World of Warships Supertest: German Tier IX Premium Cruiser Admiral Schröder

Historical background

Admiral Schröder is based on a German battlecruiser design from 1928. This design was intended as a treaty cruiser killer, armed with eight 305 mm guns in four twin turrets as well as a heavy secondary battery with 150 mm guns in triple turrets. Those ships would have a standard displacement of 17 500 tons and be able to reach 34 knots but in return, the main belt was quite thin with only 100 mm of armor.

For such ships to ever come to be, a nullification of the Versailles treaty was necessary as it was limiting Germany to build ships with a maximum displacement of 10 000 tons. However, Vice-Admiral Hans Zenker, the one in charge of this battlecruiser design as well as the “father” of the Panzerschiffe design, annoyed the Reichstag a bit too much, constantly pushing them to negotiate the nullification of the Versaille treaty. As a result, he was replaced with Erich Raeder and the 1928 design was abandoned. However, when Hitler came to power, he would dust it off, and the Scharnhorst-class would be born from its ashes.

In World of Warships, Admiral Schröder is based on the 1928 design but gives it a major modernization, may it be in terms of armament with the 128 mm secondaries and modern anti-air or even radars. She also seems to get a longer Atlantic bow. Other than that, her secondaries have the same dispersion as those of German battleships (AKA Preussen and co.) and she gets a 15% Engine Boost.

Ship’s preview

Ship’s commemorative flag

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
‎Admiral Schröder	Propulsion: 160 000 HP	‎‎Admiral Schröder	305 mm/50 SK L/50 on a Drh LC/1925 mount

General Characteristics

Main Armament

4 x 2 305 mm/50 SK L/50 on a Drh LC/1925 mount 4th turret is able to rotate at 360°
Maximum Firing Range	18.360 km
Reloading Time	18.0 s
180 Degree Turn Time	25.7 s
Optimal firing angles at the front	35°
Optimal firing angles at the rear	35°
Sigma	2.05 sigma
Maximum Dispersion	202 m
Shells
Type of Projectile	HE – 305 mm Spr.Gr. L/3.8 Bdz.
Alpha Damage	3 400
Penetration capacity	76 mm
Explosion size	1.56
Fire chance	22 %
Projectile Speed	850 m/s
Air Drag	0.414
Projectile Mass	406.0 kg
Type of Projectile	AP – 305 mm P.Spr.Gr. L/3.4
Alpha Damage	8 300
Projectile Speed	855 m/s
Air Drag	0.419
Projectile Mass	405.0 kg
Projectile Krupp	2 311
Projectile Detonator	0.033 s
Detonator threshold	51 mm
Ricochet Angles	45° – 60°

Secondary Armament

3 x 3 150 mm/60 SK C/25 on a Drh Tr C/25 mount
Maximum Firing Range	7.950 km
Reloading Time	6.6 s
Sigma	1.0 sigma
Shells
Type of Projectile	HE – 150 mm Spr.Gr. L/4.4 Kz.
Alpha Damage	1 700
HE penetration	38 mm
Explosion Size	0.54
Chance to Cause Fire	8 %
Projectile Speed	960 m/s
Air Drag	0.331
Projectile Mass	45.5 kg
10 x 2 128 mm/61 KM40 in a turret
Maximum Firing Range	7.950 km
Reloading Time	3.4 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

Anti-air Armament

Consumables

Consumables
Slot 1	Slot 2	Slot 3	Slot 4
Damage Control Party Work time: 5 s Cooldown: 60 s	Hydroacoustic Search Number of charges: 3 Work time: 100 s Cooldown: 120 s Torpedo spotting range: 4.0 km Ship spotting range: 6.0 km	Engine Boost Number of charges: 3 Work time: 180 s Cooldown: 90 s Speed bonus: +15%	Repair Party Number of charges: 3 Work time: 28 s Cooldown: 80 s HP regeneration: 0.5%/s Casemate damage regeneration: 50% Citadel damage regeneration: 10%

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

As of right now, I’m scratching my head trying to figure out why this ship even exists. Firepower-wise, she is far down the food chain with terrible ballistics, weak HE outside of the improved penetration, and horrible AP. I suppose that Wargaming want to make her a secondary-focused brawler similar to Napoli but unlike her, Schröder only gets German battleships secondary dispersion. This is far from enough to make secondaries viable on a cruiser considering that they don’t have access to any commander skill to improve them.

Other than that, the armor isn’t anything impressive compared to Siegfried and Aegir so… yeah, I really don’t understand the point of that ship.

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