Supertest: Italian Tier VI Destroyer Aviere

Historical background

Aviere was part of the Soldati-class of destroyers from the Regia Marina. The ship was laid down in January 1937, launched in September 1937 and completed in August 1938.

Aviere had a very active yet short career during the Second World War, taking part in numerous convoy escort and transport missions. She also participated in the battles of Calabria and Cape Passero, being heavily damaged by HMS Ajax during the latter.

On the 16th of December 1942, she sailed to Naples, escorting the German freighter Ankara towards Bizerta and the next day, was torpedoed by the submarine HMS Splendid. The ship quickly sank and out of a crew of 250 men, only 30 survived the sinking.

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
Aviere (A)	Propulsion: 48 000 HP	SDT 6 mod.1	120 mm/50 Ansaldo Model 1937 on a Model 1937 mount	533 mm Si 270 M1
Aviere (B)		‎‎SDT 6 mod.2

Stock Ship

General Characteristics

Main Armament

2 x 2 120 mm/50 OTO Model 1937 on a Model 1937 mount 1 x 1 120 mm/50 Ansaldo Model 1937 on a Model 1940 mount
Maximum Firing Range	6.100 km
Reloading Time	5.0 s
180 Degree Turn Time	12.8 s
Optimal firing angles at the front	35°
Optimal firing angles at the rear	33°
Sigma	2.00 sigma
Maximum Dispersion	61 m
Shells
Type of Projectile	HE – 120 mm proiettili HE 1926
Alpha Damage	1 700
Penetration capacity	20 mm
Explosion size	0.38
Fire chance	7 %
Projectile Speed	950 m/s
Air Drag	0.381
Projectile Mass	23.15 kg
Type of Projectile	SAP – 120 mm proiettili CS 1926
Alpha Damage	2 850
Penetration capacity	34 mm
Projectile Speed	950 m/s
Air Drag	0.381
Projectile Mass	23.15 kg
Ricochet Angles	60° – 75°

Torpedo Armament

Anti-air Armament

Consumable

Slot 1	Slot 2
Damage Control Party Work time: 5 s Cooldown: 40 s	Exhaust Smoke Generator Number of charges: 4 Work time: 30 s Cooldown: 90 s Smoke duration time: 10 s Smoke radius: 450 m

Fully Upgraded Ship

General Characteristics

Main Armament

2 x 2 120 mm/50 OTO Model 1937 on a Model 1937 mount 1 x 1 120 mm/50 Ansaldo Model 1937 on a Model 1940 mount
Maximum Firing Range	6.710 km
Reloading Time	5.0 s
180 Degree Turn Time	12.8 s
Optimal firing angles at the front	35°
Optimal firing angles at the rear	33°
Sigma	2.00 sigma
Maximum Dispersion	65 m
Shells
Type of Projectile	HE – 120 mm proiettili HE 1926
Alpha Damage	1 700
Penetration capacity	20 mm
Explosion size	0.38
Fire chance	7 %
Projectile Speed	950 m/s
Air Drag	0.381
Projectile Mass	23.15 kg
Type of Projectile	SAP – 120 mm proiettili CS 1926
Alpha Damage	2 850
Penetration capacity	34 mm
Projectile Speed	950 m/s
Air Drag	0.381
Projectile Mass	23.15 kg
Ricochet Angles	60° – 75°

Torpedo Armament

Anti-air Armament

Consumable

Slot 1	Slot 2
Damage Control Party Work time: 5 s Cooldown: 40 s	Exhaust Smoke Generator Number of charges: 4 Work time: 30 s Cooldown: 90 s Smoke duration time: 10 s Smoke radius: 450 m

The Armor

The Aviere’s hull is 16 mm thick while the superstructure is protected by 10 mm and the turrets by 6 mm.

Personal Opinion

Eeeeeeeh…. here, it’s a bit awkward. Compared to the previous ships, the SAP on Aviere takes a massive nerf in terms of ricochet angles which means that the ship will need to rely a lot more on HE which has a much smaller DPM.
On top of that, we are now at the tier where we will have to deal with Surveillance Radar that might give a short end to any sort of smoked gun-blazing adventure. You also have a lot of ships that start having good ballistics which is problematic for a ship forced to get much closer to the enemy than any other destroyer.

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