A lot of people over at the EU forums have come to the same conclusion. I am very disappointed in WG for making such a weak ship for such an iconic and historic ship. The ship is a sniper/support ship, but has no spotter plan, just a fighter. HE rounds that do 2300 and you are forced to use them. AP rounds that do 5900, but can't penetrate anything. I think I will stop playing them until they fix them. I'm using Nurnberg which is a stopping point for me with my 150 mm AFT gameplay but maybe sometime this Century I'll be able to command the Hipper. Excluding Tirpitz which is a premium ship, Hipper is the probably the most famous of the available choices. If anything, I've gotten a big rush out of being hunted down like a notorious merchant raider after spending most of the match sniping and spamming at long range while avoiding return fire. "Īccording to the document the capabilites of german firecontrol fullfill these demands.I guess nostalgia plays a big part in my use of the German Cruisers. Independence of roll and pitch effects in the Atlantic even in bad weatherġ00% technical reserve of firecontrol capabilities including transmission of targeting information to the guns. "After the First World War, the development of anti-ship and anti-aircraft artillery has been driven forward by the following demands:įastest achieving of the first hit on the enemy, if possible with the first salvo,Īt the same time - fast and reliable detection of the opponent German firecontrol naturally calculates train and fed this into the firing solution as well as it also includes correction capabilities for athmospherical conditions and Vo correction.Īt the risk of repeating myself, here again a short cutout from a german document "DENKSCHRIFT über das Ergebnis der mit Frontvertretern durchgeführten Untersuchung der Seeziel und Flakartillerie auf Schlachtschiffen und schweren Kreuzern sowie über die für Neubauten hieraus zu gewinnenden Erfahrungen Oberkommando der Kriegsmarine B-Nr. She isn't a Large Cruiser, but probably the best CA designed during the second world war that saw action.Ĭonsidering that German fire control systems on ships only calculated for elevation, whereas the FCS on the Baltimore class calculated for bearing, range, and air density, I'd say the Americans win that match up.just to note.
She had the armor, the firepower, and the capability to go toe to toe with her own class and had a good chance to win. The Baltimore class is what I would consider a "Super" cruiser. It still had issues, but nothing like what it had before 1934. Thankfully for the American's, they fixed the issues for the most part before the out break of the Pacific war. The Northampton could literally fire into a convoy and might hit 4 ships with one salvo due to the shotgun spread. Yes that's right, at ranges of 20000 yards the shells could have a dispersion pattern 2000 yards wide and across. The only disadvantage the US ever had with their Mark 19 shells, was early issues with the guns and the shell designs causing probably the largest scatter of a salvo known to man at nearly 2000 yards. The Mark 19 shell has better penetration than the German 8 inch shells, the Japanese 8 inch shells, the French 8 inch shells, and even the Italian 8 inch shells (at least in deck penetration). Regardless, even with the Mark 19 shells, Baltimore has a large advantage. Now the Balts were designed in mine for the Mark 21 shells with their hoists, but war shortages in initial production can alter things. My question is this, we talking Balt using the Mark 21 or Mark 19 shells? As she initially was armed with the Mark 19's until sufficent amounts of Mark 21 shells were produced as they had an abundance of Mark 19 shells by 1942 for the New Orleans, Northampton, and many others. At combat ranges around 10k yards or greater, this means the Baltimore has the advantage in penetration since the heavier, longer rounds it fires hold more of their momentum. The 8 inch rounds the Baltimore fired were about 40% heavier than the Hipper's rounds. I pity the Hipper when Baltimore lands a hit. Anything close to normal combat ranges accuracy goes to the Baltimore class. The range advantage is essentially negated by the Hipper's antiquated fire control system. AA defenses favors the Baltimore as does the secondary battery.Īll that being said, as long as Baltimore doesn't get hit bad before she gets in range I think Baltimore wins. Baltimore has two catapults to the Hipper's single and one more potential aircraft. Baltimore gets a 1 knot advantage in speed. Then there is the armor question, Baltimore takes an edge there. The Hipper's have a range advantage, the Baltimore's have a firepower advantage (weight of broadside and penetration). I think it would come down to which got in the hits first.
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