Supertest: Tier X Soviet Aircraft Carrier Admiral Nakhimov
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Historical background
The Admiral Nakhimov is a what-if conversion of a Sovestky Soyuz-class battleship conversion. Unlike the Manfred von Richtofen and Max Immelmann, it’s actually a pretty good WG-made conversion that doesn’t make you feel like pouring bleach in your eyes.
Compared to the other tier X carriers, the Admiral Nakhimov’s squadrons all have a Repair consumable.
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 |
 Admiral Nakhimov |
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Chyetverikov PT-1 (M-82) |  Propulsion: 231 000 hp |
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Polikarpov VIT-2 (VK-107) |
Lavochkin La-5FN
Kochyerigin OPB (M-82)
Ship and stock planes
General Characteristics
| Tier | X |
| Health | 67 100 HP |
| Torpedo damage reduction | 25 % |
| Displacement | 58 500 tons |
| Dimensions | |
| Overall length | 273.55 m |
| Beam | 44.11 m |
| Overall height (keel to the highest point on the ship) | 33.0 m |
| Freeboard | 13.73 m |
| Aircraft on deck | |
| Attack Aircrafts | 16 |
| Skip Bombers | 16 |
| Torpedo Bombers | 16 |
| Secondary Armament | |
| 130 mm/58 on a BL-132 mount | 6 x 4 130 mm |
| Maximum Firing Range | 7.300 km |
| Anti-Air Armament | |
| 130 mm/58 on a BL-132 mount | 6 x 4 130 mm |
| 57 mm ZIF-75 mount | 8 x 5 57 mm |
| Maximum speed | 31.0 knots |
| Turning Circle Radius | 1 160 m |
| Rudder Shift Time | 17.1 s |
| Surface Detectability | 15.12 km |
| Air Detectability | 13.36 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 – Lavochkin La-5FN | |
| Tier | IX |
| Hitpoints per plane | 1 050 |
| Cruise speed | 161 knots |
| Maximum speed | 201 knots |
| JATO speed boost | +20% |
| JATO duration | 5 s |
| Engine boost time | 5 s |
| Engine boost reload time | 10 s |
| Size of attacking flight | 8 |
| Aircraft per squadron | 8 |
| Rocket type | HE S-21 |
| Rocket per plane | 2 |
| Machine gun sequence | 3.6 s |
| Maximum rocket damage | 4 050 |
| HE penetration capacity | 40 mm |
| Explosion size | 1.07 |
| Fire chance | 22 % |
| Detectability range | 10.0 km |
| Aircraft restoration time | 63 s |
| Aircraft on deck | 16 |
| 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: 7 Patrol radius: 3.5 km | Repair  Number of Charges: 3Work time: 5 s Cooldown: 180 s Repair speed: 10% HP/s |
Skip Bombers
Skip bomber – Kochyerigin OPB (M-82) | |
| Tier | IX |
| Hitpoints per plane | 1 250 |
| Cruise speed | 122 knots |
| Maximum speed | 158 knots |
| JATO speed boost | +50% |
| JATO duration | 10 s |
| Engine boost time | 20 s |
| Engine boost reload time | 40 s |
| Size of attacking flight | 8 |
| Aircraft per squadron | 8 |
| 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 | 72 s |
| Aircraft on deck | 16 |
| 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: 7 Patrol radius: 3.5 km | Repair Number of Charges: 3Work time: 5 s Cooldown: 180 s Repair speed: 10% HP/s |
Torpedo Bombers
Torpedo bomber – Chyetverikov PT-1 (M-82) | ||
| Tier | IX | |
| Hitpoints per plane | 1 410 | |
| Cruise speed | 122 knots | |
| Maximum speed | 160 knots | |
| JATO speed boost | +50% | |
| JATO duration | 10 s | |
| Engine boost time | 20 s | |
| Engine boost reload time | 40 s | |
| Size of attacking flight | 8 | |
| Aircraft per squadron | 8 | |
| 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 | 7.5 s | |
| Flooding chance | 39% | |
| Detectability range | 10.0 km | |
| Aircraft restoration time | 73 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: 7 Patrol radius: 3.5 km | Repair Number of Charges: 3Work time: 5 s Cooldown: 180 s Repair speed: 10% HP/s |
Secondary Armament
| 6 x 4 130 mm/58 on a BL-132 mount | |
| Maximum Firing Range | 7.300 km |
| Reloading Time | 5.0 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 | 33.0 kg |
Anti-air Armament
| 6 x 4 130 mm/58 on a BL-132 mount | |
| Sector range | 0.1 km – 6.0 km |
| Hit chance | 100 % |
| Sector’s damage | 77 |
| Sector’s damage frequency | 0.29 s |
| Sector’s damage per second | 270 |
| Flak clouds number | 10 |
| Flak cloud damage | 1 890 |
| 8 x 4 57 mm ZIF-75 mount | |
| Sector range | 0.1 km – 4.0 km |
| Hit chance | 100 % |
| Sector’s damage | 93 |
| Sector’s damage frequency | 0.29 s |
| Sector’s damage per second | 326 |
Upgraded planes
Attack Aircrafts
| Attack Aircrafts – Lavochkin La-9 | |
| Tier | X |
| Hitpoints per plane | 1 090 |
| Cruise speed | 168 knots |
| Maximum speed | 208 knots |
| JATO speed boost | +20% |
| JATO duration | 5 s |
| Engine boost time | 5 s |
| Engine boost reload time | 10 s |
| Size of attacking flight | 8 |
| Aircraft per squadron | 8 |
| Rocket type | HE S-21 |
| Rocket per plane | 4 |
| Machine gun sequence | 3.6 s |
| Maximum rocket damage | 4 050 |
| HE penetration capacity | 40 mm |
| Explosion size | 1.07 |
| Fire chance | 22 % |
| Detectability range | 10.0 km |
| Aircraft restoration time | 70 s |
| Aircraft on deck | 16 |
| 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: 7 Patrol radius: 3.5 km | Repair Number of Charges: 3Work time: 5 s Cooldown: 180 s Repair speed: 10% HP/s |
Skip Bombers
| Skip bomber – Sukhoi Su-6 (AM-42) | |
| Tier | X |
| Hitpoints per plane | 1 310 |
| Cruise speed | 125 knots |
| Maximum speed | 162 knots |
| JATO speed boost | +50% |
| JATO duration | 10 s |
| Engine boost time | 20 s |
| Engine boost reload time | 40 s |
| Size of attacking flight | 8 |
| Aircraft per squadron | 8 |
| 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 | 80 s |
| Aircraft on deck | 16 |
| 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: 7 Patrol radius: 3.5 km | Repair Number of Charges: 3Work time: 5 s Cooldown: 180 s Repair speed: 10% HP/s |
Torpedo Bombers
| Torpedo bomber – Polikarpov VIT-2 (VK-107) | ||
| Tier | X | |
| Hitpoints per plane | 1 470 | |
| Cruise speed | 124 knots | |
| Maximum speed | 162 knots | |
| JATO speed boost | +50% | |
| JATO duration | 10 s | |
| Engine boost time | 20 s | |
| Engine boost reload time | 40 s | |
| Size of attacking flight | 8 | |
| Aircraft per squadron | 8 | |
| Torpedo type | 45-36AN-B | |
| Torpedoes per plane | 1 | |
| Maximum torpedo damage | 4 200 | |
| Maximum torpedo range | 6.0 km | |
| Torpedo speed | 41 knots | |
| Torpedo arming time | 7.5 s | |
| Flooding chance | 45% | |
| Detectability range | 10.0 km | |
| Aircraft restoration time | 81 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: 7 Patrol radius: 3.5 km | Repair Number of Charges: 3Work time: 5 s Cooldown: 180 s Repair speed: 10% HP/s |
The Armor
While you might expect that Admiral Nakhimov would be the tankiest tier X carrier in terms of armor, it’s actually the absolute opposite. The flight deck is only 50 mm thick and the main belt is only 125 mm or 150 mm thick.
Also, for the horizontal protection, there are only the 50 mm flight deck and the 90 mm citadel which are very close to each other. This means that the Nakhimov can more than likely get clapped by AP bombs.
External armor protection
Citadel armor protection
Hidden armor in the bow and stern
Personal Opinion
We are still looking at the same, non-neglectable issue of the Soviet carriers, the combination of low HP and low speed. This means that trying to go for grouped-up ships will be an absolute pain unless we consider the combination of skip bombs and the repair.
However, there is something we just can’t neglect and it’s the massive alpha strike potential of these squadrons.
I’m still definitely waiting to see the ship in action but on paper, with careful playstyle, there is definitely some potential now that the torpedoes don’t take ages to arm and are faster.
Easter Egg
Inside the commanding bridge of the Nakhimov, just like on Pobeda, there is a map of the Kandalaksha Gulf in the White Sea. Again, I have no idea of why it’s there.
Sidenote
Ah right… I heard that a lot of people believe that the Nakhimov has an angled deck. She doesn’t.
What people thought to be an angled deck are just catapults on each side of the flight deck.
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About Author
Still pissed we didn’t get Project 72 (Move Kronshtadt conversion to tier 10 cuz technology difference) or Project Kostromitinov for tier 10, We still got one of them left and izmail conversion to make enough premiums. But we got this impossible conversion and the Chkalov…
Yeah, it’s weird that WG went for a completely made-up Sovestky Soyuz conversion instead of any of actual 1940s Soviet designs.
I’m also disappointed that we aren’t getting the Tu-91 Boot for the Tier X torpedo bomber. Instead of the first ever Soviet aircraft actual designed to be carrier-based, WG went with a land-based dive bomber that was never even conceived of as carrying a torpedo.