Ship:Champagne

VIII

17,500 doubloons

Champagne — France Premium Tier VIII Battleship.

In the 1930s, France and the U.S.S.R. signed the Treaty of Mutual Assistance that opened up, among other things, the ability to purchase military equipment from each other. On a Soviet order, Schneider developed a 406 mm gun that was planned to be mounted on Soviet battleships. The outbreak of World War II slowed down the construction of battleships in the U.S.S.R., and these guns could well have been used on battleships under construction in France. To fit the barbette of a 380 mm quadruple-gun turret, the 406 mm turret had to be made a triple one.

Pros

• Long main battery range
• Engine Boot and Main Battery Reload Booster are available

Cons

• Weak armor layout

Ship Stats

Hull Information

SURVIVABILITY
• Hit Points	60900
• Torpedo protection damage reduction (%)	28

ARMOR DETAIL
• Belt (mm)	32
• Deck (mm)	32
• Superstructure (mm)	19
• Extremities (mm)	25

MANEUVERABILITY
• Maximum speed (kt)	34.0
• Turning circle radius (m)	850
• Rudder-shift time (sec)	20.2

CONCEALMENT
• Detectability by sea (km)	15.89
• Detectability by air (km)	10.0
• Detectability after firing main guns in smoke (km)	15.82
• Detectability by depths (km)	10.0

Main Battery

MAIN BATTERY
• Arrangement	2×3 406mm
• Firing range (km)	25.02
• Reload time (sec)	28.6
• Rate of fire (shots/min)	2.1
• 180° turn time (sec)	30.0

DISPERSION
• Dispersion type	Battlecruiser dispersion
• Dispersion formula	Dispersion (m) = 8.4 × range(km) + 48
• Sigma	2.0
• Maximum dispersion (m)	258
• Dispersion at 5 km	90
• Dispersion at 10 km	132
• Dispersion at 15 km	174
• Dispersion at 20 km	216
• Dispersion at 25 km	258
• Dispersion at 25.02 km	258

HE SHELL
• Name	406 mm HE Mle 1938
• Maximum damage	6100
• Fire chance (%)	49.0%
• Shell velocity (m/s)	850
• Shell weight (kg)	900
• Penetration (mm)	68

AP SHELL
• Name	406 mm APC Mle 1938
• Maximum damage	12100
• Shell velocity (m/s)	850
• Shell weight (kg)	900
• Fuse time (sec)	0.033
• Ricochet start (°)	45
• Always ricochet (°)	60
• Normalisation (°)	6
• Arming threshold (mm)	68

Secondary Battery

SECONDARY BATTERY
• Secondary battery range (km)	7.6

SECONDARY ARMAMENT 1
• Shell type	HE
• Name	152 mm HE OEA Mle 1937
• Arrangement	3.0x152mm
• Rate of fire (shots/min)	5.0
• Maximum damage	2200
• Shell velocity (m/s)	870
• Penetration (mm)	25
• Fire chance (%)	12.0%

SECONDARY ARMAMENT 2
• Shell type	HE
• Name	100 mm HE OEA Mle 1928
• Arrangement	2x100mm
• Rate of fire (shots/min)	15.0
• Maximum damage	1400
• Shell velocity (m/s)	780
• Penetration (mm)	17
• Fire chance (%)	6.0%

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
152 mm + 100 mm	3 × 3 + 12 × 2
37 mm	12 × 2
25 mm	9 × 2

Continuous damage — average DPS within each action zone

RANGE	DPS	HIT CHANCE	ACTION ZONE (km)
Mid-range	164.5	70%	3.0
Long-range	140	75%	5.8

Damage by shell explosions

EXPLOSIONS / SALVO	DAMAGE	HIT CHANCE	ACTION ZONE (km)
6	1260	75%	3.5–5.8

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  (3 charges, 28.0s action, 80.0s cooldown, 304.5 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)
• Slot 4: Engine Boost  (3 charges, 180.0s action, 120.0s cooldown)
• Slot 5: Main Battery Reload Booster  (3 charges, 15.0s action, 60.0s cooldown)

Ship Change Log

• Update 0.9.3:
  • Available for testing by supertesters in the game starting from Update 0.9.3.
• Update 0.9.5:
  • Added for sale in the Premium shop. After two weeks it disappeared from the store. It would resurface in October 2020 for a single week before once again vanishing.
• Update 0.10.0:
  • The firing range of the secondary battery was increased to 7.6 km.
• Update 0.11.7:
  • Minor fixes to the model and textures of the ship.
• Update 0.11.8:
  • HP amount increased from 52,600 to 60,900.
• Update 12.2:
  • Available for one week, as 1 of 65 random bundles in the Armory for 899 doubloons each.
• Update 14.0:
  • Added Main Battery Reload Booster consumable with the following parameters:
    • Number of charges: 3.
    • Action time: 15s.
    • Reload time: 60s.
• Update Mar 10, 2020:
  • Preliminary characteristics.
  • Maximum AP shell damage decreased from 13,200 to 12,100.
  • HE and AP shell ballistics were changed: shells will now take a bit longer to reach their target when fired at any distance.
  • AP shell armor penetration decreased.
  • Repair Party consumable charges decreased from 4 to 3.
  • AP shell penetration increased to the previous value.
  • Hitpoints decreased from 60,900 to 52,600.
  • Main battery reload time increased from 26 to 28.6 s.

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