Z46

Z46

Z46

Description

The Type 1936C, Z46, project is a rank German destroyer with a battle rating of (AB), (RB), and (SB). It was introduced in Update "La Royale".

General info

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
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

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• 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

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Additional armament

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Usage in battles

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Pros and cons

Pros:

• Effective HE rounds against other destroyers

Cons:

• Inadequate reserve ammo requiring resupply following a short duration of a match

History

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Media

Skins

• Skins and camouflages for the Z46 from live.warthunder.com.

See also

Related development

• Z47

External links

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• topic on the official game forum;
• other literature.

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