Wirbelwind



The Wirbelwind is a high-speed Cruiser and is the first Supership Boss in both Naval Ops Warship Gunner and Naval Ops Commander.

Overview
The Wirbelwind has been significantly weakened in mission A-09 and, appearing in A-10, is the first supership encountered. The ship's primary strength is its sheer speed and is next to impossible to catch just going straight.

Strategy
The Wirbelwind is immensely fast so you will need to shoot long distance to hit it. It is suseptable to aircraft, as their speed gives them an edge. Missiles, if you want to fight the Whirbelwind later or if you racked up your tech levels first, will also be effective, if you can acquire a lock.

Possible other Boss
If you have already completed the game and are on your second tour, you will encounter another ship after Wirbelwind is destroyed. The ship is the Trollslegur and is basically a massive Laser-Weapon-Armed Battleship.

Overview
The Wirbelwind returns in Naval Ops Commander, again as a high-speed Cruiser and again in the mission A-10.

Strategy
The strategy is basically the same as before: use aircraft or missiles to keep up with the Whirbelwind and sink it. As it is capable of upwards of 80 knots is is not possible to outrun it, so cutting across the map to intercept it is a must. It has about 10000 hp, so bring the most damaging guns you can if you are on your first run through the game.

A-10
35.6cm 45-Caliber                                          DE JP UK        20.3cm 50-Caliber                                           DE    UK US        15.5cm 50-Caliber                                           DE JP UK        15.5cm 45-Caliber                                           DE JP    US        14cm 60-Caliber                                                      US        14cm 55-Caliber                                                   UK        12.7cm 65-Caliber                                           DE JP UK US        12.7cm 60-Caliber                                                 UK US        10cm 65-Caliber                                             DE    UK US        12cm High Angle 65-cal. UK US       12cm High Angle 60-cal. DE JP UK US       10cm High Angle 65-cal.

*A-10
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