Supertest: Pan-European Tier VI Destroyer Västerås
5 min readWell for this ship, the background will be quite easy, I sadly have none to present to you.
I really didn’t find anything about that design and the same goes for the Tier VII. All we know is that it’s a Swedish design.
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 |
Västerås (A) | Propulsion: 41 000 hp | SUO Mk 6 Mod. 1 | 120 mm/50 Bofors M1924 | Torped M1924 mod 1 |
Västerås (B) | SUO Mk 6 Mod. 2 |
As usual, I will cover the stats of the stock and fully upgraded versions of the ship.
Stock ship
Tier | VI |
Health | 11 000 HP |
Displacement | 1 610 tons |
Main Armament | |
Maximum Firing Range | 9.010 km |
120 mm/50 Bofors M1924 | 3 x 2 120 mm |
Torpedo Armament | |
Maximum Firing Range | 10.000 km |
533 mm Triple | 2 x 3 533 mm |
Maximum speed | 38 kts |
Turning Circle Radius | 590 m |
Rudder Shift Time | 4.26 s |
Surface Detectability | 7.66 km |
Air Detectability | 3.24 km |
Detectability After Firing Main Guns in Smoke | 2.75 km |
3 x 2 120 mm/50 Bofors M1924 | |
Reloading Time | 6.5 s |
180 Degree Turn Time | 18.0 s |
Optimal firing angles at the front | 30° |
Optimal firing angles at the rear | 35° |
Sigma | 2.00 sigma |
Maximum Dispersion | 81 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 | 18 |
Sector’s damage frequency | 0.29 s |
Sector’s damage per second | 63 |
2 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 M1924 mod 1 | |
Reloading Time | 55 s |
Maximum Distance | 10.0 km |
Optimal firing angles at the front | 54° |
Optimal firing angles at the rear | 53° |
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 | VI |
Health | 12 100 HP |
Displacement | 1 880 tons |
Main Armament | |
Maximum Firing Range | 9.911 km |
120 mm/50 Bofors M1924 | 3 x 2 120 mm |
Torpedo Armament | |
Maximum Firing Range | 10.000 km |
533 mm Triple | 2 x 3 533 mm |
Maximum speed | 38 kts |
Turning Circle Radius | 590 m |
Rudder Shift Time | 3.00 s |
Surface Detectability | 7.66 km |
Air Detectability | 3.24 km |
Detectability After Firing Main Guns in Smoke | 2.75 km |
3 x 2 120 mm/50 Bofors M1924 | |
Reloading Time | 6.5 s |
180 Degree Turn Time | 18.0 s |
Optimal firing angles at the front | 30° |
Optimal firing angles at the rear | 35° |
Sigma | 2.00 sigma |
Maximum Dispersion | 89 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 2 40 mm/60 Bofors M1936 | |
Sector range | 0.1 km – 3.5 km |
Hit chance | 100 % |
Sector’s damage | 22 |
Sector’s damage frequency | 0.29 s |
Sector’s damage per second | 88 |
2 x 1 25 mm/64 Bofors M1932 | |
Sector range | 0.1 km – 2.0 km |
Hit chance | 95 % |
Sector’s damage | 5 |
Sector’s damage frequency | 0.29 s |
Sector’s damage per second | 18 |
2 x 3 533 mm Triple Torped M1924 mod 1 | |
Reloading Time | 55 s |
Maximum Distance | 10.0 km |
Optimal firing angles at the front | 54° |
Optimal firing angles at the rear | 53° |
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 hull is 16 mm thick, the superstructure is 13 mm thick and the gunshields are 7 mm thick.
Personal Opinion
Well… the conclusion isn’t better than the previous ships… Her HP pool is on the lower end of the spectrum but at least, her firepower is actually decent compared to the other destroyers at Tier VI. The only ships with worst spotting range by sea are Guépard and Aigle but it’s only an 800 m advantage and Västerås isn’t the most suited to fight these.
The Västerås is just yet another disappointing ship in this line, not much to say except that.
This is a made up boat as far as I can tell. The real Västerås was a Norrköping cl*** missle boat that was launched in -74. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norrk%C3%B6ping-cl***_missile_boat