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Admiral Hipper is the lead ship of her class of three heavy cruisers, built for the Kriegsmarine during the mid 1930s. After having seen extensive use during WWII, Admiral Hipper is now ready to make an appearance in War Thunder too, becoming the first German heavy cruiser, soon available to all captains with update 1.91!
Briefly: The last German heavy cruiser design, sporting powerful armament, strong armour protection and a sizeable crew complement, giving it excellent combat endurance.
Admiral Hipper, heavy cruiser, Germany, IV rank.
Pros
- Hard-hitting main guns
- Large crew complement
Cons
- Relatively low maximum speed
Following the signing of the Anglo-German Naval Agreement in June 1935, Germany was permitted to build, among other things, heavy cruisers up to a total displacement of 50,000 tons. The previously developed Admiral Hipper-class heavy cruiser design was chosen for construction, with five ships being initially planned to be built.
The five ordered ships of the Admiral Hipper-class were laid down between July 1935 - August 1937. However, only the first three were actually fully constructed and commissioned into service between 1939 - 1940. The fourth ship - Seydlitz - was scuttled in 1945 still being incomplete (as a conversion into an aircraft carrier), while the fifth ship - Lützow - was also sold incomplete to the USSR in February 1940.
Admiral Hipper, named after an imperial German admiral, was the first ship of the class to see completion, being commissioned into service in April 1939. After passing sea trials, Admiral Hipper was assigned to her first combat mission - Operation Weserübung - the invasion of Denmark and Norway, where it took part in a battle with the British destroyer Glowworm and also participated in the sinking of the trawler Juniper (930 tons) and the military transport Orama (19,000 registered tons). Subsequently, Admiral Hipper steamed out into the Atlantic to intercept allied shipping in December 1940, but without significant success. The first campaign wasn’t particularly successful, but during the second campaign in January and February of 1941, the Admiral Hipper attacked SLS-64, an unprotected convoy - this attack on ship count alone, was the most effective from both world wars.
Admiral Hipper was then transferred to Norway, where it took part in raids against the arctic convoys headed for the Soviet Union. As part of an operational group, it took part in Operation Rösselsprung (Knight's move) which, although not a success, resulted in the almost total destruction of the allied PQ-17 convoy by German submarines and aircraft. In December of 1942, during Operation Regenbogen (Rainbow) a battle took place in the Barents Sea which was unofficially labelled as “New Year’s Battle” or “New Year’s Shame” the ship was damaged and sent back to Germany for repair. The failure of the operation led to a historical decision by Hitler to order the scrapping of all large warships. Admiral Hipper was transferred to the reserves and at the beginning of 1945, arrived in Kiel where it was damaged during allied air strikes in May of the same year. The defenders on the partially disarmed ship showed no enthusiasm for its survival and as a result, the ship burned out and sank to the dock seabed. After the war, the ship was once again raised and taken apart for scrap up to 1952.
In War Thunder, Admiral Hipper will be the first heavy cruiser, arriving to rank IV of the German naval tree with the release of the upcoming update 1.91. Combining devastating firepower, armour protection and a large crew complement, Admiral Hipper will truly justify the “heavy” part of its heavy cruiser classification and will offer captains with an experience like no other ship of this class does!
Admiral Hipper rocks a primary armament consisting of a total of eight 203mm cannons, spread across four dual turrets. As a result, Admiral Hipper will certainly belong among the more powerful warships in the game as far as primary firepower is concerned, meaning that aspiring captains of this vessel don’t need to worry much about how to sink their opponents as long as the shells find their target.
Apart from the already formidable primary weapons, Admiral Hipper also sports a not so inconsiderate arsenal of secondary weapons. Namely, captains will have access to six double 105mm dual purpose cannons, six paired 37mm semi-automatic machine guns, as well as 20mm cannons - 10 single and three quadruple mounts! All of this additional firepower is then rounded off by the presence of four triple 533mm torpedo launchers, two at each side of the hull in addition to the torpedos already loaded, the ship carried 10 more torpedoes in reserve.
Those captains that Admiral Hipper failed to impress with its firepower thus far, will at the latest be now impressed by its survivability. The armour on the Admiral Hipper although modest in thickness for a ship of such size is distinguished by its protected armoured space. In typical German fashion, Admiral Hipper is fitted with a turtleback-style armour arrangement, consisting of an 80mm thick belt plate and a further 30mm armour plate sloped back behind the belt. Admiral Hipper also has 10mm thick bulges which increase both ballistic and torpedo protection to a certain degree. Additionally, Admiral Hipper also has a massive crew complement of 1,600 sailors - the largest crew complement of any ship currently in the game!
However, the large displacement coming from all of this firepower and armour does come at a certain price of mobility. Although powered by three steam turbines, generating a respectable 132,000 horsepower, Admiral Hipper is only capable of reaching a modest top speed of 32.5 knots (60 km/h). While this is certainly not bad by any stretch, it is still less than some other cruisers in the game, meaning that this vessel is more likely to take on the role of a second-line ship, at least until the frontline fighters get taken out that is.
The highly anticipated Admiral Hipper is arriving to War Thunder naval battles with the release of the upcoming update 1.91 and will formally become the first heavy cruiser available to German captains. Until then, calm seas and happy hunting!
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Comments (199)
Baltimore when?
Cool now I just need Prinz Eugen in the game then I can be happy please give me Prinz
So... where exactly are we suppose to sail a ship this size, in a game with such tiny naval maps? Or are we finally getting large naval maps for the higher tier, big ships?
I love seeing these giant naval warships. I love playing the southampton from last update but I just wish more people played the game mode. It's just so quiet and takes so long to find a game.
If the Atlanta is coming in the put an end to air and this thing is in now to stop the attempts of sea vessels from getting close, Japan better be getting a Takao/Atago then...
gib us Glow Worm so we can give her a headbutt of Historical Accuracy
yes guys!! really nice work! thak to all development team for this! I have it on my list to create a skin
Hmm, this puts the top tier of naval warfare mode firmly in the strong Heavy Cruiser bracket (and not WW2 obsolete heavy cruisers like Aoba). Most countries will have equivalents (JPN Myoko, USA Baltimore (though this may be a touch OP), ITA Zara, FRA Algerie) but Russia and UK dont really have an equivalent strong heavy cruiser.
Yay another addition to a gamemode with a very very small player base instead of fixing the more played modes first
Scharnhorst when?
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