Supertest: Pan-Asian Tier IX Premium Cruiser Dalian

Historical background

Dalian, just like Harbin, is based on the Soviet MK-6 AA cruiser design from the 1930s. This design had a main battery consisting of five twin turrets with 130 mm guns.

Unlike Harbin, Dalian features a modernized armament from the 50s with a modern main battery and anti-air. Also, compared to the tech tree ships, Dalian has standard torpedoes and a Hydroacoustic Search instead of a Torpedo reload booster and a Defensive AA Fire.

Ship’s preview

Ship’s commemorative flag

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
Dalian	Propulsion: 80 000 HP	‎‎GFCS IX mod. 1	130 mm/60 on a BL-109 mount	533 mm 53-38

General Characteristics

Main Armament

5 x 2 130 mm/60 on a BL-109 mount
Maximum Firing Range	13.500 km
Reloading Time	4.5 s
180 Degree Turn Time	9.0 s
Optimal firing angles at the front	30°
Optimal firing angles at the rear	32°
Sigma	2.05 sigma
Maximum Dispersion	126 m
Shells
Type of Projectile	HE – 130 mm HE-42
Alpha Damage	1 800
Penetration capacity	22 mm
Explosion size	0.43
Fire chance	8 %
Projectile Speed	950 m/s
Air Drag	0.291
Projectile Mass	33.0 kg
Type of Projectile	AP – 130 mm SAP-42
Alpha Damage	2 600
Projectile Speed	950 m/s
Air Drag	0.294
Projectile Mass	33.4 kg
Projectile Krupp	1 900
Projectile Detonator	0.01 s
Detonator threshold	22 mm
Ricochet Angles	45° – 60°

Torpedo Armament

Anti-air Armament

Consumable

Slot 1	Slot 2	Slot 3	Slot 4
Damage Control Party Work time: 5 s Cooldown: 60 s	Repair Party Number of charges: 3 Work time: 28 s Cooldown: 80 s HP regeneration: 0.5%/s Casemate damage regeneration: 50% Citadel damage regeneration: 50%	Hydroacoustic Search Number of charges: 3 Work time: 100 s Cooldown: 120 s Torpedo spotting range: 3.5 km Ship spotting range: 5.0 km	Smoke Generator Number of charges: 3 Work time: 30 s Cooldown: 100 s Smoke radius: 450 m Smoke duration: 70 s

The Armor

External armor protection:

Front and rear armor protection of the middle section:

Citadel armor protection:

Turrets armor protection:

Personal Opinion

I will be honest, generally, I hate premiums that don’t follow the concept of the line they are being introduced with but here, it’s relatively fine as you really only lose the deepwater torpedoes and arguably, it’s an advantage as you can get surprise torp hits on DDs and submarines.

As for the ship’s stats, it looks fairly nice but might be more focused on the guns than the high-tier tech tree ships that have a hefty torpedo armament.

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Yuzorah

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