August von Parseval

12.4

August von Parseval

Aircraft Carrier | Germany | Tier VIII

Tech Tree Position

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General

Research price161000 exp

Purchase price11,500,000

Hit Points50,000

Secondary Armament #1

105 mm/65 SK C/33 on a Dop. L. C/38 mount6 х 2 pcs.

Firing Range6.625 km.

Rate of Fire17.91 shots/min.

Reload Time3.35 sec.

HE Shell105 mm Spr.Gr. Kz.

Maximum HE Shell Damage1,200

Initial HE Shell Velocity900 m./s.

Chance of Fire on Target Caused by HE Shell5 %

AA Defense

105 mm/65 SK C/33 on a Dop. L. C/38 mount6 х 2 pcs.

. . . Average Damage per Second99.6

. . . Firing Range4.5 km.

37 mm/69 Flak M42 on an LM/42 mount22 х 2 pcs.

. . . Average Damage per Second226.6

. . . Firing Range3.51 km.

Maneuverability

Maximum Speed31.8 knot

Turning Circle Radius1 140 m.

Rudder Shift Time18.2 sec.

Concealment

Surface Detectability Range13.09 km.

Air Detectability Range11.16 km.

Battle Levels

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12.4

August von Parseval

Aircraft Carrier | Germany | Tier VIII

Tech Tree Position

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General

Research price161000 exp

Purchase price11,500,000

Hit Points51,400

Secondary Armament #1

105 mm/65 SK C/33 on a Dop. L. C/38 mount6 х 2 pcs.

Firing Range6.625 km.

Rate of Fire17.91 shots/min.

Reload Time3.35 sec.

HE Shell105 mm Spr.Gr. Kz.

Maximum HE Shell Damage1,200

Initial HE Shell Velocity900 m./s.

Chance of Fire on Target Caused by HE Shell5 %

AA Defense

105 mm/65 SK C/33 on a Dop. L. C/38 mount6 х 2 pcs.

. . . Average Damage per Second99.6

. . . Firing Range4.5 km.

55 mm/77 Gerät 58 on a single mount22 х 1 pcs.

. . . Average Damage per Second380.6

. . . Firing Range3.99 km.

Maneuverability

Maximum Speed31.8 knot

Turning Circle Radius1 140 m.

Rudder Shift Time13 sec.

Concealment

Surface Detectability Range13.09 km.

Air Detectability Range11.16 km.

Battle Levels

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VIII

11,500,000

August von Parseval — German Tier VIII aircraft сarrier.

A draft design for a large, high-speed aircraft carrier, based on the Graf Zeppelin class of carriers, but equipped with a diesel propulsion plant and a different combination of armaments.

August von Parseval was released on 7 July 2020.

Modules

	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 ()
August Parseval (A)	50,000	9	100		6	22/6				0	1,200,000
August Parseval (B)	51,400	9	100		6	22/6				27,000	3,000,000

	Speed (knot)	IDS_SHIP_PARAM_SQUADRON_MED_DAMAGE (HP/min)	IDS_SHIP_PARAM_SQUADRON_AMMO_AMOUNT	Hit Points (HP)		Research price (exp)	Purchase price ()
Bf 109T	153			1,270		0	600,000
Bf 109G	162			1,320		18,000	1,500,000

	Maximum Torpedo Damage (HP)	Speed (knot)	Hit Points (HP)		Research price (exp)	Purchase price ()
Fi 167	4,067	124	1,500		0	600,000
Bf 110C	4,067	149	1,570		18,000	1,500,000

	Maximum Bomb Damage (HP)	Speed (knot)	Hit Points (HP)		Research price (exp)	Purchase price ()
Fi 167		143	1,350		0	600,000
Bf 110C		149	1,410		18,000	1,500,000

	Maximum Speed (knot)		Research price (exp)	Purchase price ()
Propulsion: 153,000 hp	31.8		0	500,000

Compatible Upgrades

Slot 1
Slot 2
Slot 3
Slot 4
Slot 5

Player Opinion

Performance

Warning. The data presented in the AA Defense sidebar section may be incorrect.
For a graphic summary of ships Tiers VIII thru XI see LittleWhiteMouse's "Actual AA DPS".

Pros:

• Powerful and long-ranged armament of secondary cannons, effective against destroyers.
• Thick and sharply angled armor that will reflect or shatter most of the same-tier shells.
• Decent maneuverability that allows coming closer to the frontline and even capture points when needed.
• Accurate and fast torpedoes that can reliably hit all but the most nimble of targets.
• Dive bombers have access to Repair Party.
• AP rockets, when angled properly, will deliver up to a dozen of citadel penetrations on a cruiser per run.
• Bombs, if they hit the citadel, deal tremendous damage that is hard to recover from.
• Aircraft has increased speed and engine boost, making it more effective in scouting and spotting than most other planes of the same tier.

Cons:

• All planes are heavily specialized and have mutually exclusive roles, with actual damage numbers varying wildly depending on a number of variables.
• High-altitude bombers must fly really close to the target in order to hit, being exposed to enemy AA the whole route.
• Even with Repair active, planes are only tier VIII and will fall quickly to tier X AA fire.
• Bombers and attack planes are very demanding to the angle of the target, chances to hit the citadel being reduced to near-negligible if the angle is not straight 0 or 180 degrees respectively.
• AP rockets cannot penetrate most tier X cruisers.
• AP rockets are ineffective against both destroyers and battleships.
• Torpedoes have very low damage and chance to flood, making them nearly powerless against classes other than destroyers and light cruisers.
• Dive bomb reticle is rather wide and bombs drop with a significant delay, making them effective mostly against battleships and some heavy/superheavy cruisers.
• No reliable ways to ignite fires or break modules of the enemy ships.
• Lower base durability compared to other carriers of the same tier.

Optimal Configuration

Upgrades

The recommended upgrades for August von Parseval are as follows:

• Slot 1: Air Groups Modification 1
• Slot 2: Aircraft Engines Modification 1
• Slot 3: Aerial Torpedoes Modification 1
• Slot 4: Bombers Modification 2
• Slot 5: Flight Control Modification 1 or Squadron Consumables Modification 1

Upgrade Slot 5 offers players A choice between Flight Control Modification 1 and Squadron Consumbales Modification 1, which adds 50% to the length of all consumables. Players wishing to have more responsive fighters and longer heals can take this upgrade in in combination with repair specialist to get 8.2 second heals on their Dive and Torpedo Bombers . As for fighters, with Enhanced reactions, search and destroy and patrol group leader you can extend the fighter duration to more then 1.5 minutes post 0.10.4.

Commander Skills

Recommended Commander Skills
Cost (points)	Attack			Defense		Support
1	Last Gasp Completely restores engine boost for the last attack squadron.	Improved Engine Boost +10% Aircraft engine boost time. ★★	Engine Techie -20% Engine Cooling cooldown time.	Air Supremacy -5% aircraft restoration time. ★★★	Direction Center for Fighters +1 fighter to CAP squadrons.	Search and Destroy +10% to action radius of Patrol Fighter and Interceptor squadrons.
2	Torpedo Bomber -10% torpedo arming distance. ★	Swift Fish +5% to torpedo speed. ★★	Improved Engines +2.5% aircraft squadron speed. ★★★	Repair Specialist +1 In-flight Repair consumable +10% its action time. ★★★	Secondary Armament Expert +10% flak and continuous damage -10% secondary battery reload time. ★	Patrol Group Leader +1 fighter to Patrol Fighter or Interceptor squadrons.
3	Sight Stabilization +7.5% aiming speed. ★★	Enhanced Armor-Piercing Ammunition +3% damage from AP bombs and rockets. ★★	Pyrotechnician +1% chance of HE rockets causing a fire. +5% chance of HE bombs causing a fire.	Aircraft Armor -10% continuous AA damage while in an aura. ★★★	Survivability Expert +25 aircraft HP per ship tier. ★★★	Interceptor Interceptors replace Patrol Fighters:  +10% action radius.  Invulnerable to fighters.  Cannot attack fighters.  Cannot spot ships.
4	Bomber Flight Control +5% speed all bomber types. ★	Proximity Fuze -10% (absolute) to target's torpedo protection. ★★★	Close Quarters Expert Secondary batteries: +20% range -30% dispersion.	Enhanced Aircraft Armor -25% damage from flak. ★★	Hidden Menace -15% ship detectability range. -20% Damage Control Party cooldown. +50% aircraft return time.	Enhanced Reactions -80% time before activated Patrol Fighters or Interceptors attack. +25% action time. +50% cooldown time.
Key: ★★★ - Extremely Useful      ★★ - Frequently Useful      ★ - Occasionally Useful     No stars - Not Useful

Consumables

August von Parseval can equip the following consumables:

Aircraft Carrier:

• Slot 1: Damage Control Party  unlimited
• Slot 2: CAP Fighter 

All aircraft carrier consumables are automatically activated.

Attack Aircraft:

• Slot 1: Engine Cooling 
• Slot 2: Patrol Fighter 

Torpedo Bombers:

• Slot 1: Engine Cooling 
• Slot 2: Patrol Fighter 
• Slot 3: In-flight Repair 

Bombers:

• Slot 1: Engine Cooling 
• Slot 2: Patrol Fighter 
• Slot 3: In-flight Repair 

Signals

As with all other ships, August von Parseval can mount eight signals at a time and has no risk of detonating.

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 +15% 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.

Gallery

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  The Iron Cross permanent camouflage

Historical Gallery

References

Ship Change Log

See here for links to Update notes.

• Available for testing by supertesters in the game starting from Update 0.9.4 as August Parseval.

Testing Changes

• Apr 7, 2020:
  • Preliminary characteristics.
• DevBlog 7:
  • Renamed from August Parseval to August von Parseval.
• DevBlog 13:
  • The parameters of the aiming circle and accuracy settings of attack aircraft were changed, and the height of their flight during the attack was decreased. Now it will become easier to conduct the next attack, however, the aiming cone will expand faster when moving.
  • HP pool of attack aircraft and bombers increased (unlisted details).
  • Torpedo damage increased (unlisted details).
  • Engine Cooling consumable action time for torpedo bombers and bombers increased from 5 to 10 s, and the number of charges increased by 1.
  • Repair consumable added for bombers.
• DevBlog 23:
  • Attack aircraft parameters were changed:
    • Rocket armor penetration increased.
    • Height of attack decreased.
    • Angle of the attack decreased.
    • Vertical dispersion slightly decreased.
  • Torpedo bombers parameters were changed:
    • Aiming speed increased.
    • Launching cone's dispersion when turning during the attack increased.
  • Torpedo parameters were changed:
    • Maximum torpedo damage decreased from 8,367 to 4,067.
    • Range decreased from 6 to 2.5 km.
    • Speed increased from 25 to 52 knots.
    • Arming distance decreased to 489 m.
    • Detectability increased to 1.3 km.
• DevBlog 33:
  • Flooding chance of stock and researchable torpedoes decreased by some amount (unlisted change).
  • Maximum AP bomb damage of stock bombers increased from 5,200 to 7,000.
  • Maximum AP bomb damage of researchable bombers increased from 6,100 to 7,800.
  • Turning speed of researchable aircraft increased by 15%.
• DevBlog 39:
  • Increased accuracy of secondary battery to be similar to that of Massachusetts.
  • Attack aircraft parameters were changed:
    • Height of attack increased.
    • Accelerated aiming of the sight.
    • Decreased attack preparation time from 4 to 2.5 s.
    • Ricochet angle for rockets increased from 60 to 70 degrees.
    • Rocket damage increased from 2,150 to 2,350.

• Update 0.9.6:
  • Became available for completing a combat mission from the "German Aircraft Carriers" container.
• Introduced into the game as a researchable ship in Update 0.9.7. Also changed:
  • The names of the aerial torpedoes and aerial bombs were updated.
  • Bombers gain altitude more smoothly during takeoff.
  • Minor fixes to geometry and textures,
  • Research cost increased from 158,000 to 161,000 experience.
• Update 0.9.10:
  • Fixed a bug due to which the range of aircraft torpedoes on the minimap did not match the performance characteristics.
• Update 0.9.11:
  • Fixed geometry and textures of the ship.
• Update 0.10.0:
  • Secondary firing range decreased from 7.2 to 6.9km.
  • The speed of the patrol fighters was increased to 235 knots.
• Update 0.10.7.2:
  • Fixed a bug that caused incorrect operation of the game camera when using the permanent camouflage "Iron Cross".
• Update 0.10.8:
  • Increased the chance of two bombs hitting the inner ellipse at once.
• Update 0.11.0:
  • Added the animation of aircraft launching via a catapult.
• Update 0.11.6:
  • Minor fixes to the model and textures of the ship.
• Update 0.11.7:
  • Fixed the geometry and textures of the Lord of the Seekers permanent camouflage.
• Update 0.11.9:
  • Minor fixes to geometry and textures of the Lord of the Seekers permanent camouflage.
• Update 12.1:
  • Fixed a bug that caused the aircraft engine animation to be displayed incorrectly for the Lord of the Seekers camouflage.

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