Supertest: Pan-European Tier VIII Destroyer Öland
5 min readThe Öland-class was a group of 2 destroyers built for the Swedish Navy. At the start, 4 ships were planned but 2 were canceled. HSwMS Öland and HSwMS Uppland served until 1979 when they were decommissioned.
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 |
Öland (A) | Propulsion: 44 000 hp | SUO Mk 8 Mod. 1 | 120 mm/50 Bofors M1942 | Torped M1943 mod 1 |
Öland (B) | SUO Mk 8 Mod. 2 |
As usual, I will cover the stats of the stock and fully upgraded versions of the ship.
Stock ship
Tier | VIII |
Health | 12 700 HP |
Displacement | 1 880 tons |
Main Armament | |
Maximum Firing Range | 9.160 km |
120 mm/50 Bofors M1942 | 2 x 2 120 mm |
Torpedo Armament | |
Maximum Firing Range | 12.000 km |
533 mm Triple | 2 x 3 533 mm |
Maximum speed | 35 kts |
Turning Circle Radius | 610 m |
Rudder Shift Time | 4.73 s |
Surface Detectability | 7.22 km |
Air Detectability | 3.12 km |
Detectability After Firing Main Guns in Smoke | 2.57 km |
2 x 2 120 mm/50 Bofors M1942 | |
Reloading Time | 2.5 s |
180 Degree Turn Time | 18.0 s |
Optimal firing angles at the front | 21° |
Optimal firing angles at the rear | 28° |
Sigma | 2.00 sigma |
Maximum Dispersion | 83 m |
Shells | |
Type of Projectile | HE – 120 mm HE M1942 |
Alpha Damage | 1 700 HP |
Damage | 460 HP |
Penetration capacity | 19 mm |
Explosion size | 0.39 |
Fire chance | 7 % |
Projectile Speed | 850 m/s |
Air Drag | 0.334 |
Projectile Mass | 23.5 |
Type of Projectile | AP – 120 mm AP M1942 |
Alpha Damage | 2 150 HP |
Chance to Cause Fire | -0.5 % |
Projectile Speed | 850 m/s |
Air Drag | 0.334 |
Projectile Mass | 23.5 |
Projectile Krupp | 2 500 |
Projectile Detonator | 0.01 s |
Detonator threshold | 20 mm |
2 x 3 533 mm Triple Torped M1943 mod 1 | |
Reloading Time | 70 s |
Maximum Distance | 12.0 km |
Optimal firing angles at the front | 58° |
Optimal firing angles at the rear | 67° |
Damage | 10 700 |
Flooding Chance | 173 % |
Speed | 76 kt |
Surface Detectability | 1.6 km |
2 x 2 120 mm/50 Bofors M1942 | |
Sector range | 0.1 km – 6.0 km |
Hit chance | 100 % |
Sector’s damage | 20 |
Sector’s damage frequency | 0.29 s |
Sector’s damage per second | 70 |
Flak clouds number | 4 |
Flak cloud damage | 1 540 |
3 x 2 40 mm/60 Bofors M1936 2 x 1 40 mm/70 Bofors M1948 | |
Sector range | 0.1 km – 3.5 km |
Hit chance | 100 % |
Sector’s damage | 27 |
Sector’s damage frequency | 0.29 s |
Sector’s damage per second | 95 |
7 x 1 25 mm/64 Bofors M1932 | |
Sector range | 0.1 km – 2.5 km |
Hit chance | 95 % |
Sector’s damage | 13 |
Sector’s damage frequency | 0.29 s |
Sector’s damage per second | 49 |
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 | Defensive AA Fire I Number of charges: 2 Work time: 40 s Cooldown: 120 s Bonus to continuous damage: +50% Bonus to flak damage: +300% |
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 | Defensive AA Fire II Number of charges: 3 Work time: 40 s Cooldown: 80 s Bonus to continuous damage: +50% Bonus to flak damage: +300% |
Fully Upgraded Ship
Tier | VIII |
Health | 14 100 HP |
Displacement | 2 250 tons |
Main Armament | |
Maximum Firing Range | 10.076 km |
120 mm/50 Bofors M1942 | 2 x 2 120 mm |
Torpedo Armament | |
Maximum Firing Range | 12.000 km |
533 mm Triple | 2 x 3 533 mm |
Maximum speed | 35 kts |
Turning Circle Radius | 610 m |
Rudder Shift Time | 3.4 s |
Surface Detectability | 7.22 km |
Air Detectability | 3.12 km |
Detectability After Firing Main Guns in Smoke | 2.57 km |
2 x 2 120 mm/50 Bofors M1942 | |
Reloading Time | 2.5 s |
180 Degree Turn Time | 18.0 s |
Optimal firing angles at the front | 21° |
Optimal firing angles at the rear | 28° |
Sigma | 2.00 sigma |
Maximum Dispersion | 83 m |
Shells | |
Type of Projectile | HE – 120 mm HE M1942 |
Alpha Damage | 1 700 HP |
Damage | 460 HP |
Penetration capacity | 19 mm |
Explosion size | 0.39 |
Fire chance | 7 % |
Projectile Speed | 850 m/s |
Air Drag | 0.334 |
Projectile Mass | 23.5 |
Type of Projectile | AP – 120 mm AP M1942 |
Alpha Damage | 2 150 HP |
Chance to Cause Fire | -0.5 % |
Projectile Speed | 850 m/s |
Air Drag | 0.334 |
Projectile Mass | 23.5 |
Projectile Krupp | 2 500 |
Projectile Detonator | 0.01 s |
Detonator threshold | 20 mm |
2 x 3 533 mm Triple Torped M1943 mod 1 | |
Reloading Time | 70 s |
Maximum Distance | 12.0 km |
Optimal firing angles at the front | 58° |
Optimal firing angles at the rear | 67° |
Damage | 10 700 |
Flooding Chance | 173 % |
Speed | 76 kt |
Surface Detectability | 1.6 km |
2 x 2 120 mm/50 Bofors M1942 | |
Sector range | 0.1 km – 6.0 km |
Hit chance | 100 % |
Sector’s damage | 20 |
Sector’s damage frequency | 0.29 s |
Sector’s damage per second | 70 |
Flak clouds number | 4 |
Flak cloud damage | 1 540 |
1 x 2 40 mm/60 Bofors M1936 4 x 1 40 mm/70 Bofors M1948 | |
Sector range | 0.1 km – 3.5 km |
Hit chance | 100 % |
Sector’s damage | 62 |
Sector’s damage frequency | 0.29 s |
Sector’s damage per second | 217 |
7 x 1 25 mm/64 Bofors M1932 | |
Sector range | 0.1 km – 2.5 km |
Hit chance | 95 % |
Sector’s damage | 13 |
Sector’s damage frequency | 0.29 s |
Sector’s damage per second | 49 |
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 | Defensive AA Fire I Number of charges: 2 Work time: 40 s Cooldown: 120 s Bonus to continuous damage: +50% Bonus to flak damage: +300% |
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 | Defensive AA Fire II Number of charges: 3 Work time: 40 s Cooldown: 80 s Bonus to continuous damage: +50% Bonus to flak damage: +300% |
The armor
The Öland 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 Öland is overall a solid destroyer. Her guns have a very good DPM and this time, she has torps that actually do a fair bit of damage. As for the concealment, it is excellent with only Japanese torpedo focused destroyers and British destroyers.
I personally appreciate the removal of radar because honestly, that would have just made Pan-Asian destroyers more obsolete than they already are. Now for the Defensive AA Fire… it can be useful against bad CVs that can’t dodge flak damage effectively but overall, on this ship, for now, it’s not the best.