AA Cruiser Concept
Dedicated Anti-Aircraft Cruiser (Paper Ship) - Never Built - Theoretical AA cruiser design optimized for fleet air defense. 9,500 tons, 16× 10.5cm SK C/33 AA guns (8× twin mounts), 24× 3.7cm AA, 48× 2cm AA, 34 knots. No main gun armament (dedicated AA specialist), advanced radar fire control system. Designed to protect battleships and carriers from air attack, provide fleet air defense umbrella. Design study only, never formally proposed. Similar concept to USS Atlanta-class (AA cruiser). Would have addressed Kriegsmarine's critical weakness: inadequate fleet air defense. Reflected growing importance of air power in naval warfare.
Specifications
- Displacement (std)
- 9500 t
- Displacement (full)
- 12500 t
- Length
- 590.6 ft
- Beam
- 62.3 ft
- Crew
- 1000 (estimated)
- Ships built
- 0 (design study only)
- Commissioned
- Never built
- Decommissioned
- Never built
Performance
- Top speed
- 32 kn
- Range
- 7000 nm at 20 knots (planned)
Armament
- Main guns
- None (dedicated AA armament)
- Secondary guns
- 16× 10.5cm SK C/33 AA (8× twin mounts)
- Torpedoes
- None
Armor & Systems
- Belt
- 60mm waterline belt
- Deck
- 40-60mm
- Fire control
- Advanced radar fire control + automated AA direction (planned)
In-Game
- Tier
- T4
- Game power
- 87.18
- Research cost
- 30,687
- Credit cost
- 61,026
Notable
- Dedicated anti-aircraft cruiser concept
- Maximum AA firepower (16× 10.5cm + 24× 3.7cm + 48× 2cm)
- No main gun armament (AA specialist)
- Advanced radar fire control system
- Designed for fleet air defense
- Would have protected battleships/carriers from air attack
- Design study only (never progressed beyond planning)
- Reflected growing importance of air defense