Black Charles Martel

Black Charles Martel — French Limited Tier VIII cruiser.

A heavy cruiser project (Project C5A3) designed to rival potential adversaries: new ships of this type that were being built in Germany. The main difference from the previous ships was manifested in the enhancement of the ship's main guns located in triple turrets.

Ship Stats

Survivability

Health: 32,096

Citadel Protection: 10%

Fire and Flooding Resistance: 10%

Damage Reduction: 9%

Torpedo Damage Reduction: 10.50%

Armour

Bow: 25 mm

Stern: 25 mm

Deck: 65 mm

Belt: 127 mm

Maneuverability

Top Speed: 32.23 Knots

Time to Full Speed: 12.96 s

Max Traverse Speed: 7.80 deg/s

Turn Time: 8.70 s

Main Guns (203 mm L/50 Mle 1931 3x3)

Reload Time: 11 s

Rate of Fire: 49.09 RPM

Range: 12.10 km

Flight Time: 6.29 s
- Initial Velocity: 260.37 m/s
- Deceleration: 5.71 m/s²

Dispersion Min/Max/Vertical: 96 m / 270 m / 64.80 m

Sigma: 1 σ

HE Damage: 661

Raw Alpha: 5,949
Raw DPM: 32,449

Fire Chance: 8%

Raw Alpha: 52.78%
Raw FPM: 2.88 FPM

AP Damage: 873

Raw Alpha: 7,857
Raw DPM: 42,856

Citadel Chance: 9%

Raw Alpha: 57.21%
Raw CPM: 3.12 CPM

Citadel Damage Rate: 200%

HE Citadel Damage: 1,322
AP Citadel Damage: 1,746

Turret Traverse: 9 deg/s

Torpedo Tubes (550 mm tube lance-torpilles 2x3)

Reload Time: 40 s

Salvo Per Minute: 1.50 SPM

Range: 8.10 km

Time Expire: 27.98 s
- Torpedo Speed: 62.52 Knots
- Reaction Time (at standstill): 11.28 s

Min/Max Torpedo Spread: 2.50 deg / 5 deg

Torpedo Damage: 4,012

Raw Alpha: 12,036
Raw DPM: 18,054

Flood Chance: 14%

Raw Alpha: 36.39%

Torpedo Concealment: 1.83 km

Torpedo Traverse Speed: 24 deg/s

Anti-Aircraft Armament

Large Caliber AA Damage: 106

Large Caliber AA Range: 3.60 km

Small Caliber AA Damage: 189

Small Caliber AA Range: 1.80 km

Total AA Damage: 295

Concealment

Surface Detection: 8.10 km

After Firing Guns: 12.00 km

Ship Skills and Elite Bonus

Engine Accelerator III x6

Max Speed: 16% for 25 seconds

Before: 32.23 Knots

After: 37.39 Knots

Precise Aiming I x3

Main Gun Dispersion: -25% for 20 s

Before: 96 m / 270 m / 64.80 m

After: 72 m / 202.5 m / 48.6 m

Cooldown: 75 s

Advanced Engine

Max Speed: +5%

Acceleration: +10%

Before: 32.23 knots / 12.96 s

After: 33.84 knots / 12.38 s

Elite Gun Operator

Main Battery Reload Time: -3%

Main Battery Traverse Speed: +7%

Before: 11 s / 9 deg/s

After 10.67 s / 9.63 deg/s