Ship:U-69

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VI

4,500,000

U-69 — Germany Tech Tree Tier VI Submarine.

The Type VII submarines became the most popular ships of their class in history—all in all, 703 of them were built. U-69, the lead boat of the VIIC series, conducted 10 combat patrols, participated in 7 Wolfpack operations, and sank 19 Allied ships. On February 17, 1943, the submarine was sunk by destroyer HMS Fame during the hunt for the ONS-165 convoy.

Pros

Long range homing torpedoes
Torpedoes all reload simultaneously
Enhanced submarine surveillance

Cons

Low torpedo DPM on both homing & alternate torps
Low ping velocity

Ship Stats

Hull Information

Sonar

Torpedoes

Secondary Battery

Compatible Upgrades

Slot 1
Slot 2
Slot 3
Slot 4

Consumables

Slot 1: Damage Control Party  (3 charges, 5.0s action, 60.0s cooldown)
Slot 2: Hydroacoustic Search  (1.0s action, 80.0s cooldown)
Slot 3: Submarine Surveillance  (60.0s action, 120.0s cooldown)
Slot 4: Reserve Battery Unit  (2 charges, 30.0s action, 90.0s cooldown)

Gallery

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-! style="background-color:#1a3244; color:#ffffff; font-weight:bold;" | TORPEDO LAUNCHERS !! style="background-color:#1a3244; color:#ffffff; font-weight:bold;" | PGPT051 !! style="background-color:#1a3244; color:#ffffff; font-weight:bold;" | PGPT018
+! style="background-color:#1a3244; color:#ffffff; font-weight:bold;" | SUBMARINE TORPEDOES !! style="background-color:#1a3244; color:#ffffff; font-weight:bold;" | HOMING (STOCK) !! style="background-color:#1a3244; color:#ffffff; font-weight:bold;" | HOMING (UPGRADED)
 |-
-| style="color:inherit;" | • Number of launchers || style="color:inherit;" | 1 || style="color:inherit;" | 1
+| style="color:inherit;" | • Torpedo name || style="color:inherit;" | G7e T1 mod. 0 || style="color:inherit;" | —
 |-
-| style="color:inherit;" | • Torpedo name || style="color:inherit;" | PGPT051 || style="color:inherit;" | PGPT018
+| style="color:inherit;" | • Damage || style="color:inherit;" | 6800 || style="color:inherit;" | 7533
 |-
-| style="color:inherit;" | • Reload time (sec) || style="color:inherit;" | 58.0 || style="color:inherit;" | 58.0
+| style="color:inherit;" | • Range (km) || style="color:inherit;" | 11.5 || style="color:inherit;" | 11.5
-|-
-| style="color:inherit;" | • 180° turn time (sec) || style="color:inherit;" | 15.0 || style="color:inherit;" | 15.0
-|-
-| style="color:inherit;" | • Damage || style="color:inherit;" | 18000 || style="color:inherit;" | 20200
-|-
-| style="color:inherit;" | • Range (km) || style="color:inherit;" | 0.4 || style="color:inherit;" | 0.4
 |-
 | style="color:inherit;" | • Speed (kt) || style="color:inherit;" | 73 || style="color:inherit;" | 73
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 | style="color:inherit;" | • Detectability (km) || style="color:inherit;" | 1.9 || style="color:inherit;" | 1.9
 |-
-| style="color:inherit;" | • Flooding chance (%) || style="color:inherit;" | 31.0% || style="color:inherit;" | 31.0%
+| style="color:inherit;" | • Reload (s) || style="color:inherit;" | 58 || style="color:inherit;" | 50
-|}
-</div>
-<div style="border: 2px solid rgba(212,175,55,0.8); border-radius: 3px; margin-bottom: 1em; overflow: hidden;">
-{| class="wikitable" style="margin:0; color:inherit; width:100%"
-! style="background-color:#1a3244; color:#ffffff; font-weight:bold;" | SUBMARINE TORPEDOES !! style="background-color:#1a3244; color:#ffffff; font-weight:bold;" |
-|-
-| style="color:inherit;" | • Bow torpedo count || style="color:inherit;" | 4
-|-
-| style="color:inherit;" | • Stern torpedo count || style="color:inherit;" | 1
-|-
-| style="color:inherit;" | • Torpedo loaders (bow/stern) || style="color:inherit;" | 4/1
-|-
-| style="color:inherit;" | • Homing torpedo name || style="color:inherit;" | PGPT051
-|-
-| style="color:inherit;" | • Homing torpedo damage || style="color:inherit;" | 18000
 |-
-| style="color:inherit;" | • Homing torpedo range (km) || style="color:inherit;" | 0.4
+| style="color:inherit;" | • Bow torpedo tubes || style="color:inherit;" colspan="2" | 4
 |-
-| style="color:inherit;" | • Homing torpedo speed (kt) || style="color:inherit;" | 73
+| style="color:inherit;" | • Stern torpedo tubes || style="color:inherit;" colspan="2" | 1
 |-
-| style="color:inherit;" | • Homing torpedo concealment (km) || style="color:inherit;" | 1.9
+| style="color:inherit;" | • Torpedo loaders (bow/stern) || style="color:inherit;" colspan="2" | 4/1
 |}
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SURVIVABILITY	U-69 (A)	U-69 (B)
• Hit Points	10200	11500
• Torpedo protection damage reduction (%)	0

ARMOR DETAIL
• Belt (mm)	16
• Deck (mm)	13
• Superstructure (mm)	16
• Extremities (mm)	16

MANEUVERABILITY	U-69 (A)	U-69 (B)
• Maximum speed (kt)	27.0	27.0
• Turning circle radius (m)	370	370
• Rudder-shift time (sec)	6.8	6.8

CONCEALMENT	U-69 (A)	U-69 (B)
• Detectability by sea (km)	5.66	5.66
• Detectability by air (km)	2.09	2.09
• Detectability after firing main guns in smoke (km)	—
• Detectability by depths (km)	2.09	2.09

SUB STATS
• Concealment at periscope depth (km)	2.09
• Maximum submerged speed (kt)	13.0
• Diving plane shift time (sec)	16.1
• Maximum diving speed (m/s)	2.7
• Dive capacity	195
• Dive depletion rate	—
• Dive recharge rate	0.8

SONAR
• Sonar reload time (sec)	8.0
• Ping velocity (m/s)	500
• Ping width (m)	11.5
• Single ping duration (sec)	25.0
• Double ping duration (sec)	50.0
• Maximum ping range (km)	11.5

SECONDARY ARMAMENT 1
• Shell type	SAP
• Name	PGGS101_88mm45_SK_35
• Arrangement	1x88mm
• Rate of fire (shots/min)	15.0
• Maximum damage	2050
• Shell velocity (m/s)	890
• Penetration (mm)	25.9
• Ricochet start (°)	80
• Always ricochet (°)	85

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