World of Warships Supertest: Pan-European Superdestroyer Dalarna

Historical background

Dalarna is a fictional design meant as an upgrade to the Halland-class destroyer. The ship has a real-world inspiration in the form of the ARC 7 de Agosto and ARC 20 De Julio. These ships were initially Halland-class destroyers ordered for the Colombian Navy but they received major modifications in their design. The most notable alteration was that the 57 mm AA turret was replaced with a third 120 mm twin turret for a total broadside of 6 guns. The ships also had one of the torpedo launchers removed and the remaining one was a quadruple instead of a quintuple launcher.

In World of Warships, Dalarna stays with that idea of having three turrets but on a stretched hull compared to the Halland. She remains smaller than Ragnar though.

Dalarna does not have an alternative fire mode. However, she gets, just like Yamagiri, the capacity to switch between two types of torpedoes during battles:

• Classic Pan-European torpedoes with high speed and low damage
• Slower torpedoes (still 70 knots though) and with shorter range but with higher damage

It takes 10 seconds to switch between each torpedo type.

Ship’s preview

Ship’s camouflage

For the classic reminder, this is a ship in testing, anything can change so don’t look at her like she would already be released.

Modules

Hull	Engine	Gun Fire Control System	Main battery	Torpedoes
Dalarn	Propulsion: 63 400 HP	SUO Mk 11 Mod. 1	120 mm/50 Model 1950 in a turret	‎Torped M1947 mod 1

General Characteristics

Main Armament

3 x 2 120 mm/50 Model 1950 in a turret
Maximum Firing Range	12.350 km
Reloading Time	2.0 s
180 Degree Turn Time	7.2 s
Optimal firing angles at the front	20°
Optimal firing angles at the rear	20°
Sigma	2.00 sigma
Maximum Dispersion	108 m
Shells
Type of Projectile	HE – 120 mm HE M1950
Alpha Damage	1 750
Penetration capacity	20 mm
Explosion size	0.4
Fire chance	8 %
Projectile Speed	825 m/s
Air Drag	0.322
Projectile Mass	23.5 kg
Type of Projectile	AP – 120 mm AP M1950
Alpha Damage	2 100
Projectile Speed	825 m/s
Air Drag	0.322
Projectile Mass	23.5 kg
Projectile Krupp	2 400
Projectile Detonator	0.01 s
Detonator threshold	20 mm
Ricochet Angles	45° – 60°

Torpedo Armament I

Torpedo Armament II

Anti-air Armament

Consumables

Slot 1	Slot 2	Slot 3	Slot 4
Damage Control Party Work time: 5 s Cooldown: 40 s	Engine Boost Number of charges: 3 Work time: 120 s Cooldown: 120 s Speed bonus: +8%	Repair Party Number of charges: 3 Work time: 14 s Cooldown: 80 s HP regeneration speed: +1.0%/s Casemate damage regeneration: 50%	Defensive AA Fire Number of charges: 3 Work time: 40 s Cooldown: 80 s Damage from continuous DPS: +50% Damage from flak explosions: +300%

The Armor

Personal Opinion

As of right now, Dalarna looks absolutely bonkers. Her HE DPM is going through the roof, putting Småland to shame, she retains a fairly decent detection range and of course, retains the classic consumable set of Pan-European destroyers. As the cherry on top, she gets a really nice main battery firing range to farm enemy ships easily.

When it comes to the torpedo armament, while it isn’t a game-breaking addition, the additional torpedo type can always be nice for the extra damage when you particularly need something to die in one pass.

Thank you for reading this article!

Don’t hesitate to subscribe to our notifications to ensure you don’t miss any future articles.
Have a good one and see you soon!

Also if you are new to the game or want to get back to it, feel free to use my Recruiting Station code for free goodies such as Premium ships, premium time, and more: https://warships.net/yuzorah

Have a good one and see you soon!

About Author

Yuzorah

See author's posts