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Coastal Fleet
Krischan der Große
IV
Rank
AB
2.7
RB
2.7
Battle rating
Germany
Game nation
Boat
Main role
89,000
RP
Research
300,000
SL
Purchase
General information

The Krischan der Große (lit. "Christian the Great"), also known by its misnomer Flusi 1 (short for “Flugsicherungsschiff 1”, lit. “Air traffic control ship No. 1”, due to confusion with an actual Luftwaffe ATC ship Krischan that is otherwise unrelated), was an experimental anti-air gunboat designed for the Luftwaffe in 1940, intended to be used as part of the planned invasion of the United Kingdom to provide anti-air cover for the invasion fleet. She was laid down in autumn 1940 at Rotterdamsche Droogdok in occupied Rotterdam and launched a year later. When the boat was commissioned on 19 November 1942, the Luftwaffe quickly found out its critical flaw: due to the boat’s compact design, the 88 mm Flak cannon was unable to elevate further than 8 degrees, effectively defeating the intended purpose as a floating AA platform. Because of this, the Luftwaffe cancelled the program and the sole prototype was kept to provide air cover via secondary light AA guns. Krischan de Große was later sunk on 24 February 1944 by a British air raid while docked in Amsterdam.

Introduced in Update "Winged Lions", Krischan der Große is a small, relatively slow, yet heavily armed gunboat. Featuring the 88 mm Flak cannon on the bow and a pair of quadruple 20 mm AA gun mounts, the boat has a variety of tools to deal with most targets it could face, with the 20 mm guns in particular being more than capable of shredding any PT boat into pieces. However, the boat’s survivability is mediocre at best, as the wooden-hull construction is unable to endure hits from large-calibre guns and autocannons, and the boat is otherwise helpless against early destroyers and frigates that became a common sight.



Specification
Armour
Hull 38 mm (wood)
Superstructure 15 mm (wood)
Number of sections 4
Displacement 112 t
Crew 38 persons
Max speed
Forward 35304735 km/h
Backward 13111712 km/h
Primary armament
88 mm/56 FlaK.18 cannon
Ammunition 100 rounds
Reload basic crew → aces
4.6 → 3.6 s
Vertical guidance -5 / 85°
Turret Rotation Speed
Horizontal 1210.21210.2 °/s
Vertical 86.886.8 °/s

AmmunitionTypeArmor penetration (mm) at a distance:
100 m1000 m2000 m3000 m4000 m5000 m
HE131111111111
HE-TF141211111111
Secondary armament
37 mm FlaK.36 cannon
Ammunition 1,998 rounds
Belt capacity 6 rounds
Reload basic crew → aces
0.3 → 0.25 s
Fire rate 160 shots/min
Vertical guidance -2 / 80°
Turret Rotation Speed
Horizontal 40344034 °/s
Vertical 4538.34538.3 °/s

BeltBelt fillingArmor penetration (mm) at a distance:
10 m100 m500 m1000 m1500 m2000 m
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HEF-I/HEF-I/HEF-I/HEF-I/AP-T676455474137
AP-T/AP-T/AP-T/AP-T/HEF-I676455474137
Anti-aircraft armament
2 × Turret — 4 × 2 cm/65 Flakvierling 38 automatic cannon
Ammunition 16,000 rounds
Belt capacity 40 rounds
Reload basic crew → aces
7.8 → 6 s
Fire rate 480 shots/min
Vertical guidance -10 / 88°
Turret Rotation Speed
Horizontal 3529.83529.8 °/s
Vertical 2521.32521.3 °/s

BeltBelt fillingArmor penetration (mm) at a distance:
10 m100 m500 m1000 m1500 m2000 m
AP-T/AP/HEF-T/HEF363529242118
Economy
Repair cost Basic → Reference
AB 3,074 → 3,898 SL
RB 4,067 → 5,157 SL
Crew training 87,000 SL
Experts 300,000 SL
Aces 1,100 GE
Research Aces 520,000 RP
Reward multiplier AB / RB
130 / 200 % SL
172 % RP
Total cost of modifications 89,800 RP
154,600 SL
Talisman cost 1,700 GE

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Krischan der Große

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