Comandante Aguirre: Tier VIII Premium Pan-American Peruvian Cruiser 1944

A heavy cruiser that could have been designed and built in the Netherlands as a scaled-down version of the Project 1047. In the 1970s, she could have been sold to Peru alongside several other ships formerly in service with the Royal Netherlands Navy. For a ship of the 1940s, the cruiser features strong armor and relatively effective anti-aircraft defenses.

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ℹ️ Ship Info

Ship Name:   VIII Comandante Aguirre

Level: 8

WG introduction: July 31st, 2025

Rarity Level: Common Ship. Always or frequently available through regular gameplay. Designed to be broadly accessible.

Released: 14.10

Base value: 11,000

Nation:  Pan-America  Peru

Released

How to Obtain: Aguirre's Command Random Bundle in your regional Armory

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✨ Key Features

• Heavy protection with improved deck plating (up to 40mm), good belt armor, and reinforced bow/aft armor
• Solid AA capability typical of Dutch cruisers
• Access to conventional Repair Party
• Choice between Hydroacoustic Search or Defensive AA Fire
• Main battery of nine 203mm guns with regular cruiser dispersion formula
• Improved AP shells with better ricochet angles and penetration
• Combat Instructions that significantly improve reload speed (charged by Potential Damage and destroying ships)

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⚔️ Gameplay Tips

• Best suited for low to medium range combat
• Focus on firing AP shells at broadsided enemies
• Make shots count due to limited range and slow reload
• Use sturdy survivability to create space for your team
• Leverage Combat Instructions by drawing fire for teammates
• Be cautious of overextending - while durable, it's still a cruiser with limited maneuverability
• Choose consumables (Hydro/AA) based on expected threats

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💣 Armament Breakdown

Main Battery

3x3 203 mm/60 SK C/34 on a turret mount:

Firing Range: 15.1 km

Reload Time: 18.5 s

180 Degree Turn Time: 22.5 s

Maximum Dispersion: 137 m

Sigma Value: 2.0σ

HE (High Explosive)

9 x 203 mm Spr.Gr. L/4.7 Kz

Alpha Damage: 2,700

Alpha Piercing HE: 34.0 mm

Ammo Type: High Explosive

Shell Air Drag: 0.263

Shell Always Ricochet At: 60.0°

Normalization: 8.0°

Shell Detonator: 0.001

Shell Detonator Threshold: 2.0

Shell Diameter: 203 mm

Shell Krupp: 32.0

Shell Mass: 110.0 kg

Shell Ricochet At: 91.0°

Shell Speed: 925.0 m/s

Burn Probability: 11%

AP (Armor Piercing)

9 x 203 mm P.Spr.Gr. L/4.8

Alpha Damage: 4,550

Ammo Type: Armor Piercing

Shell Air Drag: 0.263

Shell Always Ricochet At: 65.0°

Normalization: 7.0°

Shell Detonator: 0.033

Shell Detonator Threshold: 34.0 mm

Overmatch AP Shell: 14.0 mm

Shell Diameter: 203 mm

Shell Krupp: 2977.0

Shell Mass: 110.0 kg

Shell Ricochet At: 50.0°

Shell Speed: 925.0 m/s

⚔️ Combat Instructions - Immediate Main Battery Reload

Press button to activate combat instructions

Activation Effect

Main battery reload time: -70.0%

Action time: 20.0 s

Activation conditions

Receive 1000 HP of potential damage: 0.04%

The Combat Instructions meter now fills by 1% for each main battery shell hit

Effect when conditions are not met

Time before you start losing progress: 50.0 s

Progress loss per second: 5.0%

Secondary Armament

4 x 2 120 mm HE Brisantgranaat:

Range: 7.6 km.

Reload: 3 s.

Damage: 1700.

Chance of Fire: 7%.

HE Armour Penetration: 20 mm.

Shell Velocity: 850 m/s.

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🛡️ Survivability

Armor

Health: 42,200

Overall: 25 mm

Fires duration: 30 s

Hull Fore/Mid/Aft: 25-50/27-40/25-50 mm

Deck Fore/Mid/Aft: 25/40/26 mm

Superstructure: 16 mm

Armor Belt: 40-200 mm

Fore Athwartships: 50-200 mm

Aft Athwartships: 50-200 mm mm

Citadel Fore Athwartships: 40 mm

Citadel Aft Athwartships: 40 mm

Citadel Torpedo Bulkhead: 40 mm

Citadel Deck: 30 mm

Citadel Bottom: 40 mm

Turret Plating: 70~150 mm

Torpedo Damage Reduction: 19%

Tonnage: 19,954 tn

AA Defense

Long Range:

4x2 120 mm/50 Model 1942 in a turret:

Action Zone: 6.0 km

Hit Probability: 90 %

Continuous Damage Per Second: 119

Damage within an explosion: 1540

Number of explosions in a salvo: 5

Continuous damage: 256

Action zone: 3.5 - 6.0 km.

Medium Range:

10x2 40 mm/56 Bofors Model 1936 on a twin mount:

Action Zone: 3.5 km

Hit Probability: 90 %

Continuous Damage Per Second: 186

Short Range:

14x2 20 mm Oerlikon on a Mk.20 mount:

Action Zone: 2.0 km

Hit Probability: 85 %

Continuous Damage Per Second: 182

Depth Charge Airstrike

Plane: Consolidated PB4Y-2 Privateer

Aircraft HP: 2000

Max Range: 7.0 km

Available Flights: 2

No of Aircraft in Attacking Flight: 1

Bombs in Payload: 2x 650 lb Depth Bomb

Max Bomb Damage: 4200

Burn Probability: 24%

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💨 Maneuverability & Concealment

Mobility

Maximum speed: 32.5 kts

Turning circle radius: 730 m

Rudder shift time: 11.1 s

Propulsion: 140,000 hp

Detection

Surface detectability: 13.3 km

Air detectability: 9.9 km

Detectability after firing main guns in smoke: 8.0 km

🛠️ Available 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: 80 s

HP per second: 233.0 hp/s

Slot 2: Hydroacoustic Search:

Charges: 3

Action time: 100 s

Reload time: 120 s

Detection of Torps: 3.5 km

Detection of Ships: 5.0 km

Slot 3: Defensive AA fire:

Charges: 3

Action time: 40 s

Reload time: 80 s

Continuous damage: +50%

Damage from shell explosions: +300%

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