Rattlehead

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 Rattlehead — American • Premium • Tier IV • Cruiser.

A cruiser that resulted from foul experiments with alien technology in the secret drdock of Hangar 18. You've possibly seen too much and may already know too much...

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 Navy: USN
 Ship: American
 Nation: United States
 Categoy: Premium

 Tier: IV
 Class: Cruiser
 Cost: (Special)

 Year of Design: 1990
 Variants: Omaha

━━ Ship Traits ━━

Pyromania: Above average chance for HE shells to cause a fire.

Agile: Above average ability to change direction.

Compromising: High caliber AP shells overpen the armor, but may still arm, depending on shell velocity.

Money Maker: Grants a significant bonus to XP and credit earnings.

Ship Stats

Survivability

SURVIVBILITY	STOCK	UPGRADED
• Hitpoints	27 000	-
• Armor (mm)	6 - 76	-
• Torpedo Damage Reduction (%)	0	-

Maneuverability

MANEUVERABILITY	STOCK	UPGRADED
• Maximum Speed (kn)	34	-
• Turning Circle Radius (m)	600	-
• Rudder Shift Time (sec)	5.7	-

Concealment

CONCEALMENT	STOCK	UPGRADED
• Detectability by Sea (km)	11.1	-
• Detectability by Air (km)	6.7	-
• Detectability while firing in smoke (km)	5.1	-

Torpedos

TORPEDOS	STOCK	UPGRADED
• Name	533mm triple	-
• Arrangement	2x3	-
• Reload Time (sec)	45	-
• 180° Turn Time (sec)	7.2	-
• Maximum Damage	6233	-
• Detectability by Sea (km)	1.1	-
• Range (km)	8.2	-
• Speed (kn)	56	-

Main Artillery

MAIN BATTERY	STOCK	UPGRADED
• Main Artillery Name	152mm Mk13	-
• Main Artillery Arrangement	8x1	-
• Main Artillery 2 Name	152mm Mk16	-
• Main Artillery 2 Arrangement	2x2	-
• Firing Range (km)	12.6	-
• Reload Time (sec)	8	-
• 180° Turn Time (sec)	18	-
• HE Maximum Damage	2200	-
• HE Fire Chance (%)	12	-
• HE Penetration (mm)	25	-
• AP Maximum Damage	3100	-
• Sigma	2.0	-

Anti-Aircraft Artillery

AA ARMAMENT 1	STOCK	UPGRADED
• Name	76.2mm Mk22 mod. 2	-
• Arrangement	4x1	-
• DPS	11	-
• Range (km)	3.5	-

Modules, Modifications & Consumables

Modules

Cruiser - Rattlehead

	Hit Points	Min Armor (mm)	Max Armor (mm)	Torpedo Damage Reduction (%)	Main Battery Turrets	Torpedo Launchers	Rudder Shift (s)
Stock	27 000	6	76	0	8x1	2	5.7

	Turret Arrangement	Reload Time (s)	180° Turn Time (s)	Max HE Damage	HE Fire Chance (%)	Max AP Damage
152mm Mk13	8x1	8	18	2200	12	3100

	Main Battery Firing Range
Stock	12.6 km

	Launcher Arrangement	Reload Time (s)	180° Turn Time (s)	Max Damage	Range	Speed	Detection
533mm triple	2x3	45s	7.2s	6233	8.2	56	1.1

	Maximum Speed
Stock	34 kn

Modifications

Cruiser - Rattlehead

SLOT 1

Main Battery Mod 2 Main Battery traverse speed +20%

Aiming Systems Mod 1 Dispersion of Main Battery -7% Torpedo tubes traverse speed +20% Secondary Battery firing range +5% Dispersion of secondary battery -5%

AA Guns Mod 2 AA guns firing range +20%

Consumables

Cruiser - Rattlehead

Damage Control Party

Accelerates repairs to damage modules, firefighting efforts and recovery from flooding.

Duration: 5s Reload time: 60s The number of consumables is unlimited

Sonar

Increases the range of guaranteed acquisition of enemy ships and torpedoes, including those within smoke screens.

Detection of torpedoes: 2.7km Detection of ships: 3.7km Duration: 90s Reload time: 180s Number of consumables: 2

Catapult Fighter

Follows the ship and automatically attacks enemy aircraft.

Duration: 100s Reload time: 80s Number of consumables: 3

Community Contributions

Player Opinion

Cruiser - Rattlehead

Pros:

• Quick reload and large amount of guns means that she can fire large amounts of shells at a very long range.
• A high fire chance means that this high volume of fire is also bound to start large amounts of fires and easily burn down any opponents Rattlehead cannot destroy with her AP shells.
• Her torpedoes reload very quickly and can set large amounts of floods if the player can get consistent hits with them.

Cons:

• Her low amount of armor makes her very susceptible to battleship caliber guns, especially from long range.
• Her shell arcs are very floaty and her shells travel very slowly, making long distance gunnery a challenge.
• Rattlehead's torpedoes are very anemic and deal very little damage, and even less so if they hit a torpedo bulge.

Performance

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