Supertest: Soviet Tier VIII Aircraft Carrier Pobeda
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Historical background
The Pobeda is based on a conversion of the Project 69 cruiser (Kronshtadt). At the end of World War II, the Soviet Navy found itself with the hull of the battlecruiser Kronshtadt unfinished. A proposal was made to convert the ship into an aircraft carrier while basing it on the plans of the German carrier Graf Zeppelin that the USSR acquired.
In the end, the project was abandoned and the uncompleted hull was scrapped.
In Word of Warships Pobeda introduces JATO (Jet-Assisted Take-Off) rockets among Soviet carriers. Just like on Tone and Ise, these rockets will give the planes extra speed for a short while after take-off.
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 | Attack Aircraft | Skip Bombers | Torpedo Bombers | Propulsion |
 Pobeda(A) |
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Sukhoi Su-2 (M-82) |  Propulsion: 231 000 hp |
| Pobeda (B) |
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Tairov Ta-3 (M-88) |
Yakovlev Yak-1
Kochyerigin LBSh
Stock ship
General Characteristics
| Tier | VIII |
| Health | 53 200 HP |
| Torpedo damage reduction | 24 % |
| Displacement | 35 200 tons |
| Dimensions | |
| Overall length | 255.06 m |
| Beam | 34.68 m |
| Overall height (keel to the highest point on the ship) | 28.17 m |
| Freeboard | 12.53 m |
| Aircraft on deck | |
| Attack Aircrafts | 12 |
| Skip Bombers | 12 |
| Torpedo Bombers | 12 |
| Secondary Armament | |
| 130 mm/55 on a B-2-U mount | 6 x 2 130 mm |
| Maximum Firing Range | 6.600 km |
| Anti-Air Armament | |
| 130 mm/55 on a B-2-U mount | 6 x 2 130 mm |
| 37 mm V-11 mount | 16 x 2 37 mm |
| Maximum speed | 33.5 knots |
| Turning Circle Radius | 1 090 m |
| Rudder Shift Time | 20.9 s |
| Surface Detectability | 13.82 km |
| Air Detectability | 12.01 km |
| Consumables | |
Slot 1 | Slot 2 |
Damage Control Party  Work time: 60 sCooldown: 90 s | Fighter  Number of charges: 4Work time: 600 s Cooldown: 40 s Patrol Radius: 3.0 km Planes in a squadron: 4 |
Attack Aircrafts
Attack Aircrafts – Yakovlev Yak-1 | |
| Tier | VII |
| Hit points per plane | 960 |
| Cruise speed | 155 knots |
| Maximum speed | 195 knots |
| JATO speed boost | +30% |
| JATO duration | 5 s |
| Engine boost time | 5 s |
| Engine boost reload time | 10 s |
| Size of attacking flight | 6 |
| Aircraft per squadron | 6 |
| Rocket type | HE S-21M |
| Rocket per plane | 2 |
| Machine gun sequence | 3.45 s |
| Maximum rocket damage | 3 500 |
| HE penetration capacity | 40 mm |
| Explosion size | 0.94 |
| Fire chance | 17 % |
| Detectability range | 10.0 km |
| Aircraft restoration time | 67 s |
| Aircraft on deck | 12 |
| Consumables | |
Slot 1 | Slot 2 |
Engine Cooling  Number of Charges: 2 Work time: 5 s Cooldown: 80 s | Patrol fighter  Number of Charges: 3 Work time: 60 s Cooldown: 10 s Aircraft per squadron: 5 Patrol radius: 3.0 km |
Skip Bombers
Skip bomber – Kochyerigin LBSh | |
| Tier | VII |
| Hitpoints per plane | 1 250 |
| Cruise speed | 119 knots |
| Maximum speed | 154 knots |
| JATO speed boost | +50% |
| JATO duration | 10 s |
| Engine boost time | 20 s |
| Engine boost reload time | 40 s |
| Size of attacking flight | 6 |
| Aircraft per squadron | 6 |
| Bomb type | FAB-250 |
| Bomb per plane | 1 |
| Maximum bomb damage | 6 800 |
| HE penetration capacity | 43 mm |
| Explosion size | 1.28 |
| Fire chance | 39 % |
| Number of skips | 3 |
| Detectability range | 10.0 km |
| Aircraft restoration time | 78 s |
| Aircraft on deck | 12 |
| Consumables | |
Slot 1 | Slot 2 |
Engine Cooling Number of Charges: 2 Work time: 5 s Cooldown: 80 s | Patrol fighter Number of Charges: 3 Work time: 60 s Cooldown: 10 s Aircraft per squadron: 5 Patrol radius: 3.0 km |
Torpedo Bombers
Torpedo bomber – Sukhoi Su-2 (M-82) | ||
| Tier | VII | |
| Hit points per plane | 1 410 | |
| Cruise speed | 112 knots | |
| Maximum speed | 147 knots | |
| JATO speed boost | +50% | |
| JATO duration | 10 s | |
| Engine boost time | 20 s | |
| Engine boost reload time | 40 s | |
| Size of attacking flight | 6 | |
| Aircraft per squadron | 6 | |
| Torpedo type | TAN-12 | |
| Torpedoes per plane | 1 | |
| Maximum torpedo damage | 3 833 | |
| Maximum torpedo range | 6.0 km | |
| Torpedo speed | 41 knots | |
| Torpedo arming time | 6 s | |
| Flooding chance | 33% | |
| Detectability range | 10.0 km | |
| Aircraft restoration time | 79 s | |
| Aircraft on deck | 12 | |
| Consumables | ||
Slot 1 | Slot 2 | Slot 3 |
Engine Cooling Number of Charges: 2 Work time: 5 s Cooldown: 80 s | Patrol fighter Number of Charges: 3 Work time: 60 s Cooldown: 10 s Aircraft per squadron: 5 Patrol radius: 3.0 km | Repair  Number of Charges: 3Work time: 5 s Cooldown: 180 s Repair speed: 10% HP/s |
Secondary Armament
| 6 x 2 130 mm/55 on a B-2-U mount | |
| Maximum Firing Range | 6.600 km |
| Reloading Time | 5.0 s |
| Sigma | 1.00 sigma |
| Shells | |
| Type of Projectile | HE – HE-46 |
| Alpha Damage | 1 900 HP |
| Damage | 570 HP |
| HE penetration | 22 mm |
| Explosion Size | 0.45 |
| Chance to Cause Fire | 8 % |
| Projectile Speed | 900 m/s |
| Air Drag | 0.255 |
| Projectile Mass | 33.4 kg |
Anti-air Armament
| 6 x 2 130 mm/55 on a B-2-U mount | |
| Sector range | 0.1 km – 6.0 km |
| Hit chance | 100 % |
| Sector’s damage | 27 |
| Sector’s damage frequency | 0.29 s |
| Sector’s damage per second | 95 |
| Flak clouds number | 5 |
| Flak cloud damage | 1 470 |
| 16 x 2 37 mm V-11 mount | |
| Sector range | 0.1 km – 3.5 km |
| Hit chance | 100 % |
| Sector’s damage | 76 |
| Sector’s damage frequency | 0.29 s |
| Sector’s damage per second | 266 |
Fully upgraded ship
General Characteristics
| Tier | VIII |
| Health | 55 200 HP |
| Torpedo damage reduction | 24 % |
| Displacement | 41 500 tons |
| Dimensions | |
| Overall length | 255.06 m |
| Beam | 34.68 m |
| Overall height (keel to the highest point on the ship) | 28.17 m |
| Freeboard | 12.53 m |
| Aircraft on deck | |
| Attack Aircrafts | 12 |
| Skip Bombers | 12 |
| Torpedo Bombers | 12 |
| Secondary Armament | |
| 130 mm/58 Model 1957 on an SM-2-1 mount | 6 x 2 130 mm |
| Maximum Firing Range | 6.600 km |
| Anti-Air Armament | |
| 130 mm/58 Model 1957 on an SM-2-1 mount | 6 x 2 130 mm |
| 45 mm SM-16 mount | 16 x 2 45 mm |
| Maximum speed | 33.5 knots |
| Turning Circle Radius | 1 090 m |
| Rudder Shift Time | 14.9 s |
| Surface Detectability | 13.82 km |
| Air Detectability | 12.01 km |
| Consumables | |
Slot 1 | Slot 2 |
Damage Control Party Work time: 60 sCooldown: 90 s | Fighter Number of charges: 4Work time: 600 s Cooldown: 40 s Patrol Radius: 3.0 km Planes in a squadron: 4 |
Attack Aircrafts
| Attack Aircrafts – Yakovlev Yak-9U | |
| Tier | VIII |
| Hit points per plane | 1 000 |
| Cruise speed | 161 knots |
| Maximum speed | 201 knots |
| JATO speed boost | +30% |
| JATO duration | 5 s |
| Engine boost time | 5 s |
| Engine boost reload time | 10 s |
| Size of attacking flight | 6 |
| Aircraft per squadron | 6 |
| Rocket type | HE S-21M |
| Rocket per plane | 4 |
| Machine gun sequence | 3.5 s |
| Maximum rocket damage | 3 500 |
| HE penetration capacity | 40 mm |
| Explosion size | 0.94 |
| Fire chance | 17 % |
| Detectability range | 10.0 km |
| Aircraft restoration time | 76 s |
| Aircraft on deck | 12 |
| Consumables | |
Slot 1 | Slot 2 |
Engine Cooling Number of Charges: 2 Work time: 5 s Cooldown: 80 s | Patrol fighter Number of Charges: 3 Work time: 60 s Cooldown: 10 s Aircraft per squadron: 5 Patrol radius: 3.0 km |
Skip Bombers
| Skip bomber – Sukhoi Su-2 | |
| Tier | VIII |
| Hitpoints per plane | 1 310 |
| Cruise speed | 120 knots |
| Maximum speed | 155 knots |
| JATO speed boost | +50% |
| JATO duration | 10 s |
| Engine boost time | 20 s |
| Engine boost reload time | 40 s |
| Size of attacking flight | 6 |
| Aircraft per squadron | 6 |
| Bomb type | FAB-500 |
| Bomb per plane | 1 |
| Maximum bomb damage | 8 700 |
| HE penetration capacity | 54 mm |
| Explosion size | 1.9 |
| Fire chance | 49 % |
| Number of skips | 3 |
| Detectability range | 10.0 km |
| Aircraft restoration time | 89 s |
| Aircraft on deck | 12 |
| Consumables | |
Slot 1 | Slot 2 |
Engine Cooling Number of Charges: 2 Work time: 5 s Cooldown: 80 s | Patrol fighter Number of Charges: 3 Work time: 60 s Cooldown: 10 s Aircraft per squadron: 5 Patrol radius: 3.0 km |
Torpedo Bombers
| Torpedo bomber – Tairov Ta-3 (M-88) | ||
| Tier | VIII | |
| Hit points per plane | 1 470 | |
| Cruise speed | 115 knots | |
| Maximum speed | 150 knots | |
| JATO speed boost | +50% | |
| JATO duration | 10 s | |
| Engine boost time | 20 s | |
| Engine boost reload time | 40 s | |
| Size of attacking flight | 6 | |
| Aircraft per squadron | 6 | |
| Torpedo type | 45-36AN-A | |
| Torpedoes per plane | 1 | |
| Maximum torpedo damage | 4 533 | |
| Maximum torpedo range | 6.0 km | |
| Torpedo speed | 41 knots | |
| Torpedo arming time | 7 s | |
| Flooding chance | 39% | |
| Detectability range | 10.0 km | |
| Aircraft restoration time | 91 s | |
| Aircraft on deck | 12 | |
| Consumables | ||
Slot 1 | Slot 2 | Slot 3 |
Engine Cooling Number of Charges: 2 Work time: 5 s Cooldown: 80 s | Patrol fighter Number of Charges: 3 Work time: 60 s Cooldown: 10 s Aircraft per squadron: 5 Patrol radius: 3.0 km | Repair Number of Charges: 3Work time: 5 s Cooldown: 180 s Repair speed: 10% HP/s |
Secondary Armament
| 6 x 2 130 mm/58 Model 1957 on an SM-2-1 mount | |
| Maximum Firing Range | 6.600 km |
| Reloading Time | 4.0 s |
| Sigma | 1.00 sigma |
| Shells | |
| Type of Projectile | HE – HE-42 |
| Alpha Damage | 1 800 HP |
| Damage | 500 HP |
| HE penetration | 22 mm |
| Explosion Size | 0.43 |
| Chance to Cause Fire | 8 % |
| Projectile Speed | 950 m/s |
| Air Drag | 0.291 |
| Projectile Mass | 33 kg |
Anti-air Armament
| 6 x 2 130 mm/58 Model 1957 on an SM-2-1 mount | |
| Sector range | 0.1 km – 6.0 km |
| Hit chance | 100 % |
| Sector’s damage | 35 |
| Sector’s damage frequency | 0.29 s |
| Sector’s damage per second | 123 |
| Flak clouds number | 6 |
| Flak cloud damage | 1 540 |
| 16 x 2 45 mm SM-16 mount | |
| Sector range | 0.1 km – 3.5 km |
| Hit chance | 100 % |
| Sector’s damage | 90 |
| Sector’s damage frequency | 0.29 s |
| Sector’s damage per second | 315 |
The Armor
External armor protection
Internal Deck Armor
Citadel armor protection
Personal Opinion
The Pobeda definitely keeps the downside of having planes with low speed (except for the Attack aircraft) and HP pool but at least, her skip bombs now have 3 skips which will mitigate a fairly big part of the damage on them.
The torpedoes, with the last buff, got a lot more interesting with the shorter arming distance and higher torpedo speed.
She will definitely suffer against higher-tier ships but overall, the damage output seems promising.
Easter Egg
Inside the commanding bridge of the Podeda, there is a map of the Kandalaksha Gulf in the White Sea. I have no idea of why buuuut… yeah, it’s there.
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Are you sure about the location shown of the map? Kandalaksha Gulf looks completely different to me on Google maps … maybe I am wrong here …
I see, I was wrong, thx for posting a map in your T10 report.