Supertest: Soviet Tier VIII Premium Cruiser Pyotr Bagration

Next to the Ochakov, we are also getting a second Tier VIII Premium cruiser, the Pyotr Bagration.

The Pyotr Bagration is a bit of an oddball among the upcoming Russian cruisers. Firstly, it doesn’t have Surveillance Radar. Secondly, it sits between the light cruisers since she has the standard cruiser dispersion and the heavy cruisers for her strong AP, short AP fuse time and strong armor protection.

The ship is based on one of the variations of the Project 65 of cruisers from the Soviet Navy. This project was part of the 1946-1955 shipbuilding program. There were 2 main variants with the first being armed with 152 mm guns and the second with 180 mm guns.

In the end, this project was canceled in 1951 in favor of more ships of the Sverdlov-class (Project 68 bis).

Characteristics

GeneralMain BatterySecondariesTorpedo TubesAir DefenseConsumables

Tier	VIII
Health	42 000 HP
Displacement	17 101 tons
Main Armament
Maximum Firing Range	17.980 km
180 mm/57 MK-3-180M	3 x 3 180 mm
Secondary Armament
Maximum Firing Range	5.000 km
100 mm/70 SM-5-1s	8 x 2 100 mm
Torpedo Armament
Maximum Firing Range	8.000 km
533 mm Quintuple PTA-53-68-bis	2 x 5 533 mm
Maximum speed	34.5 kts
Turning Circle Radius	890 m
Rudder Shift Time	10.5 s
Surface Detectability	12.6 km
Air Detectability	7.41 km
Detectability After Firing Main Guns in Smoke	6.7 km

3 x 3 180 mm/57 MK-3-180M
Maximum Firing Range	17.980 km
Reloading Time	12.5 s
180 Degree Turn Time	22.5 s
Optimal firing angles at the front	35°
Optimal firing angles at the rear	49°
Sigma	2.00 sigma
Maximum Dispersion	157 m
Shells
Type of Projectile	HE – HE-32
Alpha Damage	2 500 HP
Damage	1 010 HP
Penetration capacity	30 mm
Explosion size	0.73
Fire chance	13 %
Projectile Speed	920 m/s
Air Drag	0.265
Projectile Mass	109.2
Type of Projectile	AP – AP-35
Alpha Damage	4 550 HP
Chance to Cause Fire	-0.5 %
Projectile Speed	930 m/s
Air Drag	0.278
Projectile Mass	109.2
Projectile Krupp	2 370
Projectile Detonator	0.022 s
Detonator threshold	30 mm

8 x 2 100 mm/70 SM-5-1s
Maximum Firing Range	5.000 km
Reloading Time	4.0 s
Sigma	1.00 sigma
Shells
Type of Projectile	HE – HE-55
Alpha Damage	1 400 HP
Damage	310 HP
HE penetration	17 mm
Explosion Size	0.29
Chance to Cause Fire	6 %
Projectile Speed	1 000 m/s
Air Drag	0.295
Projectile Mass	15.6

2 x 5 533 mm Quintuple PTA-53-68-bis 53-36 mod. 2
Reloading Time	131 s
Maximum Distance	8.0 km
Optimal firing angles at the front	30°
Optimal firing angles at the rear	41°
Damage	14 400
Flooding Chance	240 %
Speed	55 kt
Surface Detectability	1.1 km

8 x 2 100 mm/70 SM-5-1s
Sector range	0.1 km – 5.8 km
Hit chance	90 %
Sector’s damage	54
Sector’s damage frequency	0.29 s
Sector’s damage per second	189
Flak clouds number	6
Flak cloud damage	1 330
8 x 2 45 mm CM-16
Sector range	0.1 km – 3.5 km
Hit chance	90 %
Sector’s damage	45
Sector’s damage frequency	0.29 s
Sector’s damage per second	158
4 x 4 25 mm 4M-120
Sector range	0.1 km – 3.5 km
Hit chance	85 %
Sector’s damage	20
Sector’s damage frequency	0.29 s
Sector’s damage per second	70

Slot 1	Slot 2
Damage Control Party I Work time: 5 s Cooldown: 90 s	Defensive AA Fire I Number of charges: 2 Work time: 40 s Cooldown: 120 s Continuous DPS: +50% DPS from flak clouds: +300%
Damage Control Party II Work time: 5 s Cooldown: 60 s	Defensive AA Fire II Number of charges: 3 Work time: 40 s Cooldown: 80 s Continuous DPS: +50% DPS from flak clouds: +300%
	Hydroacoustic Search I Number of charges: 2 Work time: 100 s Cooldown: 180 s Ship spotting distance: 5.0 km Torpedo spotting distance: 3.5 km
	Hydroacoustic Search II Number of charges: 3 Work time: 100 s Cooldown: 120 s Ship spotting distance: 5.0 km Torpedo spotting distance: 3.5 km

The armor

The Pyotr Bagration presents a very good armor scheme for a tier VIII light cruiser with a full spaced armor scheme and even an extended belt on the bow.

The bow section

The bow is 25 mm thick just like most tier VIII cruisers but she gets an extra in the form of a 40 mm extended belt.

For the upper casemate, it’s only 19 mm thick.

The citadel’s athwartship is 180 mm thick for the upper part and 16 mm thick for the lower underwater part.

The middle section

The deck of the Pyotr Bagration is 27 mm thick. However, since she is categorized as a light cruiser, her side armor is only 25 mm thick.

For the main belt, it’s 152 mm thick.

When it comes to the citadel that is in space armor configuration, it is 40 mm thick. This will make her citadel quite trolly since it’s… basically the same scenario as the Henri IV.

The ship presents a quite unusual plating. In fact, above the citadel side armor, there is a 30 mm plating that goes all the way up to the deck.
I actually wonder if that means that the upper side armor also counts as a spaced armor or not. If it’s the case, this ship has a SERIOUS armor advantage compared to other tier VIII cruisers.

For the horizontal protection, the main armor deck is 75 mm thick soooo… well AP bombs just go through.

The stern section

For the stern, it’s 25 mm thick except around the steering gears where there is a 100 mm external plating.

For the upper casemate, it’s only 19 mm thick.

When it comes to the citadel athwartship, the upper part is 180 mm thick and the lower part is 16 mm thick.

The superstructure

The superstructure is 13 mm thick and is fairly high and large. Destroyers will have plenty to shoot at.

The turrets

For a cruiser, the turret protection is quite good. The face is 175 mm thick with a 39° slope. The sides are 120 mm thick at the front and 100 mm thick at the rear. For the roof, the front is 120 mm thick and the rear is 80 mm thick.

Personal opinion

So far, I don’t really know what to think of this ship. The armor is great, the anti-air is good but except that… there isn’t much to look at in terms of utility since she doesn’t have a Surveillance Radar and will simply be a roaming cruiser with on top of that, not the best DPM.

Now… if Wargaming gives her Hydroacoustic Search and Defensive AA Fire in separated slot but also buff her reload, she might be an interesting ship.

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