World of Warships Supertest: Pan-Asian Superdestroyer Kunming

Truly one of these days where I’m happy that for these articles, I don’t need to say the name of a ship out loud.

Historical background

Kunming is a Wargaming-made design of destroyer. She is based on the U.S. Somers-class of destroyers but is much larger and the turrets are dual-purpose 127 mm/38 Mk.38 twin turrets instead of the older single-purpose Mk.22.

Unlike most other superships, Kunming doesn’t have any sort of alternative firing mode or alternative torpedo armament. She is just a bigger Yueyang.

Ship’s preview

Ship’s camouflages

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
Kunming	Propulsion: 70 000 HP	‎Mk11 mod. 1	127 mm/38 Mk.12 on a Mk.38 mount	‎Mk16 mod. 1

General Characteristics

Main Armament

4 x 2 127 mm/38 Mk.12 on a Mk.38 mount
Maximum Firing Range	13.390 km
Reloading Time	5.0 s
180 Degree Turn Time	7.2 s
Optimal firing angles at the front	33°
Optimal firing angles at the rear	33°
Sigma	2.00 sigma
Maximum Dispersion	115 m
Shells
Type of Projectile	HE – 127 mm HE Mk32
Alpha Damage	1 800
Penetration capacity	21 mm
Explosion size	5.7 m
Fire chance	5 %
Projectile Speed	792 m/s
Air Drag	0.347
Projectile Mass	24.5 kg
Type of Projectile	AP – 127 mm AP/SC Mk38
Alpha Damage	2 100
Projectile Speed	792 m/s
Air Drag	0.347
Projectile Mass	25.0 kg
Projectile Krupp	2 598
Projectile Detonator	0.01 s
Detonator threshold	21 mm
Ricochet Angles	45° – 60°

Torpedo Armament

3 x 5 533 mm Mk14 Mark 17* Can only hit cruisers, battleships, and aircraft carriers
Reloading Time	139 s
Maximum Distance	13.500 km
Optimal firing angles at the front	64°
Optimal firing angles at the rear	67°
Damage	18 800
Flooding Chance	389%
Speed	69 knots
Surface Detectability	0.8 km

Anti-air Armament

Consumables

Consumables
Slot 1	Slot 2	Slot 3	Slot 4
Damage Control Party Work time: 5 s Cooldown: 40 s	Smoke Generator Number of charges: 5 Work time: 30 s Cooldown: 100 s Smoke radius: 450 m Smoke duration: 70 s	Engine Boost Number of charges: 3 Work time: 120 s Cooldown: 120 s Speed bonus: +8%	Torpedo Reload Booster Number of charges: 2 Work time: 1 s Cooldown: 300 s Torpedo reload time: 8 s
	Surveillance Radar Number of charges: 3 Work time: 25 s Cooldown: 120 s Ship spotting range: 7.5 km

The Armor

Personal Opinion

Well… Kunming isn’t particularly appealing right now. While, compared to Yueyang, she gets a significant increase to her torpedo power as well as a slight increase to her firepower with an increase of her DPM by 6%. The problem is that, when considering the current competition, it isn’t really that much.
It’s especially true when considering the price to pay. Namely, the ship is much, much bigger than Yueyang and as such, she is an easier target. This is quite problematic considering that there are now three superdestroyers with an alternative firing mode that allows them to unleash big bursts of damage.
Her concealment also takes a severe hit and now there is Dalarna which outspots her and also massively outguns her.

So yeah… not starting well.

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