Jaguar

13.3

Jaguar

Destroyer | France | Tier V

Tech Tree Position

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General

Research price11500 exp

Purchase price1,350,000

Hit Points12,800

Main Battery

130 mm/40 Mle 1919 on an Mle 1919 mount5 х 1 pcs.

Rate of Fire9.09 shots/min.

Reload Time6.6 sec.

Rotation Speed10 deg./sec.

180 Degree Turn Time18 sec.

Firing Range10.98 km.

Maximum Dispersion97 m.

HE Shell130 mm HE OEA Mle 1923

Maximum HE Shell Damage1,900

Chance of Fire on Target Caused by HE Shell9 %

Initial HE Shell Velocity725 m./s.

HE Shell Weight34.85 kg.

AP Shell130 mm AP OPFA Mle 1923

Maximum AP Shell Damage2,300

Initial AP Shell Velocity725 m./s.

AP Shell Weight32.05 kg.

Torpedo Tubes

550 mm tube lance-torpilles2 х 3 pcs.

Rate of Fire0.8 shots/min.

Reload Time75 sec.

Rotation Speed25 deg./sec.

180 Degree Turn Time7.2 sec.

Torpedo550 mm 19D Mle 0

Maximum Damage11,267

Torpedo Speed57 knot

Torpedo Range7.5 km.

AA Defense

75 mm/50 Mle 1922 on an Mle 1922 mount2 х 1 pcs.

. . . Average Damage per Second3.4

. . . Firing Range3 km.

13.2 mm Hotchkiss Mle 1929 on a single mount2 х 1 pcs.

. . . Average Damage per Second5

. . . Firing Range1.2 km.

Maneuverability

Maximum Speed35.5 knot

Turning Circle Radius660 m.

Rudder Shift Time5.7 sec.

Concealment

Surface Detectability Range6.98 km.

Air Detectability Range3.39 km.

Battle Levels

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13.3

Jaguar

Destroyer | France | Tier V

Tech Tree Position

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General

Research price11500 exp

Purchase price1,350,000

Hit Points16,600

Main Battery

130 mm/40 Mle 1919 on an Mle 1919 mount5 х 1 pcs.

Rate of Fire9.09 shots/min.

Reload Time6.6 sec.

Rotation Speed10 deg./sec.

180 Degree Turn Time18 sec.

Firing Range12.08 km.

Maximum Dispersion97 m.

HE Shell130 mm HE OEA Mle 1923

Maximum HE Shell Damage1,900

Chance of Fire on Target Caused by HE Shell9 %

Initial HE Shell Velocity725 m./s.

HE Shell Weight34.85 kg.

AP Shell130 mm AP OPFA Mle 1923

Maximum AP Shell Damage2,300

Initial AP Shell Velocity725 m./s.

AP Shell Weight32.05 kg.

Torpedo Tubes

550 mm tube lance-torpilles2 х 3 pcs.

Rate of Fire0.8 shots/min.

Reload Time75 sec.

Rotation Speed25 deg./sec.

180 Degree Turn Time7.2 sec.

Torpedo550 mm 19D Mle 0

Maximum Damage11,267

Torpedo Speed57 knot

Torpedo Range7.5 km.

AA Defense

37 mm/50 CAIL Mle 1933 on a CAD Mle 1933 mount2 х 2 pcs.

. . . Average Damage per Second4.6

. . . Firing Range3 km.

13.2 mm Hotchkiss Mle 1929 on a CAD Mle 1929 mount2 х 2 pcs.

. . . Average Damage per Second7

. . . Firing Range1.2 km.

Maneuverability

Maximum Speed35.5 knot

Turning Circle Radius660 m.

Rudder Shift Time4 sec.

Concealment

Surface Detectability Range6.98 km.

Air Detectability Range3.39 km.

Battle Levels

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V

1,350,000

Jaguar — French Tier V destroyer.

An ancestor of a sub-type of large destroyers (French "contre-torpilleurs") that were fast-moving ships, their speed being typical of the French Navy. In contrast to destroyers of that time, these ships had large dimensions and powerful artillery armament.

Jaguar first appeared in the tech tree on 24 Aug 2019.

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 ()
130 mm/40 Mle 1919 on an Mle 1919 mount	9.1	18	97	1,900	9	2,300		0	100,000

	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 ()
Jaguar (A)	12,800	3	10	5		2/2	2			0	160,000
Jaguar (B)	16,600	3	10	5		2/2	2			3,600	370,000

	Rate of Fire (shots/min)	Torpedo Tubes Reload Time (sec)	180° Turn Time (sec)	Maximum Damage (HP)	Torpedo Speed (knot)	Torpedo Range (km)		Research price (exp)	Purchase price ()
550 mm 23DT Mle 1	0.8	75	7.2	11,266	57	7.5		0	100,000

	IDS_SHIP_PARAM_SUO_INCREASE_DIST (%)	Maximum Firing Range (km)		Research price (exp)	Purchase price ()
PCA n° 5 Mle 1		0		0	110,000
PCA n° 5 Mle 2		0		2,300	210,000

	Maximum Speed (knot)		Research price (exp)	Purchase price ()
Propulsion: 50,000 hp	35.5		0	125,000

Compatible Upgrades

Slot 1
Slot 2
Slot 3

Player Opinion

Performance

Tier V is an incredibly diverse tier for battleships, cruisers, and destroyers. No other tier can have within its ranks the Kamikaze sisters, Gremyaschy, and Okhotnik or boast greater variety among its destroyers than, possibly, Tier VIII. As such, it speaks to Jaguar's strengths that she can stand out among her peers. No other ship has even close to the 16,600 HP on Jaguar's researchable hull. Nicholas comes in a distant second with her 13,100 HP on Hull B.

Unsurprisingly, Jaguar's armament is a definite upgrade over her predecessor. She equips the same guns, just 5 of them instead of 4, and slightly improved torpedoes. Captains might recall Bourrasque needs to show almost a complete broadside to use all 4 of her guns. Jaguar's turret angles are slightly wider, though she still needs to expose significant broadside to fire a full salvo. At Tier V, competition from artillery-focused destroyers increases. Notably, Hill also has 5 guns with a similar damage per shell, though each reloads in just 75% of the time of Jaguar's. Additionally, the previously best-at-tier turret traverse of 20°/s becomes merely average at Tier V. To stay alive and maintain her influence throughout an entire game, captains must learn to stay at range and occasionally let allies do the spotting. Jaguar cannot win every destroyer duel with guns alone, though her high health pool affords her the ability to sustain some more blows. Furthermore, her high detectability range and lack of smoke gives an advantage to enemy destroyers that can more easily disengage.

Luckily, Jaguar's 6 torpedoes in 2 triple launchers are immensely powerful. Her torpedoes are capable of dealing more damage and traveling farther than even the infamous Kamikaze clones (and are tied for speed), albeit with a significantly longer reload time of 90 seconds. Only Jianwei's researchable deepwater torpedoes can deal more damage and Jaguar's 8 km torpedo range is second to none, though three other ships share this trait. Jaguar has a 0.8 km window where her detectability range is less than her torpedo range, which Concealment Expert helpfully extends to 1.5 km. This allows Jaguar to deliver devastating strikes from the safety of the shadows. Captains should keep in mind that Jaguar's torpedo angles are more limited than that of most Tier V destroyers, especially towards the bow.

Jaguar can do well, though it may be harder than in the preceding tiers. Her ability to take extra hits is, after more thinking, great!, though this may not be obvious in the midst of battle where dealing damage often comes first. However, this allows her appreciable armament to stay in play longer. Tier V comes with more competition whereas Tier VI comes with a major upgrade and distinction in the form of Main Battery Reload Booster. This places Jaguar in a weird position where some players likely will only play her so they can stop playing her.

Pros:

• Hull B has highest health pool among all Tier V destroyers.
• 3rd largest main battery range of Tier V destroyers (behind Gremyaschy and Siroco).
• 5 guns with high damage per shell.
• Deadly torpedoes with nearly the highest maximum damage at her tier (behind Jianwei by 1,867 hp).
• Torpedoes have 8 km range (best at tier and tied with Mutsuki, Gremyaschy, and Visby) and 68 knots speed (best at tier and tied with Kamikaze clones).
• Torpedo range extends beyond detectability range, even without Concealment Expert).
• High speed of over 44 knots with Engine Boost  and Sierra Mike (behind only Podvoisky with the same loadout).

Cons:

• Slow turret traverse [Depends significantly on perspective. I would say the turret traverse is average and decent. Americans are faster and Japanese are slower. The rest (including Jaguar) tend to be around 20 degrees/second.]
• Below average Main Battery reload [Also depends significantly on perspective. The Japanese have longer reloads as does some Soviet ships, Visby, and Jianwei.]
• Second worst concealment at tier V [Not quite true.]
• No Smoke Generator - vulnerable to CV's -->

Research

It is recommended for captains to first research the Hull upgrade for an additional 3,800 HP on Jaguar. Captains may decide to then proceed immediately to the next ship on the tech tree, Guepard. Alternatively, captains may research the PCA n° 5 Mle 2 upgrade for a 10% increase to Jaguar's already large main battery range.

Optimal Configuration

Upgrades

Unlike the French cruisers, the French DDs don't seem especially apt to lose their steering or propulsion.

• Slot 1: Main Armaments Modification 1
• Slot 2: Damage Control System Modification 1 
• Slot 3: Aiming Systems Modification 1

Commander Skills

Recommended Commander Skills
Cost (points)	Endurance		Attack		Support		Versatility
1	Priority Target Situational Awareness indicator will show the number of opponents currently aiming at you with main battery guns. ★★★	Preventative Maintenance -30% to the risk of incapacitation of main turrets, torpedo tubes, steering gear, engines. ★★	Expert Loader -50% to reload time when shell type is switched.	Air Supremacy -5% aircraft restoration time. Χ	Direction Center for Fighters +1 fighter to carrier fighter squadrons or catapult fighters. Χ	Improved Engine Boost +10% Aircraft engine boost time. Χ	Incoming Fire Alert Indicator of long-range enemy artillery fire. ★	Last Gasp Completely restores the engine boost for the last attack flight of the carrier's planes. Χ
2	High Alert -10% to reload time of Damage Control Party consumable.	Jack of All Trades -5% to reload time of all consumables.	Expert Marksman +2.5 deg/sec to traverse speed of guns with a caliber up to 139mm. +0.7 deg/sec to traverse speed of guns with a caliber above 139mm.	Torpedo Acceleration +5 knots to torpedo speed. -20% to torpedo range.	Smoke Screen Expert +20% to the radius of the smoke screen. Χ	Improved Engines +2.5% Squadron speed. Χ	Adrenaline Rush -0.2% to reload times of all types of armament for each 1% of total health lost. +0.2% squadron speed for each 1% of total health lost. ★★	Last Stand The ship remains able to move and maneuver while the engine or steering gears are incapacitated. ★★★
3	Basics of Survivability -15% to time of repair, fire extinguishing, and recovery from flooding.	Survivability Expert +350 ship HP for each ship tier. +15 aircraft HP for each ship tier. ★	Torpedo Armament Expertise -10% to reload time of torpedo tubes.	Aircraft Armor Reduces continuous damage to aircraft in all AA defense zones. -10% continuous damage. Χ	Basic Firing Training -10% to reload time of main battery guns with a caliber up to and including 139mm and all secondary battery guns. +10% to continuous damage from AA guns. ★★	Superintendent +1 additional charge to all consumables mounted on a ship.	Demolition Expert +2% chance of HE shells causing a fire on target. +1% chance of rockets causing a fire on target. +5% chance of HE bombs causing a fire on target. ★★	Vigilance +25% to detection range of enemy torpedoes.
4	Manual Fire Control for Secondary Armament Tightens dispersion of secondary batteries. -15% for Tier I-VI ships. -60% for Tier VII-X ships. Manually selected target only.	Fire Prevention -10% to the risk of fire. The maximum number of fires on a ship is reduced to three.	Inertia Fuse for HE Shells +25% to the armor penetration of HE shells. -50% to base chance of fire caused by HE shells. ★	Sight Stabilization Speeds up the aiming of a carrier's aircraft. +7.5% attack aircraft and torpedo bomber aiming speed. +15% dive bomber aiming speed. Χ	Advanced Firing Training +20% to firing range of main battery guns with a caliber up to 139mm and all secondary battery guns. +15% AA flak burst damage.	Massive AA Fire +100% instantaneous damage. No boost to continuous damage in a reinforced sector. Shorter effective cooldown.	Radio Position Finding Shows the direction to the nearest enemy ship. The enemy is alerted that a bearing has been taken. ★	Concealment Expert -10% to the detection radius of all ships and aircraft. ★★★
Key: ★★★ - Extremely Useful      ★★ - Frequently Useful      ★ - Occasionally Useful     No stars - Meh      Χ - Not recommended

Consumables

Jaguar can equip the following consumables:

• Slot 1: Damage Control Party 
• Slot 2: Engine Boost 

  Gallery

Historical Info

Jaguar, 1926

Construction

Builder: Arsenal de Lorient; Lorient, France

Laid down: 24 August 1922

Launched: 17 November 1923

Commissioned: 25 June 1926

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Specifications

2,126 tons displacement, standard

3,075 tons displacement, full

128.8m length

11.1m beam

4.1m draft

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Machinery

Five (5) Du Temple boilers

Two (2) Rateau-Bretagne geared steam turbines

530 tons oil

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Performance

35.5 knots at 50,000 shaft horsepower

3,000 nm at 15 knots

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Armament

Main

Five (5x1) 130mm/40 Mle 1919

Anti-aircraft

Two (2x1) 75mm/50 Mle 1924

Two (2x1) 8mm Hotchkiss MG Mle 1914

Torpedoes

Six (2x3) 550mm 19D

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Complement

321 (12 officers and 209 sailors)

History

The French destroyer Jaguar was a Jaguar-class destroyer (contre-torpilleur) built for the French Navy during the 1920s. She spent most of her pre-World War II career as a flagship for various destroyer units. The ship was assigned convoy escort duties in the Atlantic after the start of the World War II in September 1939 until she was badly damaged during a collision in January 1940. Five months later, after her repairs were completed, she was committed to the English Channel after the Battle of France began in May 1940. Jaguar was torpedoed by German E-boats on 23 May and had to beach herself; her wreck was written off as irreparable.

Design

Alongside the Projet 1920 torpilleurs d’escadre, another type of design was also drawn up – a contre-torpilleur (destroyer hunter). These ships were designed explicitly for the purpose of countering the Italian esploratori leggeri, and the initial design was much larger than the standard fleet destroyer – a 1,780-tonne ship with five 100mm guns and a higher top speed of 35.5 knots. As with the Projet 1920, the inferiority of the 100mm gun compared to the weapons used by their foreign counterparts lead to the contre-torpilleur being re-designed to use the same 130mm/40 Mle 1919 as the Bourrasque-class. The estimated displacement growth for the move to 130mm guns lead to the design becoming a 2,360-tonner, and at full load the ships were about 3,000 tonnes.

The new draft for the contre-torpilleur project, as of April 1921, called for a design output of 50,000 shp, in order to maintain the targeted top speed of 35.5 knits (versus 38,000 shp from the 1920 design), with the target for cruising range remaining the same as well (3,000 nm at 15 knots). The price of the high speed was high – five boilers operating at 18 kg/cm²/216°C and two turbine groups, which took up half the length of the ship and over a third of its displacement. Most of the ships were able to attain near their design speed on their trials (around 34.5 knots), however this was at a load only slightly greater than their normal tonnage, and with power overload. At full load and normal power their top speed was considerably less, closer to 30 knots.

Their main armament utilized the same 130mm/40 Mle 1919 as the Bourrasque-class, albeit with a fifth gun amidships (although this gun was not fed directly by a magazine, and only had 30 ready rounds available before it would have to cease action). Although a powerful gun firing a heavier projectile than any other naval rifle in service aboard foreign destroyers, rate of fire and effective range (4-5 rpm and about 12,000 meters) were rather low and limited their effectiveness. Additionally, the ships had too much topweight and thus the planned Mle 1923B fire control computer could not be installed – instead a simple Mle 1919 Aviso calculator was used in conjunction with a 3-meter coincidence rangefinder until later in their career. Anti-aircraft defense was provided by two 75mm/50 Mle 1924, and two 8mm machine guns. Fire control was limited to on-mount sights.

Torpedo armament was identical to the Bourrasque-class, and consisted of two Schneider Mle 1920T 550mm triple torpedo mounts, equipped with 550mm Mle 1919D torpedoes (6,000 meters at 35 knots). Fire control utilized the same rangefinder as the main guns.

Overall, the Jaguar-class was a landmark in destroyer design, on being the largest and most powerful ships of their type when commissioned. However, much of their strength existed only on paper, as their top speed was considerably less than advertised, the main armament not as powerful as the caliber suggested, and the ships suffered from serious stability issues that hampered their operations (gunnery in particular). The Marine Nationale sought to address these issues in their future ships.

Service

Six Chacal-class destroyers were placed in commission during 1926-27. All but Tigre were lost in WWII.

Jaguar herself was torpedoed by a German E-boat near Dunkirk, 23 May 1940, then beached and wrecked.

Historical Gallery

References

1. French destroyer Jaguar - Wikipedia
2. Chacal-class destroyer - Wikipedia
   

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