The Kleber was a French destroyer, initially laid down as Zerstörer 1934A-class Z6 Theodor Riedel on 18th July 1935 for the Kriegsmarine and completed on 2nd July 1937. She served throughout the war with the Kriegsmarine until being handed over to Britain as a war prize, who subsequently gave the ship to France. She was renamed it to Kléber after General Jean-Baptiste Kléber. The ship underwent modernization in Cherbourg between 1948 and 1951. After the refit, she was assigned to the 3rd Destroyer Division of the Mediterranean Fleet. In October 1953, she was transferred to Cherbourg and placed into reserve in December. Kléber was broken up in Rouen in 1958.

Introduced in Update "Alpha Strike", Kléber is very similar to her Type 1934A sisters found in the German naval tree, with the exception of enhanced anti-aircraft weaponry due to the refit as Kléber features six 40 mm Bofors cannons, one quadruple and two twin 20 mm cannon mounts, as well as two quadruple torpedo launchers amidships. Such a setup provides Kléber with formidable medium to short range anti-air protection compared to her sister Z12 Erich Giese in the German tree. Like her sisters, Kléber is vulnerable to magazine detonation as the main gun magazines are located directly on the waterline, making any hit into said area lethal.