M-Class Light Cruiser
Plan Z Light Cruiser Program (Cancelled) - Never Built - Planned class of 24 light cruisers under Plan Z naval expansion (1938-1939), all cancelled 1940. 8,800 tons, 8× 15cm guns (4× twin turrets), 36 knots (fastest German cruiser design). Improved Nürnberg design with enhanced speed, range (8,000 nm at 20 knots), and AA armament. All 24 ships cancelled 1940 when WWII priority shifted to U-boat construction. None ever laid down. Remained design studies only. Would have been Germany's ultimate light cruiser, combining speed, endurance, and firepower.
Specifications
- Displacement (std)
- 8500 t
- Displacement (full)
- 11500 t
- Length
- 600.4 ft
- Beam
- 55.8 ft
- Crew
- 850 (estimated)
- Ships built
- 0 (24 planned, all cancelled)
- Commissioned
- Never built
- Decommissioned
- Cancelled 1940
Performance
- Top speed
- 35.5 kn
- Range
- 8000 nm at 20 knots (planned)
Armament
- Main guns
- 8× 15cm (5.9-inch) SK C/28 (4× twin turrets)
- Secondary guns
- 8× 10.5cm SK C/33 AA
- Torpedoes
- 12× 53.3cm (4× triple mounts)
Armor & Systems
- Belt
- 60mm waterline belt
- Deck
- 30-50mm
- Fire control
- Advanced fire control radar (planned)
In-Game
- Tier
- T5
- Game power
- 140.68
- Research cost
- 77,374
- Credit cost
- 98,476
Notable
- Plan Z light cruiser program (24 ships planned, all cancelled)
- Improved Nürnberg design (faster, longer range)
- First German light cruiser with 36 knots speed (planned)
- First German cruiser with 8,000 nm range (planned)
- Enhanced AA armament for fleet air defense
- Cancelled 1940 due to WWII U-boat priority
- None ever laid down (remained design studies only)
- Would have been Germany's ultimate light cruiser design