La Combattante P730
| This page is about the French coastal Motor Gun Boat La Combattante (P730). For bluewater destroyer, see La Combattante. |
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Description
La Combattante was a prototype French naval patrol vessel, laid down in April 1962 and launched on 20 June 1963 by Constructions Mécaniques de Normandie. She entered service on 1 March 1964, featuring an innovative non-magnetic hull made of laminated wood and plastic. Initially based in Toulon, she was later deployed to Djibouti, Papeete, and Cherbourg. Notably, La Combattante played a key role in missile trials, including the development of the Exocet. Transferred to the Maritime Gendarmerie in 1985, she was decommissioned in September 1996 after 33 years of service.
The La Combattante (P730) is a motor gun boat introduced in Update "Dance of Dragons", as the only Rank V French coastal vessel of the initial release of the tree, and the first naval vessel armed with HEAT warhead missiles - in this case, the SS.11. The missiles are both the vessel's most unique feature and its greatest limitation, forcing her to engage targets within a range of less than 3 km. This, combined with her slow speed and large profile, makes her prone to damage and comparatively easy to destroy, especially by destroyers found at this BR range. She is also equipped with two 40 mm Bofors guns, but lacks radar or HE-VT ammunition to effectively deal with aerial targets.
General info
Survivability and armour
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Mobility
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| Upgraded | 57 | 31 | |
| RB/SB | |||
| Upgraded | 43 | 23 | |
Modifications and economy
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Armament
Primary armament
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- Universal: AP-T · HEFI-T
- 40 mm HE clips: HEFI-T · HEFI-T · HEFI-T · AP-T
- 40 mm AP clips: AP-T · AP-T · AP-T · HEFI-T
| Penetration statistics | |||||||
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| Ammunition | Penetration @ 0° Angle of Attack (mm) | ||||||
| 10 m | 100 m | 500 m | 1,000 m | 1,500 m | 2,000 m | ||
| HEFI-T | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | |
| AP-T | 81 | 78 | 68 | 58 | 49 | 41 | |
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| HEFI-T | 874 | 0.9 | 0 | 0.1 | 67.13 | 79° | 80° | 81° | ||||
| AP-T | 874 | 0.89 | - | - | - | 47° | 60° | 65° | ||||
Secondary armament
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- Universal: API-T · AP · HEI · AP
- .50 AP belt: API-T · AP · AP · AP
- .50 APIT belt: API-T · API-T · API-T · HEI
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| Ammunition | Penetration @ 0° Angle of Attack (mm) | ||||||
| 10 m | 100 m | 500 m | 1,000 m | 1,500 m | 2,000 m | ||
| API-T | 28 | 27 | 23 | 19 | 15 | 11 | |
| AP | 29 | 28 | 25 | 20 | 17 | 14 | |
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| Ammunition | Velocity (m/s) |
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Fuse delay (m) |
Fuse sensitivity (mm) |
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| 0% | 50% | 100% | ||||||||||
| API-T | 887 | 0.04 | - | - | - | 47° | 56° | 65° | ||||
| AP | 856 | 0.05 | - | - | - | 47° | 56° | 65° | ||||
Special armament
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Usage in battles
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Pros and cons
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Pros:
- Has AS.11 missiles
Cons:
- Larger and slower than contemporary boats
- AS.11 missiles are slow
- Slow-firing 40 mm Bofors guns pale in comparison to contemporaries
History
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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
| Constructions Mécaniques de Normandie (CMN) | |
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| Patrol Boats | La Combattante |
| France boats | |
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| Motor torpedo boats | VTB-8 · VTB-9 · VTB-11 · VTB-14 |
| VLT-1 · VLT-2 · VTB-19 | |
| MTB-96 | |
| Motor gun boats | L9059 · La Combattante · VTB-13 |
| Gunboats | La Suprise |
