Großer Kurfürst
Grosser Kurfurst (Can also be spelled with Scharfes S) is a German Battleship featured in the game.
History:[]
Grosser Kurfurst, an H-Class battleship, was a part of the H-Class, a plan to build enhanced versions of the Bismarck-Class. Built as a battleship with superior AA defense, powerful 406 mm (Can be upgraded to 420 mm) guns, Grosser Kurfurst is a formidable adversary. On YouTube, many WoWs players have compared her with Yamato. Her design is mostly based off H-42.
Pros:[]
- Fast at 30 knots
- Extremely good turret traverse of 40 seconds before captain skills or upgrades
- Very large secondary battery with range starting at 7.6 km
- Bow is heavily armored, only a lucky Yamato shell can penetrate it
- Unrivaled health pool of 105,800 HP, bested only by the 108,300 HP of Kremlin.
- Has the German Hydro acoustics search, with extended range making her functionally immune to long range torpedo strikes
- Ridiculously durable; can endure severe damage to either close the gap or to get away to heal
- Ergonomics are similar to dreadnoughts; the closer she gets, the more dangerous she becomes.
- 50mm deck makes her immune up to 203mm if HE and British AP shells at long range
- Citadel is turtlebacked and is also located under the waterline, making it extremely hard to hit at close range
- Decent anti-aircraft suite that can kill anything below tier X but her AA is bubbled in a such away that it leaves her vunerable to dive bombers and rocket planes.
- Very good shell velocity.
Cons:[]
- Very tempting target due to her being the biggest ship in the game; any decently accurate strike such as dive bombers or cruisers can reliably hit her
- AA guns are easily destroyed under sustained fire.
- Lowest range out of her peers at 20.61km. Only Kremlin is worse.
- 420mm guns have a reload of 32 seconds, it is tolerable. But that extra 3 seconds could be costly as compared to the 406mm guns.
- Decent rudder shift is marred by poor turning circle and long response time.
- Bow and stern deck armor is only 32mm, making her vulnerable to an if HE Equipped Harugumo or any of the USN Light Cruisers she will face, if not to say of others.
- Huge superstructure allows for massive HE damage
- Very prone to be set on fire. CAs will shell you with impunity.
- Turrets are poorly sloped so can be disabled by large caliber shells at close range. Yamato's will frequently cause jams with their AP.
- Massive detection range