Affondatore - Italian Super Battleship 1945

An Italian version of the "maximum battleship" concept—a ship of unlimited displacement equipped with extremely powerful artillery. The battleship's air defense consists of dual-purpose 135 mm mounts, developed in Italy at the turn of the 1930s and 1940s, along with 76 mm anti-aircraft guns adopted into service in the 1960s.

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Key Features:

• High Barrel Count & Powerful AP Shells: Delivers heavy volleys.
• Strong Armor: Excellent citadel protection typical of Italian battleships.
• Improved Exhaust Smoke: Larger radius, longer duration, and faster cooldown for tactical flexibility.
• Combat Instructions: Charged by main battery hits, enhances secondary battery (rate of fire, penetration, dispersion) and boosts ship speed by 10% (does not increase secondary range).
• Weaknesses: Mediocre accuracy, short range, poor maneuverability, and vulnerability to torpedoes due to large size.

Gameplay Tips:

• Fight at Medium Range: Use main battery firepower initially; avoid long-range engagements.
• Timely Aggression: Close in when Combat Instructions are charged and enemies are vulnerable.
• Maximize Secondaries: At close range, activate Combat Instructions to unleash devastating secondary battery attacks.
• Smoke Tactics: Use Exhaust Smoke to safely advance or disengage from unfavorable fights.
• Speed Boost: Combat Instructions' speed increase helps reposition or retreat when needed.

Ship Info

Ship name:    Affondatore

Level:  11

Rarity Level: Uncommon Ship. Requires moderate effort, typically available through recurring events and steady in-game progress.

WG introduction:  June 5th, 2025

Estimated release: 15.6

Status during testing and Early Access:   Affondatore

Cost on final release: 57,000.000 Credits

Nation:  Italy

🚢 How to obtain early access    Affondatore

Commanders, a new Salvage for Victory event is on the horizon! This time, the ultimate prize is early access to the formidable Italian superbattleship Affondatore, alongside her exclusive commemorative flag.

Unlike some previous iterations, this specific Salvage for Victory event is a straight sprint to the finish—there are no midpoint rewards. You will need to accumulate a total of 100 Progress Points to claim the grand prize.

Note on Availability: Affondatore’s Early Access period will last for three updates. Following this, she will officially join the Tech Tree in Update 15.9.

Event Mechanics & Resource Caps

To reach the 100 Progress Points required, you can mix and match various in-game resources. However, you cannot rely on just one resource type to carry you to the end. The event enforces strict caps on how much progress each resource can contribute:

• Credits, Elite Commander XP, Coal, and Uncommon Economic Bonuses: Each of these resource types can be used to fund up to 50% of your total progress (50 Progress Points max per resource).
• Salvage Tokens: Can be used for up to 30% of the total progress (30 Progress Points max).

Personal Challenges Integration

Running concurrently with Salvage for Victory is a Personal Challenges event. This will be your primary hunting ground for Salvage Tokens. As an added bonus, Coal will also be featured among the Personal Challenges rewards, helping you double down on the resources needed for the main event.

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Resource Conversion Breakdown

Plan your spending wisely. Here is the exact cost breakdown per 1 Progress Point, including individual resource limits and maximum possible spending:

Resource Type	Cost per 1 Point	Point Limit	Max Resource Spending
Coal	5,000	50	250,000
Credits	2,000,000	50	100,000,000
Salvage Tokens	1	30	30
Uncommon Economic Bonuses (All Types)	30	50	1,500
Elite Commander XP	60,000	50	3,000,000

Final Rewards

Upon successfully reaching 100 Progress Points, the following rewards will be credited to your account immediately:

• Italian superbattleship    Affondatore (Early Access)
• Affondatore commemorative flag

Good luck on the battles ahead, Commanders. Strategize your resource spending, conquer the Personal Challenges, and add the might of the Italian fleet's finest to your port!

Armor

Hit Points: 115,600 hp

Overall Armour: 19-420 mm

Hull Plating (fore/mid/aft): 32/45-420/32 mm

Deck Plating (fore/mid/aft): 32/50-55/32 mm

Turret Plating: 100-410 mm

Superstructure: 19 mm

Fore Athwartships: 70-250 mm

Aft Athwartships: 70-250 mm

Citadel Fore Athwartships: 70-250 mm

Citadel Aft Athwartships: 70-250 mm

Armor Belt: 50-420 mm

Citadel Torpedo Bulkhead: 50 mm

Citadel Deck: 45 mm

Citadel Armored Deck Slopes: 27 mm

Citadel Bottom: 50 mm

Tonnage: 88,350

Torpedo Protection, Damage Reduction: 31%

Main Battery Armament

4x4 406 mm/50 Model 1940 in a turret:

Max Range: 20.8 km

Max Reload: 40.0 s

180° Turn Time: 40.0 s

Dispersion at Max Range: 270 m

Sigma: 1.60σ

Shell Types

SAP Shells

16x 406 mm proiettili CS 1940:

Alpha Damage: 14,100

Alpha Piercing CS: 102.4 mm

Ammo Type: Semi Armor Piercing

Shell Air Drag: 0.248

Shell Always Ricochet At: 80.0°

Normalization: 45.0°

Shell Detonator: 0.03

Shell Detonator Threshold: 25.0

Shell Diameter: 406 mm

Shell Krupp: 3.0

Shell Mass: 1071.0 kg

Shell Ricochet At: 70.0°

Shell Speed: 836.0 m/s

AP Shells

16x 406 mm proiettili AP 1940:

Alpha Damage: 13,050

Ammo Type: Armor Piercing

Shell Air Drag: 0.248

Shell Always Ricochet At: 60.0°

Normalization: 6.0°

Shell Detonator: 0.033

Shell Detonator Threshold: 68.0

Shell Diameter: 406 mm

Shell Krupp: 2400.0

Shell Mass: 1071.0 kg

Shell Ricochet At: 45.0°

Shell Speed: 836.0 m/s

Combat Instructions: Direct Control Over Secondary Battery Crews

Press button to activate combat instructions

Activation Effect

Ship speed: +10.0%

Consumable preparation and cooldown time: -10.0%

Action time: 60 s

Activation conditions

Fill the combat instructions progress bar by completing the conditions below

Hit an enemy ship with a main battery shell: 3.5%

Action time: 45.0 s

Effect when conditions are not met

After some time, you will start losing progress

Time before you start losing progress: 60.0 s

Progress loss per second: 5.0%.

Secondaries

6x3 135 mm proiettili HE 1938:

Max HE Shell Damage: 1,950

Range: 7.3 km

Reload: 6.1 s

Alpha Piercing HE: 23.0 mm

Ammo Type: High Explosive

Shell Speed: 875.0 m/s

Burn Probability: 9%

Depth Charge Airstrike

Plane: CANT Z.506 Airone

Plane HP: 2000 hp

Range: 11.0 km

Reload: 30.0 s

Number of Bombs in Payload: 2x CS 300 kg

Maximum bomb damage: 4900

Available flights: 2

Number of Aircraft in Attacking Flight: 1

Chance of causing fire: 28.0%

AA Defence

Long Range:

6x3 135 mm/45 Model 1938 on a Model 1938 mount:

Firing range:  5.2 km

Hit Probability:  75%

Damage Within an Explosion:  1750

Damage by long-range AA guns:  137

Number of Explosions Per Salvo:  6

Continuous Damage: 664

Action Zone:  3.5 - 4.6 km

Mid Range:

14x1 76.2 mm/62 OTO-Melara Compact:

Firing range:  4.0 km

Damage by mid-range AA guns:  973

Hit Probability:  75%

Mobility

Maximum speed: 30.0 knots

Turning circle radius: 1020 m

Rudder shift time: 20.2 s

Propulsion: 185,000 hp

Detection

Surface Detectability: 17.4 km

Air Detectability: 10.0 km

Detectability by enemy subs: 0-10.0 km

Detectability whilst firing in smoke: 17.5 km

Available Consumables

Slot 1: Damage Control Party:

Charges: Unlimited

Work Time: 15 s

Reload Time: 80 s

Slot 2: Repair Party:

Charges: 5

Action time: 28 s

Reload time: 80 s

HP per Second: 578.0 p/s

Slot 3 Exhaust Smoke Generator:

Charges: 3

Action time: 45 s

Smoke screen lifetime: 10 s

Reload time: 180 s

Smoke Radius: 510 m

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