Supertest: Soviet Freemium Tier X Destroyer R-10

The R-10 is based on the hull of the Tashkent but presents a few differences. I don’t know if it is based on any sort of real design from the Soviet Navy but according to the people I asked to, it isn’t.

When it comes to the differences, the R-10 is using the BL-109A turrets which are a late/post-war design. Her gun performances are the exact same as on the Grozovoi, except for the range and reload. The ship also has an armor scheme similar to the Khabarovsk BUT, unlike her, she is protected against full penetrations from large-caliber AP shells!
She also has better torpedoes that Tashkent as these are the same as on the upgraded Udaloi.

In the end, in action, we are getting a Khabarovsk with one less turret but in exchange for a lot of advantages such as usable torpedoes or better agility with the cherry on top being the protection to full damage from large-caliber AP shells.

There are a few things that aren’t clear about this ship yet. In the devblog that announced her, Wargaming said that she has a higher firing range and turret traverse speed than Tashkent but unless they are talking about the A-hull Tashkent, it’s not the case at all since the turret traverse is the same as on the Tashkent with upgraded guns.

I don’t know if it was forgotten, if they mixed things up with the stock Tashkent or if the idea was dropped but as of today, in the game files, it’s the way the ship is.

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
R-10	Propulsion: 125 500 hp	GFCS X mod. 1	130 mm/60 BL-109A	53-39 mod. 4

Characteristics

GeneralMain BatteryTorpedo TubesAir DefenseConsumables

Tier	X
Health	21 800 HP
Displacement	4 175 tons
Main Armament
Maximum Firing Range	12.680 km
130 mm/60 BL-109A	3 x 2 130 mm
Torpedo Armament
Maximum Firing Range	10.000 km
533 mm Triple 1-N	3 x 3 533 mm
Maximum speed	42.5 knots
Turning Circle Radius	730 m
Rudder Shift Time	6.1 s
Surface Detectability	9.4 km
Air Detectability	3.96 km
Detectability After Firing Main Guns in Smoke	3.73 km

3 x 2 130 mm/60 BL-109A
Maximum Firing Range	12.680 km
Reloading Time	5.0 s
180 Degree Turn Time	9.0 s
Optimal firing angles at the front	31°
Optimal firing angles at the rear	31°
Sigma	2.00 sigma
Maximum Dispersion	101 m
Shells
Type of Projectile	HE – HE-42
Alpha Damage	1 800 HP
Damage	500 HP
Penetration capacity	22 mm
Explosion size	0.43
Fire chance	8 %
Projectile Speed	950 m/s
Air Drag	0.291
Projectile Mass	33 kg
Type of Projectile	AP – SAP-42
Alpha Damage	2 600 HP
Chance to Cause Fire	-0.5 %
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

3 x 3 533 mm Triple 1-N 53-39 mod. 4
Reloading Time	114 s
Maximum Distance	10.0 km
Optimal firing angles at the front	50°
Optimal firing angles at the rear	50°
Damage	15 100
Flooding Chance	250 %
Speed	60 kt
Surface Detectability	1.2 km

3 x 2 130 mm/60 BL-109A
Sector range	0.1 km – 6.0 km
Hit chance	100 %
Sector’s damage	31
Sector’s damage frequency	0.29 s
Sector’s damage per second	109
Flak clouds number	5
Flak cloud damage	1 820
6 x 2 37 mm V-11
Sector range	0.1 km – 3.5 km
Hit chance	100 %
Sector’s damage	33
Sector’s damage frequency	0.29 s
Sector’s damage per second	116
6 x 2 12.7 mm DShKM-2
Sector range	0.1 km – 3.1 km
Hit chance	95 %
Sector’s damage	11
Sector’s damage frequency	0.29 s
Sector’s damage per second	39

Slot 1	Slot 2	Slot 3
Damage Control Party Work time: 5 s Cooldown: 40 s	Smoke Generator Number of charges: 3 Work time: 20 s Cooldown: 160 s Smoke cloud radius: 450 m Smoke duration: 97 s	Engine Boost Number of charges: 3 Work time: 120 s Cooldown: 120 s Bonus: +8% maximum speed
	Repair Party Number of charges: 3 Work time: 28 s Reload time: 80 s Repair: +0.5% HP/s

The armor

As explained at the beginning, the R-10 presents the same kind of armor protection as the Khabarovsk.

The bow and stern are protected by the classic 19 mm of armor. For the middle section, the deck is 25 mm thick, giving her a bit of protection against enemy destroyers and will also allow her to bounce AP shells of a caliber of 354 mm or smaller. On the sides, she has a uniform 50 mm belt giving her a very nice protection against most AP and HE shells.

For the superstructure, the most part is 13 mm thick except the conning tower with 20 mm of armor.

Finally, the turrets are protected by 12 mm of armor.

Personal opinion

We are basically getting a better Khabarovsk right here. Yes, compared to her, you lose a turret but there is so much benefit in return (actually usable torpedoes, better concealment, better agility, smaller target, etc.) that in my opinion, it’s just a better ship.

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