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|images={{Specs-Card-Image|GarageImage_{{PAGENAME}}.jpg}}
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== Description ==

The '''{{Specs|name}}''' is a premium rank {{Specs|rank}} German motor torpedo boat {{Battle-rating}}. It was introduced in [[Update "Drone Age"]].

== General info ==
=== Survivability and armour ===
{{Specs-Fleet-Armour}}

''Talk about the vehicle's armour. Note the most well-defended and most vulnerable zones, e.g. the ammo magazine. Evaluate the composition of components and assemblies responsible for movement and manoeuvrability. Evaluate the survivability of the primary and secondary armaments separately. Don't forget to mention the size of the crew, which plays an important role in fleet mechanics. Save tips on preserving survivability for the "Usage in battles" section. If necessary, use a graphical template to show the most well-protected or most vulnerable points in the armour.''

=== Mobility ===
{{Specs-Fleet-Mobility}}

''Write about the ship's mobility. Evaluate its power and manoeuvrability, rudder rerouting speed, stopping speed at full tilt, with its maximum forward and reverse speed.''

{{NavalMobility}}

=== Modifications and economy ===
{{Specs-Economy}}

== Armament ==
{{Specs-Fleet-Armaments}}
=== Primary armament ===
{{Specs-Fleet-Primary}}

{{main|MG 151 (15 mm)}}

''Provide information about the characteristics of the primary armament. Evaluate their efficacy in battle based on their reload speed, ballistics and the capacity of their shells. Add a link to the main article about the weapon: <code><nowiki>{{main|Weapon name (calibre)}}</nowiki></code>. Broadly describe the ammunition available for the primary armament, and provide recommendations on how to use it and which ammunition to choose.''

=== Secondary armament ===
{{Specs-Fleet-Secondary}}

{{main|MG34 (7.92 mm)}}

''Some ships are fitted with weapons of various calibres. Secondary armaments are defined as weapons chosen with the control <code>Select secondary weapon</code>. Evaluate the secondary armaments and give advice on how to use them. Describe the ammunition available for the secondary armament. Provide recommendations on how to use them and which ammunition to choose. Remember that any anti-air armament, even heavy calibre weapons, belong in the next section. If there is no secondary armament, remove this section.''

=== Additional armament ===
{{Specs-Fleet-Additional}}

{{main|LT 1A/1 (450 mm)}}

''Describe the available additional armaments of the ship: depth charges, mines, torpedoes. Talk about their positions, available ammunition and launch features such as dead zones of torpedoes. If there is no additional armament, remove this section.''

== Usage in battles ==

''Describe the technique of using this ship, the characteristics of her use in a team and tips on strategy. Abstain from writing an entire guide – don't try to provide a single point of view, but give the reader food for thought. Talk about the most dangerous opponents for this vehicle and provide recommendations on fighting them. If necessary, note the specifics of playing with this vehicle in various modes (AB, RB, SB).''

=== Pros and cons ===

''Summarise and briefly evaluate the vehicle in terms of its characteristics and combat effectiveness. Mark its pros and cons in the bulleted list. Try not to use more than 6 points for each of the characteristics. Avoid using categorical definitions such as "bad", "good" and the like - use substitutions with softer forms such as "inadequate" and "effective".''

'''Pros:'''
*

'''Cons:'''
*

== History ==

''Describe the history of the creation and combat usage of the ship in more detail than in the introduction. If the historical reference turns out to be too long, take it to a separate article, taking a link to the article about the ship and adding a block "/History" (example: <nowiki>https://wiki.warthunder.com/(Ship-name)/History</nowiki>) and add a link to it here using the <code>main</code> template. Be sure to reference text and sources by using <code><nowiki><ref></ref></nowiki></code>, as well as adding them at the end of the article with <code><nowiki><references /></nowiki></code>. This section may also include the ship's dev blog entry (if applicable) and the in-game encyclopedia description (under <code><nowiki>=== In-game description ===</nowiki></code>, also if applicable).''

== Media ==

''Excellent additions to the article would be video guides, screenshots from the game, and photos.''

== See also ==

''Links to articles on the War Thunder Wiki that you think will be useful for the reader, for example:''
* ''reference to the series of the ship;''
* ''links to approximate analogues of other nations and research trees.''

== External links ==

''Paste links to sources and external resources, such as:''
* ''topic on the official game forum;''
* ''other literature.''

{{Germany boats}}
{{Germany premium ships}}

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 There are three ammunition belts available:
-* Universal: {{Annotation|API-T|Armour-piercing incendiary tracer}}{{-}}{{Annotation|HEF|High-explosive fragmentation}}{{-}}{{Annotation|API-T|Armour-piercing incendiary tracer}}{{-}}{{Annotation|HEF|High-explosive fragmentation}}
+* '''Universal:''' {{Annotation|API-T|Armour-piercing incendiary tracer}}{{-}}{{Annotation|HEF|High-explosive fragmentation}}
-* 15 mm APIT belt: {{Annotation|API-T|Armour-piercing incendiary tracer}}{{-}}{{Annotation|API-T|Armour-piercing incendiary tracer}}{{-}}{{Annotation|API-T|Armour-piercing incendiary tracer}}{{-}}{{Annotation|HEF|High-explosive fragmentation}}
+{{:MG 151 (15 mm)/Ammunition|HEF naval, API-T naval, HEFI-T* naval}}
 === Secondary armament ===
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 {{main|MG34 (7.92 mm)}}
-The secondary armament of the KM-5 consists of two MG34 machine guns on a twin mount located directly on the back of the 15mm MG 151 turret. There are 3,000 rounds of ammunition available for the turret, with 1,500 for each gun.
+The secondary armament of the KM-5 consists of two MG34 machine guns on a twin mount located directly on the back of the 15 mm MG 151 turret. There are 3,000 rounds of ammunition available for the turret, with 1,500 for each gun.
 The MG34s are good against enemy aircraft and enemy boats found at the KM-5's BR. It has an excellent rate of fire of 900 rounds per minute, causing it to have a decent damage output despite it only being rifle calibre. However the MG34's small calibre will prove to be a weakness, as it makes it hard to do meaningful damage to larger boats, having no explosive filler.

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 The 15 mm MG 151 is an excellent gun, with an impressive fire rate of 750 rounds per minute, allowing it to easily shred boats and aircraft at its BR.
-It has two types of ammunition, an API shell that has great penetration and incendiary capablities, which can penetrate the armored turrets of some higher BR boats and even some frigates. The second is the HEI shell, which deals a massive amount of damage to enemy boats, destroying compartments and has a high chance of setting fires. It is also excellent against enemy aircraft, with a short burst capable of downing an enemy dive bomber. The gun is mounted on a turret that has excellent firing angles and traverse speed, which makes it easy for the KM-5 to lead and destroy enemy targets.
+It has two types of ammunition, an API shell that has great penetration and incendiary capabilities, which can penetrate the armoured turrets of some higher BR boats and even some frigates. The second is the HEI shell, which deals a massive amount of damage to enemy boats, destroying compartments and has a high chance of setting fires. It is also excellent against enemy aircraft, with a short burst capable of downing an enemy dive bomber. The gun is mounted on a turret that has excellent firing angles and traverse speed, which makes it easy for the KM-5 to lead and destroy enemy targets.
 There are three ammunition belts available:

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	It has two types of ammunition, an API shell that has great penetration and incendiary capablities, which can penetrate the armored turrets of some higher BR boats and even some frigates. The second is the HEI shell, which deals a massive amount of damage to enemy boats, destroying compartments and has a high chance of setting fires. It is also excellent against enemy aircraft, with a short burst capable of downing an enemy dive bomber. The gun is mounted on a turret that has excellent firing angles and traverse speed, which makes it easy for the KM-5 to lead and destroy enemy targets.		It has two types of ammunition, an API shell that has great penetration and incendiary capablities, which can penetrate the armored turrets of some higher BR boats and even some frigates. The second is the HEI shell, which deals a massive amount of damage to enemy boats, destroying compartments and has a high chance of setting fires. It is also excellent against enemy aircraft, with a short burst capable of downing an enemy dive bomber. The gun is mounted on a turret that has excellent firing angles and traverse speed, which makes it easy for the KM-5 to lead and destroy enemy targets.
		+
		+	There are three ammunition belts available:
		+
		+	* Universal: {{Annotation\|API-T\|Armour-piercing incendiary tracer}}{{-}}{{Annotation\|HEF\|High-explosive fragmentation}}{{-}}{{Annotation\|API-T\|Armour-piercing incendiary tracer}}{{-}}{{Annotation\|HEF\|High-explosive fragmentation}}
		+
		+	* 15 mm APIT belt: {{Annotation\|API-T\|Armour-piercing incendiary tracer}}{{-}}{{Annotation\|API-T\|Armour-piercing incendiary tracer}}{{-}}{{Annotation\|API-T\|Armour-piercing incendiary tracer}}{{-}}{{Annotation\|HEF\|High-explosive fragmentation}}
		+
		+	* 15 mm HEIT belt: {{Annotation\|HEF\|High-explosive fragmentation}}{{-}}{{Annotation\|HEFI-T*\|High-explosive fragmentation incendiary (self-destroying)}}{{-}}{{Annotation\|HEF\|High-explosive fragmentation}}{{-}}{{Annotation\|API-T\|Armour-piercing incendiary tracer}}
		+	{\| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center" width="100%"
		+	! colspan="10" \| Penetration statistics
		+	\|-
		+	! rowspan="2" data-sort-type="text" \| Shell
		+	! rowspan="2" \| Type of<br>warhead
		+	! colspan="6" \| Penetration @ 0° Angle of Attack (mm)
		+	\|-
		+	! 10 m !! 100 m !! 500 m !! 1,000 m !! 1,500 m !! 2,000 m
		+	\|-
		+	\| 15 mm HEF \|\| HEF \|\| 8 \|\| 8 \|\| 7 \|\| 5 \|\| 4 \|\| 3
		+	\|-
		+	\| 15 mm API-T \|\| API-T \|\| 33 \|\| 31 \|\| 23 \|\| 16 \|\| 11 \|\| 7
		+	\|-
		+	\| 15 mm HEFI-T \|\| HEFI-T \|\| 8 \|\| 8 \|\| 7 \|\| 5 \|\| 4 \|\| 3
		+	\|-
		+	\|}
		+	{\| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center" width="100%"
		+	! colspan="10" \| Shell details
		+	\|-
		+	! rowspan="2" data-sort-type="text" \| Ammunition
		+	! rowspan="2" \| Type of<br>warhead
		+	! rowspan="2" \| Velocity<br>(m/s)
		+	! rowspan="2" \| Projectile<br>mass (g)
		+	! rowspan="2" \| Fuse delay<br>(m)
		+	! rowspan="2" \| Fuse sensitivity<br>(mm)
		+	! rowspan="2" \| Explosive mass<br>(TNT equivalent) (g)
		+	! colspan="3" \| Ricochet
		+	\|-
		+	! 0% !! 50% !! 100%
		+	\|-
		+	\| 15 mm HEF \|\| HEF \|\| 960 \|\| 60 \|\| N/A \|\| 0.1 \|\| 7.65 \|\| 79° \|\| 80° \|\| 81°
		+	\|-
		+	\| 15 mm API-T \|\| API-T \|\| 850 \|\| 70 \|\| N/A \|\| N/A \|\| N/A \|\| 47° \|\| 60° \|\| 65°
		+	\|-
		+	\| 15 mm HEFI-T \|\| HEFI-T \|\| 960 \|\| 60 \|\| N/A \|\| 0.1 \|\| 3.32 \|\| 79° \|\| 80° \|\| 81°
		+	\|-
		+	\|}

	=== Secondary armament ===		=== Secondary armament ===

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 {{main|MG 151 (15 mm)}}
-The 15mm MG 151 is an excellent gun, with an impressive fire rate of 750 rounds/minute, allowing it to easily shred boats and aircraft on its BR.
+The 15 mm MG 151 is an excellent gun, with an impressive fire rate of 750 rounds per minute, allowing it to easily shred boats and aircraft at its BR.
 It has two types of ammunition, an API shell that has great penetration and incendiary capablities, which can penetrate the armored turrets of some higher BR boats and even some frigates. The second is the HEI shell, which deals a massive amount of damage to enemy boats, destroying compartments and has a high chance of setting fires. It is also excellent against enemy aircraft, with a short burst capable of downing an enemy dive bomber. The gun is mounted on a turret that has excellent firing angles and traverse speed, which makes it easy for the KM-5 to lead and destroy enemy targets.
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 {{main|MG34 (7.92 mm)}}
-The secondary armament of the KM-5 consists of two MG-34 machine guns on a twin mount located directly on the back of the 15mm MG 151 turret. There are 3000 rounds of ammunition available for the turret, with 1500 for each gun.
+The secondary armament of the KM-5 consists of two MG34 machine guns on a twin mount located directly on the back of the 15mm MG 151 turret. There are 3,000 rounds of ammunition available for the turret, with 1,500 for each gun.
-The MG 34s are good against enemy aircraft and enemy boats found at the BR the KM-5 is in. It has an excellent rate of fire of 900 rounds/minute, causing it to have a decent damage output despite it only being rifle caliber. However the MG34's small caliber will prove as a weakness, as it makes it hard to do meaningful damage to larger boats, having no explosive filler.
+The MG34s are good against enemy aircraft and enemy boats found at the KM-5's BR. It has an excellent rate of fire of 900 rounds per minute, causing it to have a decent damage output despite it only being rifle calibre. However the MG34's small calibre will prove to be a weakness, as it makes it hard to do meaningful damage to larger boats, having no explosive filler.
 === Additional armament ===

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 {{main|MG 151 (15 mm)}}
-The 15mm MG 151 is an excellent gun, with an impressive fire rate of 750 rounds/minute, allowing it to easily shred boats and aircraft on it's BR.
+The 15mm MG 151 is an excellent gun, with an impressive fire rate of 750 rounds/minute, allowing it to easily shred boats and aircraft on its BR.
 It has two types of ammunition, an API shell that has great penetration and incendiary capablities, which can penetrate the armored turrets of some higher BR boats and even some frigates. The second is the HEI shell, which deals a massive amount of damage to enemy boats, destroying compartments and has a high chance of setting fires. It is also excellent against enemy aircraft, with a short burst capable of downing an enemy dive bomber. The gun is mounted on a turret that has excellent firing angles and traverse speed, which makes it easy for the KM-5 to lead and destroy enemy targets.

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 == History ==
-<!-- ''Describe the history of the creation and combat usage of the ship in more detail than in the introduction. If the historical reference turns out to be too long, take it to a separate article, taking a link to the article about the ship and adding a block "/History" (example: <nowiki>https://wiki.warthunder.com/(Ship-name)/History</nowiki>) and add a link to it here using the <code>main</code> template. Be sure to reference text and sources by using <code><nowiki><ref></ref></nowiki></code>, as well as adding them at the end of the article with <code><nowiki><references /></nowiki></code>. This section may also include the ship's dev blog entry (if applicable) and the in-game encyclopedia description (under <code><nowiki>=== In-game description ===</nowiki></code>, also if applicable).'' -->[[File:KM-5 historical.jpg|thumb|KM-5, armed with torpedoes.]]
+<!-- ''Describe the history of the creation and combat usage of the ship in more detail than in the introduction. If the historical reference turns out to be too long, take it to a separate article, taking a link to the article about the ship and adding a block "/History" (example: <nowiki>https://wiki.warthunder.com/(Ship-name)/History</nowiki>) and add a link to it here using the <code>main</code> template. Be sure to reference text and sources by using <code><nowiki><ref></ref></nowiki></code>, as well as adding them at the end of the article with <code><nowiki><references /></nowiki></code>. This section may also include the ship's dev blog entry (if applicable) and the in-game encyclopedia description (under <code><nowiki>=== In-game description ===</nowiki></code>, also if applicable).'' -->
-''The KM-5 (Küsten-Minenleger-5) is one of the KM-class (KM1-KM36) built as a minelayer by Germany in World War II. KM-class boats were built to lay mines on enemy coastlines, but because of the unreliability of the engines, they were used in the lakes, rivers and coastal areas of the Eastern Front. As a result, 20 of the 36 ships in the KM series were stripped of mines and modified to be fitted with torpedo tubes. KM-5 is one of them. The other 16 were used as minesweepers. Most of the KM-class boats remained until the end of the war and were requisitioned by the Soviet Union. KM-5 was laid down in 1942 by Roland Shipyard located in Bremen, northern Germany, launched in 1942, and entered service on August 8, 1942, and was deployed to Lake Ladoga, Europe's largest lake, located in''
+[[File:KM-5 historical.jpg|thumb|KM-5, armed with torpedoes.]]
-''Estonia, and then to Lake Peipus, on the Estonian-Russian border. It was disposed of by self-scuttling. On July 3, 1944, she was levitated near Kastre, Estonia, and was captured by the Soviet Union at Ventspils, Latvia in May 1945.''
+The KM-5 (Küsten-Minenleger-5) is one of the KM-class (KM1-KM36) built as a minelayer by Germany in World War II. KM-class boats were built to lay mines on enemy coastlines, but because of the unreliability of the engines, they were used in the lakes, rivers and coastal areas of the Eastern Front. As a result, 20 of the 36 ships in the KM series were stripped of mines and modified to be fitted with torpedo tubes. The KM-5 is one of them. The other 16 were used as minesweepers. Most of the KM-class boats remained until the end of the war and were requisitioned by the Soviet Union. The KM-5 was laid down in 1942 by Roland Shipyard located in Bremen, northern Germany, launched in 1942, and entered service on August 8, 1942, and was deployed to Lake Ladoga, Europe's largest lake, located in Estonia, and then to Lake Peipus, on the Estonian-Russian border. It was disposed of by self-scuttling. On July 3, 1944, she was raised near Kastre, Estonia, and was captured by the Soviet Union at Ventspils, Latvia in May 1945.
 [[File:Km-class historical.jpg|none|thumb|This KM-class boat has a machine gun on the stern.]]

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 {{main|MG 151 (15 mm)}}
-''Provide information about the characteristics of the primary armament. Evaluate their efficacy in battle based on their reload speed, ballistics and the capacity of their shells. Add a link to the main article about the weapon: <code><nowiki>{{main|Weapon name (calibre)}}</nowiki></code>. Broadly describe the ammunition available for the primary armament, and provide recommendations on how to use it and which ammunition to choose.''
+The 15mm MG 151 is an excellent gun, with an impressive fire rate of 750 rounds/minute, allowing it to easily shred boats and aircraft on it's BR.
 === Secondary armament ===
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 {{main|MG34 (7.92 mm)}}
-''Some ships are fitted with weapons of various calibres. Secondary armaments are defined as weapons chosen with the control <code>Select secondary weapon</code>. Evaluate the secondary armaments and give advice on how to use them. Describe the ammunition available for the secondary armament. Provide recommendations on how to use them and which ammunition to choose. Remember that any anti-air armament, even heavy calibre weapons, belong in the next section. If there is no secondary armament, remove this section.''
+The secondary armament of the KM-5 consists of two MG-34 machine guns on a twin mount located directly on the back of the 15mm MG 151 turret. There are 3000 rounds of ammunition available for the turret, with 1500 for each gun.
 === Additional armament ===
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 '''Pros:'''
+*
 '''Cons:'''
+*
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 * ''links to approximate analogues of other nations and research trees.'' -->
 ''Links to articles on the War Thunder Wiki that you think will be useful for the reader, for example:''
 * ''reference to the series of the ship;''
 * ''links to approximate analogues of other nations and research trees.''
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 * ''other literature.'' -->
 ''Paste links to sources and external resources, such as:''
 * ''topic on the official game forum;''
 * ''other literature.''

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 * ''other literature.''
 {{Germany boats}}
 {{Germany premium ships}}