Z46-Class (Type 1936C)
Type 1936C - 128mm Dual-Purpose, Never Completed - 4 ships planned 1944: Z46, Z47, Z48, Z49. Type 1936C advanced late-war design. Never completed due to war's end. 2,657 tons standard, 4× 12.8cm SK C/41 DP guns (balanced caliber between 127mm and 150mm), 8× 533mm torpedoes, 39 knots (estimated). Massive AA (6× 37mm, 20× 20mm!), advanced radar fire control (planned). Represented lessons learned from WWII combat: balanced gun size, dual-purpose capability, heavy AA. Ultimate German destroyer concept - never realized.
Specifications
- Displacement (std)
- 2636 t
- Displacement (full)
- 3691 t
- Length
- 398.6 ft
- Beam
- 40 ft
- Crew
- 350
- Ships built
- 4
- Commissioned
- Never (incomplete)
- Decommissioned
- 1945 (scuttled incomplete)
Performance
- Top speed
- 37.5 kn
- Range
- 5500 nm at 19 knots (estimated)
Armament
- Main guns
- 4× 12.8cm SK C/41 DP
- Secondary guns
- 6× 37mm AA, 20× 20mm AA
- Torpedoes
- 8× 533mm (2 quad)
Armor & Systems
- Belt
- None (unarmored)
- Deck
- None
- Fire control
- Advanced radar fire control system (planned)
In-Game
- Tier
- T5
- Game power
- 106.01
- Research cost
- 58,306
- Credit cost
- 74,207
Notable
- Type 1936C (advanced late-war)
- 128mm dual-purpose guns (balanced caliber)
- Fewer guns (4× vs. 5×) but heavier
- Massive AA armament (6× 37mm, 20× 20mm!)
- Advanced radar fire control (planned)
- 4 ships planned (Z46-Z49)
- Never completed
- War ended during construction
- Represented lessons learned
- Ultimate German destroyer concept