However, she proves to be sluggish, having a high rudder shift speed of 20 seconds. She can use this stealth to her advantage by placing herself in unexpected positions and using the element of surprise to land devastating salvos on unsuspecting enemy ships. With a surface detectability range of 14.32km, Francesco Caracciolo ranks among the stealthiest battleships at her tier. In addition, she has an outstanding torpedo belt, which reduces damage taken from torpedoes by 42%. This makes her deck resistant to shots at long range from enemy battleships, as well as from low caliber H.E shells found on destroyers and light cruisers.

In addition, both her deck plating and her citadel roof are well armored, at 30mm and 80mm respectively. While she has the 26mm bow and stern plating that is standard at Tier VII, she also receives a 150mm lower nose plate, capable of bouncing all battleship caliber shells. This combined with the lack of main battery H.E means that captains will find it difficult to damage enemy destroyers.įrancesco Caracciolo has an above average armor scheme as compared to other Tier VII battleships. When shot at destroyers, however, these SAP shells will almost always yield over penetrations, making them no less effective then her AP shells. Carraciolo’s SAP shells have 92mm of penetration, making them effective against targets which her AP does not overmatch. This makes her AP especially potent against same or lower tier battleships as well as against many of the cruisers in her matchmaking spread. Additionally, her AP shells have the ability to overmatch up to 26mm of armor. This makes them effective against heavily armored targets such as enemy battleships or heavy cruisers.

While these guns may prove inaccurate at times, have excellent shell velocity and penetration values. These guns load either SAP or AP shells, and have a built in -30% time to swap between them. In addition, her hull received many noticeable improvements over her predecessor Andrea Doria, most notably in the areas of armor, speed, and concealment.įrancesco Caracciolo is armed with 8 381mm guns arranged in a 4x2 configuration. She is the first of her line to be outfitted with the 381mm guns characteristic of high tier Italian battleships. Tier VII Italian Battleship Francesco Caracciolo marks a new era in ship design for Italian battleships. The data presented in the AA Defense sidebar section may be incorrect.įor a graphic summary of ships Tiers VIII thru XI see LittleWhiteMouse's 'Actual AA DPS'.

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