Manfred von Richthofen

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Manfred von Richthofen

Aircraft Carrier | Germany | Tier X

Tech Tree Position

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General

Research price355000 exp

Purchase price28,000,000

Hit Points65,300

Secondary Armament #1

105 mm/65 SK C/33 on a Dop. L. C/38 mount12 х 2 pcs.

Firing Range6.85 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 mount12 х 2 pcs.

. . . Average Damage per Second199.2

. . . Firing Range4.5 km.

55 mm/77 Gerät 58 on a twin mount12 х 2 pcs.

. . . Average Damage per Second292.8

. . . Firing Range3.99 km.

Maneuverability

Maximum Speed32 knot

Turning Circle Radius1 200 m.

Rudder Shift Time16.4 sec.

Concealment

Surface Detectability Range13.58 km.

Air Detectability Range14.23 km.

Battle Levels

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13.9

Manfred von Richthofen

Aircraft Carrier | Germany | Tier X

Tech Tree Position

stock

 top

General

Research price355000 exp

Purchase price28,000,000

Hit Points65,300

Secondary Armament #1

105 mm/65 SK C/33 on a Dop. L. C/38 mount12 х 2 pcs.

Firing Range6.85 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 mount12 х 2 pcs.

. . . Average Damage per Second199.2

. . . Firing Range4.5 km.

55 mm/77 Gerät 58 on a twin mount12 х 2 pcs.

. . . Average Damage per Second292.8

. . . Firing Range3.99 km.

Maneuverability

Maximum Speed32 knot

Turning Circle Radius1 200 m.

Rudder Shift Time16.4 sec.

Concealment

Surface Detectability Range13.58 km.

Air Detectability Range14.23 km.

Battle Levels

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X

28,000,000

Manfred von Richthofen — German Tier X aircraft сarrier.

A hypothetical variation of a heavy German aircraft carrier based on the unfinished H-39 class battleship hull. It is assumed that by the time the construction of the battleship was halted, her hull would have been fully shaped, and the main propulsion plant and electrical plant machinery would also have been installed. With such a configuration, she would have been one of the largest ships in the world, second only to Japanese Shinano.

Manfred von Richthofen was first released on 4 August 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 ()
Manfred Richthofen	65,300	13	220		12	12/12				0	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 ()
Fw 190A8	167			1,380		0	1,000,000
Me 155G	172			1,440		38,000	2,500,000

	Maximum Torpedo Damage (HP)	Speed (knot)	Hit Points (HP)		Research price (exp)	Purchase price ()
Fw 190G8	4,533	154	1,640		0	1,000,000
Ta 152C-1/R14	4,533	174	1,710		38,000	2,500,000

	Maximum Bomb Damage (HP)	Speed (knot)	Hit Points (HP)		Research price (exp)	Purchase price ()
Fw 190G8		154	1,470		0	1,000,000
Ta 152C-1/R14		174	1,530		38,000	2,500,000

	Maximum Speed (knot)		Research price (exp)	Purchase price ()
Propulsion: 183,600 hp	32		0	900,000

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.

Manfred von Richthofen is a carrier that specializes in dealing irreparable damage to all ship classes. Her high average plane speed lets her quickly react to enemy movements and provides support anywhere on the map. However, this comes at the cost of fragile squadrons and low plane reserves.

Attack Aircraft:

Unlike most other carriers, Manfred von Richthofen's attack aircraft carry armor-piercing rockets. One squadron contains 9 aircraft divided into 3 strikes that each fire 12 rockets. With its high speed, agility, and short machine gun period, this armament is consistent against agile targets. These munitions are similar to cruiser AP and can citadel most cruisers. However, this also causes over-penetrations on destroyers and ricochets at extreme angles. Because of this, captains must always aim for ship broadsides.

Torpedo Bombers:

Manfred von Richthofen's torpedo bombers are an intermediate squadron to be used when the other squadrons are returning to the hull. As the fastest carrier-based torpedoes with a short arming distance, this armament deals damage with consistency. However, each torpedo deals a small amount of damage. Each squadron consists of 9 aircraft with a strike consisting of 3 planes that launch 1 torpedo each. Finally, her torpedo armament comes with an in-flight repair consumable allowing for increased survivability against ships with high AA.

Dive Bombers:

Manfred von Richthofen's dive bombers carry armor-piercing bombs that deal heavy damage. A full squadron consists of 12 aircraft with a strike consisting of 3 planes each dropping 1 bomb. While each bomb has high alpha damage, they have poor accuracy as the bombs often fall towards the outer edges of the reticle. Her dive bombers also come with an in-flight repair consumable in exchange for lower individual plane health, allowing for improved survivability during strikes.

Ship:

Manfred von Richthofen is a well-armored aircraft carrier that travels at 32 knots and features a 50mm armored flight deck. While no armor-piercing shells can penetrate her flight deck, high caliber high explosive shells that penetrate 50mm can damage her from any range. Her hull features a 60mm icebreaker, turtleback armor scheme, 14km base ship concealment, and a thick armor belt (145-150mm). While based on Friedrich der Große’s hull, Manfred von Richthofen is covered in standard 19mm aircraft carrier plating.

Much like the other German aircraft carriers, Manfred von Richthofen features a secondary battery with increased range and improved dispersion. However, her secondary battery firing angles are poor and require large amounts of broadside to bring all guns to bear. Investing in a secondary build is not recommended due to bad firing angles and the weakness of aircraft carrier hulls at close range.

Tips

• If using rockets against destroyers, change the angle of attack to ~55 degrees, so that the rockets can arm and deal heavy damage.
• The attack squadron can quickly develop a crossfire forcing enemy ships to turn into allied fire
• The bombers have a high cruising altitude that dives straight down when initiating the attack, it is recommended to lead targets accordingly.
• In matches with a high cruiser population, use the torpedo bombers as the scouting squadron to identify areas of dense AA and isolated targets to maximize the effectiveness of the armor-piercing armaments.
• Because of the poor accuracy, the bombers should be used against ships with wide profiles (most battleships).
• it is possible to make adjustments during the preparatory phase when the reticle is orange as the reticle continues to aim even when turning
• Rockets and torpedoes are the most effective against cruisers.
• The dive bombers have a flexible reticle where adjustments during the preparatory phase don't decrease accuracy. The reticle continues to fully aim when it appears orange even if adjustments are being made.

Pros:

• Fast planes
• AP rockets crossfire is very effective against cruisers
• Fastest aerial torpedoes in the game with decent arming distance. Good against destroyers.
• Highest per-bomb AP bomb damage in the game
• Dive bombers have access to In-flight Repair 
• A lot of Manfred von Richthofen's damage will come from citadel penetrations via AP rockets and bombs, preventing most ships from recovering from said damage
• Best armor protection in tier/class, tied with Max Immelmann (as they share the same hull)
• Dangerous secondary armament, very useful for self-defense
• Best concealment among Tier 10 aircraft carriers, tied with Max Immelmann

Cons:

• Smaller plane hanger
• AP rockets are not effective against angled targets
• AP bomb dispersion is inconsistent. 2 bombs will tend to land in the inner ring.
• Aerial torpedoes deal the lowest damage and have the lowest flood chance among Tier 10 torpedo bombers
• 50mm flight deck

Research

Like other Tier 10 aircraft carriers, Manfred von Richthofen does not come elite on purchase.

• Attack Aircraft: Upgrade to Me155G for slightly higher plane speed and health.
• Torpedo Bombers: Upgrade to Ta 152C-1/R14 for higher plane speed and slightly more health.
• Dive Bombers: Upgrade to Ta 152C-1/R14 for higher plane speed, slightly more health, and a big damage boost (7'800->8'800).

Players are encouraged to prioritize researching dive bombers first for the damage boost. Torpedo bombers should come second as they gain more speed than attack aircraft, and are used against all kind of targets, whereas attack aircraft are only used against cruisers. Attack aircraft should be researched last.

Optimal Configuration

Upgrades

Standard Build

The recommended upgrades for Manfred von Richthofen 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 1
• Slot 5: Flight Control Modification 1
• Slot 6: Flight Control Modification 2

Competitive Build

The recommended upgrades for Manfred von Richthofen 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 1
• Slot 5: Squadron Consumables Modification 1
• Slot 6: Flight Control Modification 2

Upgrade Slot 5 offers players A choice between Flight Control Modification 1 and Squadron Consumables 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

It is recommended to use Günther Lütjens for improved Improved Engine Boost.

• Note: Hidden Menace states that your planes reach safe altitude at 50% lower height which is not true because your planes are still vulnerable to flak, therefore the skill is bugged and not recommended.

Standard Build

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

Competitive Build

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

Manfred von Richthofen 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 a carrier, Manfred von Richthofen has no risk of detonating.

• Note: Carriers burn at 1% health per a second while all other ships burn at 0.3% a second. So even though Carriers burn for only 5 seconds for each fire, if caught off of DCP, multiple fires can be set over and over again making a carrier lose more health to fires than any surface ship within a short duration. Also, Tier X carriers have tier 6 fire reduction coefficient which makes them 30% more likely to be caught on fire than Tier X surface ships.

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.

Gallery

Historical Info

Manfred von Richthofen is a concept design for a heavy aircraft carrier. The hangers, flight deck, and superstructure are built on top of a converted H-class battleship. No evidence is available to support this ship design from a historical basis.

In 1938 the German Oberkommando der Marine (Naval High Command) started to draw up a plan of what it would take to rival the British Royal Navy. This updating and expansion plan for the Kriegsmarine (German Navy) was approved and ordered in January 1939 as “Plan Z”.

Plan Z called for 10 battleships and 4 aircraft carriers as the main force to engage the Royal Navy. An additional 58 cruisers, 68 destroyers, and 90 U-boats were also ordered, at a cost of 33 billion Reichsmarks. Set to be completed by 1940, they were intended to attack British shipping lanes and support the main German fleet. By the outbreak of World War II only 8 months later in September 1939, very little work on the new ships had been started. Plan Z was canceled as wartime priorities shifted the materials and labor force to more immediate needs. By the end of the war only a few major ships were completed, all of which had been ordered prior to the creation of Plan Z.

Based on the trend in historical documents of their proposed aircraft carrier design evolution, it is likely Germany may have planned and attempted to convert other ships into carriers to save time and resources. If they had continued down the path of Plan Z, a similar design might have been developed. However, only two H-class battleships were laid down before construction was halted at the start of the war, and neither hull was far enough along to even consider converting them into carriers.

The text has been adapted from [1] and the adaptation is made available under the Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0.

Historical Gallery

References

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_aircraft_carriers_of_Germany

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plan_Z

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 Manfred Richtofen.

Testing Changes

• Apr 7, 2020:
  • Preliminary characteristics.
• DevBlog 7:
  • Renamed to Manfred von Richtofen.
• 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.
  • The HP pools of attack aircraft and bombers increased:
    • Researchable attack aircraft increased from 1,380 to 1,440.
    • Researchable bombers from 1,390 to 1,530.
  • Torpedo damage increased from 8,200 to 10,200 on researchable torpedo bombers.
  • 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 16:
  • Parameters of stock attack aircraft changed:
    • Size of attacking flight increased from 2 to 3.
    • Number of aircraft per squadron increased from 8 to 9.
• 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 10,200 to 4,533.
    • Range decreased from 6 to 3 km.
    • Speed increased from 25 to 55 knots.
    • Arming distance decreased to 591 m.
    • Detectability increased to 1.4 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 6,100 to 7,800.
  • Maximum AP bomb damage of researchable bombers increased from 7,100 to 8,800.
  • Turning speed of stock and researchable aircraft increased by 15%.
  • Parameters of stock and researchable attack aircraft and rockets were changed:
    • Number of rockets in a payload increased from 2 to 4.
    • Accuracy settings changed due to a higher number of rockets in a salvo.
    • Maximum rocket damage decreased from 5,000 to 2,800.
    • 203mm rockets replaced with 83mm rockets.
• 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 2,800 to 3,100.

• Introduced into the game as a researchable ship in Update 0.9.7.
• Update 0.9.10:
  • Fixed a bug due to which the thickness of the armor of a part of the deck was 6 mm instead of 19 mm.
• Update 0.9.12:
  • The area of ​​the ellipse of the sight of bombers was increased.
  • Fixed a bug with too rapid of a slowdown when using booster. The value is reduced to standard.
• Update 0.10.0:
  • Secondary armament firing range decreased from 7 to 6.6 km.
  • The speed of the patrol fighters was increased to 266 knots.
• Update 0.10.1:
  • Fixed incorrect booking of office premises.
• Update 0.10.8:
  • Increased the chance of two bombs hitting the inner ellipse at once.
• Update 0.11.1:
  • Minor corrections to geometry and textures of the ship.
• 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.
• Update 12.6:
  • Fixed an issue that caused the ship's catapults to be misaligned.
• Update 12.7:
  • Added the "Aerodynamic Torpedo Fin Stabilizers" unique upgrade in Slot 6, available in the Research Bureau for 19,200 Research Points, with the following parameters:
    • Torpedo bomber HP: +15%.
    • Maximum torpedo damage: +10%.
    • Torpedo arming distance: –10%.

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