Combat envelope
Range and detection
Every bar uses the same 20 km scale. Surface detection is a visibility threshold, not a weapon range.
Ship Database
Tier V
Battleship
France
Bretagne
The late 1900s to early 1910s saw a tendency toward increasing the caliber of main battery guns of dreadnoughts—the newest British, U.S., and Japanese battleships were designed to carry 343–356 mm guns. The new French ships received 340 mm main battery artillery. Due to a number of limitations, the hull design of the new ships was almost identical to the...
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The late 1900s to early 1910s saw a tendency toward increasing the caliber of main battery guns of dreadnoughts—the newest British, U.S., and Japanese battleships were designed to carry 343–356 mm guns. The new French ships received 340 mm main battery artillery. Due to a number of limitations, the hull design of the new ships was almost identical to the previous "Courbet" class, but with five main turrets instead of six. All three Bretagne-class ships served in World War I and the beginning of World War II. Bretagne was destroyed in the attack on Mers-el-Kébir.
- Credits
- 1,680,000
At a glance
The numbers that shape the ship
- Hit points
- 38,300
- Maximum speed
- 19.9 knots
- Surface detection
- 14.8 km
- Main battery range
- 16.5 km
- Main battery reload
- 30.0 s
Damage comparison
Published maximum per hit
Bars are normalized only against this ship's highest listed hit. They are not salvo damage, expected damage or DPM.
Handling, concealment and protectionOverview
Handling
- Maximum speed
- 19.9 knots
- Turning circle radius
- 580 m
- Rudder shift time
- 17.5 s
Concealment
- Surface detection
- 14.8 km
- Air detection
- 7.3 km
- Submarine detection
- 7.3 km
Survivability
- Hit points
- 38,300
- Torpedo damage reduction
- 10 %
Published armour thickness
Only positive values supplied by the API are shown.
- Overall published range
- 13–400 mm
Weapons and payloadsArmament
Surface armament
Main battery
- Maximum range
- 16.5 km
- Reload time
- 30.0 s
- Rate of fire
- 2.0 rounds/min
- 180° turn time
- 45.0 s
- Maximum dispersion
- 227 m
Shells
Damage is the API's published maximum for one shell hit.
340 mm HE OEA Mle 1932
HE- Maximum damage per hit
- 4,450
- Fire chance
- 26.0 %
- Muzzle velocity
- 921 m/s
- Shell mass
- 432 kg
340 mm AP OPf Mle 1924
AP- Maximum damage per hit
- 9,000
- Muzzle velocity
- 780 m/s
- Shell mass
- 585 kg
Gun layout
- Mount
- 340 mm/45 Mle 1912 in a turret
- Mounts
- 5
- Barrels each
- 2
Automatic armament
Secondary battery
- Maximum range
- 5.0 km
- Mount
- 139 mm HE OEA Mle 1910
- Maximum damage per hit
- 2,000
- Fire chance
- 8.0 %
- Rate of fire
- 6.0 rounds/min
- Muzzle velocity
- 840 m/s
Anti-aircraft defence
- Aura
- 13.2 mm Hotchkiss Mle 1929 on a CAQ Mle 1929 mount
- Calibre
- 13 mm
- Mounts
- 2
- Aura
- 37 mm/50 Mle 1925 on a CA Mle 1925 mount
- Calibre
- 37 mm
- Mounts
- 8
- Aura
- 75 mm/50 Mle 1922 on an Mle 1922 mount
- Calibre
- 75 mm
- Mounts
- 8
Modules, hull and progressionTechnical data
Default hull
- Hull hit points
- 38,300
- Main-battery barrels
- 5
- Secondary barrels
- 22
- AA mounts
- 18
Engine
- Published maximum speed
- 19.9 knots
Fire control
Module research tree
Names, research prices and defaults are reported directly by the API.
PCA n° 5 Mle 1
Default- Type
- Suo
- Purchase
- 64,000 credits
- Next modules
- 1
PCA n° 5 Mle 2
- Type
- Suo
- Research
- 3,600 XP
- Purchase
- 310,000 credits
Bretagne (A)
Default- Type
- Hull
- Purchase
- 190,000 credits
- Next modules
- 1
Bretagne (B)
- Type
- Hull
- Research
- 5,000 XP
- Purchase
- 500,000 credits
- Next ships
- 1
Propulsion: 29,000 hp
Default- Type
- Engine
- Purchase
- 84,000 credits
- Next modules
- 1
Propulsion: 31,000 hp
- Type
- Engine
- Research
- 3,600 XP
- Purchase
- 220,000 credits
340 mm/45 Mle 1912 in a turret
Default- Type
- Artillery
- Purchase
- 178,000 credits
Compatible upgrades
Official modernization descriptions and listed purchase prices. Effects still depend on the slot and configuration used in game.
Main Armaments Modification 1
Modernization- Credits
- 125,000
Aiming Systems Modification 1
Modernization- Credits
- 500,000
Main Battery Modification 2
Modernization- Credits
- 500,000
Damage Control System Modification 1
Modernization- Credits
- 250,000
Secondary Battery Modification 1
Modernization- Credits
- 500,000
Auxiliary Armaments Modification 1
Modernization- Credits
- 125,000
AA Guns Modification 1
Modernization- Credits
- 500,000
Next ships
Research costs published in this ship's official progression data.
- Ship
- Normandie
- Research cost
- 42,500 XP
- Available module groups
- 10
- Compatible upgrades
- 7
- Researchable next ships
- 1
- Upgrade slots
- 3
- Published battle levels
- 5–7
Cross-nation comparison
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