Champagne
Tier VIII · Battleship · France · Premium
Rating C+ (Lower-mid within its tier and class · overall score 38) · Long-range battleship
Long-range battleship, suited to flanking. It is especially strong against cruisers (AP deals a same-tier cruiser's HP in about 3 min on paper). Main battery range is 14.7 km (1.1 km longer than average), and dispersion at 12 km is about 278 m, 18% tighter than average. Top speed of 33.6 kn is 5.6 kn above average, with good turning, rudder shift, acceleration. Key skills: Engine Accelerator II ×4 (top speed +12%, 25 s); Rapid Reload I ×5 (main battery reload +18%, 20 s). With only 45,859 effective HP, hit-and-run from cover works better than head-on fights.
Key stats
- HP: 40,356
- Top speed: 33.64 kn
- Surface detectability: 10.68 km
- Main battery: 406 mm 2X3 · reload 18.5 s · range 14.7 km
A battleship design close to that of the Gascogne class. Her triple turrets and the 406 mm guns mounted in them were developed in France in the second half of the 1930s.