Gneisanau is a German battleship in the game.
History:[]
Gneisanau, a Scharnhorst-class battleship, was a German battleship that participated during WWII. The ship's design in-game was actually a planned design for the Scharnhorst-class that would have replaced the SK C/34 guns with eight SK C/34 38cm guns; The same guns as on Bismarck and Tirpitz.
- Highly versatile battleship; her armament allows her to play as a typical battleship, while her speed lets her behave as a battlecruiser at need.
- Excellent 15-inch guns, same as those on Bismarck and Tirpitz.
- First-rate speed for a battleship (32 knots); the fastest battleship in the German battleship tree. With a Sierra Mike flag, she is as fast as Iowa.
- Solid secondary battery guns, comparable to Japanese counterpart Nagato.
- Good range at her tier.
- Has one triple-tube torpedo launcher on each side.
- Outstanding armor belt combined with German turtleback armor scheme makes her deceptively durable.
- Reasonable concealment rating; with a captain that has Concealment Expert, her surface detection range goes down to an astounding 13.1km (comparable to the equal tier Japanese cruiser Myoko).
- Good anti-aircraft suite; when fully built for anti-air duties, she is deadly to enemy planes.
- Very nasty AP potential especially against cruisers and BB broadsides plus decks.
- High velocity on her rounds. They will make it down range at a decent speed.
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- Short torpedo range of 6km.
- 15-inch guns have trouble with angled enemy battleships (use HE against the superstructure or choose a different target).
- Easily set on fire.
- She is nearly impossible to citadel, but will take a lot of full penetration damage.
- AB-X layout of dual mount turrets may feel lacking.
- Dispersion can be infuriating.
- Deck armor can potentially be penetrated by bigger guns.
- Rather bad turning radius.