Armada Atlântico
Hardly anyone will think of a dashing regatta of steel giants
when someone mentions the South American dreadnought race.
We must admit, however, that the show would be spectacular.
In fact, the term refers to the naval rivalry between Argentina,
Brazil, and Chile in the early 20th century,
which resulted in higher demand for new battleships
from the aforementioned countries.
Between 1907 and 1911,
South American countries ordered British and American shipbuilding companies
to design and build seven dreadnoughts.
This naval arms race, which was especially fierce
between Brazil and Argentina, ended only with the outbreak of the Great War.
The hero of today’s show is a project of a battleship
that could fully satisfy Brazilian admirals of that era—
Tier VIII battleship Atlântico.
Due to various political circumstances,
the Brazilian government had to sell British-built battleship
Rio de Janeiro in 1913,
but the nation did not cease its attempts to obtain a superdreadnought.
The very next year, a new project was ordered from Armstrong and Vickers—
now with a 381 mm main battery
like the kind found on the latest British battleships of the Queen Elizabeth type.
Brazil even signed a contract to build such a ship, dubbed Riachuelo,
but it was not laid down because of the Great War.
Having carefully analyzed the Armstrong and Vickers projects
submitted for the Brazilian tender,
and taking the development trends of British shipbuilding into account,
World of Warships developers presented an architecturally
and structurally similar ship that could have been built in 1915,
modernized in the United States in the late 1930s,
and equipped with surveillance radar and AA defenses during World War II.
The armament of the ship deserves a closer look.
The main battery of Atlântico consists of ten 381 mm guns
equipped with only armor-piercing shells.
But turn your attention to the secondary armament now!
Sixteen 234 mm guns.
I must admit that many same-tier cruisers have more modest main batteries.
The firepower of the secondary armament of battleship Atlântico
is complemented with ten more 127 mm guns.
The secondary battery guns are quite accurate,
with a base firing range of 7.5 km,
but they are difficult to use because of the arcing ballistics—
the shells travel more slowly.
It’s harder to deal damage to destroyers with such secondary armaments,
but it allows you to shoot over islands and hit the decks of battleships.
Now, let’s discuss other characteristics.
Atlântico is one of the slowest battleships of her tier—
this is probably a disadvantage.
However, a significant advantage is her good armor—
the horizontal armor protects against high-explosive shells,
and the battleship has an almost impregnable citadel.
This offsets the small number of hit points to some extent—
they will not fade away so quickly in a blazing battle.
It’s better to avoid such situations, of course,
and increase the battleship’s pool of hit points with upgrades.
Here, everything is as usual for this tier— armament and survivability first.
Put Main Armaments Modification 1 in the first slot,
Damage Control System Modification 1 in the second,
Secondary Battery Modification 1 in the third,
Damage Control System Modification 2 in the fourth,
and I recommend you use Concealment System Modification 1 for the fifth.
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