Z-31


Z-31 — German
• Tech Tree • Tier VI • Destroyer.
Following a halt to its construction, part of the 1936B destroyer class was laid down again in 1940 and 1941. The new 1936A(Mob) class was armed with 5.9-inch (150 mm) guns. Z-31, the lead ship of the class, was commissioned in April 1942. She saw action in the Barents Sea, where she fought convoy JW-51B, participated in a raid on Svalbard, and carried German troops from Finland to Norway in 1944. The ship suffered heavy damage in an encounter with British cruisers in January 1945. After the war, she was handed over to France and renamed Marceau.

Navy: GER
Ship: German
Nation: Germany
Categoy: Tech Tree
Tier: VI
Class: Destroyer
Cost: 9 000 000
XP: 143 000
Entered Service: 1942
Ships in Series: 15
Predecessor: Maass
Successors: G. J. Maerker, F. Schultz




SURVIVBILITY | STOCK | UPGRADED |
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• Hitpoints | 18 500 | 23 300 |
• Armor (mm) | 6 - 30 | - |
• Torpedo Damage Reduction (%) | 0 | 0 |


MANEUVERABILITY | STOCK | UPGRADED |
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• Maximum Speed (kn) | 31.5 | 35 |
• Turning Circle Radius (m) | 670 | 670 |
• Rudder Shift Time (sec) | 7.2 | 4.8 |


CONCEALMENT | STOCK | UPGRADED |
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• Detectability by Sea (km) | 7.2 | - |
• Detectability by Air (km) | 3.6 | - |
• Detectability while firing in smoke (km) | 3.1 | - |


TORPEDOS | STOCK | UPGRADED |
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• Name | 533mm Vierling | 533mm Vierling |
• Arrangement | 2x4 | 2x4 |
• Reload Time (sec) | 120 | 120 |
• 180° Turn Time (sec) | 7.2 | 7.2 |
• Maximum Damage | 12 867 | 12 867 |
• Detectability by Sea (km) | 1.2 | 1.2 |
• Range (km) | 7.5 | 7.5 |
• Speed (kn) | 52 | 52 |


MAIN BATTERY | STOCK | UPGRADED |
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• Main Artillery Name | 150mm L/48 Tbts LC/36 | 150mm L/48 Tbts LC/36 |
• Main Artillery Arrangement | 2x1 | 2x1 |
• Main Artillery 2 Name | 150mm L/48 LDrh LC/38 | 150mm L/48 LDrh LC/38 |
• Main Artillery 2 Arrangement | 1x2 | 1x2 |
• Firing Range (km) | 10.5 | 11.6 |
• Reload Time (sec) | 5.5 | 5.5 |
• 180° Turn Time (sec) | 12.9 | 12.9 |
• HE Maximum Damage | 1800 | 1800 |
• HE Fire Chance (%) | 12 | 12 |
• HE Penetration (mm) | 38 | 38 |
• AP Maximum Damage | 3700 | 3700 |
• Sigma | 2.0 | - |


AA ARMAMENT 1 | STOCK | UPGRADED |
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• Name | 20mm Flak 38 | 20mm Flakzwilling 38 |
• Arrangement | 8x1 | 6x2 |
• DPS | 24 | 25 |
• Range (km) | 2 | 2 |
AA ARMAMENT 2 | STOCK | UPGRADED |
• Name | 37mm Flakzwilling 30 | 20mm Flakvierling 38 |
• Arrangement | 4x2 | 2x4 |
• DPS | 10 | 12 |
• Range (km) | 3.5 | 2 |


Modules
Destroyer - Z-31
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Hit Points | Min Armor (mm) | Max Armor (mm) | Torpedo Damage Reduction (%) | Main Battery Turrets | Torpedo Launchers | Rudder Shift (s) | Purchase Price |
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Stock | 18 500 | 6 | 30 | 0 | 2x1 | 2 | 7.2 | 0 |
Hull B | 23 300 | 6 | 30 | 0 | 2x1 | 2 | 4.8 | 1 800 000 |
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Turret Arrangement | Reload Time (s) | 180° Turn Time (s) | Max HE Damage | HE Fire Chance (%) | Max AP Damage |
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150mm L/48 Tbts LC/36 | 2x1 | 5.5 | 12.9 | 1800 | 12 | 3700 |
150mm L/48 Tbts LC/36 | 2x1 | 5.5 | 12.9 | 1800 | 12 | 3700 |
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Firing Range Increase (%) | Main Battery Firing Range | Purchase Price |
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Stock | 0 % | 10.5 km | 0 |
Targeting System FKS Typ 7 Mod. 2 | 10 % | 11.6 km | 225 000 |
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Launcher Arrangement | Reload Time (s) | 180° Turn Time (s) | Max Damage | Range | Speed | Detection |
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533mm Vierling | 2x4 | 120s | 7.2s | 12 867 | 7.5 | 52 | 1.2 |
533mm Vierling | 2x4 | 120s | 7.2s | 12 867 | 7.5 | 52 | 1.2 |
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Maximum Speed | Purchase Price |
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Stock | 31.5 kn | 0 |
Engine: 70 000 hp | 35 kn | 225 000 |
Modifications
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Consumables
Destroyer - Z-31
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Accelerates repairs to damage modules, firefighting efforts and recovery from flooding. |
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Generates a smoke screen behind the ship that reduces the risk of being detected by the enemy. |
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Temporarily increases the maximum ship speed. |
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Player Opinion
Destroyer - Z-31Pros:
- Largest HP pool of all Tier VI destroyers.
- Thick central armor (25 mm), cannot be penetrated by most destroyers.
- Guns have good accuracy.
- High AP shell damage.
- Enhanced AP shell ricochet angles.
- Very high HE shell penetration (38 mm).
Cons:
- Guns have long reload.
- Genuinely abysmal DPM.
- Fairly low HE shell damage.
- Torpedoes are glacially slow at 52 knots.
- Long torpedo reload for a Tier VI destroyer.
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