Supertest: Pan-European Freemium Tier X Destroyer Småland
3 min readCompared to Halland, the Småland trades a Defensive AA Fire for a 7.5 km radar, similar to the one of Yue Yang. She also presents a shorter gun reload but worse torpedoes.
Småland served until 1979 when she was decommissioned and in 1987, she became a museum ship that can still be visited today in Gothenburg.
Currently, the concept of European destroyers brings the following features:
- Very fast torpedoes with relatively low damage and long-range;
- Artillery is similar to that of American destroyers: quite effective in close combat but weaker than that of artillery-focused destroyers;
- The speed of the new destroyers is relatively low: 35 knots at Tiers VII — X. It can be increased by an Engine Boost consumable found in a dedicated slot, giving a standard bonus of 8%;
- Starting from Tier VII, the AA defense of European destroyers has a large area of effect and deals good damage;
- Presence of Repair Party: at Tiers V — VIII it is the same as on British destroyers, and at Tiers IX and X this consumable will be active for 4 seconds longer;
- Starting from Tier VIII, ships are equipped with Surveillance Radar in a dedicated slot. It has an action time of 15 seconds and a range of up to 7.5 km;
- Lack of Smoke Generator and relatively high detection range: when fighting with other destroyers for key areas it’s better to rely on Surveillance Radar and torpedoes.
Hull | Engine | Gun Fire Control System | Main battery | Torpedoes |
Småland |
Propulsion: 58 000 hp |
SUO Mk 10 Mod. 1 |
120 mm/50 Bofors M1950 |
Torped M1947 |
| Tier | X |
| Health | 19 200 HP |
| Displacement | 3 400 tons |
| Main Armament | |
| Maximum Firing Range | 10.450 km |
| 120 mm/50 Bofors M1950 | 2 x 2 120 mm |
| Torpedo Armament | |
| Maximum Firing Range | 12.000 km |
| 533 mm Quintuple 533 mm Triple | 1 x 5 533 mm 1 x 3 533 mm |
| Maximum speed | 35 kts |
| Turning Circle Radius | 660 m |
| Rudder Shift Time | 4.3 s |
| Surface Detectability | 7.92 km |
| Air Detectability | 3.51 km |
| Detectability After Firing Main Guns in Smoke | 2.86 km |
| 2 x 2 120 mm/50 Bofors M1950 | |
| Reloading Time | 1.8 s |
| 180 Degree Turn Time | 7.2 s |
| Optimal firing angles at the front | 31° |
| Optimal firing angles at the rear | 28° |
| Sigma | 2.00 sigma |
| Maximum Dispersion | 93 m |
| Shells | |
| Type of Projectile | HE – 120 mm HE M1950 |
| Alpha Damage | 1 750 HP |
| Damage | 490 HP |
| Penetration capacity | 19 mm |
| Explosion size | 0.39 |
| Fire chance | 8 % |
| Projectile Speed | 825 m/s |
| Air Drag | 0.322 |
| Projectile Mass | 23.5 |
| Type of Projectile | AP – 120 mm AP M1950 |
| Alpha Damage | 2 150 HP |
| Chance to Cause Fire | -0.5 % |
| Projectile Speed | 825 m/s |
| Air Drag | 0.322 |
| Projectile Mass | 23.5 |
| Projectile Krupp | 2 400 |
| Projectile Detonator | 0.01 s |
| Detonator threshold | 20 mm |
| 1 x 5 533 mm Quintuple 1 x 3 533 mm Triple Torped M1947 | |
| Reloading Time | 100 s |
| Maximum Distance | 12.0 km |
| Optimal firing angles at the front | 62° |
| Optimal firing angles at the rear | 61° |
| Damage | 10 700 |
| Flooding Chance | 173 % |
| Speed | 86 kt |
| Surface Detectability | 1.8 km |
| 2 x 2 120 mm/50 Bofors M1950 | |
| Sector range | 0.1 km – 6.0 km |
| Hit chance | 100 % |
| Sector’s damage | 40 |
| Sector’s damage frequency | 0.29 s |
| Sector’s damage per second | 140 |
| Flak clouds number | 6 |
| Flak cloud damage | 1 890 |
| 1 x 2 57 mm/60 Bofors M1950 6 x 1 40 mm/70 Bofors M1948 | |
| Sector range | 0.1 km – 5.0 km |
| Hit chance | 100 % |
| Sector’s damage | 97 |
| Sector’s damage frequency | 0.29 s |
| Sector’s damage per second | 340 |
Slot 1 | Slot 2 | Slot 3 | Slot 4 |
Damage Control Party I  Work time: 5 s Cooldown: 60 s | Engine Boost I  Number of charges: 2 Work time: 120 s Cooldown: 180 s Boost: +8% speed | Repair Party I  Number of charges: 2 Work time: 10 s Cooldown: 120 s HP regeneration time: 1% HP/s | Surveillance Radar I  Number of charges: 2 Work time: 15 s Cooldown: 180 s Ship spotting distance: 7.5 km |
Damage Control Party II  Work time: 5 s Cooldown: 40 s | Engine Boost II  Number of charges: 3 Work time: 120 s Cooldown: 120 s Boost: +8% speed | Repair Party II  Number of charges: 3 Work time: 10 s Cooldown: 80 s HP regeneration time: 1% HP/s | Surveillance Radar II  Number of charges: 3 Work time: 40 s Cooldown: 120 s Ship spotting distance: 7.5 km |
The armor
The Småland has the classic high tier destroyer armor. The hull is 19 mm thick, the superstructure is 13 mm thick and the turrets are 6 mm thick.
Personal Opinion
The different trade-offs that Småland presents compared to Halland are quite interesting. Even though she gets worse concealment than her sister ship, the additional radar and short gun reload will definitely make her a very strong destroyer hunter, especially considering that she can happily take gunfight because of her Repair Party. She might be too good but we will see how it goes.
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So they gavr this one the actual quintuple and triple torpedo launcher the cl*** had, but the tech tree version has an ahistorical 2×4 configuration… I don’t get it.
any idea how much free XP this will cost?
Absolutely no idea. Considering the fact that now, tier IX premiums cost 1 million free XP, wouldn’t surprise me to see something like 1.5 million for her and Hayate.