Ship:Rhein

IV

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Rhein — Germany Tech Tree Tier IV Aircraft Carrier.

During the 1930s and 1940s, Germany developed several aviation-capable ship designs, including a small carrier specifically intended for serial production during wartime. Her design needed to be budget-friendly and suitable for mass production at civil shipyards. Given the ongoing war, it would have been possible to construct such a ship no earlier than 1944. German engineers envisioned a flight deck with a minimum length of 170 m and the implementation of catapults for takeoff.

Pros

• High secondary battery efficiency
• High AA defense efficiency
• Fast torpedoes with below average damage and low arming distance available
• Above average plane speed

Cons

• AP only rockets and dive bombs available
• Planes have a small HP pool

Ship Stats

Hull Information

SURVIVABILITY	Rhein (A)	Rhein (B)
• Hit Points	31500	32300
• Torpedo protection damage reduction (%)	16

ARMOR DETAIL
• Belt (mm)	25
• Deck (mm)	20
• Superstructure (mm)	10
• Extremities (mm)	16

MANEUVERABILITY	Rhein (A)	Rhein (B)
• Maximum speed (kt)	26.0	26.0
• Turning circle radius (m)	760	760
• Rudder-shift time (sec)	12.1	8.6

CONCEALMENT	Rhein (A)	Rhein (B)
• Detectability by sea (km)	9.26	9.26
• Detectability by air (km)	7.49	7.49
• Detectability after firing main guns in smoke (km)	—
• Detectability by depths (km)	7.49	7.49

Secondary Battery

SECONDARY BATTERY	Automatic	Manual control
• Secondary battery range (km)	4.5	8.0

SECONDARY ARMAMENT 1	Automatic	Manual control
• Shell type	HE
• Name	88 mm Spr.Gr.
• Arrangement	2x2 88mm
• Rate of fire (shots/min)	15.0	11.3
• Maximum damage	1000
• Shell velocity (m/s)	950
• Penetration (mm)	15
• Fire chance (%)	4.0%

Rhein (B)

SECONDARY ARMAMENT 1	Automatic	Manual control
• Shell type	HE
• Name	105 mm Spr.Gr. Kz.
• Arrangement	2x2 105mm
• Rate of fire (shots/min)	71.6
• Maximum damage	1200
• Shell velocity (m/s)	900
• Penetration (mm)	26
• Fire chance (%)	5.0%

AA Defense

Rhein (A)

AA ARMAMENT	MOUNTS × BARRELS
88 mm	2 × 2
37 mm	4 × 1

Continuous damage — average DPS within each action zone

RANGE	DPS	HIT CHANCE	ACTION ZONE (km)
Mid-range	87.5	100%	3.5
Long-range	31.5	100%	4.6

Damage by shell explosions

EXPLOSIONS / SALVO	DAMAGE	HIT CHANCE	ACTION ZONE (km)
1	910	100%	3.5–4.6

Rhein (B)

AA ARMAMENT	MOUNTS × BARRELS
105 mm	2 × 2
37 mm	4 × 2

Continuous damage — average DPS within each action zone

RANGE	DPS	HIT CHANCE	ACTION ZONE (km)
Mid-range	105	100%	3.5
Long-range	59.5	100%	5.2

Damage by shell explosions

EXPLOSIONS / SALVO	DAMAGE	HIT CHANCE	ACTION ZONE (km)
1	1120	100%	3.5–5.2

Aircraft

ROCKET PLANES
• Hit points	1090
• Cruise speed (kt)	114
• Maximum speed (kt)	154
• Squadrons	1
• Aircraft per squadron	6
• Plane regeneration time (sec)	40.0
• Ammo name	RZ-73
• Ammo type	AP ROCKET
• Rockets in payload	2
• Damage per rocket	1700
• Armor penetration (mm)	141
• Threshold (mm)	25
• Fuse time (sec)	0.022
• Preparation time (sec)	5.0

TORPEDO BOMBERS
• Hit points	1300
• Cruise speed (kt)	111
• Maximum speed (kt)	151
• Squadron size	6
• Size of attacking flight	2
• Aircraft on deck	9
• Preparation time (sec)	54.0
• Detectability (km)	10.0
• Torpedo name	F5c
• Torpedoes in payload	1
• Torpedo damage	3000
• Flood chance (%)	25
• Torpedo speed (kt)	50
• Arming distance (m)	403
• Torpedo range (km)	2.0
• Squadrons	1

DIVE BOMBERS
• Hit points	1160
• Cruise speed (kt)	96
• Maximum speed (kt)	136
• Squadron size	6
• Size of attacking flight	2
• Aircraft on deck	9
• Preparation time (sec)	50.0
• Detectability (km)	10.0
• Bomb name	PC 500a
• Bomb type	AP BOMB
• Bombs in payload	1
• Bomb damage	4000
• Armor penetration (mm)	169
• Threshold (mm)	20
• Fuse time (sec)	0.025
• Squadrons	1

Compatible Upgrades

Slot 1
Slot 2

Consumables

• Slot 1: Damage Control Party  (30.0s action, 70.0s cooldown)
• Slot 2: Patrol Fighter  (4 charges, 600.0s action, 40.0s cooldown)

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Ship Change Log

• Update Apr 7, 2020:
  • Preliminary characteristics.
  • The parameters of the aiming circle and accuracy settings of attack aircraft were changed, and the height of their flight during the attack was decreased. Now it will become easier to conduct the next attack, however, the aiming cone will expand faster when moving.
  • HP pool of attack aircraft and bombers increased (unlisted details).
  • Torpedo damage increased (unlisted details).
  • Engine Cooling consumable action time for torpedo bombers and bombers increased from 5 to 10 s, and the number of charges increased by 1.
  • Attack aircraft parameters were changed:
    • Rocket armor penetration increased.
    • Height of attack decreased.
    • Angle of the attack decreased.
    • Vertical dispersion slightly decreased.
  • Torpedo bombers parameters were changed:
    • Aiming speed increased.
    • Launching cone's dispersion when turning during the attack increased.
  • Stock torpedo parameters were changed:
    • Maximum torpedo damage decreased from 6,200 to 3,600.
    • Range decreased from 6 to 2 km.
    • Speed increased from 25 to 50 knots.
    • Arming distance decreased to 403 m.
    • Detectability increased to 1.3 km.
  • Flooding chance of stock and researchable torpedoes decreased by some amount (unlisted change).
  • Maximum AP bomb damage of stock and researchable bombers increased from 3,000 to 4,000.
  • Increased accuracy of secondary battery to be similar to that of Massachusetts.
  • Attack aircraft parameters were changed:
    • Height of attack increased.
    • Accelerated aiming of the sight.
    • Decreased attack preparation time from 5 to 4 s.
    • Ricochet angle for rockets increased from 60 to 70 degrees.
    • Rocket damage increased from 1,600 to 1,700.
  • Attack aircraft preparation time decreased from 4 to 2.5 s.
  • Maximum torpedo damage decreased from 3,600 to 3,000.
  • Torpedo flooding chance decreased from 31 to 25%.
• Update 0.9.4:
  • Available for testing by supertesters in the game starting from Update 0.9.4.
• Update 0.9.6:
  • Available for completing a combat mission dropped as a random drop from the "German Aircraft Carriers" container.
• Update 0.9.7:
  • Introduced into the game as a researchable ship.
  • The name of the aerial torpedoes was updated.
  • Bombers now climb more smoothly when taking off.
• Update 0.9.11:
  • Fixed geometry and textures of the ship.
• Update 0.10.0:
  • The speed of the patrol fighters was increased to 187 knots.