New Ship: Bismarck '41 - Tier VIII German Premium Battleship 1940

Bismarck '41 - Tier VIII German Premium Battleship 1940

Famous German battleship Bismarck undertook only one combat mission, which began on May 19, 1941, with her departure from the port of Gotenhafen and ended on May 27 with her destruction in battle near the coast of France. In those few days, Bismarck sank the pride of the Royal Navy, battlecruiser HMS Hood, threatened Allied communications in the North Atlantic, and drew nearly every major ship the British Admiralty had available in the area.

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Key Features and Battle Tips

Key Features

• Surgical Main Battery: Features improved accuracy over the tech-tree counterpart, allowing for precise strikes despite a slower reload.
• Manual Secondary Focus: Equipped with powerful secondaries (akin to Prinz Adalbert) that boast improved range and rate of fire when manually targeted.
• Engine Boost Consumable: Offers enhanced mobility to reposition, similar to Scharnhorst '43.
• Solid Armor Scheme: Excellent protection designed to sustain damage and protect the citadel from most AP shells.
• Trade-offs: Lower health pool than the standard Bismarck, lacks Hydroacoustic Search, and has no torpedoes.

Battle Tips

• Master the Secondaries: To maximize damage output, you must manually target enemy ships with your secondaries. Automatic mode will significantly underperform.
• Find the "Sweet Spot": Do not engage in absolute knife-fighting range due to the lack of torpedoes and lower health. Operate in the range where your manually controlled secondaries are firing, but you can still angle against incoming fire.
• Strategic Aggression: Use the Engine Boost to push into advantageous close-combat positions, then utilize your superior armor to hold the line.
• Deliberate Shooting: Because of the longer reload on the main guns, take your time to aim for vulnerable spots rather than spamming shots.

Ship Info

Ship Name:   VIII Bismarck '41

Level: 8

WG introduction: February 6, 2026

Status during tests:  VIII Bismarck '41

Base value: 13,000

Estimated release: 15.3

Game Nation:  Germany

Armor

Hit points: 64,500

Fires duration: 60 s

Overall: 19-360 mm

Torpedo protection. Damage reduction: 22 %

Hull plating fore/mid/aft: 32-60/32-320/32-60 mm

Deck plating fore/mid/aft: 32/50/32 mm

Fore Athwartships: 145-220 mm

Aft Athwartships: 110-145 mm

Citadel Fore Athwartships: 180 mm

Citadel Aft Athwartships: 110 mm

Armor Belt: 160-320 mm

Torpedo Bulkhead: 45 mm

Citadel Deck: 80-110 mm

Superstructure: 19 mm

Citadel Bottom: 50 mm

Turrets: 130-360 mm

Tonnage: 45,451 t

Main Battery Armament

4 x 2 380 mm/52 SK C/34 on a Drh LC/34 mount:

Firing range: 21.2 km

Reload time: 33.0 s

180-degree turn time: 36.0 s

Maximum dispersion: 272 m

Sigma: 2.0σ

Shell Types

HE Shells

8x 380 mm Spr.Gr. L/4.6:

Alpha Damage: 4,400

Alpha Piercing HE: 95.0 mm

Ammo Type: High Explosive

Shell Air Drag: 0.2773

Shell Always Ricochet At: 60.0°

Normalization: 45.0°

Shell Detonator: 0.03

Shell Detonator Threshold: 2.0

Shell Diameter: 380 mm

Shell Krupp: 32.0

Shell Mass: 800.0 kg

Shell Ricochet At: 45.0°

Shell Speed: 820.0 m/s

Burn Probability: 34%

AP Shells

8x 380 mm P.Spr.Gr. L/4.4:

Alpha Damage: 11,600

Ammo Type: Armor Piercing

Shell Air Drag: 0.2763

Shell Always Ricochet At: 60.0°

Normalization: 6.0°

Shell Detonator: 0.033

Shell Detonator Threshold: 63.0

Shell Diameter: 380 mm

Shell Krupp: 2450.0

Shell Mass: 800.0 kg

Shell Ricochet At: 45.0°

Shell Speed: 820.0 m/s

Torpedoes

Not available

Airstrike

Airstrike range: 10.0 km

Reload time: 30 s

Available flights: 2

Number of aircraft in attacking flight: 1

Aircraft HP: 2000

Bombs in payload: 2x SC-150

Maximum bomb damage: 4200

Armor penetration capacity: soon mm

Chances of causing a fire on target: 24%

Depth Charges

Not available

Secondaries

Maximum range in manual mode: 8.9 km
Maximum range in automatic mode: 7.6 km
Secondary armament reload time in manual mode: -33.3%

6 x 2 150 mm/55 SK C/28 on a Dop. L. C/34 mount:

Alpha Damage: 1,700

Alpha Piercing HE: 38.0 mm

Ammo Type: High Explosive

Shell Air Drag: 0.33

Shell Always Ricochet At: 60.0°

Normalization: 68.0°

Shell Detonator: 0.001

Shell Detonator Threshold: 2.0

Shell Diameter: 150 mm

Shell Krupp: 320.0

Shell Mass: 45.3 kg

Shell Ricochet At: 91.0°

Shell Speed: 875.0 m/s

Burn Probability: 8%

8 x 2 105 mm/65 SK C/33 on a Dop. L. C/31 mount:

Alpha Damage: 1,200

Alpha Piercing HE: 26.0 mm

Ammo Type: High Explosive

Shell Air Drag: 0.33

Shell Always Ricochet At: 60.0°

Normalization: 68.0°

Shell Detonator: 0.001

Shell Detonator Threshold: 2.0

Shell Diameter: 105 mm

Shell Krupp: 590.0

Shell Mass: 15.1 kg

Shell Ricochet At: 91.0°

Shell Speed: 900.0 m/s

Burn Probability: 5%

Anti Aircraft Armament

Continuous damage: 180

Long Range

8 x 2 105 mm:

Firing range: 5.2 km

Hit Probability: 75 %

Damage Within an Explosion: 1,400

Damage by long-range AA guns: 175

Number of Explosions Per Salvo: 7

Priority sector reinforcement: 35%

Mid Range

8 x 2 37.0 mm:

Firing range: 3.5 km

Hit Probability: 75 %

Damage by medium-range AA guns: 39

Short Range

12 x 1 20.0 mm;
2 x 4 20.0 mm:

Firing range: 2.0 km

Hit Probability: 70 %

Damage by medium-range AA guns: 109

Mobility

Maximum speed: 31.0 kt

Turning circle radius: 850 m

Rudder shift time: 16.0 s

Propulsion: 163,000 hp

Detection

Detectability range by sea: 15.9 km

Detectability after firing a main gun shell: 21.2 km

Detectability after firing main guns in smoke: 15.1 km

Detectability when ship is on fire: 17.9 km

Detectability range by depths: 0.0-10.0 km

Detectability range by air: 10.0 km

Detectability after firing a main gun shell: 15.9 km

Detectability when ship is on fire: 12.0 km

Available Consumables

Slot 1: Damage Control Party

Charges: unlimited

Work time: 15 s

Reload time: 80 s

Slot 2: Repair Party

Charges: 4

HP per second: +322

Duration time: 28 s

Reload time: 80 s

Slot 3: Engine Boost

Charges: 3

Maximum speed +15%

Duration time: 180 s

Reload time: 90 s

Slot 4: Fighter

Charges: 3

Action radius: 3 km

Duration time: 60 s

Reload time: 90 s

Fighters: 3

Slot 4: Spotting Aircraft

Charges: 4

Action Time: 100 s

Reload time: 240 s

Main battery firing range: +20%

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.