Z-46

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12,200,000

Z-46 — German Tier IX destroyer.

A well-balanced design for a destroyer (Zerstörer 1936C type), intended for operations on the high seas. Her major distinction from the preceding classes was her artillery armament, comprising of up-to-date and dual-purpose main battery turret mounts.

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 ()
128 mm/45 SK C/41 on a Drh LC/41 mount	15	10	89	1,500	7	3,000		0	1,000,000

	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 ()
Z-46 (A)	16,200	13	20	3		4/3/3	2			0	1,400,000
Z-46 (B)	19,900	13	20	3		3/4	2			39,000	3,200,000

	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 ()
G7 Schildbutt	0.7	90	7.2	14,400	66	9.5		0	1,300,000
G7 Wolfsbarsch	0.7	90	7.2	14,400	67	10		20,000	1,500,000

	IDS_SHIP_PARAM_SUO_INCREASE_DIST (%)	Maximum Firing Range (km)		Research price (exp)	Purchase price ()
FKS Typ 9 Mod. 1		0		0	850,000
FKS Typ 9 Mod. 2		0		25,000	1,900,000

	Maximum Speed (knot)		Research price (exp)	Purchase price ()
Propulsion: 70,000 hp	37.5		0	1,100,000

Compatible Upgrades

Slot 1
Slot 2
Slot 3
Slot 4
Slot 5
Slot 6

Player Opinion

Performance

Sitting in the penultimate spot in the line, the Z-46 is one of the most well-rounded destroyers both at her tier and in her line.

The most significant upgrade is to her guns, though it may be difficult to see at first glance. She loses the 150 mm gun option of the previous-tier ship Z-23. Meanwhile, the rate of fire of her 128 mm guns has been unchanged since Leberecht Maass two tiers ago, and the muzzle velocity, damage, and range are essentially the same as they have been since Ernst Gaede a full three tiers ago.

So what changed? First, she has six guns, so her combined rate of fire is greater than any previous ship in the line. Second, those guns are now housed in quick-turning turrets---over twice as fast as her predecessor---allowing her much more flexibility in a gunfight. Finally, she has better shells: her shells have less drag, giving her an easier time hitting targets at range; additionally, her HE shells pick up an extra percentage point of fire chance, and her AP shells have an edge in penetration, mostly due to the lowered drag.

Curiously, like her bigger Tier IX compatriot Roon, her turrets are mounted in a aft-heavy A-XY configuration. This makes her more effective when being pursued than when being the pursuer.

Concealment also gets a solid boost, reaching 5.9 km with a full stealth build. This is a level not seen in the line since T-22 and is fully competitive with other destroyers she is likely to see.

Almost every other aspect sees smaller improvements. Her main guns are now dual purpose, acting as long-range AA, though the effects are generally unimpressive due to her lack of a Defensive AA Fire option. Her torpedoes see the usual small upgrade in speed and range; while their direct damage is by now rather mediocre for the tier, their fast reload rate is excellent for flooding enemy ships. She also has just the tiniest improvements in hit points, turning circle, speed, Hydroacoustic Search, and main battery range relative to Z-23.

Pros:

Good main battery rate of fire and turret traverse
Very powerful AP shells, a threat against all targets
Torpedoes have good range and speed
With the right upgrades and commander skills, torpedoes can reload very quickly
Large healthpool
Access to the Hydroacoustic Search  consumable

Cons:

Low torpedo damage
Large turning radius
Worst Smoke Generator  performance of all Tier 9 destroyers
Fairly weak AA defenses
Can take large amounts of damage from sub-280mm AP penetrations

Research

The B hull will provide sorely needed improvements to hit points and rudder shift, and should be researched first. The other upgrades are fairly marginal, though the torpedoes are probably more versatile considering that the short duration of the smoke limits safe gunnery opportunities.

Optimal Configuration

Upgrades

The recommended upgrades for Z-46 are as follows:

Slot 1: Main Armaments Modification 1
Slot 2: Engine Room Protection
Slot 3: Aiming Systems Modification 1
Slot 4: Propulsion Modification 1
Slot 5: Concealment System Modification 1 
Slot 6: Main Battery Modification 3 or Torpedo Tubes Modification 2

If available, captains are encouraged to install Hydroacoustic Search Modification 1 in Upgrade Slot 2 in order to extend Z-46’s Hydroacoustic Search  duration to 118 seconds.

Commander Skills

Recommended Commander Skills
Cost (points)	Attack				Defense
1	Grease the Gears +15% main battery traverse speed.	Liquidator +30% chance (multiplicative) of causing flooding. ★★	Consumables Specialist −7.5% cooldown time of all Consumables except: Damage Control Party , Repair Party .	Gun Feeder -40% time to switch shell type.	Incoming Fire Alert Receive a warning about a salvo fired at your ship from more than 4.5 km.	Preventive Maintenance −30% chance of main armament, engines, steering becoming incapacitated +15% to HP of secondary and AA guns.
2	Demolition Expert +1% chance of main and secondary HE shells causing a fire. +15% to the damage-inflicting area of HE shells fired at submarines.	Swift Fish +5% torpedo speed. ★★★	Consumables Enhancements +10% action time of: Hydroacoustic Search , Surveillance Radar , Smoke Generator , & Engine Boost .	Extra-Heavy Ammunition +7.5% main battery AP shell damage. +10% damage from depth charges. ★★	Priority Target The detection indicator will show the number of enemies aiming at you with main battery. ★★	Last Stand The ship remains able to move and maneuver - slowly - while the engine or steering gears are incapacitated. ★★★
3	Main Battery & AA Specialist -5% main battery reload time. +10% continuous AA damage. ★★	Fill the Tubes -10% torpedo tubes reload time. ★★★	Adrenaline Rush -0.2% reload time of all armaments per 1% HP lost +0.2% AA continuous damage per 1% HP lost. ★★	Inertial Fuse for HE Shells +25% armor penetration of HE shells Base fire chance reduced by half.	Superintendent +1 charge to all consumables. ★★	Survivability Expert +350 HP per ship tier. ★★★
4	Main Battery & AA Expert +20% main battery range. +15% flak damage.	Swift in Silence So long as the ship remains undetected: +8% ship speed +5% main battery reload time. ★	Radio Location Shows the direction to the nearest enemy ship. The enemy is alerted that a bearing has been taken.. ★	Fearless Brawler +1 flak burst per salvo. -10% main battery reload when ship is spotted.	Concealment Expert -10% detectability range of the ship. ★★★	Dazzle For 15 seconds after you are detected: * +20% dispersion of enemy shells fired at you. * +8% ship speed. ★
Key: ★★★ - Extremely Useful ★★ - Frequently Useful ★ - Occasionally Useful No stars - Not Useful

Consumables

Z-46 can equip the following consumables:

Slot 1: Damage Control Party 
Slot 2: Smoke Generator 
Slot 3: Engine Boost 
Slot 4: Hydroacoustic Search

Camouflage

Type 1, 2, or 5 camouflage can be equipped for credits; Types 1 or 5 are recommended at a minimum to reduce detectibility range.

Players who wish to spend doubloons can equip Z-46 with Type 19 camouflage that lowers her detection radius, reduces the accuracy of incoming shells, reduces her repair costs, and increases the amount of experience she earns.

Signals

The choice of which Signal Flags to mount will confer to the individual preference of each captain, and are subject to great variation, although there are certain flags which suit Destroyer gameplay better. Captains should mount India Yankee to decrease time to extinguish fires, mount November Foxtrot to decrease reload time of consumables, and mount Sierra Mike to increase the ship's maximum speed. To make their torpedoes more potent, captains should mount Juliet Whisky Unaone to increase chance of causing flooding and Juliet Charlie to mitigate risk to magazine detonation from mounting the former flag. If captains wish to buff their primary artillery, they are encouraged to mount Victor Lima + India X-ray to increase fire chance to HE shells.

Gallery

Z-46 engages an enemy Z-46 from the safety of smoke.
Z-46 launches a spread of torpedoes.
Z-46 is destroyed by an enemy Neptune class cruiser.

Historical Info

References

Type 1936C destroyer - Wikipedia

Ships of Germany

Destroyers	II V-25 • III G-101 • IV V-170 • V T-22 • VI Ernst Gaede • VI T-61 • VI Karl von Schönberg • VII Leberecht Maass • VII Z-31 • VII Z-39 • VIII Z-23 • VIII Gustav-Julius Maerker • VIII Z-35 • IX Z-46 • IX Felix Schultz • IX Z-44 • IX ZF-6 • X Z-52 • X Elbing • X Z-42
Cruisers	I Hermelin • II Dresden • II Emden • III Kolberg • IV Karlsruhe • V Königsberg • VI Nürnberg • VI Admiral Graf Spee • VI Leipzig • VI HSF Admiral Graf Spee • VII Yorck • VII München • VII Weimar • VIII Admiral Hipper • VIII Prinz Eugen • VIII Mainz • VIII Schill • VIII Mainz B • VIII Cross of Dorn • VIII Wiesbaden • IX Roon • IX Siegfried • IX Ägir • IX Admiral Schröder • IX Roon CLR • X Hindenburg • ★ Clausewitz
Battleships	III Nassau • III Von der Tann • III König Albert • IV Kaiser • IV Moltke • V König • V Derfflinger • VI Bayern • VI Mackensen • VI Prinz Eitel Friedrich • VII Gneisenau • VII Prinz Heinrich • VII Scharnhorst • VII AL Prinz Heinrich • VII Scharnhorst B • VII Scharnhorst '43 • VIII Tirpitz • VIII Bismarck • VIII Zieten • VIII Odin • VIII Brandenburg • VIII Anhalt • VIII Brandenburg B • VIII Tirpitz B • IX Friedrich der Grosse • IX Prinz Rupprecht • IX Pommern • IX Pommern B • X Grosser Kurfürst • X Schlieffen • X Preussen • X Mecklenburg • ★ Hannover
Aircraft Carriers	IV Rhein • VI Weser • VI Erich Loewenhardt • VIII August von Parseval • VIII Graf Zeppelin • VIII Graf Zeppelin B • X Manfred von Richthofen • X Max Immelmann

Destroyers

Japan	II Tachibana • II Umikaze • II Tachibana Lima • III Wakatake • IV Isokaze • V Minekaze • V Fūjin • V Kamikaze • V Kamikaze R • V Mutsuki • VI Fubuki • VI Hatsuharu • VI Shinonome B • VI Shinonome • VII Akatsuki • VII Shiratsuyu • VII Yūdachi • VIII Akizuki • VIII Kagerō • VIII Asashio • VIII HSF Harekaze II • VIII Asashio B • VIII HSF Harekaze • VIII AL Yukikaze • IX Yūgumo • IX Kitakaze • IX Minegumo • IX STAR Kitakaze • X Shimakaze • X Harugumo • X Hayate • ★ Yamagiri
U.K.	II Medea • III Valkyrie • III Campbeltown • IV Wakeful • V Acasta • VI Icarus • VI Gallant • VII Jervis • VII Jupiter '42 • VIII Lightning • VIII Cossack • VIII Cossack B • IX Jutland • IX Somme • X Daring • X Druid
France	II Enseigne Gabolde • III Fusilier • IV Bourrasque • V Jaguar • V Siroco • VI Guépard • VI Aigle • VII Vauquelin • VIII Le Fantasque • VIII Le Terrible • IX Mogador • X Kléber • X Marceau • X Kléber CLR
U.S.S.R.	II Storozhevoi • III Derzki • IV Izyaslav • V Gremyashchy • V Podvoisky • V Okhotnik • VI Gnevny • VII Minsk • VII Leningrad • VII Tashkent '39 • VIII Ognevoi • VIII Kiev • IX Udaloi • IX Tashkent • IX Neustrashimy • X Khabarovsk • X Grozovoi • X Delny • ★ Zorkiy
U.S.A.	II Sampson • II Smith • III Wickes • IV Clemson • V Nicholas • V Hill • VI Farragut • VI Monaghan • VII Mahan • VII Sims • VII Sims B • VIII Benson • VIII Kidd • IX Fletcher • IX Benham • IX Halford • IX Black B • IX Black • X Gearing • X Somers • X Forrest Sherman • ★ Joshua Humphreys
Germany	II V-25 • III G-101 • IV V-170 • V T-22 • VI Ernst Gaede • VI T-61 • VI Karl von Schönberg • VII Leberecht Maass • VII Z-31 • VII Z-39 • VIII Z-23 • VIII Gustav-Julius Maerker • VIII Z-35 • IX Z-46 • IX Felix Schultz • IX Z-44 • IX ZF-6 • X Z-52 • X Elbing • X Z-42
Pan-Asia	II Longjiang • III Phra Ruang • IV Shenyang • V Jianwei • VI Fushun • VI Anshan • VII Gadjah Mada • VIII Hsienyang • VIII Siliwangi • VIII Loyang • VIII Fenyang • VIII Loyang B • VIII Ship Smasha • IX Chung Mu • X Yueyang • X Lüshun • ★ Kunming
Spain	X Álvaro de Bazán
Europe	II Tátra • III Romulus • IV Klas Horn • V Visby • V Muavenet • VI Västerås • VI Stord • VII Skåne • VII Grom • VII Błyskawica • VII Stord '43 • VIII Öland • VIII Split • VIII Orkan • IX Östergötland • IX Lambros Katsonis • IX Velos • IX Friesland • IX Jäger • X Halland • X Gdańsk • X Småland • X Ragnar • ★ Dalarna
Netherlands	IX Groningen • X Tromp
Italy	II Curtatone • III Nazario Sauro • IV Turbine • V Maestrale • VI Aviere • VI Leone • VII Luca Tarigo • VII FR25 • VIII Vittorio Cuniberti • IX Adriatico • IX Paolo Emilio • X Attilio Regolo
Commonwealth	III Vampire • VII Haida • VII Huron • X Vampire II
Pan-America	VI Juruá

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-| rating12 = 2 <!-- Preventive Maint -->
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-| rating13 = 0 <!-- Expert Loader -->
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-| rating15 = 0 <!-- Direction Center for Fighters -->
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-| rating16 = 0 <!-- Improved Engine Boost -->
+| rating16 =  <!-- Preventive Maintenance -->
-| rating17 =  <!-- Incoming Fire Alert -->
-| rating18 = 0 <!-- Last Gasp -->
-| rating21 =  <!-- High Alert -->
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-| rating23 = 3 <!-- Expert Marksman -->
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-| rating24 =  <!-- Torpedo Acceleration -->
+| rating24 = 2 <!-- Extra-Heavy AP Shells -->
-| rating25 =  <!-- Smoke Screen Expert -->
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-| rating27 = 2 <!-- Adrenaline Rush -->
-| rating28 = 3 <!-- Last Stand -->
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-| rating32 =  <!-- Survivability Expert-->
+| rating32 = 3 <!-- Fill the Tubes -->
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+| rating33 = 2 <!-- Adrenaline Rush -->
-| rating34 = 0 <!-- Aircraft Armor -->
+| rating34 =  <!-- Inertial Fuse for HE Shells -->
-| rating35 = 2 <!-- Basic Firing Training -->
+| rating35 = 2 <!-- Superintendent -->
-| rating36 = 3 <!-- Superintendent -->
+| rating36 = 3 <!-- Survivability Expert -->
-| rating37 = 1 <!-- Demolition Expert -->
-| rating38 =  <!-- Vigilance -->
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-| rating42 = 0 <!-- Fire Prevention -->
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-| rating43 =  <!-- Inertia Fuse for HE Shells -->
+| rating43 = 1 <!-- Radio Location -->
-| rating44 = 0 <!-- Sight Stabilization -->
+| rating44 =  <!-- Fearless Brawler -->
-| rating45 = 1 <!-- Advanced Firing Training -->
+| rating45 = 3 <!-- Concealment Expert -->
-| rating46 = 0 <!-- Massive AA Fire -->
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-| rating47 = 2 <!-- Radio Position Finding -->
-| rating48 = 3 <!-- Concealment Expert -->
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