Ship Database

Tier VIII Cruiser

France

Metz

The design for a "17,500-ton battlecruiser" was developed in the mid-1920s. This original ship was intended to combat a new threat, the so-called "treaty cruisers," which had emerged as a result of the Washington Naval Treaty. The design was never implemented but became a forerunner of the Dunkerque-class battleships.

Doubloons: 11,500

At a glance

The numbers that shape the ship

Hit points: 42,500
Maximum speed: 30.0 knots
Surface detection: 13.7 km
Main battery range: 18.8 km
Main battery reload: 30.0 s

Combat envelope

Range and detection

Scale: 20 km

Every bar uses the same 20 km scale. Surface detection is a visibility threshold, not a weapon range.

Surface detection13.7 km
Main battery18.8 km
Secondary battery7.6 km

Damage comparison

Published maximum per hit

Ship-relative

Bars are normalized only against this ship's highest listed hit. They are not salvo damage, expected damage or DPM.

HE · 305 mm HE OEA Mle 1933 4,050
AP · 305 mm AP OPf Mle 1933 8,000

Handling, concealment and protectionOverview

Handling

Maximum speed: 30.0 knots
Turning circle radius: 710 m
Rudder shift time: 11.5 s

Maneuverability API rating 46

Concealment

Surface detection: 13.7 km
Air detection: 9.6 km
Submarine detection: 9.6 km

Concealment API rating 45

Survivability

Hit points: 42,500
Torpedo damage reduction: 25 %

Survivability API rating 56

Published armour thickness

Only positive values supplied by the API are shown.

Overall published range: 13–305 mm

Weapons and payloadsArmament

Surface armament

Main battery

Artillery API rating 79

Maximum range: 18.8 km
Reload time: 30.0 s
Rate of fire: 2.0 rounds/min
180° turn time: 25.7 s
Maximum dispersion: 244 m

Shells

Damage is the API's published maximum for one shell hit.

305 mm HE OEA Mle 1933

Maximum damage per hit: 4,050
Fire chance: 17.0 %
Muzzle velocity: 905 m/s
Shell mass: 308 kg

305 mm AP OPf Mle 1933

Maximum damage per hit: 8,000
Muzzle velocity: 850 m/s
Shell mass: 395 kg

Gun layout

Mount: 305 mm/45 Mle 1910 in a turret
Mounts: 2
Barrels each: 4

Automatic armament

Secondary battery

Maximum range: 7.6 km

Mount: 155 mm HE OEA Mle 1920
Maximum damage per hit: 2,200
Fire chance: 11.0 %
Rate of fire: 6.7 rounds/min
Muzzle velocity: 870 m/s

Mount: 100 mm HE OEA Mle 1928
Maximum damage per hit: 1,400
Fire chance: 6.0 %
Rate of fire: 15.0 rounds/min
Muzzle velocity: 780 m/s

Anti-aircraft defence

AA defence API rating 55

Aura: 25 mm Hotchkiss Mle 1939 on a CAD Mle 1939 mount
Calibre: 25 mm
Mounts: 18

Aura: 37 mm/50 CAIL Mle 1933 on a CAD Mle 1933 mount
Calibre: 37 mm
Mounts: 8

Aura: 100 mm/45 Mle 1930 on an Mle 1931 mount
Calibre: 100 mm
Mounts: 6

Modules, hull and progressionTechnical data

Default hull

Hull hit points: 42,500
Main-battery barrels: 2
Secondary barrels: 8
AA mounts: 32

Engine

Published maximum speed: 30.0 knots

Fire control

Module research tree

Names, research prices and defaults are reported directly by the API.

Metz

Default

Type: Hull

PCA n° 8 Mle 1

Default

Type: Suo

Propulsion: 147,000 hp

Default

Type: Engine

305 mm/45 Mle 1910 in a turret

Default

Type: Artillery

Compatible upgrades

Official modernization descriptions and listed purchase prices. Effects still depend on the slot and configuration used in game.

Propulsion Modification 1

Modernization

Reduces time to full speed

Credits: 1,000,000

Concealment System Modification 1

Modernization

Credits: 2,000,000

Main Armaments Modification 1

Modernization

Credits: 125,000

Damage Control System Modification 2

Modernization

Credits: 1,000,000

Torpedo Lookout System

Modernization

Credits: 2,000,000

Steering Gears Modification 2

Modernization

Credits: 2,000,000

Main Battery Modification 2

Modernization

Credits: 500,000

Damage Control System Modification 1

Modernization

Credits: 250,000

Steering Gears Modification 1

Modernization

Credits: 1,000,000

Secondary Battery Modification 1

Modernization

Credits: 500,000

Auxiliary Armaments Modification 1

Modernization

Credits: 125,000

AA Guns Modification 1

Modernization

Credits: 500,000

Available module groups: 10
Compatible upgrades: 12
Upgrade slots: 5
Published battle levels: 8–10

Cross-nation comparison

Ships that fill a similar slot

Closest same-tier, same-class matches from other nations, ranked by published base statistics.

U.S.S.R.

Bagration

HP: 42,000
Speed: 34.5 kn
Guns: 18.5 km
Torps: 8 km

Open comparison

Germany

Admiral Hipper

HP: 37,300
Speed: 32 kn
Guns: 16.1 km
Torps: 6 km

Open comparison

Pan-Asia

Irian

HP: 41,200
Speed: 32.7 kn
Guns: 17.5 km

Open comparison