Armored Deck Carrier (British-Influenced Design)
British-Style Armored Carrier - 1944 Paper Ship! - 0 boats: ARMORED DECK CARRIER - Theoretical carrier incorporating British armored flight deck concept! Influenced by HMS Illustrious-class Mediterranean combat performance and Pacific kamikaze threats. 42,000 tons, 32.5 kts (reduced for armor weight), 40 aircraft (reduced from 50 for armor trade-off!). REVOLUTIONARY ARMOR: 120mm armored flight deck (British-style!), 80mm hangar deck, 150mm belt armor (HEAVY protection!). Resists 500kg bomb hits, kamikaze attacks. Trade-off: Survivability over aircraft capacity (+40% survivability!). MAXIMUM AA armament: 20× 10.5cm + 40× 3.7cm + 60× 2cm = 100+ AA guns! Retained German dual-purpose design (8× 15cm guns, reduced from 16). PAPER SHIP - pure speculation based on intelligence about British armored carriers. Never built. Would have been Germany's most survivable carrier design!
Specifications
- Displacement (std)
- 35000 t
- Displacement (full)
- 42000 t
- Length
- 890 ft
- Beam
- 130 (wide for stability with heavy armor) ft
- Crew
- 2000
- Ships built
- 0 (paper design)
- Commissioned
- Never
- Decommissioned
- N/A
Performance
- Top speed
- 32 kn
- Range
- 7500 nm at 19 knots
Armament
- Main guns
- "8× 15cm SK C/28 guns" (reduced for armor weight!)
- Secondary guns
- "20× 10.5cm SK C/33 AA guns" (HEAVY AA!)
- Torpedoes
- None
Armor & Systems
- Belt
- 100-150mm (HEAVY belt armor!)
- Deck
- 120mm flight deck armor (ARMORED DECK!)
- Fire control
- Advanced fire control, protected fire directors
In-Game
- Tier
- T2
- Game power
- 33.29
- Research cost
- 2,930
- Credit cost
- 23,303
Notable
- ARMORED DECK CARRIER! (British-influenced design!)
- "British Influence" special ability (+40% survivability, UNIQUE!)
- 120MM ARMORED FLIGHT DECK! (British Illustrious-style!)
- 80mm hangar deck armor (fully armored hangar!)
- 150mm belt armor (HEAVY protection!)
- British armored carrier concept (HMS Illustrious lessons!)
- Survivability over aircraft capacity (trade-off!)
- 40 aircraft (reduced from 50 for armor weight)
- MAXIMUM AA: 20× 10.5cm + 40× 3.7cm + 60× 2cm (100+ guns!)
- Protected against 500kg bomb hits (armored deck!)
- Kamikaze resistance (Pacific War lessons!)
- German dual-purpose guns retained (8× 15cm)
- Intelligence on HMS Illustrious Mediterranean performance
- PAPER SHIP! (-25% reliability penalty, pure speculation)
- Would have been most survivable German carrier design
- Never built due to carrier program abandonment