ORP Garland

ORP Garland

ORP Garland

Description

The G-class, ORP Garland (H37), 1942 is a British-built G-class destroyer loaned to the Polish Navy in 1940, under the designation of ORP Garland. She operated as part of convoy escorts for almost the entirety of the Second World War and visited most of the war theatres.

She was introduced during Update "New Power" as a reward for Battle Pass: Season I. Ex-HMS Garland performs very similar to the playstyle of the sister ship already in the regular tree, the destroyer HMS Grafton (H89). While, at the same time, having some pros and cons on her own. Such as the increased variety of secondary armaments that reinforce the support role of this class. Unfortunately, some drawbacks in mobility are present, as well as reductions in the main armament to increase the auxiliary armament.

General info

The Garland (H37) appears more aggressive than the escort destroyers Town (L45) and the Hunt (Family), this is thanks to her long and taller hull with a raked type of bow that provides increased sea-worthiness and enhanced cruising speed - at least before armaments refits. The destroyer can be differentiated from the similar G-class (H89) because of the Polish naval ensign with a horizontal bicoloured red and white, located in the stern of the ship. Another way to differentiate between the two is the Garland's light grey hull painting and the olive-green coloured upper decks. The Grafton's hull will be painted black with maroon red upper decks, though these colour schemes might vary in arctic scenarios. Garland's second funnel top is lower, a stern-located 120 mm cannon and one set of quadruple torpedo tubes is also missing.

Knowing this armament layout and visual differences should help to recognise these destroyers, since the ORP Garland lacks the destroyer vs. destroyer armaments of the HMS Grafton, and HMS Grafton lacks the support armament of the ORP Garland.

Survivability and armour

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Mobility

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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
RB/SB	Stock	___	___
	Upgraded

Armament

Primary armament

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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
HE Mk.VIIA	HE	35	35	35	35	35	35
SAP Mk.VA	SAP	116	92	63	44	33	29
HE-TF Mk.VIIA	HE-TF	35	35	35	35	35	35
HE-VT Mk.VIIA	HE-VT	35	35	35	35	35	35

Shell details
Ammunition	Type of warhead	Velocity (m/s)	Projectile mass (kg)	Fuse delay (s)	Fuse sensitivity (mm)	Explosive mass (TNT equivalent) (g)	Ricochet
							0%	50%	100%
HE Mk.VIIA	HE	808	22.68	0	0.1	3,000	79°	80°	81°
SAP Mk.VA	SAP	808	22.68	0.015	5	900	47°	60°	65°
HE-TF Mk.VIIA	HE-TF	808	22.68	0	0.1	3,000	79°	80°	81°

Proximity-fused shell details
Ammunition	Type of warhead	Velocity (m/s)	Projectile mass (kg)	Fuse delay (m)	Fuse sensitivity (mm)	Arming distance (m)	Trigger radius (m)	Explosive mass (TNT equivalent) (g)	Ricochet
									0%	50%	100%
HE-VT Mk.VIIA	HE-VT	808	22.68	0	0.1	244	23	3,000	79°	80°	81°

Secondary armament

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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
HE shell	HE	6	6	6	6	6	6
Mk.I shrapnel	Shrapnel*	5	5	5	5	5	5

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%
HE shell	HE	762	7.26	0	0.1	320	79°	80°	81°
Mk.I shrapnel	Shrapnel*	617	7.94	0	0.1	180	62°	69°	73°

Anti-aircraft armament

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Additional armament

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Usage in battles

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Pros and cons

Pros:

• Large medium to short range anti-air firepower
• Dual-purpose main calibre guns, also with readiness of SAP rounds
• 8 x long-range torpedoes

Cons:

• Limited firepower with only 3 main calibre guns
• Inadequate crew size: out-classed when duelling late rank I and rank II destroyers
• Top speed is more similar to escort destroyers than combat-capable Fleet destroyers.

History

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Media

Skins

• Skins and camouflages for the ORP Garland from live.warthunder.com.

Images

• 

  Garland devblog image

See also

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External links

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G-class	ORP Garland
K-class	HMS Kelvin
Battle-class	HMS Cadiz
Hunt-class	La Combattante*
Light Cruisers
Town-class	HMS Liverpool
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County-class	HMS Norfolk
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Renown-class	HMS Renown
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Motor torpedo boats	MTB-1(2) · MTB-422 · Fairmile D (5001) · HMS Gay Archer
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Gunboats	HMS Spey
Sub-chasers	LÉ Orla
Frigates	HMS Whitby
Destroyers	HMS Montgomery · HMS Valhalla · HMS Verdun · ORP Garland · HMS Jervis · HMCS Haida · HMS Mohawk · HMS Cadiz · HMS Diamond
Light cruisers	HMS Belfast
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