Ship:Brandenburg

VIII

11,000 doubloons

Brandenburg — Germany Premium Tier VIII Battleship.

In 1932, Germany began research for a 35,000-ton battleship project. It was based on the design of World War I battlecruiser Ersatz Yorck. At this time, Britain was inclined to reduce the limit of her battleships' main caliber to 305 mm, viewing this caliber as the main one. Moreover, this caliber implied utilizing a balanced armor scheme for that displacement. However, the project to build a battleship carrying 305 mm guns was eventually abandoned after France laid down her Dunkerque battlecruiser armed with 330 mm guns.

Pros

• Torpedo armament available
• High rate of fire
• High secondary battery gun efficiency

Cons

• AP shells with low armor penetration capabilities
• Small HP pool
• No access to Hydroacoustic Search consumable

Ship Stats

Hull Information

SURVIVABILITY
• Hit Points	58800
• Torpedo protection damage reduction (%)	23

ARMOR DETAIL
• Belt (mm)	350
• Deck (mm)	50
• Superstructure (mm)	19
• Extremities (mm)	32

MANEUVERABILITY
• Maximum speed (kt)	32.5
• Turning circle radius (m)	820
• Rudder-shift time (sec)	15.7

CONCEALMENT
• Detectability by sea (km)	15.71
• Detectability by air (km)	10.0
• Detectability after firing main guns in smoke (km)	12.78
• Detectability by depths (km)	10.0

Main Battery

MAIN BATTERY
• Arrangement	4×3 305mm
• Firing range (km)	18.46
• Reload time (sec)	26.5
• Rate of fire (shots/min)	2.3
• 180° turn time (sec)	30.0

DISPERSION
• Dispersion type	Standard BB dispersion
• Dispersion formula	Dispersion (m) = 10 × range(km) + 60
• Sigma	1.8
• Maximum dispersion (m)	244
• Dispersion at 5 km	110
• Dispersion at 10 km	160
• Dispersion at 15 km	210
• Dispersion at 18.46 km	245

HE SHELL
• Name	305 mm Spr.Gr. L/3.8
• Maximum damage	3600
• Fire chance (%)	27.0%
• Shell velocity (m/s)	865
• Shell weight (kg)	415
• Penetration (mm)	76

AP SHELL
• Name	305 mm P.Spr.Gr. L/4.9
• Maximum damage	9400
• Shell velocity (m/s)	865
• Shell weight (kg)	415
• Fuse time (sec)	0.033
• Ricochet start (°)	45
• Always ricochet (°)	60
• Normalisation (°)	6
• Arming threshold (mm)	51

Torpedoes

TORPEDO LAUNCHERS
• Number of launchers	2x4
• Torpedo name	G7a T1
• Reload time (sec)	90.0
• 180° turn time (sec)	7.2
• Damage	13700
• Range (km)	6.0
• Speed (kt)	64
• Detectability (km)	1.3
• Flooding chance (%)	227%

Secondary Battery

SECONDARY BATTERY
• Secondary battery range (km)	7.6

SECONDARY ARMAMENT 1
• Shell type	HE
• Name	150 mm Spr.Gr. L/4.5
• Arrangement	6x 2 150mm
• Rate of fire (shots/min)	8.0
• Maximum damage	1700
• Shell velocity (m/s)	875
• Penetration (mm)	38
• Fire chance (%)	8.0%

SECONDARY ARMAMENT 2
• Shell type	HE
• Name	105 mm Spr.Gr. Kz.
• Arrangement	10x 2 105mm
• Rate of fire (shots/min)	17.9
• Maximum damage	1200
• Shell velocity (m/s)	900
• Penetration (mm)	26
• Fire chance (%)	5.0%

Airstrike

ASW AIRSTRIKE (DEPTH CHARGES)
• Range (km)	10
• Minimum range (km)	0.5
• Reload time (sec)	30.0
• Number of aircraft	1
• Depth charges in payload	2
• Damage	4200
• Deployment	Manual

AA Defense

AA ARMAMENT	MOUNTS × BARRELS
105 mm	10 × 2
30 mm	18 × 4

Continuous damage — average DPS within each action zone

RANGE	DPS	HIT CHANCE	ACTION ZONE (km)
Mid-range	511	70%	3.0
Long-range	192.5	75%	5.2

Damage by shell explosions

EXPLOSIONS / SALVO	DAMAGE	HIT CHANCE	ACTION ZONE (km)
8	1400	75%	3.5–5.2

Compatible Upgrades

Slot 1
Slot 2
Slot 3
Slot 4
Slot 5

Consumables

• Slot 1: Damage Control Party  (15.0s action, 80.0s cooldown)
• Slot 2: Repair Party  (4 charges, 28.0s action, 80.0s cooldown, 294 hp/s)
• Slot 3: Spotting Aircraft  (4 charges, 100.0s action, 240.0s cooldown) or Patrol Fighter  (3 charges, 60.0s action, 90.0s cooldown)

Gallery

WoWs Gallery

Ship Change Log

• Added to the game files.
• Preliminary characteristics.
• Increased the accuracy of the secondary battery to the level of other standard German battleships.
• Main battery reload time decreased from 28 to 26.5 s.
• Sigma parameter increased from 1.6 to 1.8.
• Available as one of the drops from the "German Battleships" containers released via Twitch Prime on October 14, 2021 (and in the Premium store).
• Available for purchase in the Armory for 12,800 doubloons and in the Premium store.
• Update 0.10.6:
  • Available for testing by supertesters in the game starting from Update 0.10.6, added to the files in July 2020.
• Update 0.10.9:
  • First appeared on sale in October 2021 (during Update 0.10.9).
• Update 0.11.4:
  • The aft-wards firing angle of the port-side #3 150mm secondary was improved by 5 degrees to match that of its starboard-side twin. (Bug fix).
• Update 12.8:
  • Fixed the Commander skill recommendation for the ship.