Greetings, fellow Captains!
My name is Dasha Perova. Today I'm going tell you about Update 0.5.4.
Meet a branch of Russian and Soviet cruisers in World of Warships.
We are pleased to give you the opportunity to battle
using some legendary historical ships,
as well as the ones that never made it off the
drawing board, but are brought to life in our game.
The most important and distinctive feature of this branch is artillery —
powerful, accurate, and with long range.
But there's also a weak spot: the ships are large,
and their citadels are located higher than usual.
The first new ship in the branch is Novik, a fast protected cruiser,
with eight 120-mm guns in its top configuration.
When launched, it was the world's fastest ship of its type.
At Tier III, you will find protected cruiser Bogatyr
The ship has twelve 152-mm guns in its stock configuration,
and sixteen 130-mm guns in its top configuration.
At Tier IV, the branch has a cruiser with a beautiful Russian female name Svietlana.
However, her fifteen 130-mm guns will make you think twice
before coming too close,
even more so since Svietlana carries four triple torpedo launchers.
The Tier V ship, Kirov, is the first cruiser designed in the Soviet Union.
The ship fought in the Siege of Leningrad during World War II.
The lack of armor protection is compensated for with high speed and the most powerful
artillery among Tier V cruisers — nine 180-mm main battery guns.
At the next tier comes Project 94 Budyonny, the version that followed cruiser Kirov.
Budyonny featured better armor and a higher firing rate
for her152-mm primary armament, but was actually never built.
At Tier VII comes Project 28 Shchors
Like her predecessor, this cruiser was never launched, and can only be seen in our game.
Derived from Project 26 Kirov, Shchors was equipped with a second aft turret
and could carry as many as twelve 152-mm guns,
but had weaker armor than her predecessor.
At Tier VIII, you will see Chapayev, a light Project 68K cruiser.
The ship's key strength is enhanced armor and much stronger anti-aircraft defense.
In addition, Chapayev will be the first ship with a unique consumable, Surveillance Radar,
which significantly increases the detection range irrespective of obstacles.
The Tier IX ship in the branch is Project 65 Dmitri Donskoi.
another cruiser that existed only on paper.
Designed as a successor to Project 68K,
Dmitri Donskoi outran her predecessors in terms of primary armament
twelve 180-mm guns — and anti-aircraft defense.
Importantly, the torpedo range was finally increased to 8 km.
The jewel in the crown of Soviet cruisers is Project 66 Moskva,
which was designed to challenge US heavy cruiser Des Moines.
They never met in real life, but in the game you have a chance
to find out who rules the seas.
Moskva's power is incredible: there are nine 220-mm guns,
the armor belt is 155 mm thick; and the maximum speed is 34.5 knots.
The shells fired by the Soviet cruiser fly much faster,
which makes it a lot more comfortable to engage the enemy
and increases the penetration capability.
That's all for today. I'm Dasha Perova. Subscribe to our channel,
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