World of Warships Supertest: French Super Battleship Patrie
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Historical background
Obviously, Patrie doesn’t have any real historical background to speak of. The ship is essentially an upscaled design n°3 Alsace-class battleship and armed with the same 431 mm guns as République.
The secondary battery is quite interesting as we get the same 152 mm triple turrets as République but also a twin version of the French 100 mm/55 modèle 1953. Now, I’m actually not sure if that twin mount is purely made up by Wargaming or if it was actually considered at some point.
As you can see here, Patrie is a particularly big ship and is in fact the second-longest ship in the game behind the United States.
Special Ability
Alternative firing mode settings:
- Ship’s speed +7%
- HE shells armor penetration +90%
- Main caliber guns reload time -20%
- Action time 50 s
- Required number of qualified gun shots: 12
Ship’s preview
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 |
Patrie |
Propulsion: 220 000 HP |
PCA n° 11 Mle 1 |  431 mm/50 Mle 1940 in a turret |
General Characteristics
| Tier | XI |
| Health | 108 900 HP |
| Torpedo Damage Reduction | 29 % |
| Displacement | 82 719 tons |
| Dimensions | |
| Overall length | 319.92 m |
| Beam | 41.0 m |
| Overall height (keel to the highest point on the ship) | 39.0 m |
| Freeboard | 10.0 m |
| Main Armament | |
| Maximum Firing Range | 26.630 km |
| 431 mm/50 Mle 1940 in a turret | 3 x 4 431 mm |
| Secondary Armament | |
| Maximum Firing Range | 8.300 km |
| 152 mm/55 Mle 1930 on an Mle 1950 mount 100 mm/55 Mle 1945 on a CAD Mle 1953 mount | 3 x 3 152 mm 8 x 2 100 mm |
| Maximum speed | 31.0 knots |
| Turning Circle Radius | 1 090 m |
| Rudder Shift Time | 19.6 s |
| Surface Detectability | 17.82 km |
| Air Detectability | 15.14 km |
| Detectability After Firing Main Guns in Smoke | 18.14 km |
Main Armament
| 3 x 4 431 mm/50 Mle 1940 in a turret | |
| Maximum Firing Range | 26.630 km |
| Reloading Time | 28.0 s |
| 180 Degree Turn Time | 36.0 s |
| Optimal firing angles at the front | 30° |
| Optimal firing angles at the rear | 30° |
| Sigma | 2.0 sigma |
| Maximum Dispersion | 327 m |
| Shells | |
| Type of Projectile | HE – 431 mm HE OEA Mle 1940 |
| Alpha Damage | 6 300 |
| Penetration capacity | 72 mm |
| Explosion size | 2.83 |
| Fire chance | 48 % |
| Projectile Speed | 840 m/s |
| Air Drag | 0.35 |
| Projectile Mass | 1 321.0 kg |
| Type of Projectile | AP – 431 mm AP OPfK Mle 1940 |
| Alpha Damage | 14 500 |
| Projectile Speed | 840 m/s |
| Air Drag | 0.35 |
| Projectile Mass | 1 321.0 kg |
| Projectile Krupp | 2 550 |
| Projectile Detonator | 0.033 s |
| Detonator threshold | 72 mm |
| Ricochet Angles | 45° – 60° |
Secondary Armament
| 3 x 3 152 mm/55 Mle 1930 on an Mle 1950 mount | |
| Maximum Firing Range | 8.300 km |
| Reloading Time | 8.0 s |
| Sigma | 1.0 sigma |
| Shells | |
| Type of Projectile | HE – 152 mm HE OEA Mle 1937 |
| Alpha Damage | 2 200 |
| HE penetration | 25 mm |
| Explosion Size | 0.58 |
| Chance to Cause Fire | 12 % |
| Projectile Speed | 870 m/s |
| Air Drag | 0.34 |
| Projectile Mass | 55.0 kg |
| 8 x 2 100 mm/55 Mle 1945 on a CAD Mle 1953 mount | |
| Maximum Firing Range | 8.300 km |
| Reloading Time | 1.0 s |
| Sigma | 1.0 sigma |
| Shells | |
| Type of Projectile | HE – 100 mm HE OEA Mle 1928 |
| Alpha Damage | 1 400 |
| HE penetration | 17 mm |
| Explosion Size | 0.29 |
| Chance to Cause Fire | 6 % |
| Projectile Speed | 780 m/s |
| Air Drag | 0.314 |
| Projectile Mass | 13.5 kg |
Anti-air Armament
| 3 x 3 152 mm/55 Mle 1930 on an Mle 1950 mount 8 x 2 100 mm/55 Mle 1945 on a CAD Mle 1953 mount | |
| Sector range | 0.1 km – 6.0 km |
| Hit chance | 75 % |
| Sector’s damage | 93 |
| Sector’s damage frequency | 0.29 s |
| Sector’s damage per second | 326 |
| Flak clouds number | 12 |
| Flak cloud damage | 1 680 |
| 8 x 2 57 mm/60 Mle 1951 on an ACAD Mle 1948 mount | |
| Sector range | 0.1 km – 3.8 km |
| Hit chance | 75 % |
| Sector’s damage | 94 |
| Sector’s damage frequency | 0.29 s |
| Sector’s damage per second | 329 |
Consumables
Slot 1 | Slot 2 | Slot 3 |
Damage Control Party  Work time: 15 sCooldown: 80 s | Repair Party  Number of charges: 4Work time: 28 s Cooldown: 80 s HP regeneration speed: +0.5%/s Casemate damage regeneration: 50% Citadel damage regeneration: 10% | Engine Boost  Number of charges: 3Work time: 180 s Cooldown: 120 s Speed bonus: +8% |
The Armor
Interestingly, unlike all previous French high tier battleships, Patrie doesn’t have hidden armored decks inside the bow and stern.
External armor protection:
Main belt:
Front and rear armor protection of the middle section:
Turtleback:
Citadel armor protection:
Turrets armor protection:
Hidden main armor deck:
Personal Opinion
It might sound like French bias but… this ship is getting me reeeeeaally excited. A big Alsace with 2.0 sigma, the same guns as République and if it wasn’t enough, the supership’s special ability. Her ability is particularly interesting in brawling situations as it gives the ship an increased speed, reduced reload time of the main battery and also almost doubles the HE penetration of all her armaments. This last part means that even the 100 mm secondaries, with their 1 second base reload time can penetrate 32 mm of armor.
This all looks like an incredibly solid package although we will still have to deal with the 32 mm plating covering the ship.
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