Z22 Anton Schmitt

Z22 Anton Schmitt

Z22 Anton Schmitt

Description

The Type 1936-class, Z22 Anton Schmitt, 1940 is a rank German destroyer with a battle rating of (AB), (RB), and (SB). It was introduced in Update 1.79 "Project X" as part of the fleet closed beta test.

The Z22 is one of the 6 Type 1936 destroyers built for German Kriegsmarine between 1936 and 1938. Out of the five ships in the class, only Z20 Karl Galster survived until the end of war, all remaining units were lost during invasion of Norway in 1940.

General info

Survivability and armour

The Z22 does not posses any armour except its 16 mm thick steel hull protecting it from small caliber machine gun fire. The main gun mounts are protected from the front, top and sides by 8 mm thick anti-fragmentation armour shields protecting them from shrapnels. Beam main gun ammunition storage is realtively safe as its located on the waterline, while secondary ammunition storage is well above waterline, leaving it vulnerable to detonation. Stern main gun ammunition storage can be found above the waterline, directly under turret No.3 and inbetween No.3 and No.4, sharing simmilar issue of vulnerable magazines with ships such as T22.

All of the Z22 machinery is located above waterline, which opens possibility to damage by autocannons and high caliber machine guns.

The crew complement consist of 323 sailors, making it 3rd highest on its BR.

Mobility

The Z22 is quite agile ship, but it suffers from poor acceleration past 40 km/h, it takes a while to reach max speed.

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

Z22 is armed with a five 12.7 cm SK C/34 cannons in single mounts, with two located at beam, and three at stern. All of the turrets have ready-use ammo consisting of 10 rounds with fire rate of 18 rounds per minute, decreasing to 15 rounds per minute after depleting the ready-use ammo. Three different rounds are available, HE, HE with base fuze and HE-TF againts aerial threat. It is advised to use the HE shell with base fuze to cause some serious damage to your opponents by aiming on their weakspots such as magazines above waterline or turrets. HE-TF shell can be used against incoming aircraft on long ranges as the guns have good elevation.

Secondary armament

Secondary armament consists of a two 3.7 cm SK C/30 cannons in dual mounts located amidship on a platform near second funnel. The cannons have a very low fire rate of only 30 rounds per minute, rendering them very hard to use. Thanks to their high muzzle velocity and armour-piercing rounds, they can be used instead to engage coastal vessels at longer distances before they get to range of your 20 mm cannons.

Anti-aircraft armament

The anti-aircraft protection of Z22 is quite weak when compared to its contemporaries. It consists of a single 2 cm/65 Flakvierling automatic cannon in quadruple mount located amidship between turrets No.3 and No.4 and five 2 cm/65 C/38 automatic cannons in single mounts with one located directly at beam infront of turret No.1, two on each side of a hull next to turret No.2 and last two located directly behind the 3.7 cm gun mounts. The cannons while not many in number, they are still quite strong short range anti-aircraft and anti-shipping defence.

Additional armament

Z22 is equipped with two quadruple 533mm G7a torpedo launchers located amidship between funnels and between second funnel and turret No.3. The torpedoes used are standard G7a found on nearly all German blue water ships. With a base speed of 81 km/h, a range of 6 km and a payload of 358.4 kg TNTeq, these are third most powerful torpedoes in terms of explosive mass. When upgraded with a torpedo mode, the speed decreases to 56 km/h while boosting the range to 14 km.

Usage in battles

Z22 can be played as a brawler utilizing its superior rate of fire and large crew complement, crippling enemy ships and utilizing its fast torpedoes at close range. Or it can be used as a support ship from behind, shelling enemies with constant rain of shells. Zigzagging is advised due to vulnerable magazines on stern when utilizing full broadside. Two out of five main guns can be utilized when sailing to enemy head on.

Pros and cons

Pros:

• High rate of fire
• High crew complement
• Good torpedoes
• Good agility

Cons:

• Vulnerable magazines
• Poor AA protection
• Weak main gun shells
• Low ammo count for main guns

History

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Media

The Shooting Range #105 - Pages of History section at 05:13 discusses the Type 1936 destroyer Z-21 Wilhelm Heidkamp.

See also

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External links

• [Devblog] Type 1936 Class Destroyer

Deutsche Schiff- und Maschinenbau Aktiengesellschaft
Destroyers
Type 1934A	Kleber**
Type 1936	Z20 Karl Galster · Z22 Anton Schmitt
Type 1936A	Z25 · Marceau*** · Z32
Type 1936B	Z43
Type 1936C	Z46 · Z47
Battleships
Nassau-class	SMS Westfalen*
	*Previously Aktien-Gesellschaft „Weser"
	**Z6 Theodor Riedel before war reparation to France
	***Z31 before war reparation to France