Pfeil
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Description
The 153-class, Pfeil (P6193) is a rank V German motor torpedo boat with a battle rating of 4.3 (AB/RB/SB). It was introduced in Update "Sky Guardians".
General info
Survivability and armour
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Mobility
Write about the ship's mobility. Evaluate its power and manoeuvrability, rudder rerouting speed, stopping speed at full tilt, with its maximum forward and reverse speed.
| Mobility Characteristics | |||
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| Game Mode | Upgrade Status | Maximum Speed (km/h) | |
| Forward | Reverse | ||
| AB | |||
| Upgraded | 129 | 55 | |
| RB/SB | |||
| Upgraded | 92 | 40 | |
Modifications and economy
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Armament
Primary armament
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| Penetration statistics | |||||||
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| Ammunition | Type of warhead |
Penetration @ 0° Angle of Attack (mm) | |||||
| 10 m | 100 m | 500 m | 1,000 m | 1,500 m | 2,000 m | ||
| M-DN51 HE-T | HEF-T | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| HE-T-PF | HE-VT | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| Shell details | ||||||||||||
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| Ammunition | Type of warhead |
Velocity (m/s) |
Projectile mass (kg) |
Fuse delay (m) |
Fuse sensitivity (mm) |
Explosive mass (TNT equivalent) (g) |
Ricochet | |||||
| 0% | 50% | 100% | ||||||||||
| M-DN51 HE-T | HEF-T | 1,005 | 0.96 | 0 | 0.1 | 114.48 | 79° | 80° | 81° | |||
| Proximity-fused shell details | ||||||||||||
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| Ammunition | Type of warhead |
Velocity (m/s) |
Projectile mass (kg) |
Fuse delay (m) |
Fuse sensitivity (mm) |
Arming distance (m) |
Trigger radius (m) |
Explosive mass (TNT equivalent) (g) |
Ricochet | |||
| 0% | 50% | 100% | ||||||||||
| HE-T-PF | HE-VT | 1,025 | 0.88 | 0 | 0.1 | 150 | 7 | 190.8 | 79° | 80° | 81° | |
Additional armament
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Usage in battles
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Pros and cons
Summarise and briefly evaluate the vehicle in terms of its characteristics and combat effectiveness. Mark its pros and cons in the bulleted list. Try not to use more than 6 points for each of the characteristics. Avoid using categorical definitions such as "bad", "good" and the like - use substitutions with softer forms such as "inadequate" and "effective".
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History
For tactical and financial reasons, at the beginning of the 1960s, there were considerations as to whether the Bundesmarine could fulfill its task with smaller, and therefore cheaper, speedboats. In order to gain experience, several speedboats were purchased from abroad, which were different in their construction, propulsion and armament. In addition to the Hugin and Munin, which were purchased from Norway in 1960, two ships of the "Brave" class were purchased from Great Britain in 1962, which were named "Pfeil" (Arrow) and "Strahl" (Ray). Although these two ships were not identical in construction, they were given the same class designation. The shorter "Pfeil" had two Bristol-Siddeley-Proteus gas engines Mk 1270 and reached a speed of 50 knots. The "Strahl" had 3 gas turbines and therefore reached a top speed of 54 knots.
However, as with the Hugin and Munin, these units did not meet the expectations of the German Navy. On September 30, 1965 they were decommissioned and handed over to Greece.
Media
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See also
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- reference to the series of the ship;
- links to approximate analogues of other nations and research trees.
External links
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- topic on the official game forum;
- other literature.
| Vosper & Company | |
|---|---|
| Motor Torpedo Boat (MTB) | |
| 70 ft Vosper | MTB Vosper · MTB Vosper(2) · GIS 811* |
| Gay-class | HMS Gay Archer |
| Brave-class | Brave Borderer |
| Schnellboot Type 153 | Pfeil** |
| *70 ft Vosper in post-war Italian Service | |
| **Built for West Germany | |
| Germany boats | |
|---|---|
| Motor torpedo boats | LS 3 · LS 4 Esau · KM-5 · VS-10 |
| S-38 · S-38b · S-100 · S-147 · S-204 Lang · S-701 | |
| R-301 | |
| V-990 | |
| Jaguar · Hugin · Pfeil | |
| Motor gun boats | R-41 · R-130 · Krischan der Große |
| Motor torpedo gun boats | Albatros · Bussard · MZ1 · Pr. 206 |
| Minelayers | VS-8 |
