Almirante Irízar - Tier X Pan-American (Argentinian) Premium Cruiser 1947

Following the end of World War II, British company Vickers-Armstrong developed a new light cruiser (Design 1124A) taking into account the lessons learned from the war. It combined modern fire control with a strong main battery of twelve 152 mm guns and improved 120 mm secondary guns. Created to be modified with different armaments to suit customer needs, the core design was intended to be offered to the major South American navies, including Argentina's. However, due to the acquisition of interwar American light cruisers by these nations, the new design was no longer required.

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Key Features and Battle Tips

Key Features

• High-DPM Main Battery: Delivers a constant stream of shells to pepper enemies and sustain high damage per minute.
• Unique AP Secondaries: Equipped with enhanced armor-piercing secondary guns, an unusual but dangerous trait for a light cruiser.
• Powerful Combat Instructions: Activating this ability drastically boosts the AP performance and damage output of both the main battery and secondaries.
• Versatile Consumables: Features a strong utility toolkit, including a choice between Hydroacoustic Search or Defensive AA Fire, a Smoke Generator for concealment, and a Repair Party to sustain her health.
• Fragile & Specialized: Lacks torpedo armament entirely, possesses a small hit point pool, weak armor, and a modest top speed.

Battle Tips

• Adapt Your Playstyle: Start the match or hold a flank in a traditional support role. Use island cover or your Smoke Generator to safely rain down shells on enemy targets.
• Time Your Engagements Carefully: Because of your low speed and limited survivability, avoid open-water engagements. Rely on your excellent concealment to pick the perfect moment to strike.
• Punish Broadsides: Wait for enemy ships to show their broadside, then activate your Combat Instructions. The combined burst damage from your main guns and enhanced secondaries can shred targets in a short amount of time.
• Watch the Target's Angle: Your unique secondaries rely on low-caliber AP shells. Their efficiency drops significantly against angled targets, so switch targets or tactics if the enemy bows-in.
• Respect Big Guns: While your Repair Party helps mitigate damage, you remain highly vulnerable to heavy cruisers and battleships. Never overextend into their direct line of fire.

Ship Info

Ship Name:   X Almirante Irizar

Level: 10

WG introduction: May 14, 2026

Base value: 26,000

Estimated release: 15.7

Game Nation:  Pan-American (Argentina)

Armor

Hit points: 40,600

Fires duration: 30 s

Torpedo protection: 4%

Overall armor: 13-88 mm

Hull plating fore/mid/aft: 25/25-88/25-31 mm

Deck plating fore/mid/aft: 25/30/25 mm

Fore Athwartships: 25 mm

Aft Athwartships: 25 mm

Citadel Fore Athwartships: 25-50 mm

Citadel Aft Athwartships: 25-50 mm

Armor Belt: 25-88 mm

Plating: 25 mm

Citadel Deck: 6-76 mm

Superstructure: 13 mm

Citadel Bottom: 40 mm

Turrets: 25-51 mm

Tonnage: 15,315 t

Main Battery Armament

4 x 3 152 mm/50 QF Mk.W in a turret:

Firing range: 17.8 km

Reload time: 6.0 s

180-degree turn time: 18.0 s

Maximum dispersion: 156 m

Sigma: 2.05σ

Shell Types

HE Shells

12x 152 mm HE 6crh Mk IV:

Alpha Damage: 2,150

Alpha Piercing HE: 30.0 mm

Ammo Type: High Explosive

Shell Air Drag: 0.2884

Shell Always Ricochet At: 60.0°

Normalization: 8.0°

Shell Detonator: 0.01

Shell Detonator Threshold: 2.0

Shell Diameter: 152 mm

Shell Krupp: 1150.0

Shell Mass: 45.3 kg

Shell Ricochet At: 91.0°

Shell Speed: 900.0 m/s

Burn Probability: 9%

AP Shells

12x 152 mm AP 6crh Mk IV:

Alpha Damage: 2,950

Ammo Type: Armor Piercing

Shell Air Drag: 0.2884

Shell Always Ricochet At: 60.0°

Normalization: 8.5°

Shell Detonator: 0.025

Shell Detonator Threshold: 25.0

Shell Diameter: 152 mm

Shell Krupp: 2314.0

Shell Mass: 45.3 kg

Shell Ricochet At: 45.0°

Shell Speed: 900.0 m/s

Combat Instructions

Activation Effects

Main battery AP shell damage: +30%

Secondary battery AP shell damage: +30%

Maximum secondary battery shell dispersion: -33%

Action time: 60.0 s.

Hit an enemy ship with a main battery shell: 1.2 %

Time before you start losing progress: 30.0 s.

Progress loss per second: 5.0 %

DC Airstrike

Aircraft: PBY Catalina

Plane HP: 2000 hp

Reload time: 30.0 s

Available flights: 2

Number of aircraft in attacking flight: 1

Maximum range: 8.0 km

Number of bombs in payload: 2x 650 lb Depth Bomb

Maximum bomb damage: 4,900

Fire chance: 28%

Secondaries

Firing range: 8.3 km

Reload time: 5.0 s

6 x 2 120 mm AP:

Alpha Damage: 2,300

Ammo Type: Armor Piercing

Shell Air Drag: 0.2664

Shell Always Ricochet At: 60.0°

Normalization: 10.0°

Shell Detonator: 0.01

Shell Detonator Threshold: 20.0

Shell Diameter: 120 mm

Shell Krupp: 2938.0

Shell Mass: 28.21 kg

Shell Ricochet At: 45.0°

Shell Speed: 808.0 m/s

Torpedoes

Not Available

Anti Aircraft Armament

Continuous Damage: 300

Long Range

4 x 3 152 mm/50 QF Mk.W in a turret;
6 x 2 120 mm/45 Mk.IX on a CPXIX mount

Action Zone: 3.5-6.9 km

Hit Probability: 90 %

Damage Within an Explosion: 1,680

Continuous Damage Per Second: 179

Number of Explosions Per Salvo: 8

Mid Range

6 x 1 40 mm/56 OQF on a Boffin mount;
4 x 2 40 mm/56 OQF Mk.XI on a Mk.V mount:

Action Zone: 3.5 km

Hit Probability: 90 %

Continuous Damage Per Second: 175

Short Range

Not Available

Mobility

Maximum speed: 32.0 kt

Turning circle radius: 690 m

Rudder shift time: 10.0 s

Propulsion: 100,000 hp

Detection

Detectability range by sea: 11.8 km

Detectability after firing a main gun shell: 17.8 km

Detectability after firing main guns in smoke: 5.9 km

Detectability when ship is on fire: 13.8 km

Detectability range by depths: 0.0-8.5 km

Detectability range by air: 8.5 km

Detectability when ship is on fire: 10.5 km

Available Consumables

Slot 1: Damage Control Party

Charges: unlimited

Work time: 5 s

Reload time: 60 s

Slot 2: Repair Party

Charges: 3

Action time: 28 s

Reload time: 80 s

Regeneration per second: +203 hp/s

Slot 3: Hydroacoustic Search

Charges: 3

Action time: 100 s

Reload time: 120 s

Detection of torpedoes: 3.5 km

Detection of ships: 5.0 km

Slot 3: Defensive AA Fire

Charges: 3

Action time: 40 s

Reload time: 80 s

Fighters: 3

Slot 4: Smoke Generator

Charges: 3.

Action Time: 20 s.

Reload Time: 160 s.

Radius: 450 m .

Life time: 97 s.

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.