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Tier X Battleship

Germany

Schlieffen

A project of a high-speed battleship with four main battery turrets and a displacement of 50,000 t. She was 30 m longer than her predecessor, making her the largest among the draft designs conceived by the Construction Office of the German Navy Headquarters in 1918. This project represents the largest and most heavily armed of all German battleships,...

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A project of a high-speed battleship with four main battery turrets and a displacement of 50,000 t. She was 30 m longer than her predecessor, making her the largest among the draft designs conceived by the Construction Office of the German Navy Headquarters in 1918. This project represents the largest and most heavily armed of all German battleships, extending up until the elaborations of the early 1940s relating to the H-class battleship.

Credits
21,000,000
Official profile image of Schlieffen

At a glance

The numbers that shape the ship

Hit points
76,100
Maximum speed
34.1 knots
Surface detection
15.6 km
Main battery range
19.8 km
Main battery reload
27.0 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 detection15.6 km
  • Main battery19.8 km
  • Secondary battery8.3 km
  • Torpedoes13.5 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 · 420 mm Spr.Gr. L/50 4,600
  • AP · 420 mm P.Spr.Gr. L/50 12,950
  • Torpedo · G7 T1 Ausf.C 16,533
Handling, concealment and protectionOverview

Handling

Maximum speed
34.1 knots
Turning circle radius
970 m
Rudder shift time
16.1 s
Maneuverability API rating 49

Concealment

Surface detection
15.6 km
Air detection
10.0 km
Submarine detection
10.0 km
Concealment API rating 36

Survivability

Hit points
76,100
Torpedo damage reduction
23 %
Survivability API rating 96

Published armour thickness

Only positive values supplied by the API are shown.

Overall published range
19–380 mm
Weapons and payloadsArmament

Surface armament

Main battery

Artillery API rating 92
Maximum range
19.8 km
Reload time
27.0 s
Rate of fire
2.2 rounds/min
180° turn time
30.0 s
Maximum dispersion
214 m

Shells

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

420 mm Spr.Gr. L/50
HE
Maximum damage per hit
4,600
Fire chance
27.0 %
Muzzle velocity
835 m/s
Shell mass
1,050 kg
420 mm P.Spr.Gr. L/50
AP
Maximum damage per hit
12,950
Muzzle velocity
835 m/s
Shell mass
1,050 kg
Gun layout
Mount
420 mm/50 SK L/50 on a Drh LC/1918 mount
Mounts
4
Barrels each
2

Automatic armament

Secondary battery

Maximum range
8.3 km
Mount
150 mm Spr.Gr. L/4.5
Maximum damage per hit
1,700
Fire chance
8.0 %
Rate of fire
8.5 rounds/min
Muzzle velocity
875 m/s
Mount
105 mm Spr.Gr. Kz.
Maximum damage per hit
1,200
Fire chance
5.0 %
Rate of fire
18.8 rounds/min
Muzzle velocity
900 m/s

Underwater armament

Torpedoes

Torpedoes API rating 35

G7 T1 Ausf.C

Maximum range
13.5 km
Maximum damage per hit
16,533
Reload time
160 s
Speed
50 knots
Detectability
1.2 km
180° turn time
7.2 s
Torpedo-tube layout
Mount
533 mm Vierling
Mounts
4
Tubes each
4

Anti-aircraft defence

AA defence API rating 80
Aura
30 mm/45 Flak 103/38 on a quadruple mount
Calibre
30 mm
Mounts
12
Aura
55 mm/77 Gerät 58 on a twin mount
Calibre
55 mm
Mounts
3
Aura
105 mm/65 SK C/33 on a Dop. L. C/31 mount
Calibre
105 mm
Mounts
12
Modules, hull and progressionTechnical data

Default hull

Hull hit points
76,100
Main-battery barrels
4
Secondary barrels
20
Torpedo tubes
4
AA mounts
27

Engine

Published maximum speed
34.1 knots

Fire control

Module research tree

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

420 mm/50 SK L/50 on a Drh LC/1918 mount

Default
Type
Artillery
Purchase
2,000,000 credits

FKS Typ 10 Mod. 1

Default
Type
Suo
Purchase
2,000,000 credits

G7a T1

Default
Type
Torpedoes
Purchase
2,000,000 credits

Propulsion: 200,000 hp

Default
Type
Engine
Purchase
2,000,000 credits

Schlieffen

Default
Type
Hull
Purchase
3,000,000 credits

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

Torpedo Tubes Modification 1

Modernization

Credits
500,000

Concealment System Modification 1

Modernization

Credits
2,000,000

Main Armaments Modification 1

Modernization

Credits
125,000

Torpedo Tubes Modification 2

Modernization

Credits
3,000,000

Aiming Systems Modification 1

Modernization

Credits
500,000

Damage Control System Modification 2

Modernization

Credits
1,000,000

Torpedo Lookout System

Modernization

Credits
2,000,000

Main Battery Modification 3

Modernization

Credits
3,000,000

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

Gun Fire Control System Modification 2

Modernization

Credits
3,000,000

AA Guns Modification 1

Modernization

Credits
500,000
Available module groups
10
Compatible upgrades
16
Upgrade slots
6
Published battle levels
10–11

Cross-nation comparison

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Speed
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Guns
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HP
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Speed
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Guns
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HP
76,800
Speed
31.5 kn
Guns
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