Z40-Class (Type 1936B Late)
Type 1936B Late - Enhanced AA for Allied Air Superiority - 6 ships commissioned/incomplete 1944: Z40, Z41, Z42, Z43, Z44, Z45. Late Type 1936B with improved AA capability. 2,550 tons standard, 5× 12.7cm SK C/41 DP guns, 8× 533mm torpedoes, 38.8 knots. Massively enhanced AA (6× 37mm, 18× 20mm!) vs. Allied air superiority. Enhanced radar fire control, better range (5,400 nm). Very late war (1944) - few operational before war's end. Most scuttled incomplete or captured. Last Type 1936B variant.
Specifications
- Displacement (std)
- 2519 t
- Displacement (full)
- 3560 t
- Length
- 416.7 ft
- Beam
- 39.4 ft
- Crew
- 345
- Ships built
- 6
- Commissioned
- 1944
- Decommissioned
- 1945
Performance
- Top speed
- 36 kn
- Range
- 5400 nm at 19 knots
Armament
- Main guns
- 5× 12.7cm SK C/41 DP
- Secondary guns
- 6× 37mm AA, 18× 20mm AA
- Torpedoes
- 8× 533mm (2 quad)
Armor & Systems
- Belt
- None (unarmored)
- Deck
- None
- Fire control
- Enhanced radar fire control system
In-Game
- Tier
- T5
- Game power
- 107.14
- Research cost
- 58,927
- Credit cost
- 74,998
Notable
- Late Type 1936B (improved AA)
- Enhanced AA armament (6× 37mm, 18× 20mm!)
- Improved radar fire control
- Better range (5,400 nm)
- Faster (38.8 knots)
- 6 ships built (Z40-Z45)
- Very late war (1944)
- Few operational before war's end
- Most scuttled incomplete
- Last operational Type 1936B