H-45 "Monster" Battleship (BEYOND ULTIMATE - Pure Fantasy!)
H-45 "MONSTER" - Beyond Ultimate Fantasy! - 150,000+ tons (SPECULATION!). BEYOND H-44! Possibly 8× 20" OR 21" guns? (UNCLEAR!). NO formal design plans exist! May have been verbal discussions only. Possibly postwar myth! Some historians question if H-45 even existed! May have been Kriegsmarine dark humor about absurdity! "Reduction to absurdity" - ultimate endpoint! 108% heavier than Yamato, 198% heavier than Bismarck! Would need ~500m+ slipway (DOESN'T EXIST!). Steel = ~300 Type XXI U-boats OR ~3,000 Panthers OR ~20,000 Bf 109s! Resources = multiple DIVISIONS! BEYOND INSANITY - possibly not even real! Ultimate monument to battleship arms race absurdity! Perfect example of technology disconnected from reality! END OF TREE - nothing beyond this madness!
Specifications
- Displacement (std)
- 53400 t
- Displacement (full)
- 170000+ (pure speculation) t
- Length
- 872.7 ft
- Beam
- 121.4 ft
- Crew
- 4500+ (pure speculation)
- Ships built
- 0 (absolute fantasy, never conceived for construction)
- Commissioned
- Never (pure fantasy only)
- Decommissioned
- Never built
Performance
- Top speed
- 30 kn
- Range
- 12000 nm at 19 knots
Armament
- Secondary guns
- "12-16× 15cm SK C/28 guns?" (speculation)
- Torpedoes
- None (assumed)
Armor & Systems
- Belt
- 420mm?
- Deck
- "240mm?" (9.4 inches speculation)
In-Game
- Tier
- T4
- Game power
- 65.25
- Research cost
- 22,968
- Credit cost
- 45,675
Notable
- **H-45 "MONSTER"!** (BEYOND H-44!)
- 150,000+ tons standard, 170,000+ tons full load (SPECULATION!)
- **BEYOND ULTIMATE!** (Possibly mythical!)
- Possibly 8× 50.8cm (20") OR 8× 53.3cm (21") guns? (UNCLEAR!)
- 2,200-2,500 kg shells? (speculation)
- 28-30 knots? (speculation - probably slower!)
- 12,000+ nm range? (pure speculation)
- Armor beyond ultimate? (420mm belt?, 520mm turrets?, 240mm deck?)
- 1,200+ ft length? (366m+ - BEYOND measurement!)
- **NO formal design plans exist!** (unlike H-39 through H-44)
- May have been verbal discussions only (no drawings!)
- Possibly Hitler's verbal musings, not formal design!
- Some historians question if H-45 even existed!
- **Possibly postwar myth or exaggeration!**
- May have been Kriegsmarine dark humor about absurdity!
- Represents theoretical escalation BEYOND H-44!
- Ultimate logical endpoint of battleship arms race!
- "Reduction to absurdity" - "How big could it get?"
- **108% heavier than Yamato, 198% heavier than Bismarck!**
- Would need ~500m+ slipway (DOESN'T EXIST!)
- Steel = ~300+ Type XXI U-boats OR ~3,000 Panthers OR ~20,000 Bf 109s!
- Resources = equipping multiple DIVISIONS!
- **BEYOND INSANITY** - possibly not even real!
- **Ultimate monument to battleship arms race absurdity!**
- **Perfect example of technology disconnected from reality!**
- **END OF TREE** - nothing beyond this madness!