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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Closed test 14.9 Changes

• HE Shell Nerf: Reduced damage (2,850 to 2,700) and fire chance (13% to 11%)
• Impact: The ship will be less effective at setting fires and dealing consistent HE damage.
• AP Shell Nerf: Reduced damage (4,800 to 4,550) and penetration
• Impact: The ship will be less effective against armored targets and will need to be more selective with AP usage.
• Combat Instructions Rework:
  • Progress now based on main battery hits (1% per hit) instead of ship destruction
  • Progress from potential damage increased (0.2% to 0.4% per 1000 damage)
• Impact: The ship's special ability will now reward consistent gun performance rather than kill-securing, encouraging more active gameplay.

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)

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

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.

Status during tests:  Special Cruiser

Estimated ship release: 14.9

Base value: 11,000

Nation:  Pan-America  Peru

Current development status: Work in Progress

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

Main Battery Armament

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

Shell Types

HE Shells

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 Shells

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

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.

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%

AA Defence:

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: soon

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

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

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.

Important: 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.