Poltava

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 Poltava — Soviet • Premium • Tier VI • Battleship.

A Type B battleship project equipped with 356 mm guns was developed simultaneously with a larger Type A battleship. The main purpose of the ship was to oppose enemy cruisers and Scharnhorst-class battleships.

 Navy: USSR
 Ship: Soviet
 Nation: U.S.S.R
 Category: Premium

 Tier: VI
 Class: Battleship

 Year of Design: 1938

━━ Ship Traits ━━

Sure Shot: Shells with a good ballistic trajectory maintain velocity, making aiming easier.

Superior AP pen: Above-average AP shell penetration.

Modest Guns: The ship is armed with low-caliber main battery guns.

Money Maker: Grants a significant bonus to XP and credit earnings.

Ship Stats

Survivability

SURVIVBILITY	STOCK	UPGRADED
• Hitpoints	59 100	-
• Armor (mm)	16 - 425	-
• Torpedo damage reduction (%)	33	-

Maneuverability

MANEUVERABILITY	STOCK	UPGRADED
• Maximum speed (kt)	29	-
• Turning circle radius (m)	1000	-
• Rudder-shift time (sec)	14.8	-

Concealment

CONCEALMENT	STOCK	UPGRADED
• Detectability by sea (km)	13.6	-
• Detectability by air (km)	11.4	-
• Detectability while firing in smoke (km)	12.4	-

Main Artillery

MAIN BATTERY	STOCK	UPGRADED
• Main artillery name	356mm/54 Model 1938 TP-1	-
• Main artillery arrangement	3x3	-
• Firing range (km)	15.9	-
• Reload time (sec)	28	-
• 180° turn time (sec)	45	-
• HE maximum damage	5300	-
• HE fire chance (%)	41	-
• HE penetration (mm)	59	-
• AP maximum damage	11 250	-
• Sigma	1.9	-

Secondary Artillery

SECONDARY ARMAMENT 1	STOCK	UPGRADED
• Name	130mm/55 B-2-U	-
• Arrangement	8x2	-
• Firing range (km)	4.5	-
• Reload time (sec)	5	-
• HE maximum damage	1900	-
• HE fire chance (%)	8	-
• HE penetration (mm)	22	-

Anti-Aircraft Artillery

AA ARMAMENT 1	STOCK	UPGRADED
• Name	12.7mm DShK	-
• Arrangement	6x1	-
• DPS	22	-
• Range (km)	1.2	-
AA ARMAMENT 2	STOCK	UPGRADED
• Name	37mm 46-K	-
• Arrangement	9x4	-
• DPS	98	-
• Range (km)	3.5	-
AA ARMAMENT 3	STOCK	UPGRADED
• Name	130mm/55 B-2-U	-
• Arrangement	8x2	-
• DPS	98	-
• Range (km)	5.2	-

Modules, Modifications & Consumables

Modules

Battleship - Poltava

	Hit Points	Min Armor (mm)	Max Armor (mm)	Torpedo Damage Reduction (%)	Main Battery Turrets	Rudder Shift (s)
Stock	59 100	16	425	33	3x3	14.8

	Turret Arrangement	Reload Time (s)	180° Turn Time (s)	Max HE Damage	HE Fire Chance (%)	Max AP Damage
356mm/54 Model 1938 TP-1	3x3	28	45	5300	41	11 250

	Main Battery Firing Range
Stock	15.9 km

	Maximum Speed
Stock	29 kn

Modifications

Battleship - Poltava

SLOT 1	Main Battery Mod 2 Main battery traverse speed +20% Torpedo launchers traverse speed +20%	Aiming Systems Mod 1 Main battery dispersion -7% Secondary battery firing range +5% Secondary battery dispersion -5%	Secondary Battery Mod 2 Secondary battery firing range +20% Secondary battery dispersion -20%	AA Guns Mod 2 AA guns firing range +20%
SLOT 2	Damage Control System Mod 2 Damage Control Party duration +20% Fire duration -15% Flood duration -15%	Steering Gears Mod 2 Rudder-shift time -25%	Propulsion Mod 2 Time taken to reach full power when accelerating -50%
SLOT 3	Chromium Plated Barrels Main battery dispersion -5%	Concealment System Mod 1 Detectability range -10% Incoming fire dispersion +5%	Target Acquisition System Mod 1 Spotting range +20% Torpedo acquisition range +20% RGA of ships +50%

Consumables

Battleship - Poltava

Damage Control Party

Accelerates repairs to damage modules, firefighting efforts and flooding recovery.

Duration: 10s Reload time: 40s Number of consumables: 3

Repair Party

Partially restores the ship's HP by repairing any light damage.

HP per second: +295 Duration: 28s Reload time: 80s Number of consumables: 2

Catapult Fighter

Follows the ship and automatically attacks enemy aircraft.

Duration: 90s Reload time: 80s Number of consumables: 4

Observation Seaplane

Temporarily tightens main battery shell grouping.

Main battery shell grouping: +10% Duration: 30s Reload time: 200s Number of consumables: 4

Enhanced Secondary Targeting

Reduces secondary battery dispersion and tightens shell grouping.

Secondary battery shell grouping: +100% Secondary battery dispersion: -50% Duration: 30s Reload time: 160s Number of consumables: 3

Community Contributions

History

Battleship - Poltava

Poltava is based on the Soviet Type “B” battleship design. When the Soviet navy began to ask for large ship designs in 1935, they asked for two battleship designs and one heavy cruiser design. Eventually, only one of the battleship designs and the heavy cruiser design were chosen for development. By then, the heavy cruiser design was built up into a full battleship, though it was smaller. Thus it was dubbed the Type “B” battleship.

Poltava, or the Type “B” battleship, was heavily influenced by Italian ship design like much of the 1930s Russian ships. In essence, she was based on the UP.41 battleship design that eventually became the Littorio-class, sharing many similar features. Created to counter the Dunkerque and Scharnhorst class ships, Poltava carries nine 356mm guns in triple turrets, heavy armor, and has a good turn of speed. However, the design was very heavy at an estimated 53,000 tons and quite long, which translates into poor maneuverability in-game.

Poltava was designed with an ice-breaker bow, making it difficult to damage the lower portion of her bow armor. She was never built, though lessons learned in the design was used for later Russian ships.

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