World of Warships Supertest: German Tier X Freemium Destroyer Z-42

Historical background

Historically, Z-42 was a planned unit of the Typer 1936B destroyer of the German Kriegsmarine. The construction was canceled in 1940.
As for the Z-42 that we get in-game, it is a Wargaming-modified Type 1936B destroyer from the Kriegsmarine. Compared to the standard Type 1936B destroyer, Z-42 is armed with ten 105 mm guns in five dual-purpose twin turrets.

The ship will be available for Steel with a price that should be around 28 000 steel.

Ship’s preview

Ship’s commemorative flag

Ship’s camouflages

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
Z-42	Propulsion: 70 000 HP	‎FKS Typ 10 Mod. 1	105 mm/65 SK C/33 on a Dop. L. C/37 mount	‎G7a T1

General Characteristics

Main Armament

5 x 2 105 mm/65 SK C/33 on a Dop. L. C/37 mount
Maximum Firing Range	12.570 km
Reloading Time	3.1 s
180 Degree Turn Time	18.0 s
Optimal firing angles at the front	35°
Optimal firing angles at the rear	45°
Sigma	2.00 sigma
Maximum Dispersion	109 m
Shells
Type of Projectile	HE – 105 mm Spr.Gr. Kz.
Alpha Damage	1 200
Penetration capacity	26 mm
Explosion size	0.31
Fire chance	5 %
Projectile Speed	900 m/s
Air Drag	0.29
Projectile Mass	15.1 kg
Type of Projectile	AP – 105 mm P.Spr.Gr.
Alpha Damage	2 300
Projectile Speed	900 m/s
Air Drag	0.29
Projectile Mass	15.1 kg
Projectile Krupp	2 149
Projectile Detonator	0.01 s
Detonator threshold	18 mm
Ricochet Angles	45° – 60°

Torpedo Armament

2 x 4 533 mm Vierling G7a T1
Reloading Time	100 s
Maximum Distance	10.000 km
Optimal firing angles at the front	43°
Optimal firing angles at the rear	55°
Damage	18 400
Flooding Chance	311%
Speed	66 knots
Surface Detectability	1.8 km

Anti-air Armament

Consumables

Consumables
Slot 1	Slot 2	Slot 3	Slot 4
Damage Control Party Work time: 5 s Cooldown: 40 s	Short-Burst Smoke Generator Number of charges: 6 Work time: 10 s Cooldown: 70 s Smoke radius: 600 m Smoke duration: 40 s	Engine Boost Number of charges: 3 Work time: 120 s Cooldown: 120 s Speed bonus: +8%	Hydroacoustic Search Number of charges: 3 Work time: 120 s Cooldown: 120 s Torpedo spotting range: 4.0 km Ship spotting range: 6.0 km

The Armor

Personal Opinion

Right now, Z-42 looks like a rather nasty little ship, being basically a German Harugumo with all the advantages that come with it. In terms of gun handling, the ships have very similar ballistics but Z-42 suffers from poor firing angles at the rear as well as a slower turret traverse. Fortunately

Z-42 might lose (but not by much) in the HE spamming contest, however, she has a much higher AP DPM which will be perfect for farming damage on broadside targets. Just like Harugumo, she will just be raining shells on anything in range and farm damage like no tomorrow.

Where Z-42 gets interesting is her consumables. She gets a short-burst smoke with many charges and a short cooldown which is perfect for farming damage whenever you wish to do so. The best thing however is her Hydroacoustic Search. It turns out that her Hydroacoustic Search has a 6.0 km range while you can get the surface spotting range to 5.87 km. This means that you can basically stealth hydro enemy destroyers and nothing can outspot Z-42 as long as the consumable is active. I don’t know if it’s intended or not but that is pretty juicy.

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