Ship:Bretagne

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Bretagne — France Tech Tree Tier V Battleship.

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.

Pros

• High level of citadel protection
• Small size enabled small turning circle
• High firing range

Cons

• Small HP Pool

Ship Stats

Hull Information

SURVIVABILITY	Bretagne (A)	Bretagne (B)
• Hit Points	38300	41700
• Torpedo protection damage reduction (%)	—

ARMOR DETAIL
• Belt (mm)	—
• Deck (mm)	—
• Superstructure (mm)	—
• Extremities (mm)	—

MANEUVERABILITY	Bretagne (A)	Bretagne (B)
• Maximum speed (kt)	21.0	21.0
• Turning circle radius (m)	580	580
• Rudder-shift time (sec)	22.8	16.3

CONCEALMENT	Bretagne (A)	Bretagne (B)
• Detectability by sea (km)	14.84	14.84
• Detectability by air (km)	7.34	7.34
• Detectability after firing main guns in smoke (km)	12.84
• Detectability by depths (km)	7.34	7.34

Main Battery

MAIN BATTERY	PCA n° 5 Mle 1	PCA n° 5 Mle 2
• Arrangement	5×2 340mm
• Firing range (km)	16.5	18.15
• Reload time (sec)	30.0
• Rate of fire (shots/min)	2
• 180° turn time (sec)	45.0

DISPERSION
• Dispersion type	French/Italian BB dispersion
• Dispersion formula	Dispersion (m) = 9.8 × range(km) + 66
• Sigma	2.0
• Maximum dispersion (m)	227
• Dispersion at 5 km	115
• Dispersion at 10 km	164
• Dispersion at 15 km	213
• Dispersion at 16.5 km	228

HE SHELL
• Name	340 mm HE OEA Mle 1932
• Maximum damage	4450
• Fire chance (%)	26.0%
• Shell velocity (m/s)	921
• Shell weight (kg)	431.8
• Penetration (mm)	57

AP SHELL
• Name	340 mm AP OPf Mle 1924
• Maximum damage	9000
• Shell velocity (m/s)	780
• Shell weight (kg)	585
• Fuse time (sec)	0.033
• Ricochet start (°)	45
• Always ricochet (°)	60
• Normalisation (°)	6
• Arming threshold (mm)	57

Secondary Battery

SECONDARY BATTERY
• Secondary battery range (km)	5.0

SECONDARY ARMAMENT 1
• Shell type	HE
• Name	139 mm HE OEA Mle 1910
• Arrangement	1x139mm
• Rate of fire (shots/min)	6.0
• Maximum damage	2000
• Shell velocity (m/s)	840
• Penetration (mm)	23
• Fire chance (%)	8.0%

Airstrike

ASW AIRSTRIKE (DEPTH CHARGES)
• Range (km)	8
• Minimum range (km)	0.5
• Reload time (sec)	20.0
• Number of aircraft	1
• Depth charges in payload	1
• Damage	2900
• Deployment	Manual

AA Defense

Bretagne (A)

AA ARMAMENT	MOUNTS × BARRELS
75 mm	8 × 1
37 mm	8 × 1
13 mm	2 × 4

Continuous damage — average DPS within each action zone

RANGE	DPS	HIT CHANCE	ACTION ZONE (km)
Short-range	35	70%	1.5
Mid-range	38.5	75%	3.0
Long-range	42	75%	3.0

Bretagne (B)

AA ARMAMENT	MOUNTS × BARRELS
100 mm	4 × 2
40 mm	8 × 1
25 mm	8 × 2

Continuous damage — average DPS within each action zone

RANGE	DPS	HIT CHANCE	ACTION ZONE (km)
Short-range	108.5	70%	2.5
Mid-range	122.5	75%	3.5
Long-range	38.5	75%	5.8

Damage by shell explosions

EXPLOSIONS / SALVO	DAMAGE	HIT CHANCE	ACTION ZONE (km)
1	150	75%	3.5–5.8

Compatible Upgrades

Slot 1
Slot 2
Slot 3

Consumables

• Slot 1: Damage Control Party  (15.0s action, 80.0s cooldown)
• Slot 2: Repair Party  (4 charges, 28.0s action, 80.0s cooldown, 191.5 hp/s)

Ship Change Log

• Update 0.6.14:
  • Available for testing by supertesters in the game starting from Update 0.6.14.
• Update 0.7.1.1:
  • Fixed gun elevation angles. She now has the ability to fire both HE and AP at the distance specified in the ship's characteristics; before this, only the HE shells could be fired at that distance.
• Update 0.7.2:
  • Introduced into the game as a researchable ship.
• Update 0.10.0:
  • The firing range of the secondary battery was increased to 4.95 km.
• Update 12.5:
  • Sigma value increased from 1.8 to 1.9.
  • Main battery gun 180-degree traverse time reduced from 60 to 45 seconds.
• Update 12.7:
  • Changed the textures and models of the ship.
• Update 14.2:
  • Main Battery parameters changed:
    • Maximum HE shell damage reduced: 4700 to 4450
    • Maximum AP shell damage reduced: 9500 to 9000
    • Sigma value increased: 1.9 to 2.0
• Update November 8, 2017:
  • Preliminary characteristics.

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