World of Warships Supertest: French Battleship Gascogne – Tier VIII
1 min readFurther development of Richelieu with changed main gun turrets arrangement. The ship was ordered in 1940 but never laid down.
There isn’t any information if Gascogne will be a regular or premium Tier VIII battleship. All stats are listed without crew and upgrade modifiers, and are subject to change before the final release.
Initial Stats
Tier | 8 |
Hitpoints | 63,200 |
Plating | 32 mm |
Belt | 250-320 mm |
Main battery | 2×4 380 mm |
Firing range | 24.8 km |
HE damage | 5,400 |
AP damage | 11,900 |
Reload time | 30 s |
180 degree turn time | 36 s |
Maximum dispersion | 309 m |
HE initial velocity | 830 m/s |
AP initial velocity | 830 m/s |
Sigma | 1.80? |
Maximum speed | 32.0 kt |
Turning circle radius | 850 m |
Rudder shift time | 15.3 s |
Surface detectability | 16.2 km |
Air detectability | 13.8 km |
Detectability after firing in Smoke | 15.4 km |
Anti-Torpedo Reduction | 19% |
Consumables | Damage Control Party / Repair Party / Spotting Aircraft / Engine Boost |
Judging by the camo, it might be a premium ship.
It will be the premium ship. Due to the turret-arrangement, it’s the odd one out of the bunch, which means it gets moved out of the regular tree.
Technically, Richelieu is the odd one out. The entire line up until this point has had majority firepower that can only be brought to bare by showing broadside. Even the tier 9, the Alsace has an emphasis on this with it’s traditional three turret placement and I strongly suspect the tier 10 will be the same as Alsace.
But yes, this will be a premium. It would be fool-hardy for wargaming to not have the more renowned vessel in the line.
Technically they could make it a side-grade. Two alternative T8s.
You mean like Scharnhorst?
Yes indeed, techtree ships do not get good looking camos.
Shiny and Gene are very very different, and Shiny is a pertty fun ship to play with. But Gas and Rich have the same gun. Based on the data and layout of the turrents, it seems that Gas is weaker than Rich