Z47

Z47

Z47

Germany

III Rank

Battle rating:

AB	RB	SB
4.7	4.7	4.7

Class:

PREMIUM

Destroyer

Purchase:1 750

Description

The Type 1936C, Z47, project is a premium rank III German destroyer with a battle rating of 4.7 (AB/RB/SB). It was introduced in Update "Apex Predators".

General info

Survivability and armour

Armourfront / side / back

Citadel0 / 11 / 13 mm

Main fire tower10 / 8 / 10 mm

Hull16 mm (steel)

Superstructure8 mm (steel)

Number of section7

Displacement3 683 t

Crew320 people

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Mobility

Speedforward / back

AB85 / 31 km/h

RB69 / 25 km/h

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Mobility Characteristics
Game Mode	Upgrade Status	Maximum Speed (km/h)		Turn Time (s)	Turn Radius (m)
		Forward	Reverse
AB	Stock	___	___
	Upgraded	85	31
RB/SB	Stock	___	___
	Upgraded	69	25

Modifications and economy

Repair cost

AB2 337

RB2 371

Crew training10 000

Experts290 000

Aces700

Research Aces790 000

Reward for battleAB / RB / SB

2 × 260 / 600 / 50 %

2 × 154 / 154 / 154 %

Modifications

Seakeeping	Unsinkability	Firepower
Dry-Docking Rudder Replacement Propeller Replacement Engine Maintenance	Damage Control Division Fire Division Smokescreen Shrapnel Protection Ventilation New Pumps Ammo Wetting	37 mm HE clips Anti-Air Armament Targeting 37 mm APT clips Auxiliary Armament Targeting 128mm_ger_c41_naval_HE_dist_fuze_ammo_pack Primary Armament Targeting Improved Rangefinder Torpedo Mode

Armament

Primary armament

3 х Turret2 x 12.8 cm/45 SK C/41 naval gun

Ammunition240 rounds

Vertical guidance-10° / 55°

The Z47 has 6 x 12.8 cm SK C/41 guns mounted on twin turrets, one fore and two aft of the superstructure. Four of the six guns are located aft, so to bring all guns to bear the Z47 has to present a broadside.

Derived from the land based 12.8 cm FlaK 40, the SK C/41 has identical performance to the 12.7 cm SK C/34 guns present on most German destroyers. Any player familiar with the ballistics of the SK C/34 will feel at home with the Z47's main armament.

The Z47 has one of the fastest firing rates of destroyer guns in the game, with a whopping 20 rounds per minute with first stage ammunition, and 18 rounds per minute after the first stage ammunition has been depleted. The first-stage ammunition holds about 20 rounds per gun. Z47's main battery can tear apart destroyers and even overwhelm cruisers with the volume of fire it can put out.

The turrets have a traverse and elevation speed of 8.5 degrees per second, which is very sluggish. Both forward and rear turrets have a 150 degree traverse radius, with a relatively high elevation at +50 degrees and -10 degrees of gun depression. The Z47's dual-purpose turrets, unique among German destroyers can be utilized more effectively as anti-aircraft batteries, though its sluggish traverse may prove to be frustrating.

You can carry up to 720 shells. Z47 doesn't have a lot of ammunition choices, with the only available shells being normal HE and time fuzed HE. The HE shell is your go to for every match. It has decent explosive filler and muzzle velocity of 830 m/s. The time fuze shell is identical in every way except that it has a time fuze, which makes it somewhat useful against aircraft; while it may lack the accuracy of the proximity fuze shells of American and British destroyers, it is made up for by the gun's reload time and high elevation.

Penetration statistics
Ammunition	Type of warhead	Penetration @ 0° Angle of Attack (mm)
		1,000 m	2,500 m	5,000 m	7,500 m	10,000 m	15,000 m
Spgr. L/4,5 Kz (mHb)	HE	25	25	25	25	25	25
Spgr. L/4,5 Zt.Z (mHb)	HE-TF	36	36	36	36	36	36

Shell details
Ammunition	Type of warhead	Velocity (m/s)	Projectile mass (kg)	Fuse delay (m)	Fuse sensitivity (mm)	Explosive mass (TNT equivalent) (kg)	Ricochet
							0%	50%	100%
Spgr. L/4,5 Kz (mHb)	HE	830	28	0	0.1	2	79°	80°	81°
Spgr. L/4,5 Zt.Z (mHb)	HE-TF	830	28	0	0.1	3.2	79°	80°	81°

Secondary armament

7 х Turret2 x 3.7 cm FlaK-Lafette C/36 mounting

Ammunition4000 rounds

Belt capacity5 rounds

Fire rate250 shots/min

The secondary armament consists of 7 twin-mounted 3.7 cm Flak autocannons. This is one of the heaviest secondary armaments of any destroyer in the game.

The 3.7 cm Flak has excellent muzzle velocity, giving it a large effective range. With similar range and velocity as the 12.8 cm guns, they can be used to great effect against surface targets such as PT boats and frigates. It can also considerably damage destroyers, peppering the superstructure and disabling enemy turrets due to its high rate of fire.

They are also excellent AA guns, with a large explosive mass. Any shell that hits a plane will turn it to flying wreck.

The Universal belt is the best belt for the 3.7 cm Flak, with a balance between HE and AP shells, perfect for surface and air targets.

• Universal: AP-T · HEF-I
• 37 mm HE clips: HEF-I · HEF-I · HEF-I · HEF-I · AP-T
• 37 mm APT clips: AP-T · AP-T · AP-T · AP-T · HEF-I

Penetration statistics
Ammunition	Penetration @ 0° Angle of Attack (mm)
	10 m	100 m	500 m	1,000 m	1,500 m	2,000 m
HEF-I	3	3	3	3	3	3
AP-T	67	64	53	42	33	26

Shell details
Ammunition	Velocity (m/s)	Projectile mass (kg)	Fuse delay (m)	Fuse sensitivity (mm)	Explosive mass (TNT equivalent) (g)	Ricochet
						0%	50%	100%
HEF-I	845	0.62	0	0.1	44.03	79°	80°	81°
AP-T	815	0.7	-	-	-	47°	60°	65°

Anti-aircraft armament

2 х Turret2 x 2 cm/65 Flakzwilling 38 automatic cannon

Ammunition4000 rounds

Belt capacity40 rounds

Fire rate501 shots/min

2 х Turret4 x 2 cm/65 Flakvierling 38 automatic cannon

Ammunition8000 rounds

Belt capacity40 rounds

Fire rate480 shots/min

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Additional armament

Setup 112 x 533 mm G7a torpedo

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Usage in battles

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Pros and cons

Pros:

• Very fast rate of fire with the main guns
• 50 degrees of gun elevation allows the main guns to fire against enemy aircraft
• Extremely heavy AA armament for a ship of its size
• Comes with armour covering most of the ship and the ammo elevators
• Relatively large crew of 320 allows it to survive longer in a firefight
• Carries 12 torpedoes, more than any German destroyer
• Large secondary armament effective against surface and air targets

Cons:

• Sluggish turret traverse for the main battery
• Two of the three turrets are located aft, needs to reveal broadside to fire all guns
• Vulnerable to cruisers
• Thin armour provides little protection against SAP and AP shells
• No proximity fuze for the 12.8 cm HE shells limiting effectiveness against aircraft
• Lack of any armour piercing ammunition makes it hard to kill heavily armoured ships
• Slower than contemporary destroyers

History

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Media

Skins

• Skins and camouflages for the Z47 from live.warthunder.com.

See also

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