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Paris
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Rank
AB
6.3
RB
6.3
Battle rating
France
Game nation
Battleship
Main role
230,000
RP
Research
640,000
SL
Purchase
General information

Battleship Paris was the third of the Courbet class, a third dreadnought launched for the French Navy in September 1912. She spent World War One assisting the army of the Montenegro with shore bombardments and blockading the Strait of Otranto. Following the end of the war she assisted Spanish forces in Morocco during the French intervention in the Rif War. In 1931, she became a training ship and underwent two modernisations before the beginning of the Second World War. With the outbreak of the war she was transferred to the Atlantic, and, following the German invasion, she assisted the French forces at the Somme river front. She then moved to defend the port of Le Havre in Normandy from Luftwaffe attacks until she was hit by a bomb on 11 June 1940. She moved under her own power to Brest, but as the French surrender neared, she sailed to Plymouth in the UK with 2,800 men onboard. Until the end of the war she served as a depot ship for the British navy and as a barracks ship for the Polish navy. In August 1945 she was towed into Brest where she continued her service as a depot ship until her scrapping in 1956.

The Paris was introduced in Update "La Royale". Compared to the direct counterparts, she has a better damage output in exchange for a somewhat worse armour protection. Her biggest highlight is the damage output of the AP shells, if those shells manage to penetrate the target. She's best used in a typical role for a World War One-origin battleships: pushing the capture points and fighting with her direct counterparts.


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Specification
Armour
Citadel 0 / 250 / 42 mm
Main fire tower 250 / 250 / 360 mm
Hull 25 mm (steel)
Superstructure 16 mm (steel)
Number of sections 9
Displacement 26,000 t
Crew 1,187 persons
Max speed
Forward 40344734 km/h
Backward 25222922 km/h
Primary armament
6 × Turret — 2 × 305 mm/45 model 1906-10 gun
Ammunition 1,200 rounds
Reload basic crew → aces
36.5 → 28.1 s
Vertical guidance -5 / 23°
Turret Rotation Speed
Horizontal 4.53.84.53.8 °/s
Vertical 32.632.6 °/s

AmmunitionTypeArmor penetration (mm) at a distance:
1000 m2500 m5000 m7500 m10000 m15000 m
HE666666666666
APC460410341286243190
Secondary armament
22 × Turret — 138.6 mm/55 model 1910 gun
Ammunition 6,050 rounds
Reload basic crew → aces
13 → 10 s
Vertical guidance -5 / 17°
Turret Rotation Speed
Horizontal 54.354.3 °/s
Vertical 54.354.3 °/s

AmmunitionTypeArmor penetration (mm) at a distance:
1000 m2500 m5000 m7500 m10000 m15000 m
HE363636363636
Common674934343434
SAPBC736247373434
Anti-aircraft armament
7 × Turret — 75 mm/50 model 1922 gun
Ammunition 700 rounds
Reload basic crew → aces
5.2 → 4 s
Vertical guidance -10 / 90°
Turret Rotation Speed
Horizontal 1916.21916.2 °/s
Vertical 1815.31815.3 °/s

AmmunitionTypeArmor penetration (mm) at a distance:
100 m1000 m2000 m3000 m4000 m5000 m
HE888888
HE-TF888888
5 × Turret — 2 × 13.2 mm model 1929 Hotchkiss machine gun
Ammunition 18,000 rounds
Belt capacity 30 rounds
Reload basic crew → aces
2.6 → 2 s
Fire rate 476 shots/min
Vertical guidance -15 / 85°
Turret Rotation Speed
Horizontal 60516051 °/s
Vertical 5546.85546.8 °/s

BeltBelt fillingArmor penetration (mm) at a distance:
10 m100 m500 m1000 m1500 m2000 m
T/AP/IAI/AP282724211917
2 × Turret — 13.2 mm model 1929 Hotchkiss machine gun
Ammunition 3,600 rounds
Belt capacity 30 rounds
Reload basic crew → aces
2.6 → 2 s
Fire rate 476 shots/min
Vertical guidance -10 / 60°
Turret Rotation Speed
Horizontal 60516051 °/s
Vertical 5546.85546.8 °/s

BeltBelt fillingArmor penetration (mm) at a distance:
10 m100 m500 m1000 m1500 m2000 m
T/AP/IAI/AP282724211917
Economy
Repair cost Basic → Reference
AB 22,774 → 28,604 SL
RB 28,736 → 36,092 SL
Crew training 185,000 SL
Experts 640,000 SL
Aces 1,700 GE
Research Aces 720,000 RP
Reward multiplier AB / RB
450 / 600 % SL
196 % RP
Total cost of modifications 218,500 RP
337,000 SL
Talisman cost 2,100 GE

Research order:

Seakeeping
Unsinkability
Firepower
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