World of Warships Supertest: Kronshtadt, Tier IX Soviet Cruiser
2 min readAnother Soviet Cruiser will be introduced to the game: Kronshtadt, upcoming Tier IX. The Kronshtadt-class battlecruisers, with the Soviet designation as Project 69 heavy cruisers, were ordered for the Soviet Navy in the late 1930s.
Two ships were started but none were completed due to World War II. These ships had a complex and prolonged design process which was hampered by constantly changing requirements and the Great Purge in 1937. They were laid down in 1939, with an estimated completion date in 1944, but Stalin’s naval construction program proved to be more than the shipbuilding and armaments industries could handle. Prototypes of the armament and machinery had not even been completed by 22 June 1941, almost two years after the start of construction. This is why the Soviets bought twelve surplus 38-centimetre (15.0 in) SK C/34 guns, and their twin turrets, similar to those used in the Bismarck-class battleships, from Germany in 1940. The ships were partially redesigned to accommodate them after construction had already begun, but no turrets were actually delivered before Operation Barbarossa.
Only Kronshtadt’s hull survived the war reasonably intact and was about 10% complete in 1945. She was judged obsolete and the Soviets considered converting her into an aircraft carrier, but the idea was rejected and both hulls were scrapped in 1947.
Initial Stats
| Tier | 9 |
| Hitpoints | 82,300 |
| Plating | 25 mm |
| Belt | 230 mm |
| Main battery | 3×3 305mm |
| Firing range | 18.2 km |
| HE damage | 4.200 |
| AP damage | 9,000 |
| Reload time | 20 s |
| 180 degree turn time | 35.3 s |
| Maximum dispersion | 242 m |
| HE initial velocity | 920 m/s |
| AP initial velocity | 900 m/s |
| Sigma | 1.8 ? |
| Maximum speed | 33.5 kt |
| Turning circle radius | 840 m |
| Rudder shift time | 14.9 s |
| Surface detectability | 14.3 km |
| Air detectability | 13 km |
| Detectability after firing in Smoke |
11.4 km |
This should be a tier VII in a new Soviet BB line, not a tier IX cruiser. -_-
Have you watched the new video about the Stalingrad? Which is planned to be the new tier X Soviet cruiser. This one can be the tier IX for the new tech tree. Cruisers with big-ass battleship guns.
That’s called a BATTLECRUISER, not a cruiser, not a battleship. There needs to be a distinct designation for ships of this category in game, because certain ships clearly aren’t battleships… (looking at YOU, Kongo!)
Stalingrad and this are both battlecruisers, and Stalingrad is a clan wars reward, something I’m utterly furious about, especially as they hinted in the past it might be a tier VIII premium.
There is no such thing as battlecruiser in this god damned game. Any battlecruiser that makes it into the game will either turn into a high tier cruiser or a low tier battleship.
I wouldn’t want to see such potential ships sitting at low tier. So tier IX cruisers sounds better to me.
Thing is, it’s another paper ship with same issues as Kurfurst making it laughable. And the same goes for Stalingrad. The latter, however, can be understood, considering how little people will get it (and well, it’s T10). This thing tho’, will be widely available. This is simply a shit battleship (as every battlecruiser – idea scrapped by all relevant navies post WW1, with remaining models rebuilt into FBBs), but never a cruiser. It shouldn’t have cruiser concealment, cruiser reload or training speed.
Assuming the 305mm guns, the reload is accurate, in fact some had a faster ROF.
http://www.navweaps.com/Weapons/WNRussian_12-55_B-50.php
Looks like it may be a free xp cruiser but who knows could also be a ranked season ship.
So its a Battle Cruiser
Had it been completed during WWII, it would have been armed with 6x 380mm guns, same as the Gneisenau in game. It is definitely a battle cruiser.
can the Germans get the O and P Classes the Japanese B- 64/65 Class the USN’s Alaska Class and Royal navy the Improved Version of the Admiral class and the G-3 class of the RN then ?
If this AND Stalingrad are both some kind of stupid reward ship I will genuinely stop playing because making some of the really awesome Soviet ships into “reward” ships is just utterly disgusting.
Funny that battlecruisers are both BBs(Hood) and cruisers(This and Stalingrad) at the same time in WoWs…
Hood, Gneisenau and Scharnhorst (laid down 1935) were classified as Battlecruisers by the Royal Navy during WWII. Scharnhorst had 283 mm guns. This soviet battlecruiser (laid down 1939) had 305 mm guns and looks very similar to the Scharnhorst… But the soviet ship is a Tier IX cruiser and the german (and british) is a Tier VII battleship in the game. It proves again: Wargaming is a russian Company.