World of Warships Supertest: German Tier VIII Premium Battleship Anhalt
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Historical background
Anhalt is based on the Linienschiff L21a, one of the numerous designs of battleships on which German engineers started working after the battle of Jutland. Out of the various ideas that these designs were exploring was the possibility to fuse the concepts of battleship and battlecruiser into a new type of ship, the so-called fast battleship.
Studies on Linienschiff L21a started in late December 1916. This design called for a displacement of 42 000 tons and a main battery consisting of ten 380 mm guns in five twin turrets.
In World of Warships, Anhalt represents a modified version of the design with fifteen 350 mm guns in five triple turrets. She is also presenting an extensive modernization with a modern superstructure, lengthened bow, and modern anti-aircraft.
Unlike other German battleships, she has no Hydroacoustic Search but she gets underwater torpedo tubes.
Ship’s preview
Ship’s commemorative flag
Ship’s camouflage
For the classic reminder, this is a ship in testing, anything can change so don’t look at her like she would already be released.
Modules
Hull | Engine | Gun Fire Control System | Main battery | Torpedoes |
Anhalt |
Propulsion: 100 000 HP |
FKS Typ 8 Mod. 1 |  350 mm/45 SK C/14 on a Drh LC/1919 mount |
J9 |
General Characteristics
| Tier | VIII |
| Health | 69 500 HP |
| Torpedo Damage Reduction | 20 % |
| Displacement | 49 600 tons |
| Dimensions | |
| Overall length | 262.17 m |
| Beam | 33.26 m |
| Overall height (keel to the highest point on the ship) | 32.0 m |
| Freeboard | 3.9 m |
| Main Armament | |
| Maximum Firing Range | 21.120 km |
| 350 mm/45 SK C/14 on a Drh LC/1919 mount | 5 x 3 350 mm |
| Secondary Armament | |
| Maximum Firing Range | 7.600 km |
| 150 mm/45 SK L/45 on an MPL C/06 mount 105 mm/65 SK C/33 on a Dop. L. C/37 mount | 8 x 1 150 mm 6 x 2 105 mm |
| Torpedo Armament | |
| Maximum Firing Range | 6.000 km |
| 700 mm | 4 x 1 700 mm |
| Maximum speed | 25.0 knots |
| Turning Circle Radius | 900 m |
| Rudder Shift Time | 16.0 s |
| Surface Detectability | 15.02 km |
| Air Detectability | 11.49 km |
| Detectability After Firing Main Guns in Smoke | 13.29 km |
Main Armament
| 5 x 3 350 mm/45 SK C/14 on a Drh LC/1919 mount | |
| Maximum Firing Range | 21.120 km |
| Reloading Time | 30.0 s |
| 180 Degree Turn Time | 45.0 s |
| Optimal firing angles at the front | 35° |
| Optimal firing angles at the rear | 35° |
| Sigma | 1.7 sigma |
| Maximum Dispersion | 271 m |
| Shells | |
| Type of Projectile | HE – 350 mm Spr.Gr. L/4.2 Bdz. |
| Alpha Damage | 4 000 |
| Penetration capacity | 88 mm |
| Explosion size | 1.93 |
| Fire chance | 27 % |
| Projectile Speed | 815 m/s |
| Air Drag | 0.407 |
| Projectile Mass | 600.0 kg |
| Type of Projectile | AP – 350 mm P.Spr.Gr. L/3.6 |
| Alpha Damage | 10 500 |
| Projectile Speed | 815 m/s |
| Air Drag | 0.407 |
| Projectile Mass | 600.0 kg |
| Projectile Krupp | 2 460 |
| Projectile Detonator | 0.033 s |
| Detonator threshold | 59 mm |
| Ricochet Angles | 45° – 60° |
Secondary Armament
| 8 x 1 150 mm/45 SK L/45 on an MPL C/06 mount | |
| Maximum Firing Range | 7.600 km |
| Reloading Time | 8.57 s |
| Sigma | 1.0 sigma |
| Shells | |
| Type of Projectile | HE – 150 mm HE K Gr 18 |
| Alpha Damage | 1 800 |
| HE penetration | 38 mm |
| Explosion Size | 0.57 |
| Chance to Cause Fire | 10 % |
| Projectile Speed | 835 m/s |
| Air Drag | 0.407 |
| Projectile Mass | 45.3 kg |
| 6 x 2 105 mm/65 SK C/33 on a Dop. L. C/37 mount | |
| Maximum Firing Range | 7.600 km |
| Reloading Time | 3.35 s |
| Sigma | 1.0 sigma |
| Shells | |
| Type of Projectile | HE – 105 mm Spr.Gr. Kz. |
| Alpha Damage | 1 200 |
| HE penetration | 26 mm |
| Explosion Size | 0.31 |
| Chance to Cause Fire | 5 % |
| Projectile Speed | 900 m/s |
| Air Drag | 0.33 |
| Projectile Mass | 15.1 kg |
Torpedo Armament
| 4 x 1 700 mm 700 mm J9 | |
| Reloading Time | 45 s |
| Maximum Distance | 6.000 km |
| Damage | 20 633 |
| Flooding Chance | 343% |
| Speed | 54 knots |
| Surface Detectability | 1.7 km |
Anti-air Armament
| 6 x 2 105 mm/65 SK C/33 on a Dop. L. C/37 mount | |
| Sector range | 0.1 km – 5.2 km |
| Hit chance | 75 % |
| Sector’s damage | 35 |
| Sector’s damage frequency | 0.29 s |
| Sector’s damage per second | 123 |
| Flak clouds number | 6 |
| Flak cloud damage | 1 400 |
| 10 x 2 37 mm/69 Flak M42 on an LM/42 mount | |
| Sector range | 0.1 km – 3.5 km |
| Hit chance | 75 % |
| Sector’s damage | 52 |
| Sector’s damage frequency | 0.29 s |
| Sector’s damage per second | 182 |
| 14 x 1 20 mm/65 C/38 on an L/30 single mount 16 x 4 20 mm/65 C/38 on a Flak 35 Vierling L/38 mount | |
| Sector range | 0.1 km – 2.0 km |
| Hit chance | 70 % |
| Sector’s damage | 84 |
| Sector’s damage frequency | 0.29 s |
| Sector’s damage per second | 294 |
Consumables
Slot 1 | Slot 2 | Slot 3 |
Damage Control Party  Work time: 15 sCooldown: 80 s | Repair Party  Number of charges: 4Work time: 28 s Cooldown: 80 s HP regeneration speed: +0.5%/s Casemate damage regeneration: 50% Citadel damage regeneration: 10% | Spotting Aircraft  Number of charges: 4Work time: 100 s Cooldown: 240 s Maximum firing range: +20% |
Fighter  Number of charges: 3Work time: 60 s Cooldown: 90 s Number of planes in a squadron: 3 Patrol radius: 3.0 km |
The Armor
External armor protection:
Front and rear armor protection of the middle section:
Hidden deck:
Turtleback:
Citadel armor protection:
Turrets armor protection:
Hidden armor protection inside the bow and stern:
Personal Opinion
As of right now, Anhalt looks… alright. It is lacking speed and even though she has 15 guns, she has standard battleship dispersion and low sigma. On top of that, the 350 mm guns are far from brilliant.
As for the torpedoes… even though she has enormous 700 mm torpedoes the damage is as underwhelming as you can get and the firing range is also only 6 km.
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