Ship:U-69

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

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

TORPEDO LAUNCHERS	PGPT051	PGPT018
• Number of launchers	1	1
• Torpedo name	PGPT051	PGPT018
• Reload time (sec)	58.0	58.0
• 180° turn time (sec)	15.0	15.0
• Damage	18000	20200
• Range (km)	0.4	0.4
• Speed (kt)	73	73
• Detectability (km)	1.9	1.9
• Flooding chance (%)	31.0%	31.0%

SUBMARINE TORPEDOES
• Bow torpedo count	4
• Stern torpedo count	1
• Torpedo loaders (bow/stern)	4/1
• Homing torpedo name	PGPT051
• Homing torpedo damage	18000
• Homing torpedo range (km)	0.4
• Homing torpedo speed (kt)	73
• Homing torpedo concealment (km)	1.9

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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