Supertest: Tier VIII Premium German Battleship Brandenburg

Let’s go back in time a bit. On the 4th of July 2020, alongside the devblog for the Florida, Wargaming teased us with the addition of the tier VIII battleship Brandenburg. We didn’t have any image, no stats, nothing. When the Public Test became available, to our great surprise, her entry was completely empty.

To go deeper, we went and checked her 3D model and ship icon files but again, it was only a partially made model. it was complete enough to determine that it was very similar to Tirpitz and the ship icon showed that she was armed with triple turrets that definitely looked like those of Odin.

It’s only now, after almost a year that the ship has a finished model and actual stats.
Credits to Unabletony for highlighting it before gamemodels3d got updated.

Historical background

Not much to talk about here. In essence, it’s just a Tirpitz with the turrets being swapped with the triple turrets found on Odin or Aegir armed with 305 mm guns. Essentially, it’s a tier VIII Pommern. Sadly, the ship gets shafted hard when it comes to the HP/tonnage formula as she gets, just like Odin, a much lower HP pool than she should have.

As a side note, surprisingly, it’s a unique model. This could be because the hull of Tirpitz is a very old model so they prefered making a model from scratch.

Ship’s commemorative flag

Ship’s preview

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
Brandenburg	Propulsion: 180 000 hp	FKS Typ 8 Mod. 1	305 mm/56 SK C/39 in a turret	‎G7a T1

General Characteristics

Main Battery

4 x 3 305 mm/56 SK C/39 in a turret
Maximum Firing Range	18.460 km
Reloading Time	28.0 s
180 Degree Turn Time	36.0 s
Optimal firing angles at the front	41°
Optimal firing angles at the rear	42°
Sigma	1.60 sigma
Maximum Dispersion	245 m
Shells
Type of Projectile	HE – 305 mm Spr.Gr. L/3.8
Alpha Damage	3 600 HP
Damage	2 960 HP
Penetration capacity	76 mm
Explosion size	1.65
Fire chance	27 %
Projectile Speed	865 m/s
Air Drag	0.28
Projectile Mass	415 kg
Type of Projectile	AP – 305 mm P.Spr.Gr. L/4.9
Alpha Damage	9 400 HP
Projectile Speed	865 m/s
Air Drag	0.28
Projectile Mass	415 kg
Projectile Krupp	2 450
Projectile Detonator	0.033 s
Detonator threshold	51 mm
Ricochet Angles	45° – 60°

Secondary battery

6 x 2 150 mm/55 SK C/28 on a Dop. L. C/34 mount
Maximum Firing Range	7.600 km
Reloading Time	7.5 s
Sigma	1.00 sigma
Shells
Type of Projectile	HE – 150 mm Spr.Gr. L/4.5
Alpha Damage	1 700 HP
Damage	670 HP
HE penetration	38 mm
Explosion Size	0.54
Chance to Cause Fire	8 %
Projectile Speed	875 m/s
Air Drag	0.33
Projectile Mass	45.3 kg
10 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	1.00 sigma
Shells
Type of Projectile	HE – 105 mm Spr.Gr. Kz.
Alpha Damage	1 200 HP
Damage	330 HP
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

Anti-air Armament

Consumables

Slot 1	Slot 2	Slot 3
Damage Control Party Work time: 15 s Cooldown: 80 s	Repair Party Number of charges: 4 Work time: 28 s Cooldown: 80 s HP regeneration speed: +0.5%/s	Spotting Aircraft Number of charges: 4 Work time: 100 s Cooldown: 240 s Maximum firing range: +20%
		Fighter Number of charges: 3 Work time: 60 s Cooldown: 90 s Number of planes in a squadron: 3

The Armor

External armor protection:

Front and rear armor protection of the middle section:

Turtleback:

Citadel armor protection:

Turrets armor protection:

Hidden armor protection inside the stern:

Personal Opinion

Right now, that’s a massive meh from me. 28 seconds reload on twelve 305 mm guns and with 1.6 sigma really isn’t an impressive firepower. While the armor is good, especially with the 80 mm deck, we get a massive hypekiller with the combination of low HP Odin-style and the horrible firing angles that forces the ship to show a ton of broadside to fire all guns.

Finally, last issue, she doesn’t have an Hydroacoustic Search, just like Tirpitz.

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