Navy in war thunder12/24/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() While the Scharnhorst's armour makes her seemingly invincible, she does have one glaring weakness flood damage control. Only the heaviest of bombs (such as the infamous FAB-5000 of the Pe-8) will be capable of sinking her in one hit. Put simply, the Scharnhorst is a very tough nut to crack, capable of taking hundreds of hits from other capital ships and staying afloat. The external part features 320 mm of armour at the port and starboard (save for a small gap with 170 - 245 mm of armour strips) and 200 mm at the bow and stern, while the internal citadel is 105 mm of turtleback armour angled at 60 degrees, along with an additional 40 mm of armour protecting the internal crew and engine compartments from shrapnel. Internally, the Scharnhorst's citadel feature two layers of armour. The plating protects her huge crew count of 1,908 sailors from HE blasts of most cruiser-calibre guns (203 mm and less) and absorb a considerable damage from larger calibre shells and small bombs quite well. This peculiar characteristic is reflected in War Thunder, where the Scharnhorst's mobility, protection, and fast-firing guns made her a formidable heavyweight mid-to-close range brawler.īeing an interwar battleship design, the Scharnhorst is exceptionally well-protected, especially when compared to the Great War-era dreadnoughts that are quite common at her BR.Įxternally, the Scharnhorst is clad with 50 mm of armour at the deck and 35 mm at the port and starboard sides. The smaller calibre of main guns is compensated by an improved rate of fire.Īlthough the Scharnhorst is almost universally classed as a battleship in real life due to her protection, her fast top speed and smaller armaments compared to her contemporaries in 1930s caused the British to classify the ship as a battlecruiser. However, restriction imposed by the Treaty of Versailles (and as Germany were unable to built any large calibre guns at that time due to the lack of industrial capabilities) forced the Kriegsmarine to fit her with smaller 283 mm guns. The Scharnhorst (along with her sister ship Gneisenau) was actually designed as a battleship right from the start by the Kriegsmarine. It was introduced in Update "Winged Lions". The Scharnhorst-class, Scharnhorst, 1943 is a rank V German battlecruiser ![]()
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