
Some time ago, we presented the Type 1936 class destroyer of the German Kriegsmarine and subsequently added it to the closed testing of War Thunder’s naval forces.
Today, we would like to present to you the Z20 Karl Galster, the only survivor of her class that went on to serve even after the war had ended.
In War Thunder, the Z20 Karl Galster will be a premium German Type 1936-class destroyer that will offer a significantly upgraded anti-aircraft complement as opposed to its non-premium, researchable counterpart.
In comparison, the main armaments as well as torpedo complement have remained the same on the Z20, however, the anti-air department is where captains will truly feel the biggest change in their ship’s firepower. Here, the Z20 has more than doubled its number of AA guns compared to the standard model.

- Destroyer Z-20 Karl Galster (Germany)
- Premium account for 15 days
- 2000 Golden Eagles
- Naval battles closed beta access
- Pre-order bonus - "Swordfish" decal
- Pre-order bonus - "Sea Sword" title.
Z20 Karl Galster was the fourth of six ships of the 1936 class destroyers laid down in the DeSchiMAG shipyard in Bremen. She was laid down on 14 September 1937 and completed in March 1939. Being part of the final German destroyer class to receive names after WWI sailors, captains, and admirals, the Z20 was also named in honour of Captain Karl Galster. Captain Karl Galster was the commander of the S22 torpedo boat in WWI, who went down with his ship after striking a mine while intercepting a squadron of British ships, including HMS Vindex, near the island of Sylt. During WWII, Z20 Karl Galster took part in various mine-laying operations in the English channel and Baltic sea as well as taking part in the invasion of Denmark and Norway as part of the Operation “Weserübung”. Although the war had claimed her other five sister ships, Karl Galster survived right up until the very end of the war, helping in evacuating German soldiers from coastline ports scattered around the Baltic during the last few days of WWII.
After the German surrender on 8 May 1945, Z20 returned to her homeport of Kiel and surrendered to the British. However, her career was not over just yet. In 1946, Z20 Karl Galster was given to the Soviet Union as a warprize and was subsequently renamed to Prochny. She would serve under Soviet command for another decade, until 1956, before being decommissioned ultimately scrapped in the 1950s.
Besides of just having lots of AA guns, players can expect a varied amount of double and single barreled 37mm cannons as well as single, double and even quadruple 20mm AA turrets. This expansion in the arsenal, greatly enhances the anti-aircraft defense of the destroyer and makes “Karl Galster” an extremely heavy target for air attacks.
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Nothing for Japan :(
Hey......did somebody know information about italy? will be added hungary to the tech tree? i buy informations....i have some golden eagle chocolate...:D
I count 1 single 20mm, 4 double 20mm, 1 quadruple 20mm, 2 double 37mm and 2 single 37mm mounts. Anyone else can confirm this, preferably by a source.
This drawing ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_destroyer_Z20_Karl_Galster#/media/File:Z20Zerst%C3%B6rer1936Draw.svg ) of the ship in 1945 would mostly confirm this, only problem is that the drawing doesn't show the single 20mm mount that is supposed to be on the bow (front part), as seen in these images.
From what i can tell, that's essentially what's there, and seems more or less accurate to what the KG would've looked sometime through the war.
Devblog on saturday? Wow
When they have x devblogs but x-y days until release, they have to use every day available for dev blog releases..
Oh, and nice move by Gaijin to give a 50% discount on the destoyers for people who already have the patrol boats.
Can I park my Leopard 2A4 on the aft deck?
I prefer a Kugel against patrolboats.
All answers (2)Schwuppdich, I'd argue that we have plenty 20 and 37mm already to deal with that. What we're missing is a 120mm smoothbore.
Its of-topic, but can we expect further development of the bomber-cockpits in the near future?