Supertest: Pan-Asian Tier VII Cruiser Chumphon

Historical Background

The Chumphon is a hypothetic Oakland-class light cruiser that would have been transferred to Thailand.

The Oakland-class was a group of 4 ships of the Atlanta-class with a modified design, putting more emphasis on their anti-air role. The two wing turrets were replaced with more AA mounts.

If you want to learn more about the Atlanta-class as a whole, here is a video from Drachinifel covering it:

In essence, it’s Flint with deepwater torpedoes, Pan-Asian Smoke Generator and no Hydroacoustic Search.

Ship’s preview

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
Chumphon (A)	Propulsion: 75 000 HP	‎‎Mk VII mod. 1	127 mm/38 Mk.12 on a Mk.29 mount	Mk15 mod. 3
Chumphon (B)		‎‎Mk VII mod. 2

Stock Ship

General Characteristics

Main Armament

6 x 2 127 mm/38 Mk.12 on a Mk.29 mount
Maximum Firing Range	11.590 km
Reloading Time	6.25 s
180 Degree Turn Time	7.2 s
Optimal firing angles at the front	30°
Optimal firing angles at the rear	30°
Sigma	2.05 sigma
Maximum Dispersion	113 m
Shells
Type of Projectile	HE – 127 mm HE Mk32
Alpha Damage	1 800
Penetration capacity	21 mm
Explosion size	0.38
Fire chance	5 %
Projectile Speed	792 m/s
Air Drag	0.347
Projectile Mass	24.5 kg
Type of Projectile	AP – 127 mm AP/SC Mk38
Alpha Damage	2 100
Projectile Speed	792 m/s
Air Drag	0.347
Projectile Mass	25.0 kg
Projectile Krupp	2 598
Projectile Detonator	0.01 s
Detonator threshold	25 mm
Ricochet Angles	45° – 60°

Torpedo Armament

Anti-air Armament

Consumable

Slot 1	Slot 2	Slot 3
Damage Control Party Work time: 5 s Cooldown: 60 s	Defensive AA Fire Number of charges: 3 Work time: 40 s Cooldown: 80 s Damage from continuous DPS: +50% Damage from flak explosions: +300%	Smoke Generator Number of charges: 3 Work time: 30 s Cooldown: 100 s Smoke radius: 450 m Smoke duration: 70 s

Fully Upgraded Ship

General Characteristics

Main Armament

6 x 2 127 mm/38 Mk.12 on a Mk.29 mount
Maximum Firing Range	12.749 km
Reloading Time	6.25 s
180 Degree Turn Time	7.2 s
Optimal firing angles at the front	30°
Optimal firing angles at the rear	30°
Sigma	2.05 sigma
Maximum Dispersion	121 m
Shells
Type of Projectile	HE – 127 mm HE Mk32
Alpha Damage	1 800
Penetration capacity	21 mm
Explosion size	0.38
Fire chance	5 %
Projectile Speed	792 m/s
Air Drag	0.347
Projectile Mass	24.5 kg
Type of Projectile	AP – 127 mm AP/SC Mk38
Alpha Damage	2 100
Projectile Speed	792 m/s
Air Drag	0.347
Projectile Mass	25.0 kg
Projectile Krupp	2 598
Projectile Detonator	0.01 s
Detonator threshold	25 mm
Ricochet Angles	45° – 60°

Torpedo Armament

Anti-air Armament

Consumable

Slot 1	Slot 2	Slot 3
Damage Control Party Work time: 5 s Cooldown: 60 s	Defensive AA Fire Number of charges: 3 Work time: 40 s Cooldown: 80 s Damage from continuous DPS: +50% Damage from flak explosions: +300%	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

Eeeeeeeeh… Well, that will be a no for me. This ship is basically a worse Flint with much weaker firepower due to the longer reload time as well as standard cruiser dispersion while Flint gets destroyer dispersion. The Smoke Generator is also arguably worse as you have the same number of charges but much less smoke time. The last nail in the coffin, Chumphon has no Hydroacoustic Search.

So… yeah. Considering that Flint is already not doing very well these days, this ship definitely won’t be in any better spot.

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