Type 1944 Destroyer (Most Advanced WWII Design)
Most Advanced WWII Design - Ultimate Firepower & Range (Never Built) - Paper design 1945: Type 1944 destroyer. MOST ADVANCED WWII DESTROYER DESIGN! Paper only - never reached construction. 3,200 tons standard, 6× 12.8cm SK C/41 DP guns (MOST FIREPOWER!), 8× 533mm torpedoes, 39 knots (estimated). 8× MAN diesel engines (80,000 SHP!), EXTREME RANGE (10,000 nm!), heaviest AA (24× 20mm!), light armor (20mm belt, 15mm deck), most advanced radar/FCS. Combined all WWII lessons learned: balanced firepower, extreme range, diesel efficiency, heavy AA, light protection. Ultimate German destroyer concept - never realized.
Specifications
- Displacement (std)
- 3200 t
- Displacement (full)
- 4450 t
- Length
- 459.3 ft
- Beam
- 44.3 ft
- Crew
- 380
- Ships built
- 0 (paper design only)
- Commissioned
- Never
- Decommissioned
- N/A
Performance
- Top speed
- 37.5 kn
- Range
- 10000 nm at 19 knots (EXTREME!)
Armament
- Main guns
- "6× 12.8cm SK C/41 DP" (MOST EVER!)
- Secondary guns
- 8× 37mm AA, 24× 20mm AA
- Torpedoes
- 8× 533mm (2 quad)
Armor & Systems
- Belt
- Light (20mm plating)
- Deck
- Light (15mm deck)
- Fire control
- Most advanced radar/FCS (planned)
In-Game
- Tier
- T4
- Game power
- 98.59
- Research cost
- 34,704
- Credit cost
- 69,013
Notable
- Most advanced WWII destroyer design!
- 6× 128mm DP guns (MOST FIREPOWER!)
- 8× MAN diesel engines (80,000 SHP!)
- Extreme range: 10,000 nm!
- Heaviest AA armament (24× 20mm!)
- Light armor (20mm belt, 15mm deck)
- Advanced radar/FCS integration
- Paper design only (never built)
- Ultimate German destroyer concept
- Combined all lessons learned