Jäger
Tier IX · Destroyer · Europe · Premium
Rating A- (Above average+ within its tier and class · overall score 67) · Gunboat destroyer
Gunboat destroyer, suited to fire pressure, DD hunting. It is especially strong against cruisers and battleships (HE deals a same-tier cruiser's HP in about 3 min on paper). Top speed of 38.1 kn is high, but sluggish rudder make sudden dodges hard. Its 9.6 km torpedoes outrange its 5.76 km detectability by 3.8 km, ideal for stealth ambushes. Its HE main battery DPM of 44,716 is 28% above the same-tier destroyer average. Detectability of 5.76 km is 0.63 km below average, so it is less likely to be spotted first.
Key stats
- HP: 17,110
- Top speed: 38.09 kn
- Surface detectability: 5.76 km
- Main battery: 150 mm 3X2 · reload 3.8 s · range 7.86 km
In 1917, Austria-Hungary began working on a project to build a destroyer leader. A total of eight leaders and twelve destroyers were planned for construction. Draft designs were submitted by Blohm & Voss and Ganz-Danubius. The Austro-Hungarian Marine Technical Committee developed several projects—one of them, presented in 1917, provided for the construction of a 2,000-ton torpedo boat, which was to be equipped with 6-inch main battery guns. However, with the end of World War I and the collapse of Austria-Hungary, the destroyers were never built.