Friedrich der Große

0.6.9.1.1

Friedrich der Grosse

Battleship | Germany | Tier IX

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General

Research price180000 exp

Purchase price15 900 000

Hit Points72 500

Aircraft

Main Battery

406 mm L/52 Drh LC/344 х 2 pcs.

Rate of Fire2.14 shots/min.

Reload Time28 sec.

Rotation Speed5.5 deg./sec.

180 Degree Turn Time32.73 sec.

Firing Range18.47 km.

Maximum Dispersion263 m.

HE Shell406 mm Spr.Gr. L/4.4 Kz.

Maximum HE Shell Damage4800

Chance of Fire on Target Caused by HE Shell38 %

Initial HE Shell Velocity810 m./s.

HE Shell Weight1030 kg.

AP Shell406 mm P.Spr.Gr. L/4.4

Maximum AP Shell Damage12 700

Initial AP Shell Velocity810 m./s.

AP Shell Weight1030 kg.

Secondary Armament #1

150 mm L/55 SK C/282 х 2 pcs.

Firing Range7.6 km.

Rate of Fire8 shots/min.

Reload Time7.5 sec.

HE Shell150 mm Spr.Gr. L/4.5

Maximum HE Shell Damage1700

Initial HE Shell Velocity875 m./s.

Chance of Fire on Target Caused by HE Shel8 %

Secondary Armament #2

105 mm L/65 Dop. L. C/388 х 2 pcs.

Firing Range7.6 km.

Rate of Fire17.91 shots/min.

Reload Time3.35 sec.

HE Shell105 mm Spr.Gr. Kz.

Maximum HE Shell Damage1200

Initial HE Shell Velocity900 m./s.

Chance of Fire on Target Caused by HE Shel5 %

Secondary Armament #3

150 mm L/55 SK C/284 х 2 pcs.

Firing Range7.6 km.

Rate of Fire8 shots/min.

Reload Time7.5 sec.

HE Shell150 mm Spr.Gr. L/4.5

Maximum HE Shell Damage1700

Initial HE Shell Velocity875 m./s.

Chance of Fire on Target Caused by HE Shel8 %

AA Defense

20 mm Flakvierling 388 х 4 pcs.

. . . Average Damage per Second51.2

. . . Firing Range2.01 km.

37 mm Flakzwilling 306 х 2 pcs.

. . . Average Damage per Second15.6

. . . Firing Range3.51 km.

37 mm Dop. Tr C/392 х 2 pcs.

. . . Average Damage per Second20.6

. . . Firing Range3.51 km.

105 mm L/65 Dop. L. C/388 х 2 pcs.

. . . Average Damage per Second132.8

. . . Firing Range4.5 km.

Maneuverability

Maximum Speed27.3 knot

Turning Circle Radius940 m.

Rudder Shift Time24.5 sec.

Concealment

Surface Detectability Range17.28 km.

Air Detectability Range16.05 km.

Battle Levels

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Friedrich der Grosse

Battleship | Germany | Tier IX

Tech Tree Position

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General

Research price180000 exp

Purchase price15 900 000

Hit Points84 300

Aircraft

Main Battery

420 mm L/48 Drh LC/404 х 2 pcs.

Rate of Fire1.88 shots/min.

Reload Time32 sec.

Rotation Speed5.5 deg./sec.

180 Degree Turn Time32.73 sec.

Firing Range20.32 km.

Maximum Dispersion263 m.

HE Shell420 mm Spr.Gr. L/4.6 Kz.

Maximum HE Shell Damage5000

Chance of Fire on Target Caused by HE Shell41 %

Initial HE Shell Velocity800 m./s.

HE Shell Weight1220 kg.

AP Shell420 mm P.Spr.Gr. L/4.6

Maximum AP Shell Damage13 500

Initial AP Shell Velocity800 m./s.

AP Shell Weight1220 kg.

Secondary Armament #1

150 mm L/55 SK C/282 х 2 pcs.

Firing Range7.6 km.

Rate of Fire8 shots/min.

Reload Time7.5 sec.

HE Shell150 mm Spr.Gr. L/4.5

Maximum HE Shell Damage1700

Initial HE Shell Velocity875 m./s.

Chance of Fire on Target Caused by HE Shel8 %

Secondary Armament #2

105 mm L/65 Dop. L. C/388 х 2 pcs.

Firing Range7.6 km.

Rate of Fire17.91 shots/min.

Reload Time3.35 sec.

HE Shell105 mm Spr.Gr. Kz.

Maximum HE Shell Damage1200

Initial HE Shell Velocity900 m./s.

Chance of Fire on Target Caused by HE Shel5 %

Secondary Armament #3

150 mm L/55 SK C/284 х 2 pcs.

Firing Range7.6 km.

Rate of Fire8 shots/min.

Reload Time7.5 sec.

HE Shell150 mm Spr.Gr. L/4.5

Maximum HE Shell Damage1700

Initial HE Shell Velocity875 m./s.

Chance of Fire on Target Caused by HE Shel8 %

AA Defense

37 mm Flak LM/4224 х 2 pcs.

. . . Average Damage per Second247.2

. . . Firing Range3.51 km.

20 mm Flakvierling 386 х 4 pcs.

. . . Average Damage per Second38.4

. . . Firing Range2.01 km.

37 mm Dop. Tr C/392 х 2 pcs.

. . . Average Damage per Second20.6

. . . Firing Range3.51 km.

105 mm L/65 Dop. L. C/388 х 2 pcs.

. . . Average Damage per Second132.8

. . . Firing Range4.5 km.

Maneuverability

Maximum Speed30 knot

Turning Circle Radius940 m.

Rudder Shift Time17.5 sec.

Concealment

Surface Detectability Range17.28 km.

Air Detectability Range16.05 km.

Battle Levels

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IX

15 900 000

Friedrich der Grosse — German Tier IX battleship.

En 1938 y 1939, se desarrolló un plan para la modernización y ampliación de la flota alemana. Seis nuevos acorazados iban a convertirse en el núcleo de la flota: versiones modernizadas de los acorazados de clase Bismarck con una planta de propulsión diésel y calibre de cañones incrementado hasta 406 mm. En julio de 1939, la quilla del primer barco se puso en grada en el astillero de Blohm & Voss en Hamburgo, y en septiembre comenzó la construcción del segundo en Bremen. Con el estallido de la Segunda Guerra Mundial, la construcción se suspendió y después se canceló.

Modules

	Rate of Fire (shots/min)	180 Degree 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 ()
406 mm/52 SK C/34 en una montura Drh LC/34	2,3	32,7	263	4800	38	12 700		0	2 000 000
420 mm/48 SK C/40 en una montura Drh LC/34	2,1	32,7	263	5000	41	13 500		35 000	2 500 000

	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 ()
Friedrich der Große (A)	72 500	19	400	4	8/6	8/2/6/8				0	2 400 000
Friedrich der Große (B)	84 300	19	400	4	8/6	6/26/8				54 000	5 100 000

	Firing Range Increase (%)	Maximum Firing Range (km)		Research price (exp)	Purchase price ()
FKS Typ 9 Mod. 1		0		0	1 000 000
FKS Typ 9 Mod. 2		0		26 000	2 600 000

	Maximum Speed (knot)		Research price (exp)	Purchase price ()
Propulsión: 150 000 CV	27,3		0	600 000
Propulsión: 165 000 CV	30		20 000	1 500 000

Compatible Upgrades

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

Player Opinion

Performance

Basically a "Super Bismarck" in terms of appearance and oftentimes "H39" for some, the Friedrich der Große (english translation: Frederick the Great) or "Freddy" for most, is a fairly bigger Bismarck style design that brings about some changes in what one learns in the said battleship and with Tirpitz. Practically a large battleship with the AB-XY dual mount layout of her predecessor, the Friedrich can provide with an ample amount of offense while her armor layout enables her to endure heavy punishment to get within the most effective range her guns can start railing in severe damage. It is noteworthy, however, that the Friedrich also has the biggest gun by right of barrel diameter at her tier which adds more security in the notion that you can harm your peers and to smaller ships, and combining this with her fairly fast turrets and surprising ergonomics as well as the intensive secondary battery volume, the Friedrich der Große can bring about some of the most intense runs you can ever have.

Adding to her assets is the fact she can change between two sets of guns, the 16 inch guns and the 17 inch guns. The former fire fairly fast at 28 seconds at the cost of having shell ratings a bit lower than the guns on her colleagues Iowa and Izumo but still possess good characteristics nonetheless and the latter gives the battleship better firepower at the cost of increasing the reload time.

Playing smartly and knowing when to get close enough for a brawl is tantamount to being efficient with this ruddy battleship.

Pros:

• Retains the same "turtle-back" layout of her predecessor
• Biggest guns at her tier (by right of barrel diameter)
• Modular warship; like the cruiser Mogami, she can change between two guns
• Still retains the hydroacoustic search
• Secondaries have more volume and can be kitted to fire at 10km
• Reasonable ergonomics for a battleship her size
• Reasonable AA suite potency
• Fast for her size
• Fastest turret traverse at her tier
• Good gun range

Cons:

• Large turn radius
• Internal layout may protect the citadel but the battleship still takes heavy damage from normal penetrations
• Poor rudder shift, although the rudder shift module may slightly mitigate this
• Very high detection range albeit not as high as her peer Izumo
• AA suite bubble enables enemy strike aircraft to get close enough to drop their payload before running in to the risk of being destroyed
• All gun choices are inconsistent: bad accuracy and low penetration.
• 300mm armor means nothing in her tier.

Optimal Configuration

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 modules. ★★	Expert Loader -50% to reload time when shell type is switched. ★	Aircraft Servicing Expert +5% to HP of carrier-based aircraft. -10% to servicing time of carrier-based aircraft.	Direction Center for Catapult Aircraft +1 catapult aircraft. -20% to the speed of catapult aircraft. ★	Dogfighting Expert +10% to average damage per second of fighter for each tier of difference between them. +10% to fighters ammunition.	Incoming Fire Alert Indicator of long-range enemy artillery fire. ★	Evasive Maneuver -20% to detectability of strike aircraft when returning to the carrier. +75% to HP of strike aircraft when returning to the carrier. -30% to airspeed of strike aircraft when returning to the carrier.
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.	Expert Rear Gunner +10% to average damage per second of self-defense armament for aircraft with rear gunners.	Adrenaline Rush -0.2% to reload times of all types of armament 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 HP for each ship tier. ★	Torpedo Armament Expertise -10% to reload time of torpedo tubes. -20% to servicing time of torpedo bombers.	Emergency Takeoff Makes it possible to launch and recover aircraft while the ship is on fire. +100% to aircraft servicing time while aircraft carrier is on fire.	Basic Firing Training -10% to reload time of main battery guns with a caliber up to and including 139mm and all secondary battery guns. +20% to average damage per second of AA defense. ★★	Superintendent +1 additional charge to all consumables mounted on a ship. ★★★	Demolition Expert +2% to chance of fire on a target caused by a main caliber shell, secondary shell, or bomb. ★	Vigilance +25% to detection range of enemy torpedoes. ★★
4	Manual Fire Control for Secondary Armament -15% to the maximum dispersion of shells for the secondary armament of Tier I-VI ships. -60% to the maximum dispersion of shells for the secondary armament of Tier VII-X ships. ★★★	Fire Prevention -7% to the risk of fire. The maximum number of fires on a ship is reduced to three. ★★	Inertia Fuse for HE Shells +30% to the armor penetration capacity of HE shells. -3% to chance of fire on target caused by HE shells. ★	Air Supremacy +1 fighter per squadron. +1 bomber per squadron.	Advanced Firing Training +20% to firing range of main battery guns with a caliber up to 139mm and all secondary battery guns. +20% to AA defense firing range. ★★★	Manual Fire Control for AA Armament +100% to average damage per second of AA guns with a caliber exceeding 85mm against a designated target. ★★	Radio Position Finding Shows the direction to the nearest enemy ship (that isn't an aircraft carrier). The enemy player is alerted that a bearing has been taken on their ship. ★	Concealment Expert -10% to the detection radius of destroyers. -12% to the detection radius of cruisers. -14% to the detection radius of battleships. -16% to the detection radius of aircraft carriers. ★★
Key: ★★★ - Extremely Useful       ★★ - Frequently Useful       ★ - Occasionally Useful      No stars - Not Useful

Gallery

Historical Info

Construction

Blohm and Voss Shipbuilding Company; Hamburg, Germany

Laid down: 15 June 1939

Specifications

56,200tons displacement, standard

277.8m length

37.6m beam

11.4m draft

Machinery

12 boilers, 3 turbines

Performance

30knts at 165,000shp

16,000nm at 16knts

Armor

Main belt: 300mm mid, 60mm forward, 90mm aft

Upper belt: 150mm

Torpedo bulkhead: 45mm

Decks: 120mm main, 50mm upper armored deck

Bulkheads: 220mm

Turrets: 385mm face, 240mm side, 130mm roof

Conning tower: 390mm

Armament

Main

Eight (4x2) 406mm guns

Secondary

Twelve (6x2) 150mm guns

Sixteen (8x2) 105mm guns

Anti-Aircraft

Sixteen (8x2) 37mm guns

Twenty-four (6x4) 20mm guns

Torpedoes

Six 533mm submerged torpedo tubes

Aircraft

Four Arado AR 196 floatplanes, two catapults

History

Design

The earliest design studies for "Schlachtschiff H" ("Battleship H") date to 1935, and were near repeats of the early designs for the Bismarck-class ships, armed with 35-centimeter (14 in) guns. Intelligence indicating that the Soviet Navy was planning the Sovetsky Soyuz class with 38 cm (15 in) guns prompted the Germans to increase the caliber of the ship's armament to 38 cm as well on 5 October 1936. The Oberkommando der Marine (OKM) issued staff requirements at the end of October for a ship of 35,000 long tons (36,000 t) armed with eight 38 cm guns with a speed of 30 knots (56 km/h; 35 mph). The ship's radius of action was to be at least equal that of the Deutschland-class cruisers.

Design work on the ship that came to be designated H-39 began in 1937. The design staff was instructed to improve upon the design for the preceding Bismarck class; one of the requirements was a larger-caliber main battery to match any battleship built by a potential adversary. It appeared that Japan would not ratify the Second London Naval Treaty, which would bring an escalator clause that permitted signatories to arm battleships with guns of up to 40.6 cm (16.0 in) caliber. By virtue of the Anglo-German Naval Agreement, signed in 1935, Germany was considered to be a party to the other international naval arms limitation treaties. In April, Japan refused to sign the treaty; shortly thereafter, the United States Navy announced it would arm the new North Carolina-class battleships with 40.6 cm guns.

Admiral Werner Fuchs, responsible for the staff section in the OKM that determined the operating requirements for the ship, discussed the vessel's design with Adolf Hitler, the leader of Germany. Hitler demanded guns larger than any possible adversary, but guns of the caliber demanded by Hitler would have required displacements of over 80,000 long tons (81,000 t) and drafts so deep as to prevent the use of Germany's ports without significant dredging. Fuchs eventually convinced Hitler that the 40.6 cm gun was the optimal choice for the H-39 design. In 1938, the OKM developed Plan Z, the projected construction program for the German navy. A force of six H-39 class battleships was the centerpiece of the fleet. Plan Z was finalized by January 1939, when Admiral Erich Raeder, the commander of the Kriegsmarine, presented it to Hitler. He approved the plan on 18 January and granted the Kriegsmarine unlimited power to bring the construction program to fruition.

Only four shipyards in Germany had slipways large enough to build the six new battleships. The OKM issued orders for construction of the first two ships, "H" and "J", on 14 April 1939. The contracts for the other four ships, "K", "L", "M", and "N", followed on 25 May. The keels for the first two ships were laid at the Blohm & Voss dockyard in Hamburg and the Deschimag shipyard in Bremen on 15 July and 1 September 1939, respectively. The outbreak of war in September 1939 interrupted the construction of the ships. Work on the first two was suspended and the other four were not laid down, as it was believed they would not be finished before the war was over. The keel for "H" had 800 t (790 long tons; 880 short tons) of steel installed, 3,500 t (3,400 long tons; 3,900 short tons) of steel had been machined, out of 5,800 t (5,700 long tons; 6,400 short tons) of steel supplied to Blohm & Voss by that point. Only 40 t (39 long tons; 44 short tons) of steel had been worked into the keel for "J", out of 3,531 t (3,475 long tons; 3,892 short tons) of steel delivered. Steel for the other four ships had been ordered and partially machined for installation, though no assembly work had begun. It was expected to resume work on the ships after a German victory in the war.

The ships neither received names nor were official name proposals published. The names, which appear in several publications (Hindenburg, Friedrich der Große, Großdeutschland) are pure speculation. Especially the often mentioned Großdeutschland (= "Greater Germany") is highly unlikely, as Hitler always feared the loss of a vessel with name of Germany (compare the renaming of Deutschland to Lützow). The only hint on the names of the units were given by Hitler himself, who mentioned during documented unofficial talks, that he would propose the names Ulrich von Hutten and Götz von Berlichingen for the ships, as these names are not connected with persons of the third Reich or the country itself, so the loss would not have a significant negative psychological and propaganda effect on the German people.

This battleship shares its name with the sister ship of the Kaiser class battleship Friedrich der Große.

Historical Gallery

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  An artist's interpretation of an H-class battleship by Richard Allison

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  One of the 40.6 cm guns at Batterie Lindemann

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  One of the 15 cm turrets on Bismarck, the same type as would have been mounted on the H class.

References

https://www.navweaps.com/Weapons/WNGER_16-52_skc34.php

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