History

Champagne is the realization of a Gascogne-class battleship project with 406 mm main guns that were designed in France, but never built in the country.

Richelieu, one of the most successful battleships in the world, was built in the second half of the 1930s. As a further development of the ideas embodied in Richelieu, the French designed the Gascogne-class battleships with 380 mm guns. The original plan was to lay down three such ships in the second half of the 1940s, but the construction work never began.

The 406 mm/52 gun designed by the Schneider company was initially conceived for the Soviet Union as a part of the "Franco-Soviet Treaty of Mutual Assistance" signed in 1935, which entailed military and technical cooperation. While France never produced 406 mm guns, it was interested in developing them due to an emerging global trend towards increasing the caliber of battleships' main batteries. In the spring of 1938, the Schneider company handed the gun designs over to the Soviet Union, and that was the end of the story for the project.

Modeling the Ship

Main battery: six 406/50 Mle 1938 guns in two triple turrets

Dual-purpose battery: nine 152/55 Mle 1936 guns in three triple turrets; twenty-four 100 mm/45 Mle 1933 guns in twin mounts

AA guns: twenty-four 37 mm Mle 1933 guns in twin mounts; eighteen 25 mm Mle 1940 automatic guns in twin mounts

Commanding Champagne

Commander with 10 skill points

• Priority Target
• Adrenaline Rush
• Superintendent
• Fire Prevention

Commander with 19 skill points

• Priority Target
• Adrenaline Rush
• Superintendent
• Fire Prevention
• Concealment Expert
• Basics of Survivability
• Jack of All Trades

Upgrades

• Main Armaments Modification 1
• Damage Control System Modification 1
• Aiming Systems Modification 1
• Steering Gears Modification 1
• Concealment System Modification 1

Key Features

• Six accurate 406 mm guns with a long reach of up to 25 km.
• Extensive secondary battery—nine 152 mm and twenty-four 100 mm guns.
• Her already high speed of 34 knots can be temporarily increased through use of the Engine Boost consumable.
• Small HP pool for a Tier VIII battleship.
• She earns more credits per battle, and her permanent camouflage adds a 50% XP bonus per battle and reduces the cost of the ship's post-battle service by 10%.