Lanzhou: Tier VII Pan-Asian Chinese Premium Cruiser 1940

A hypothetical design of a cruiser with 180 mm main battery guns, a development of the Soviet Project 26 ships with enhanced protection and torpedo armament, and a modified composition of anti-aircraft systems.

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Ship Info

Ship name:   VII Lanzhou

Level: 7

WG introduction: August 28th, 2025

Paper ship: Yes

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

Base value: 7,500

Estimated Release: 14.11

Nation:  Pan-Asia,  People's Republic of China

Current development status: Work in Progress

Armor

Hit points: 31,500

Plating: 9-140 mm

Fires duration: 30 s

Hull Plating fore/mid/aft: 16-20/16-50/16-35 mm

Deck Plating fore/mid/aft: 16/25/16 mm

Fore Athwartship: 9 mm

Aft Athwartship: 9 mm

Citadel Fore Athwartships: 140 mm

Citadel Aft Athwartships: 140 mm

Armor Belt: 115 mm

Citadel Plating: 16 mm

Superstructure: 10 mm

Citadel Deck: 40 mm

Citadel Bottom: 30 mm

Turrets: 20-80 mm

Tonnage: 11,170 tn

Main Battery Armament

3x3 180 mm/57 on an MK-3 mount:

Range: 17.6 km

Reload: 10.6 s

180° Turn Time: 22.5 s

Dispersion at Max Range: 166 m

Sigma: 2.0σ

Shell Types

HE Shells

9x 180 mm HE-33:

Alpha Damage: 2,500

Alpha Piercing HE: 30.0 mm

Ammo Type: High Explosive

Shell Air Drag: 0.2654

Shell Always Ricochet At: 60.0°

Normalization: 8.0°

Shell Detonator: 0.001

Shell Detonator Threshold: 2.0

Shell Diameter: 180 mm

Shell Krupp: 560.0

Shell Mass: 109.2 kg

Shell Ricochet At: 91.0°

Shell Speed: 920.0 m/s

Burn Probability: 11%

AP Shells

9x 180 mm AP-33:

Alpha Damage: 4,300

Ammo Type: Armor Piercing

Shell Air Drag: 0.2381

Shell Always Ricochet At: 65.0°

Normalization: 7.0°

Shell Detonator: 0.022

Shell Detonator Threshold: 30.0

Shell Diameter: 180 mm

Shell Krupp: 3000.0

Shell Mass: 97.5 kg

Shell Ricochet At: 50.0°

Shell Speed: 920.0 m/s

Depth Charge Airstrike

Beriyev Be-6

Plane HP: 2000 hp

Range: 6.0 km

Reload: 25.0 s

Number of Bombs in Payload: 1x Plab-50

Maximum bomb damage: 3,400

Available flights: 2

Number of Aircraft in Attacking Flight: 1

Chance of causing fire: 16.0%

Secondaries

3x2 100 mm HE-56:

Alpha Damage: 1,400

Range: 5.6 km

Reload: 3.8 s

Alpha Piercing HE: 17.0 mm

Ammo Type: High Explosive

Shell Speed: 895 m/s

Maximum dispersion: 349 m

Burn Probability: 6%

Torpedoes

2x3 533 mm Mk IX*:

Equipped with deepwater torpedoes that can not hit the destroyers, submarines.

Range: 8.0 km

Reload: 134.0 s

Max Damage: 15,867

Speed: 61 kts

180 degree turn time: 7.2 s

Torpedo detectability: 0.8 km

AA Defence

Long Range:

3x2 100 mm/56 on a B-54 mount:

Firing range: 5.8 km

Hit Probability: 90%

Damage Within an Explosion: 1180

Damage by long-range AA guns: 46

Number of Explosions Per Salvo: 1

Continuous Damage: 117

Action Zone: 3.5 - 5.8 km

Mid Range:

3x4 37 mm 46-K mount:

Firing range: 3.5 km

Damage by mid-range AA guns: 77

Hit Probability: 90%

Short Range:

6x2 25 mm Type 61 AA Mount:

Firing range: 2.5 km

Damage by mid-range AA guns: 91

Hit Probability: 85%

Mobility

Maximum speed: 35.0 knots

Turning circle radius: 690 m

Rudder shift time: 8.6 s

Propulsion: 130,000 hp

Detection

Surface Detectability: 12.7 km

Air Detectability: 6.5 km

Detectability by enemy subs: 0-6.5 km

Detectability whilst firing in smoke: 7.1 km

Available Consumables

Slot 1: Damage Control Party:

Charges: Unlimited

Work Time: 5 s

Reload Time: 60 s

Slot 2: Hydroacoustic Search:

Charges: 3

Action time: 110 s

Reload Time: 120 s

Sub spotting range at max depth: 2.0 km

Detection Range Torpedoes: 3.0 km

Detection Range Ships: 4.0 km

Slot 2: Defensive AA:

Charges: 3

Action time: 40 s

Reload Time: 80 s

Average AA Damage: +50%

Damage from medium- and long range Shell Explosions: +300%

Slot 3: Spotting Aircraft:

Charges: 4

Action Time: 100 s

Reload time: 240 s

Main Battery Firing Range: +20%

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.