Piemonte - Italian Super Cruiser 1935

During the 1930s, the Italian company Ansaldo presented the Soviet Union with a collection of drawings, which included a blueprint for a battlecruiser with a displacement of 22,000 tons. The ship was to carry an armament of nine 10-inch guns and feature a four-shaft layout with 60,000 hp per shaft, which would allow the ship to reach a speed of 37 knots. After the outbreak of World War II, the unfinished ship would be requisitioned by the Italian government, with the battlecruiser receiving Italian armament.

 

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Key Features

• Piemonte will be a continuation of the Venezia branch.
• She is equipped with twelve (12) 254mm main battery guns which deal good damage per salvo, but have a low rate of fire.
• The ship is also armed with eight torpedo tubes which have solid range and damage but low speed.
• Piemonte also has a well-protected citadel and good protection from HE shells, while also having high speed and good manoeuvrability.
• Her consumables are represented by Repair Party and Exhaust Smoke Generator on different slots, but unlike Venezia, she has no Fighter or Spotting Aircraft.
• 13.2 Added to Slot 4: Submarine Surveillance.

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Piemonte Info:

Ship Name:    Piemonte

Level: 11

Paper ship: Yes

Class:  Project Cruiser 

WG introduction: June 17, 2023

Status when final:   Researchable ship

Ship release: 12.11 as a researchable ship at a cost of  47,500,000 Credits.

Nation:   Italy

Current development status: Released

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Piemonte Armor:

Hit Points: 61,400 hp

Armour: 16-250 mm

Fires duration: 30 s

Fore Athwartships: 30-60 mm

Aft Athwartships: 60 mm

Citadel Fore Athwartships: 30-180 mm

Citadel Aft Athwartships: 30-150 mm

Superstructure: 16 mm

Armor Belt: 40-165 mm

Torpedo Bulkhead: 35 mm

Citdel Torpedo Bulkhead: 30 mm

Armored Deck Slopes: 30 mm

Citadel Deck: 110 mm

Turret Plating: 100-200 mm

Citadel Bottom: 40 mm

Conning Tower: 120-250 mm

Tonnage: 27,780

Torpedo Protection, Damage Reduction: 19%

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Main Battery Armament:

Main Battery

4x3 254 mm/60 in a turret:

Max Range: 17.8 km

Reload: 21.0 s

Minimum Shell Type Switching Time: 21.0 s

180° Turn Time: 25.7 s

Dispersion at Max Range: 156 m

Sigma: 2.05σ

 

Shell Types

AP Shells: 12x 254 mm proiettili AP:

Max AP Shell Damage: 6,150

Damage per Salvo: 73,800

Damage per Minute: 210,857

Ammo Type: Armor Piercing

Shell Air Drag: 0.278

Shell Always Ricochet At: 60.0°

Normalization: 6.0°

Shell Detonator: 0.033

Shell Detonator Threshold: 42.0

Shell Krupp: 2650.0

Shell Mass: 227.9 kg

Ricochet: 45.0°

Shell Speed: 945.0 m/s

 

SAP Shells 12x 254 mm proiettili CS:

Max SAP Shell Damage: 7,000

Damage per Salvo: 84,000

Damage per Minute: 240,000

Alpha Piercing CS: 67.2 mm

Ammo Type: Semi Armor Piercing

Shell Air Drag: 0.278

Shell Always Ricochet At: 80.0°

Normalization: 45.0°

Shell Detonator: 0.03

Shell Detonator Threshold: 25.0

Shell Krupp: 3.0

Shell Mass: 227.9 kg

Shell Ricochet: 70.0°

Shell Velocity: 945.0 m/s

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Secondaries:

6x2 135 mm proiettili HE 1938

Max HE Shell Damage: 1,950

Range: 7.3 km

Reload: 10.7 s

Alpha Piercing HE: 23.0 mm

Ammo Type: High Explosive

Shell Air Drag: 0.29

Shell Always Ricochet At: 60.0°

Normalization: 68.0°

Shell Detonator: 0.001

Shell Detonator Threshold: 2.0

Shell Krupp: 590.0

Shell Mass: 32.7 kg

Shell Ricochet At: 91.0°

Shell Speed: 875.0 m/s

Burn Probability: 9%

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Torpedoes:

2 × 4 533 mm Si 270 N:

Max Damage: 13,900

Range: 13.5 km

Reload: 95 s

Speed: 56 kts

180 degree turn time: 7.2 s

Torpedo detectability: 1.1 km

Enemy response time after spotting these torps: 7.55 s

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Depth Charge Airstrike:

Maximum bomb damage: 4900

Available flights: 2

Attack aircraft per flight: 1

Aircraft HP: 2000

Range: 8 km

Bombs per payload: 2x CS 300 kg (DC)

Reload time: 30 s

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AA Defence:

Long Range:

6x2 135 mm:

Firing range: 4.6 km

Hit Probability: 90 %

Damage by Zone Area AA: 53

Damage Caused by Shell Explosions: 1540

Number of Explosions Per Salvo: 3

Action Zone: 3.5 - 4.6 km

Continuous Damage: 508

Mid Range:

8x1 76.2 mm:

Firing range:  4.0 km

Damage by mid-range AA guns:  588

Hit Probability:  90%

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Mobility:

Maximum speed: 37.0 knots

Turning circle radius: 810 m

Rudder shift time: 12.7 s

Propulsion: 240,000 hp

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Visibility:

Surface Detectability: 15.4 km

Air Detectability: 10.8 km

Detectability by enemy subs: 0-10.8 km

Detectability whilst firing in smoke: 11.2 km

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Consumables:

Slot 1: Damage Control Party:

Charges: infinite

Action Time: 5 s

Reload Time: 60 s

Slot 2: Repair Party:

Charges: 3

Action time: 28 s

Reload Time: 80s

Regenerated hp per Second: +307 hp/s

Slot 3: Exhaust Smoke Generator:

Charges: 2

Action time: 40 s

Smoke screen lifetime: 10 s

Reload time: 180 s

Smoke Radius: 0.51 km

Slot 4: Submarine Surveillance:

Charges: 3

Action time: 20 s

Reload time: 120 s

Submarine detection distance: 7 km

 

All stats are listed without crew and upgrade modifiers but with best available modules. The stats are subject to change at any time.