Hoche: Tier VIII French Premium Destroyer 1940
A Type 1936A destroyer built in Germany in the late 1930s and commissioned as Z-25. During World War II, she participated in operations against Arctic convoys and in the Baltic Sea. Successive modernizations gradually enhanced the ship's anti-aircraft armament. In 1946, the destroyer was transferred to France and renamed Hoche. She served with the Marine Nationale until 1958.
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Key Features
Hoche is a unique destroyer that combines elements from both French and German naval engineering. It carries the largest guns mounted on any French destroyer, featuring German-improved AP shells with high alpha damage and HE shells with enhanced penetration, making them a threat to any type of target. The ship is equipped with powerful torpedoes that offer good traveling speed, high damage, fast reload time, and a decent 9km range, allowing you to threaten all manner of targets with a strong punch. Hoche's hull provides excellent concealment and speed for her tier, combined with a substantial hit point pool and French saturation mechanics, enabling effective hit-and-run tactics.
Battle Tips
In battle, focus on torpedo attacks as your primary weapon while supporting with opportunistic gunfire. Use your Main Battery Reload Booster during critical engagements against destroyers or to rapidly dismantle cruisers with your powerful AP shells. Leverage your good concealment and speed to position yourself for effective torpedo launches and then disengage. Your solid survivability helps compensate for the lack of a Smoke Generator, but you should still avoid prolonged gunfights due to your limited barrel count (only 4 total) and long reload time. Employ hit-and-run tactics to maximize the effectiveness of your Main Battery Reload Booster while minimizing exposure to enemy fire.
Ship Info:
Ship Name: 
VIII Hoche
Level: 8
WG Introduction: October 27, 2025
Rarity Level: Soon
Status during testing: 
VIII Hoche
Base Value: 
13,000
Estimated Release: 15.0
Nation: France
Current Development Status: Work in Progress
Armor:
Hit points: 19,600
Plating: 19 mm
Tonnage: 3,691 tn
Main Battery Armament:
2 x 1 150 mm
1 x 2 150 mm/55 Tbts KC/36 in a turret
Firing range: 13.0 km
Reload time: 8.5 s
180-degree turn time: 22.5 s
Maximum dispersion: 112 m
Sigma: 2.0σ
Shell Types:
HE Shells:
4x 150 mm Spr.Gr. Ausf. B
Alpha Damage: 1,800
Alpha Piercing HE: 38.0 mm
Ammo Type: High Explosive
Shell Air Drag: 0.25
Shell Always Ricochet At: 60.0°
Normalization: 8.0°
Shell Detonator: 0.01
Shell Detonator Threshold: 2.0
Shell Diameter: 150 mm
Shell Krupp: 1150.0
Shell Mass: 51.0 kg
Shell Ricochet At: 91.0°
Shell Speed: 835.0 m/s
Burn Probability: 12%
AP Shells:
4x 150 mm P.Spr.Gr. Ausf. C
Alpha Damage: 3,700
Ammo Type: Armor Piercing
Shell Air Drag: 0.25
Shell Always Ricochet At: 67.5°
Normalization: 8.5°
Shell Detonator: 0.025
Shell Detonator Threshold: 25.0
Shell Diameter: 150 mm
Shell Krupp: 2630.0
Shell Mass: 51.0 kg
Shell Ricochet At: 60.0°
Shell Speed: 835.0 m/s
Depth Charges:
Maximum damage: 3,400
Charges: 2
Bombs per charge: 8
Reload time: 40 s
Torpedo Armament:
2 x 4 533 mm 23DT
Maximum damage: 14,733
Range: 9.0 km
Speed: 60 kt
Reload time: 100 s
Launcher 180-degree turn time: 7.2 s
Torpedo detectability: 1.3 km
AA Defense:
Mid-Range:
2 x 2 37 mm
Continuous damage per second: 147
Hit probability: 100 %
Action zone: 3.5 km
Short-Range:
4 x 2 20.0 mm
2 x 4 20.0 mm
Continuous damage per second: 77
Hit probability: 95 %
Action zone: 2.0 km
Mobility:
Maximum speed: 36.0 kt
Turning circle radius: 670 m
Rudder shift time: 4.2 s
Propulsion: 70,000 hp
Detection:
Surface detectability: 7.4 km
Air detectability: 3.7 km
Detectability after firing main guns in smoke: 3.3 km
Available Consumables:
Slot 1: Damage Control Party
Charges: Unlimited
Work time: 5s
Reload time: 40
Slot 2: Main Battery Reload Booster
Charges: 4
Duration time: 15 s
Main battery recharge time -50%
Reload time: 100 s
Slot 3: Engine Boost
Charges: 3
Duration time: 180 s
Maximum speed +15%
Reload time: 90 s
Note: All stats are listed without crew and upgrade modifiers but with best available modules. The stats are subject to change at any time.
Important: All information in this post is 'Work in Progress', the announced adjustments and features may undergo multiple changes during testing, all changes will be added to this post immediately after they become available, the final details will be officially published and labelled in the ship info as 'Released' on this post.
