing flooding. ★★	India X-Ray +1% chance for HE bombs and shells with a caliber above 160mm causing a fire. +0.5% chance for bombs and smaller shells causing a fire. +5% to the risk of your ship's magazine detonating. ★
Juliet Whiskey Unaone +15% chance of causing flooding. +5% to the risk of your ship's magazine detonating.	Mike Yankee Soxisix +5% to secondary battery maximum firing range. -5% to maximum dispersion of secondary battery shells. -5% to secondary battery loading time. ★★★	November Echo Setteseven +5% continuous AA damage at all ranges. +5% damage from flak bursts. ★	Sierra Mike +5% to the ship's maximum speed. ★★★	November Foxtrot -5% reload time on all consumables. ★★	India Delta +20% to the amount of HP recovered when Repair Party  is used. ★★★
X-Ray Papa Unaone +10% action time of a Smoke Generator .	Sierra Bravo +10% action time of Hydroacoustic Search  -10% reload time of Defensive AA Fire . ★★★

Note: Use of the Juliet Charlie signal makes detonation impossible.

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