O-Class
Plan Z's Commerce Raiding Battlecruisers (Never Built) - 3 ships designed (O, P, Q), approved 27 Jul 1939, WWII began 1 Sep 1939 (36 days later). Revolutionary hybrid diesel-steam propulsion (15,000 nm range @ 19 knots). 34 knots (fastest WWII battlecruiser design), 6× 38cm guns. Light armor (160-200mm belt) optimized for "cruiser-killer" role—dominate 8-inch cruiser escorts, flee battleships. Contracts awarded 3 shipyards, ~500-1,000 tons steel ordered, construction halted immediately (Sept 1939, U-boat priority). Strategic obsolescence: Designed for commerce raiding war starting 1945-1948, war began 1939. Convoy system (implemented Sept 1939) negated commerce raiding strategy. Nickname: "Ohne Panzer Quatsch" ("without armor nonsense").
Specifications
- Displacement (std)
- 28900 t
- Displacement (full)
- 35945 t
- Length
- 839.9 ft
- Beam
- 98.4 ft
- Crew
- 1600 (designed)
- Ships built
- 0 (design study only)
- Commissioned
- None (never built)
- Decommissioned
- 1939 (design abandoned)
Performance
- Top speed
- 35 kn
- Range
- 15000 nm at 19 knots (diesel cruise)
Armament
- Main guns
- 6× 38cm (15-inch) SK C/34
- Secondary guns
- 12× 15cm (5.9-inch) SK C/28
- Torpedoes
- 6× 53.3cm submerged
Armor & Systems
- Belt
- 160-200mm Krupp cemented
- Deck
- 80-100mm
- Fire control
- Designed similar to Bismarck-class (not built)
In-Game
- Tier
- T5
- Game power
- 145.91
- Research cost
- 80,250
- Credit cost
- 102,137
Notable
- Plan Z centerpiece commerce raiders (approved 27 Jan 1939, war began 1 Sep 1939 = 7.2 months)
- Revolutionary hybrid diesel-steam propulsion (15,000 nm range)
- Fastest WWII-era battlecruiser design (34 knots vs Scharnhorst 32 knots)
- "Cruiser-killer" concept (dominate cruisers, flee battleships)
- Light armor (160-200mm) optimized against 8-inch cruiser guns only
- Design finalized 27 Jul 1939, WWII began 1 Sep 1939 (36 days later)
- Nickname: "Ohne Panzer Quatsch" ("without armor nonsense")
- ~10-20 million RM wasted, zero operational value