Datong - Tier VIII Pan-Asian Chinese Premium Destroyer 1949

A hypothetical destroyer design with experimental 100 mm dual-purpose guns as the main battery. Quadruple-gun 100 mm BL-127 mounts were under development in the U.S.S.R. in the late 1940s. One of the Project 30-bis destroyers under construction at that time could have served as a testbed for the prospective guns. Later, in the second half of the 1950s, the ship could have been transferred to the PRC.

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Key Features and Battle Tips

Key Features

• Dual Firing Modes: Features an unusual main battery of two quadruple 100mm turrets with two distinct firing modes that allow you to adapt your damage type on the fly.
• Standard Mode: Offers fast-firing main guns with excellent shell velocity and high HE/AP damage per minute, ideal for starting fires and shredding lightly armored targets.
• Alternative Mode: Massively increases HE penetration at the cost of a longer reload time, trading fire-starting capabilities for guaranteed penetration damage.
• Solid Torpedoes: Carries a strong torpedo armament, though the overall range is on the shorter side compared to its same-tier peers.
• Balanced Hull Specs: Maintains average stats for its tier when it comes to speed, health pool, and concealment, ensuring comfortable but not exceptional baseline performance.

Battle Tips

• Force Damage Control First: Use the standard firing mode initially to take advantage of its high rate of fire and start multiple fires quickly, forcing the enemy to burn their Damage Control Party.
• Switch for Consistent Damage: Once the enemy's permanent fires are secured, swap to the alternative firing mode to trade raw damage per minute for massively increased HE penetration and consistent direct damage.
• Aim AP at Broadsides: Leverage the full AP damage per minute against broadside targets. Target broadside destroyers directly, or aim at the upper belt armor and under the superstructure of cruisers and battleships.
• Consider IFHE: Taking the Inertia Fuse for HE Shells commander skill can make your damage more consistent across both modes, notably allowing you to clear the important 32mm penetration threshold in the alternative firing mode.
• Manage Smoke Cautiously: Because the Smoke Generator has limited charges, a fast dispersion time, and a long reload, you must carefully choose whether to use it aggressively for farming damage or save it as a vital disengagement tool.

Ship Info

Ship Name:   VIII Datong

Level: 8

WG introduction: June 10, 2026

Base value: 13,000

Estimated release: 15.8

Game Nation:  Pan-Asian (Chinese)

Armor

Hit points: 17,200

Fires duration: 30 s

Overall: 6-20 mm

Hull plating fore/mid/aft: 19/19/19 mm

Deck plating fore/mid/aft: 19/19/19 mm

Superstructure: 13 mm

Citadel Bottom: 20 mm

Turrets: 6 mm

Tonnage: 3,060

Main Battery Armament

2 x 4 100 mm/70 on a BL-127 mount:

Firing range: 12.8 km

Reload time: 3.6 s

180-degree turn time: 11.3 s

Maximum dispersion: 111 m

Sigma: 2.0σ

Shell Types

HE Shells

8x 100 mm HE F-55:

Alpha Damage: 1,450

Alpha Piercing HE: 17.0 mm

Ammo Type: High Explosive

Shell Air Drag: 0.3137

Shell Always Ricochet At: 60.0°

Normalization: 68.0°

Shell Detonator: 0.001

Shell Detonator Threshold: 2.0

Shell Diameter: 100 mm

Shell Krupp: 3.0

Shell Mass: 15.6 kg

Shell Ricochet At: 91.0°

Shell Speed: 1000.0 m/s

Burn Probability: 6%

AP Shells

8x 100 mm AP B-55:

Alpha Damage: 1,850

Ammo Type: Armor Piercing

Shell Air Drag: 0.3137

Shell Always Ricochet At: 60.0°

Normalization: 10.0°

Shell Detonator: 0.01

Shell Detonator Threshold: 17.0

Shell Diameter: 100 mm

Shell Krupp: 1754.0

Shell Mass: 15.9 kg

Shell Ricochet At: 45.0°

Shell Speed: 1000.0 m/s

Alternative Fire Mode - Modified Shells

Reload time: +23.6% (4.45)

Main battery HE shell armor penetration: +77% (2,566)

Torpedoes

2 × 5 533 mm Quintuple PTA-53-68-bis/53-51:

Max Damage: 15,100

Range: 8.0 km

Reload: 128 s

Speed: 56 kts

180 degree turn time: 7.2 s

Torpedo detectability: 1.1 km

HE Bomb Airstrike

Not Available

Depth Charges

Maximum damage: 2100

Number of charges: 2

Bombs in a charge: 12

Reload time: 40 s

Chances of causing a fire on target: 9%

Secondaries

Not Available

Anti Aircraft Armament

Continuous damage: 141

Long Range

2 x 4 100 mm/70 on a BL-127 mount:

Firing range: 3.5-5.8 km

Hit probability: 100 %

Damage Within an Explosion: 1,400

Damage by long-range AA guns: 67

Number of Explosions Per Salvo: 3

Priority sector reinforcement: 35%

Mid Range

1 x 2 85 mm/52 Model 1939 on a 92-K mount;
6 x 2 37 mm V-11 mount:

Damage by medium-range AA guns: 123

Action Zone: 3.5 km

Hit Probability: 100 %

Short Range

Not Available

Mobility

Maximum speed: 36.5 kt

Turning circle radius: 660 m

Rudder shift time: 4.0 s

Propulsion: 62,100 hp

Detection

Detectability range by sea: 7.2 km

Detectability after firing a main gun shell: 12.8 km

Detectability after firing main guns in smoke: 2.3 km

Detectability when ship is on fire: 9.2 km

Detectability range by depths: 0.0-2.9 km

Detectability range by air: 2.9 km

Detectability when ship is on fire: 4.9 km

Available Consumables

Slot 1: Damage Control Party

Charges: unlimited

Work time: 5 s

Reload time: 40 s

Slot 2: Smoke Generator

Charges: 3

Action time: 20 s

Reload time: 240 s

Smoke dispersion time: 60 s

Action radius: 0.45 km

Slot 3: Engine Boost

Charges: 3

Maximum speed: +8%

Duration time: 120 s

Reload time: 120 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.