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 but lacks SAP shells unlike other Italian battleships.
• 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: 14.8

Base Value:  40,000

Status during testing and Early Access:   Affondatore

Cost on final release:  57,000.000 Credits

Nation:  Italy

Current development status: Work in Progress

How to obtain Affondatore on final release

  Affondatore, when released as a researchable ship, will cost  57 000 000 Credits.
To obtain   Affondatore, you must first have researched  X Cristoforo Colombo of the corresponding branch.

Only players who own or have researched at least 3 (three) Tier X (10) ships will have access to  Superships.

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:

Range: 19.3 km

Reload: 35.0 s

180° Turn Time: 40.0 s

Dispersion at Max Range: 255 m

Sigma: 1.60σ

Shell Types

HE Shells

16x 406 mm proiettili HE 1940:

Alpha Damage: 5,700

Alpha Piercing HE: 68.0 mm

Ammo Type: High Explosive

Shell Air Drag: 0.248

Shell Always Ricochet At: 60.0°

Normalization: 8.0°

Shell Detonator: 0.001

Shell Detonator Threshold: 2.0

Shell Diameter: 406 mm

Shell Krupp: 250.0

Shell Mass: 1071.0 kg

Shell Ricochet At: 91.0°

Shell Speed: 836.0 m/s

Burn Probability: 36%

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

Secondary battery reload time: -75.0%

Secondary battery HE shell armor penetration capability: +100.0%

Maximum secondary battery shell dispersion: -80.0%

Ship speed: +10.0%

Activation conditions

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

Action time: 45.0 s

Effect when conditionsare not met

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:  4.6 km

Hit Probability:  75%

Damage Within an Explosion:  1540

Damage by long-range AA guns:  49

Number of Explosions Per Salvo:  3

Continuous Damage: soon

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:  980

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: 16.2 km

Detectability by enemy subs: 0-16.2 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: 60 s

Smoke screen lifetime: 15 s

Reload time: 120 s

Smoke Radius: 900.0 m

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

Please be aware that all information in this post is 'Work in Progress', the announced adjustments and features may undergo multiple changes during testing, all changes will be added to this post immediately after they become available, the final details will be officially published and labelled in the ship info as 'Released' on this post.