Dupleix

Dupleix

Dupleix

France

IV Rank

Battle rating:

AB	RB	SB
5.7	5.7	5.7

Class:

PREMIUM

Heavy cruiser

Purchase:6 090

Description

Dupleix was a French Suffren-class heavy cruiser named after Joseph François Dupleix, the 18th century Governor-General of French India. She was the final vessel of her class, launched October 1930 and commissioned May 1932.

Pre-war, she played a fictional heavy cruiser Alma in a 1935 movie Veille d'armes. With the outbreak of WW2, she was assigned to Force X, hunting German submarines and merchant ships, capturing a Reefer steam ship SS Santa Fé. In June 1940, she participated in Operation Vado, attacking gasworks among other targets on the shores of Northern Italy. With the Franco-German Armistice, Dupleix was assigned to the 1st Cruiser Division in the Vichy French High Sea Force. She didn't see any combat until Case Anton, the German takeover of the Vichy France. In defiance of the German breach of the armistice, French sailors burned Dupleix, along with numerous other vessels, during the scuttling of the French fleet at Toulon.

The Suffren-class, Dupleix, 1942 is a premium French heavy cruiser introduced during Update "La Royale", and later removed from the Gaijin store after the 2023 New Year sale. Compared to her researchable counterpart, she has improved armour and a more widely distributed crew, giving her better survivability in battle, but still below-average for her battle rating. In all other ways she's very similar to her sister ship, which is located in a lower BR across the game modes, making Dupleix a very peculiar vessel, struggling to deal with most of the enemies she gets to fight.

General info

Survivability and armour

Armourfront / side / back

Citadel20 / 60 / 30 mm

Main fire tower30 / 30 / 30 mm

Hull25 mm (steel)

Superstructure8 mm (steel)

Number of section9

Displacement13 621 t

Crew752 people

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Mobility

Speedforward / back

AB69 / 34 km/h

RB59 / 29 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	69	34
RB/SB	Stock	___	___
	Upgraded	59	29

Modifications and economy

Repair cost

AB6 448

RB5 670

Crew training10 000

Experts510 000

Aces1 200

Research Aces1 180 000

Reward for battleAB / RB / SB

2 × 450 / 600 / 50 %

2 × 184 / 184 / 184 %

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	Anti-Air Armament Targeting 90 mm 1925 HE-TF 203 mm 1927 SAP Auxiliary Armament Targeting Primary Armament Targeting Improved Rangefinder Torpedo Mode Hydroplane

Armament

Primary armament

4 х Turret2 x 203 mm/50 model 1924 gun

Ammunition300 rounds

Vertical guidance-10° / 45°

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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
OEA Mle 1927 HE	HE	61	61	61	61	61	61
OPF Mle 1927 SAPBC	SAPBC	151	140	123	109	97	79

Shell details
Ammunition	Type of warhead	Velocity (m/s)	Projectile mass (kg)	Fuse delay (s)	Fuse sensitivity (mm)	Explosive mass (TNT equivalent) (kg)	Ricochet
							0%	50%	100%
OEA Mle 1927 HE	HE	850	123.82	0	0.1	9.13	79°	80°	81°
OPF Mle 1927 SAPBC	SAPBC	850	123.1	0.03	9	8.88	48°	63°	71°

Secondary armament

4 х Turret2 x 90 mm/50 model 1926 gun

Ammunition1000 rounds

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Penetration statistics
Ammunition	Type of warhead	Penetration @ 0° Angle of Attack (mm)
		100 m	1,000 m	2,000 m	3,000 m	4,000 m	5,000 m
OEA Mle 1925 HE	HE	13	13	13	13	13	13
OEA Mle 1925 HE-TF	HE-TF	13	13	13	13	13	13

Shell details
Ammunition	Type of warhead	Velocity (m/s)	Projectile mass (kg)	Fuse delay (m)	Fuse sensitivity (mm)	Explosive mass (TNT equivalent) (g)	Ricochet
							0%	50%	100%
OEA Mle 1925 HE	HE	850	9.5	0	0.1	905	79°	80°	81°
OEA Mle 1925 HE-TF	HE-TF	850	9.5	0	0.1	905	79°	80°	81°

Anti-aircraft armament

4 х Turret2 x 37 mm/50 model 1925 gun

Ammunition2000 rounds

2 х Turret4 x 13.2 mm model 1929 Hotchkiss machine gun

Ammunition7200 rounds

Belt capacity30 rounds

Fire rate476 shots/min

4 х Turret13.2 mm Browning machine gun

Ammunition1800 rounds

Belt capacity100 rounds

Fire rate476 shots/min

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Additional armament

Setup 110 x 550 mm model 1923DT torpedo

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Usage in battles

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Pros and cons

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History

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Media

Skins

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

See also

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External links

• [Devblog] The French naval CBT is over! Meet the new heavy cruiser; Dupleix

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Duguay-Trouin-class	Duguay-Trouin · Primauguet
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Suffren-class	Colbert · Dupleix
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Suffren-class	Colbert · Dupleix

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Destroyers	Panthere · Tornade · Aigle · Le Triomphant
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Heavy cruisers	Dupleix
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