Okhotnik

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Okhotnik

Destroyer | U.S.S.R. | Tier V

Tech Tree Position

General

Purchase priceSpecial

Hit Points12,700

Main Battery

130 mm/55 Model 1913 on an Obukhov Plant mounting7 х 1 pcs.

Rate of Fire6 shots/min.

Reload Time10 sec.

Rotation Speed5.5 deg./sec.

180 Degree Turn Time32.73 sec.

Firing Range9.2 km.

Maximum Dispersion83 m.

HE ShellHE-54

Maximum HE Shell Damage1,900

Chance of Fire on Target Caused by HE Shell8 %

Initial HE Shell Velocity861 m./s.

HE Shell Weight33.4 kg.

AP ShellSAP-46

Maximum AP Shell Damage2,500

Initial AP Shell Velocity861 m./s.

AP Shell Weight33.5 kg.

Torpedo Tubes

450 mm Goncharov Triple4 х 3 pcs.

Rate of Fire1.28 shots/min.

Reload Time47 sec.

Rotation Speed25 deg./sec.

180 Degree Turn Time7.2 sec.

Torpedo45-36NU

Maximum Damage13,667

Torpedo Speed62 knot

Torpedo Range4.5 km.

AA Defense

76.2 mm Model 1914/15 on an AA mounting2 х 1 pcs.

. . . Average Damage per Second3

. . . Firing Range3 km.

7.62 mm Maxim machine gun4 х 1 pcs.

. . . Average Damage per Second6.8

. . . Firing Range0.99 km.

Maneuverability

Maximum Speed34.5 knot

Turning Circle Radius730 m.

Rudder Shift Time3.2 sec.

Concealment

Surface Detectability Range6.29 km.

Air Detectability Range3.48 km.

Battle Levels

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13.8

Okhotnik

Destroyer | U.S.S.R. | Tier V

Tech Tree Position

General

Purchase priceSpecial

Hit Points12,700

Main Battery

130 mm/55 Model 1913 on an Obukhov Plant mounting7 х 1 pcs.

Rate of Fire6 shots/min.

Reload Time10 sec.

Rotation Speed5.5 deg./sec.

180 Degree Turn Time32.73 sec.

Firing Range9.2 km.

Maximum Dispersion83 m.

HE ShellHE-54

Maximum HE Shell Damage1,900

Chance of Fire on Target Caused by HE Shell8 %

Initial HE Shell Velocity861 m./s.

HE Shell Weight33.4 kg.

AP ShellSAP-46

Maximum AP Shell Damage2,500

Initial AP Shell Velocity861 m./s.

AP Shell Weight33.5 kg.

Torpedo Tubes

450 mm Goncharov Triple4 х 3 pcs.

Rate of Fire1.28 shots/min.

Reload Time47 sec.

Rotation Speed25 deg./sec.

180 Degree Turn Time7.2 sec.

Torpedo45-36NU

Maximum Damage13,667

Torpedo Speed62 knot

Torpedo Range4.5 km.

AA Defense

76.2 mm Model 1914/15 on an AA mounting2 х 1 pcs.

. . . Average Damage per Second3

. . . Firing Range3 km.

7.62 mm Maxim machine gun4 х 1 pcs.

. . . Average Damage per Second6.8

. . . Firing Range0.99 km.

Maneuverability

Maximum Speed34.5 knot

Turning Circle Radius730 m.

Rudder Shift Time3.2 sec.

Concealment

Surface Detectability Range6.29 km.

Air Detectability Range3.48 km.

Battle Levels

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V

Special

Okhotnik — Soviet special premium Tier V destroyer.

An original project for a unique large destroyer that was created during World War I to remedy the lack of modern cruisers in the Russian Navy. The ship's dimensions — too big for this type — allowed her to carry multiple guns and torpedo tubes.

Okhotnik first went on sale 11–13 March 2017.

Modules

	Rate of Fire (shots/min)	180° Turn Time (sec)	Maximum Dispersion (m)	Maximum HE Shell Damage (HP)	Chance of Fire on Target Caused by HE Shell (%)	Maximum AP Shell Damage (HP)		Research price (exp)	Purchase price ()
130 mm/55 Model 1913 on an Obukhov Plant mounting	6	32.7	83	1,900	8	2,500		0	0

	Hit Points (HP)	Armor (mm)	Armor (mm)	Main Turrets (pcs.)	Secondary Gun Turrets (pcs.)	AA Mounts (pcs.)	Torpedo Tubes (pcs.)	Hangar Capacity (pcs.)		Research price (exp)	Purchase price ()
Okhotnik	12,700	6	16	7		4/2	4			0	0

	Rate of Fire (shots/min)	Torpedo Tubes Reload Time (sec)	180° Turn Time (sec)	Maximum Damage (HP)	Torpedo Speed (knot)	Torpedo Range (km)		Research price (exp)	Purchase price ()
45-36NU	1.3	47	7.2	13,666	62	4.5		0	0

	IDS_SHIP_PARAM_SUO_INCREASE_DIST (%)	Maximum Firing Range (km)		Research price (exp)	Purchase price ()
GFCS V mod. 1		0		0	0

	Maximum Speed (knot)		Research price (exp)	Purchase price ()
Propulsion: 35,200 hp	34.5		0	0

Compatible Upgrades

Slot 1
Slot 2
Slot 3

Player Opinion

Performance

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Refer to the in-game Port screens for more useful data.

Okhotnik is a Tier V Russian destroyer that is the living embodiment of the phrase "anything worth doing is worth overdoing". She features seven main guns in single turrets, as well as twelve torpedo tubes in four triple-tube launchers.

In many ways, Okhotnik is what one might expect if the low tier Russian destroyers were scaled up in size, with more guns and torpedoes. However, Okhotnik's guns fire slowly with a base rate of fire of only 6 rounds per minute, while their base 180 turret traverse time is 32.73 seconds, meaning she can easily out-turn her turrets. Her torpedoes are 450mm size, featuring 13,666 damage, a range of 4.5 km at 62 knots, and a stock reload of 47 seconds per launcher. Okhotnik takes the alpha strike of the low tier Russian destroyers to the extreme, and pays for it in weapon reload and mobility. She bleeds large amounts of speed in turns, and feels sluggish to accelerate again. Her large size also means she takes large amounts of damage from incoming fire.

Due to her rather short ranged torpedoes and heavy hitting guns, she excels at surprise attacks (using smoke and/or islands to close with an enemy). She does decently at longer ranges but her torpedoes are her biggest source of damage; developing tactics to deploy them well — or recognizing when a situation allows for their use — is key to getting maximum performance out of Okhotnik. She is an amusing destroyer to play if one likes to unleash large alpha strikes onto one's enemies.

Pros:

• Has a decent amount of hit points for her tier
• A large number of guns for a destroyer; easily outguns any destroyer she can face in her tier spread
• Most turrets rotate 360°
• The HE shells hit hard and are good at starting fires
• Twelve torpedo tubes (4x3) mounted on the centerline
• Torpedoes have only 1.0km detectability
• Very stealthy for a Russian destroyer

Cons:

• Slow turret traverse
• Poor rate of fire
• Short firing range
• Torpedoes have very short range, and torpedo dueling is not advised at all. Okhotnik's size and handling characteristics make avoiding close-range torpedoes a nightmare
• Poor AA defenses
• Poor maneuverability: slowest of all the Tier V Russian destroyers with a massive turning circle

Research

As a Premium ship, Okhotnik has no module upgrades to research.

Optimal Configuration

Upgrades

The recommended upgrades for Okhotnik are as follows:

• Slot 1: Main Armaments Modification 1
• Slot 2: Engine Room Protection
• Slot 3: Aiming Systems Modification 1  *

Some captains may find Main Battery Modification 2 worthwhile in Slot 3, as it provides a notable increase in turret traverse speed for only an extra 0.5 second increase in main battery reload time.

Commander Skills

Recommended Commander Skills
Cost (points)	Attack				Defense
1	Grease the Gears +15% main battery traverse speed. ★★	Liquidator +30% chance (multiplicative) of causing flooding. ★	Consumables Specialist −7.5% cooldown time of all Consumables except:  Damage Control Party ,  Repair Party .	Gun Feeder -40% time to switch shell type.	Incoming Fire Alert Receive a warning about a salvo fired at your ship from more than 4.5 km. ★	Preventive Maintenance −30% chance of main armament, engines, steering becoming incapacitated +15% to HP of secondary and AA guns. ★★★
2	Demolition Expert +1% chance of main and secondary HE shells causing a fire. +15% to the damage-inflicting area of HE shells fired at submarines. ★	Swift Fish +5% torpedo speed.	Consumables Enhancements +10% action time of: Hydroacoustic Search , Surveillance Radar , Smoke Generator , & Engine Boost .	Extra-Heavy Ammunition +7.5% main battery AP shell damage. +10% damage from depth charges.	Priority Target The detection indicator will show the number of enemies aiming at you with main battery. ★	Last Stand The ship remains able to move and maneuver - slowly - while the engine or steering gears are incapacitated. ★★★
3	Main Battery & AA Specialist -5% main battery reload time. +10% continuous AA damage.	Fill the Tubes -10% torpedo tubes reload time.	Adrenaline Rush -0.2% reload time of all armaments per 1% HP lost +0.2% AA continuous damage per 1% HP lost. ★★	Inertial Fuse for HE Shells +25% armor penetration of HE shells Base fire chance reduced by half.	Superintendent +1 charge to all consumables. ★★	Survivability Expert +350 HP per ship tier. ★★★
4	Main Battery & AA Expert +20% main battery range. +15% flak damage. ★	Swift in Silence So long as the ship remains undetected: +8% ship speed +5% main battery reload time. ★	Radio Location Shows the direction to the nearest enemy ship. The enemy is alerted that a bearing has been taken.. ★	Fearless Brawler +1 flak burst per salvo. -10% main battery reload when ship is spotted. ★★	Concealment Expert -10% detectability range of the ship. ★★★	Dazzle For 15 seconds after you are detected: * +20% dispersion of enemy shells fired at you. * +8% ship speed.
Key: ★★★ - Extremely Useful      ★★ - Frequently Useful      ★ - Occasionally Useful     No stars - Not Useful

Consumables

Okhotnik equips the following consumables:

• Slot 1: Damage Control Party 
• Slot 2: Smoke Generator  – 3 charges
• Slot 3: Engine Boost  – 3 charges

Camouflage

As a premium ship, Okhotnik comes with Default permanent camouflage and a set of permanent combat bonuses.

Signals

Recommended Signal Flags
Combat
Juliet Charlie -100% to the risk of magazine detonation. ★★★	Juliet Yankee Bissotwo -20% to flooding duration. ★	India Yankee -20% to fire duration. ★	Hotel Yankee -20% to damage received when ramming the enemy. +50% to damage dealt when ramming the enemy. ★	Victor Lima +1% chance for HE bombs and shells with a caliber above 160mm causing a fire. +0.5% chance for bombs and smaller shells causing a fire. +4% chance of torpedoes causing flooding. ★★★	India X-Ray +1% chance for HE bombs and shells with a caliber above 160mm causing a fire. +0.5% chance for bombs and smaller shells causing a fire. +5% to the risk of your ship's magazine detonating. ★★★
Juliet Whiskey Unaone +15% chance of causing flooding. +5% to the risk of your ship's magazine detonating. ★★	Mike Yankee Soxisix +5% to secondary battery maximum firing range. -5% to maximum dispersion of secondary battery shells. -5% to secondary battery loading time.	November Echo Setteseven +5% continuous AA damage at all ranges. +5% damage from flak bursts.	Sierra Mike +5% to the ship's maximum speed. ★★★	November Foxtrot -5% reload time on all consumables. ★	India Delta +20% to the amount of HP recovered when Repair Party  is used.
X-Ray Papa Unaone +10% action time of a Smoke Generator . ★★	Sierra Bravo +10% action time of Hydroacoustic Search  -10% reload time of Defensive AA Fire .

Note: Use of the Juliet Charlie signal makes detonation impossible.

Gallery

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  Incoming wall of skill!

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  An enemy destroyer succumbs to flooding as Okhotnik loses its' bow.

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  The Okhotnik Flag. Given to players who purchased a special bundle containing Okhotnik.

Historical Info

Specifications

2,100 tons displacement, standard

130m length

11.24m beam

3.45m draft

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Machinery

4 boilers, 2 turbines

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Performance

34 knots at 35,200 shaft horsepower

869 nautical miles at 25 knots

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Armament

Main

Eight (8x1) 130mm guns

Anti-Aircraft

Two (2x1) 76.2mm guns

Two (2x1) 7.62mm guns

Torpedoes

Nine (3x3) 450mm torpedo tubes

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Complement

24 Officers, 220 Enlisted (1917)

Line drawing of proposed design for Okhotnik.

History

In early 1917, the Imperial Russian Naval Technical Board recognized the need to introduce high-speed “cruiser-killers” into the Baltic Fleet, in order to counter the increasing threat of Imperial German capital-ships. After further consideration, it was decided to focus upon a destroyer platform for the new project, as destroyers are relatively inexpensive to construct and re-arm to sizeable numbers. Further specifications outlined the role these new “destroyer-suppressors” were to play: anti-capital ship combat, high-speed reconnaissance, and mine-laying abilities; in short, a light multi-purpose high-speed warship. For all intents and purposes, what we consider to be the roles of modern destroyers. The future of this project fell to the charge of Colonel R. A. Matrosov.

In order to cut down design time, the team decided to modify an existing design present in the Russian Navy, as opposed to constructing a new vessel from scratch. The vessels in question were the Gavriil-class destroyers, a subclass of the much larger Novik-class destroyers. In order to produce more deck-space to mount more artillery, the vessels were planned to be increased a length of 30 meters to 130 meters total. In order to maintain hull integrity, the number of transverse bulkheads increased from 12 to 20, and the outer metal frame was increased to 10mm in thickness. Overall, this increased her total displacement to 2,100 tonnes.

Arguably, her most important characteristic was her main artillery, as Okhotnik was to serve as a detergent to any hostile force. As such, she was to be armed with no less than eight 130mm/57 B7 rifles; the same rifles seen mounted on the Svietlana-class cruisers. Interesting to note, the guns were not placed on top of their respective magazines, they were instead mounted on top of the bulkheads to ensure greater foundational stability for the heavy guns. Furthermore, as “destroyers” based upon the Gavriil-class, Okhotnik was to be fitted with the 3 triple torpedo launchers found on the aforementioned ships.

Albeit as an afterthought, Colonel Matrosov decided to mount the power plant of the Gavriil-class onto Okhotnik as well; 4 boilers connected to 2 turbines. As accordance to the calculations conducted by the design team, they predicted the 35,000 shaft horsepower output of the engine machinery to be sufficient to propel the craft up to 34 knots of speed.

The design was finalized by late 1917 and presented to the Board. To their astonishment at the outlandish proposal, many were quoted to calling her a “hunter” or a “killer”, and the name forever stuck. Considering top-weight in mind, the Board recommended to downscale guns 2 through 6 to 102mm. With their approval almost in hand, the mechanical advisors intervened with major criticisms. They were concerned that the proposed machinery would never be able to propel the heavier Okhotnik to Matrosov’s ambitious speeds. Matrosov remained bold and suggested mounting the 50,000 shaft horsepower power plant of the Svietlana-class cruisers, but that would require major redesigns and a divergence of limited resources. Thus, the proposed design would never come to fruition.

Okhotnik was an ambitious design; many would consider her ahead of her time. A destroyer that was more so a light cruiser by form, she attempted to merge the flexibility of a larger capital ship into compact construction. The problem of fitting high-power propulsion into a compact chassis was not successfully solved until post 1940s, when propulsion technologies advanced to the point where it was feasible to mount superheated boilers and multi-gear turbines into a hull the size of a destroyer.

Historical Accuracy

The real Okhotnik was a torpedo cruiser (reclassified as destroyer in 1907) that was built in 1905 and sunk after striking a German mine in the Gulf of Riga on 26 September 1917. Four ships of the Okhotnik-class were built.

Historical Gallery

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  Longitudinal section view and cross sections of Okhotnik.

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  Profile and top-down view of Okhotnik.

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  130mm/55 B7 Pattern 1913.

Video

References

LittleWhiteMouse's Premium Ship Review: Okhotnik from the NA forums

Armada – Okhotnik World of Warships Official Channel – YouTube
How to Okhotnik Yuro on YouTube – 12 Dec 2021

Ship Change Log

See here for links to Update notes.

• Available for testing by supertesters in the game starting from Update 0.6.1.
• Okhotnik first appeared for sale in March 2017 as a Tier V Premium destroyer.
• Update 0.6.2:
  • The damage from the HE-46 high explosive shells was increased from 1,600 to 1,900.
• Update 0.6.3:
  • Minor visual bugs on low and medium graphics settings were fixed.
• Update 0.6.12:
  • Detectability when firing main guns in smoke was changed to 2.48 km.
• Update 0.6.13:
  • Fire extinguishing time now 30 s instead of 60 s.
  • The appearance of the ship was improved using a special technology for improved rendering of thin elements.
• Update 0.6.15:
  • A bonus of -10% to the post battle repair cost of the ship was added to the Type 9 permanent camouflage.
• Update 0.7.4.1:
  • Okhotnik was added to the tech tree for purchase with Doubloons.
• Update 0.7.7:
  • Okhotnik was made unavailable for purchase with Doubloons in the game client.
• Update 0.7.9:
  • Minor fixes to the ship's geometry and textures.
• Update 0.7.11:
  • Okhotnik was made available for purchase with Doubloons in the game client.
• Update 0.8.8:
  • The ship's silhouette was updated.
• Update 0.10.6:
  • An error that caused camouflage not to be applied to the main guns and torpedo tubes was fixed.
• Update 0.11.0:
  • Changed the camera angles.
• Update 13.3:
  • Added Depth Charges with the following characteristics:
    • Maximum damage: 2,400
    • Number of Charges: 2
    • Bombs per Charge: 6
    • Reload Time: 40 s

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