World of Warships Supertest: Freemium Tier X German Battleship Mecklenburg

Historical background

Mecklenburg doesn’t really have a historical background to speak of. It is a Friedrich Der Grosse (though it has a unique 3D model) on which Wargaming installed quadruple 305 mm turrets. If I remember correctly, these turrets were intended for one of the hybrid designs Germany worked on but never built.

Her catapult was also moved between the funnels and the secondary battery was revised, being only composed of dual-purpose twin turrets with 128 mm guns. She is also equipped with two quadruple torpedo launchers, one on each side of the ship.
Her main battery gets battlecruiser dispersion, a high sigma value of 2.05, fast reload and the classic German HE penetration.

The ship will be available for steel when finalized. While we don’t know her actual price, we can guess that it will be on the same range of prices as the other tier X steel Freemium ships. Her price should be between 30 000 and 33 000 steel.

Ship’s preview

Ship’s commemorative flag

Ship’s camouflage

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
Mecklenburg	Propulsion: 180 000 HP	‎‎FKS Typ 10 Mod. 1	305 mm/56 SK C/39 in a turret	G7a T1

General Characteristics

Main Armament

4 x 4 305 mm/56 SK C/39 in a turret
Maximum Firing Range	21.970 km
Reloading Time	25.0 s
180 Degree Turn Time	30.0 s
Optimal firing angles at the front	47°
Optimal firing angles at the rear	41°
Sigma	2.05 sigma
Maximum Dispersion	233 m
Shells
Type of Projectile	HE – 305 mm P.Spr.Gr. L/4.9
Alpha Damage	3 600
Penetration capacity	76 mm
Explosion size	1.65
Fire chance	27 %
Projectile Speed	865 m/s
Air Drag	0.28
Projectile Mass	415.0 kg
Type of Projectile	AP – 305 mm Spr.Gr. L/3.8
Alpha Damage	9 400
Projectile Speed	865 m/s
Air Drag	0.28
Projectile Mass	415.0 kg
Projectile Krupp	2 450
Projectile Detonator	0.033 s
Detonator threshold	51 mm
Ricochet Angles	45° – 60°

Secondary Armament

12 x 2 128 mm/61 KM40 in a turret
Maximum Firing Range	8.300 km
Reloading Time	4.0 s
Sigma	1.0 sigma
Shells
Type of Projectile	HE – 128 mm Spr.Gr. Kz.
Alpha Damage	1 500
HE penetration	32 mm
Explosion Size	0.41
Chance to Cause Fire	5 %
Projectile Speed	900 m/s
Air Drag	0.313
Projectile Mass	26.0 kg

Torpedo Armament

Anti-air Armament

Consumables

Slot 1	Slot 2	Slot 3	Slot 4
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 Casemate damage regeneration: 50% Citadel damage regeneration: 10%	Spotting Aircraft Number of charges: 4 Work time: 100 s Cooldown: 240 s Maximum firing range: +20%	Defensive AA Fire Number of charges: 3 Work time: 40 s Cooldown: 80 s Damage from continuous DPS: +50% Damage from flak explosions: +300%
		Fighter Number of charges: 3 Work time: 60 s Cooldown: 90 s Number of planes in a squadron: 4 Patrol radius: 3.0 km

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

Mecklenburg, Picklenburg or Merkelenburg, however you want to call it, looks pretty damn strong right now.

Unlike a Kurfürst that is just dummy thick and handles like an island, Mecklenburg has a hull very similar to the Friedrich but is faster and also sits lower on the water by 1.5 m. This will already make it a lot more comfortable to play, especially the last part that possibly means she will be fully immune to citadel hits unlike Friedrich that sometimes gets smashed when turning.

On paper, the guns are also insane as you can bring SIXTEEN OF THEM on target and with battlecruiser dispersion which will definitely lead to pretty disgusting results, especially with the fast reload time. Obviously, they have their downside. It’s only 305 mm guns so the penetration will definitely be missing against the main belts of battleships and you will only be able to overmatch a handful of targets with AP. However, since it’s German guns, it’s also German HE penetration. With 76 mm of penetration, I mostly can’t wait to Thanos-snap one or two Smolensk.
The firing angles are also tragic and you will be forced to show an enormous amount of broadside to shoot all guns. Fortunately, the turtleback is there to protect the citadel.

Finally, and I never thought I would say that, the anti-air is impressive when considering that the ship gets Defensive AA fire on top of an already good DPS.

Overall, I just can’t wait to play this ship on the live server.

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