german cruisers world of warships review

This allows her to bounce shells up to a caliber of 420 mm which is quite a significant advantage for a tier IX ship. Now, while it’s not great, only a tiny part is above water and it’s also relatively narrow thanks to the turtleback armor scheme. The upper casemate is 25 mm thick and for the citadel’s athwartship and the bulkheads around it, it is only 100 mm thick for the upper part and 30 mm thick for the lower part. Sadly, she doesn’t get the extended belt that the O-class was supposed to have but at least, she can bounce up to 380 mm shells. The bow sectionįor the external plating, the bow of the Ägir is 27 mm thick. Just like the Siegfried, Ägir presents a great armor protection for a cruiser with heavily armored sides, a citadel protected by a thick turtleback and even a 30 mm deck that allows her to bounce 406 mm shells, unlike Azuma or Kronshtadt. I actually tried a secondary build on Siegfried and considering how it was already working… with Ägir, it will be quite brutal. She can bring a total of 10 guns to bear and these are the German 128 mm secondary guns with a much shorter reload than usual, 31 mm HE penetration and 7.6 km base range. The second thing to mention is the secondary armament. This means that for their caliber, these guns will be pretty accurate. First, her dispersion formula is sitting between the standard cruiser formula and the Azuma/Yoshino formula. The ship also has 2 characteristics worth mentioning. I have a bit of a Déjà vu feeling with Albemarle and Cheshire.įor the name, the ship is named after Ægir, a jötunn (an entity of the Norse mythology) associated with the ocean. Her secondary battery and AA armament are also reinforced compared to Siegfried but she trades more than 2 km of range for this as well as her catapult. Unlike Siegfried that carries the planned 3 twin turrets with 380 mm guns of the O-class, the Ägir carries 3 triple turrets with 305 mm guns (the same as Odin). It’s the sistership of the Siegfried that is based on the O-class battlecruisers of the Plan Z from the Kriegsmarine but there is a substantial difference.

Ladies and Gentlemen, let’s have a look at the last ship worth mentioning that is entering testing with Update 0.9.1., the Ägir (or Aegir).

German cruisers world of warships review