Supertest: Pan-European Tier V Destroyer Visby
5 min readThe Visby-class was a group of 4 destroyers built for the Swedish Navy between 1942 and 1944. The ships would serve until 1982 with all ships being rebuilt as Frigates in 1965.
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 |
Visby (A) | Propulsion: 36 000 hp | SUO Mk 5 Mod. 1 | 120 mm/50 Bofors M1924 | Torped M1929 |
Visby (B) | SUO Mk 5 Mod. 2 |
As usual, I will cover the stats of the stock and fully upgraded versions of the ship.
Stock ship
Tier | V |
Health | 8 900 HP |
Displacement | 1 153 tons |
Main Armament | |
Maximum Firing Range | 8.650 km |
120 mm/50 Bofors M1924 | 1 x 2 120 mm 2 x 1 120 mm |
Torpedo Armament | |
Maximum Firing Range | 9.000 km |
533 mm Triple | 2 x 3 533 mm |
Maximum speed | 39 kts |
Turning Circle Radius | 540 m |
Rudder Shift Time | 3.49 s |
Surface Detectability | 7.12 km |
Air Detectability | 2.76 km |
Detectability After Firing Main Guns in Smoke | 2.54 km |
1 x 2 120 mm/50 Bofors M1924 2 x 1 120 mm/50 Bofors M1924 | |
Reloading Time | 6.5 s |
180 Degree Turn Time | 18.0 s |
Optimal firing angles at the front | 35° |
Optimal firing angles at the rear | 32° |
Sigma | 2.00 sigma |
Maximum Dispersion | 78 m |
Shells | |
Type of Projectile | HE – 120 mm HE M1936 |
Alpha Damage | 1 700 HP |
Damage | 500 HP |
Penetration capacity | 19 mm |
Explosion size | 0.4 |
Fire chance | 8 % |
Projectile Speed | 900 m/s |
Air Drag | 0.318 |
Projectile Mass | 24 |
Type of Projectile | AP – 120 mm AP M1936 |
Alpha Damage | 2 000 HP |
Chance to Cause Fire | -0.5 % |
Projectile Speed | 900 m/s |
Air Drag | 0.318 |
Projectile Mass | 21 |
Projectile Krupp | 1 721 |
Projectile Detonator | 0.01 s |
Detonator threshold | 20 mm |
3 x 1 40 mm/60 Bofors M1936 | |
Sector range | 0.1 km – 3.5 km |
Hit chance | 100 % |
Sector’s damage | 17 |
Sector’s damage frequency | 0.29 s |
Sector’s damage per second | 60 |
8 x 1 20 mm/60 Madsen M1938 | |
Sector range | 0.1 km – 2.0 km |
Hit chance | 95 % |
Sector’s damage | 27 |
Sector’s damage frequency | 0.29 s |
Sector’s damage per second | 95 |
2 x 3 533 mm Triple Torped M1929 | |
Reloading Time | 55 s |
Maximum Distance | 9.0 km |
Optimal firing angles at the front | 57° |
Optimal firing angles at the rear | 60° |
Damage | 7 533 |
Flooding Chance | 119 % |
Speed | 65 kt |
Surface Detectability | 1.4 km |
Slot 1 | Slot 2 | Slot 3 |
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: 1 Work time: 10 s Cooldown: 120 s HP regeneration time: 1% HP/s |
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: 2 Work time: 10 s Cooldown: 80 s HP regeneration time: 1% HP/s |
Fully Upgraded Ship
Tier | V |
Health | 9 600 HP |
Displacement | 1 340 tons |
Main Armament | |
Maximum Firing Range | 9.515 km |
120 mm/50 Bofors M1924 | 1 x 2 120 mm 2 x 1 120 mm |
Torpedo Armament | |
Maximum Firing Range | 9.000 km |
533 mm Triple | 2 x 3 533 mm |
Maximum speed | 39 kts |
Turning Circle Radius | 540 m |
Rudder Shift Time | 2.5 s |
Surface Detectability | 7.12 km |
Air Detectability | 2.76 km |
Detectability After Firing Main Guns in Smoke | 2.54 km |
1 x 2 120 mm/50 Bofors M1924 2 x 1 120 mm/50 Bofors M1924 | |
Reloading Time | 6.5 s |
180 Degree Turn Time | 18.0 s |
Optimal firing angles at the front | 35° |
Optimal firing angles at the rear | 32° |
Sigma | 2.00 sigma |
Maximum Dispersion | 86 m |
Shells | |
Type of Projectile | HE – 120 mm HE M1936 |
Alpha Damage | 1 700 HP |
Damage | 500 HP |
Penetration capacity | 19 mm |
Explosion size | 0.4 |
Fire chance | 8 % |
Projectile Speed | 900 m/s |
Air Drag | 0.318 |
Projectile Mass | 24 |
Type of Projectile | AP – 120 mm AP M1936 |
Alpha Damage | 2 000 HP |
Chance to Cause Fire | -0.5 % |
Projectile Speed | 900 m/s |
Air Drag | 0.318 |
Projectile Mass | 21 |
Projectile Krupp | 1 721 |
Projectile Detonator | 0.01 s |
Detonator threshold | 20 mm |
1 x 2 40 mm/60 Bofors M1936 2 x 1 40 mm/60 Bofors M1936 | |
Sector range | 0.1 km – 3.5 km |
Hit chance | 100 % |
Sector’s damage | 19 |
Sector’s damage frequency | 0.29 s |
Sector’s damage per second | 67 |
8 x 1 20 mm/60 Madsen M1938 | |
Sector range | 0.1 km – 2.0 km |
Hit chance | 95 % |
Sector’s damage | 26 |
Sector’s damage frequency | 0.29 s |
Sector’s damage per second | 91 |
2 x 3 533 mm Triple Torped M1929 | |
Reloading Time | 55 s |
Maximum Distance | 9.0 km |
Optimal firing angles at the front | 57° |
Optimal firing angles at the rear | 60° |
Damage | 7 533 |
Flooding Chance | 119 % |
Speed | 65 kt |
Surface Detectability | 1.4 km |
Slot 1 | Slot 2 | Slot 3 |
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: 1 Work time: 10 s Cooldown: 120 s HP regeneration time: 1% HP/s |
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: 2 Work time: 10 s Cooldown: 80 s HP regeneration time: 1% HP/s |
The armor
For the armor, the ship is protected by 10 mm of armor except for the gun shields that are only 7 mm thick.
Personal Opinion
Well… at least this time, the ship might have the lowest HP pool but, she has Repair Party that… barely brings her above the average. Her firepower is unchanged compared to the tier IV so it’s still decent but not great at all considering the fact that now, you can face tier VII ships.
For the concealment, this time the ship isn’t the worst… but still is terrible. The Hill, the Podvoisky and the Jaguar have all worse concealments but they are also all better ships so far and except Jaguar that has her speed and saturating middle-section, the others have a Smoke Generator going for them.
So… yeah, another ship that is decent at best that will most likely be as obnoxious to play as you could imagine… Boy, this Pan-European Destroyers tech-tree doesn’t look promising at all…
I see a lot of playing against bots with these ships in my future.