World of Warships Supertest: Soviet Tier VIII Premium Cruiser Dmitry Pozharsky

Historical background

Dmitry Pozharsky was the sixth ship of the Serdlov-class light cruisers from the Soviet Navy. The ship was laid down in February 1952, launched in June 1953, and Commissioned in December 1954.

As she entered service during peacetime (Well, technically during the Cold War), her career was a pretty quiet one, traveling around the world. She would be deployed in the Northern Fleet and later Pacific Fleet (which was also covering operations in the Indian Ocean).

She would serve until March 1987 when she was disarmed and decommissioned. She was later sold for scrap to an Indian company in 1990.

In World of Warships, she is joining her sister Mikhail Kutuzov and Irian (previously named Ordzhonikidze) but with a very different archetype. Pozharsky is only able to fire AP shells with improved ballistics and penetration angles. She is also equipped with a Short-burst Smoke Generator.

Ship’s preview

Ship’s commemorative flag

Ship’s permanent 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	Engine	Gun Fire Control System	Main battery	Torpedoes
Dmitry Pozharsky	Propulsion: 121 000 HP	GFCS VIII mod. 1	152 mm/57 B-38 on an MK-5-bis mount	‎53-38

General Characteristics and Playstyle

Consumables
Slot 1	Slot 2	Slot 3
Damage Control Party Work time: 5 s Cooldown: 60 s	Hydroacoustic Search Number of charges: 3 Work time: 100 s Cooldown: 120 s Torpedo spotting range: 3.5 km Ship spotting range: 5.0 km	Short-Burst Smoke Generator Number of charges: 5 Work time: 15 s Cooldown: 70 s Smoke radius: 600 m Smoke duration: 40 s
	Defensive AA Fire Number of charges: 3 Work time: 40 s Cooldown: 80 s Continuous Damage: +50% Damage from shell explosions: +300%

Main Armament

4 x 3 152 mm/57 B-38 on an MK-5-bis mount
Maximum Firing Range	18.100 km
Reloading Time	7.0 s
180 Degree Turn Time	25.0 s
Optimal firing angles at the front	30°
Optimal firing angles at the rear	35°
Sigma	2.0 sigma
Maximum Dispersion	158 m
Shells
Type of Projectile	AP –  B-36
Alpha Damage	3 300
Projectile Speed	950 m/s
Air Drag	0.235
Projectile Mass	55.0 kg
Projectile Krupp	2 400
Projectile Detonator	0.025 s
Detonator threshold	25 mm
Ricochet Angles	50° – 65°

Secondary Armament

6 x 2 100 mm/70 on an SM-5-1s mount
Maximum Firing Range	6.600 km
Reloading Time	4.0 s
Sigma	1.0 sigma
Shells
Type of Projectile	HE – HE-55
Alpha Damage	1 400
HE penetration	17 mm
Explosion Size	4.35 m
Chance to Cause Fire	6 %
Projectile Speed	1 000 m/s
Air Drag	0.295
Projectile Mass	15.6 kg

Torpedo Armament

2 x 5 533 mm PTA-53-30 53-38
Reloading Time	131.0 s
Maximum Distance	4.000 km
Optimal firing angles at the front	52°
Optimal firing angles at the rear	48°
Damage	14 400
Flooding Chance	240%
Speed	65 knots
Surface Detectability	1.3 km

Anti-air Armament

ASW Airstrike

Beriyev Be-6 – Depth charge airstrike PLAB-160
Reloading Time	30 s
Number of charges	2
HP per plane	2 000
Attack range	0.5 km – 7.0 km
Number of planes in the squadron	1
Number of bombs in payload	2
Damage	4 200
Detonation timer	3.5 s – 4.5 s
Sink speed	7.5-11.3 m/s
Explosion radius	375 m
Fire chances	24%
Flooding chances	300%

The Armor

External armor protection:

Citadel armor protection:

Turrets armor protection:

Hidden armor protection inside the bow and stern:

Personal Opinion

Overall, this ship looks quite promising. While she can only fire AP shells, she gets ludicrous railgun-like ballistics, great firing range, and strong penetration for 152 mm shells. The Short-burst Smoke Generator is also always welcome on a cruiser like that as she can have the consumable ready whenever you will be in trouble.

Some might criticize the lack of a short fuze on the AP shells but it’s both a good and a bad thing. It is a bad thing because she will struggle to deal with destroyers and if particularly thinly armored cruisers sail broadside in front of her, chances are that they will only get overpenetration. However, it is also a good thing because she is far less likely to get screwed by torpedo bulges and other types of spaced armor configurations.

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