Z25

Z25

Z25

Germany

III Rank

Battle rating:

AB	RB	SB
4.3	4.3	4.3

Class:

PREMIUM

Destroyer

Purchase:Bundle or Gift

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Description

The Type 1936A, Z25, 1945 is a premium gift rank III German destroyer with a battle rating of 4.3 (AB/RB/SB). It was introduced during Update "Hot Tracks" as a reward for Battle Pass: Season II, "Steel Centurion".

General info

Survivability and armour

Armourfront / side / back

Main fire tower30 / 20 / 5 mm

Hull16 mm (steel)

Superstructure8 mm (steel)

Number of section7

Displacement3 543 t

Crew336 people

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Mobility

Speedforward / back

AB87 / 35 km/h

RB71 / 29 km/h

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Mobility Characteristics
Game Mode	Upgrade Status	Maximum Speed (km/h)		Turn Time (s)	Turn Radius (m)
		Forward	Reverse
AB	Stock	___	___
	Upgraded	87	35
RB/SB	Stock	___	___
	Upgraded	71	29

Modifications and economy

Repair cost

AB1 381

RB2 075

Crew training10 000

Experts67 000

Aces400

Research Aces570 000

Reward for battleAB / RB / SB

2 × 190 / 440 / 50 %

2 × 136 / 136 / 136 %

Modifications

Seakeeping	Unsinkability	Firepower
Dry-Docking Rudder Replacement Propeller Replacement Engine Maintenance	Damage Control Division Fire Division Smokescreen Shrapnel Protection Ventilation New Pumps Ammo Wetting	150mm_ger_c36_naval_he_base_fuse_ammo_pack 37 mm HE clips Anti-Air Armament Targeting 150mm_ger_c36_naval_he_dist_fuse_ammo_pack 37 mm APT clips Auxiliary Armament Targeting Improved Rangefinder Primary Armament Targeting Bomb mortar Torpedo Mode

Armament

Primary armament

Turret2 x 15 cm/48 KC/36 cannon

Ammunition240 rounds

Vertical guidance-10° / 65°

2 х Turret15 cm/48 KC/36 cannon

Ammunition120 rounds

Vertical guidance-10° / 30°

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Secondary armament

2 х Turret2 x 3.7 cm FlaK-Lafette C/36 mounting

Ammunition4000 rounds

Belt capacity5 rounds

Fire rate250 shots/min

6 х Turret3.7 cm FlaK-Lafette C/36 mounting

Ammunition2000 rounds

Belt capacity5 rounds

Fire rate250 shots/min

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Anti-aircraft armament

Turret2 cm/65 C/38 automatic cannon

Ammunition2000 rounds

Belt capacity40 rounds

Fire rate480 shots/min

2 х Turret4 x 2 cm/65 Flakvierling 38 automatic cannon

Ammunition8000 rounds

Belt capacity40 rounds

Fire rate480 shots/min

4 х Turret2 x 2 cm/65 Flakzwilling 38 automatic cannon

Ammunition4000 rounds

Belt capacity40 rounds

Fire rate501 shots/min

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Additional armament

Setup 18 x 533 mm G7a torpedo

Setup 24 x WBG depth charge

Setup 38 x 533 mm G7a torpedo

4 x WBG depth charge

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Usage in battles

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Pros and cons

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History

Devblog

The Z25 destroyer of the Type 1936A class was laid down at the beginning of 1939 and launched a year later, soon joining the 8th destroyer flotilla along with other ships of the 1936A series. The destroyer began combat operations as part of the German Baltenflotte to protect Swedish ports from the hypothetical possibility of break through by ships of the Soviet Baltic Fleet from the besieged Leningrad. Shortly thereafter, the Z25 was active in hunting for Arctic convoys in the Barents and White Seas, where it converged with Soviet and British ships. In February 1942, she took part in the famous Operation Cerberus - a daring dash from France to Germany of two German battleships and a cruiser under the cover of a destroyer group along the channel between France and England. Under constant raids by British aircraft and destroyer attacks, the Z25 not only survived, but was not significantly damaged at all. After this brilliant operation, the destroyer returned North to intercept Allied Arctic convoys. After discovering problems with the power plant, the Z25 went to Germany for repairs. From the beginning of 1944 and until the end of the war, she continued to serve in the Baltic Sea, taking part in both combat and evacuation operations.

At the end of April 1945, the destroyer Z25 was decommissioned from service and after the war was transferred to France, where it received the name "Hoche". Here she served for more than 10 years and even underwent a major modernization, but by 1957 the exploitation of the German veteran was recognized as economically unprofitable and the ship was decommissioned soon after. The destroyer was finally scrapped in 1961.

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