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 '''Cons''' '''Cons'''
 +* Large Hull comparable to a Tier IV Battleship means easy prey for CVs
 * Abysmal reload time * Abysmal reload time
?* Slow shell velocity which may be problematic against fast ships+* Slow shell travel time which may be problematic against fast ships
 * Weak armor; frequently zigzag or face citadel damage * Weak armor; frequently zigzag or face citadel damage
 * High detection range * High detection range

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Kirov (< 10.06.2020)

Ship_PRSC105_Kirov.png
Overview
1320000 Credits.png Cost
23400 Hit Points
Mobility
35.5 kt Max Speed
11 s Rudder Shift Time
860 m Turn Radius
Armor
-1 - -1 mm Hull Armor
-1 - -1 mm Citadel Armor
-1 - -1 mm Deck Armor
-1 - -1 mm Extremities Armor
Primary Armament
Guns
Secondary Armament
Guns
Torpedoes
Torpedoes
Aircrafts
Recon Squadrons
Visibility
6.4 km Aerial Detection Range
13.8 km Surface Detection Range
Kirov (OLD)
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Kirov (< 10.06.2020)
1320000
One of the first large warships designed and built in the U.S.S.R. (Project 26). Despite her small displacement, she was equipped with very powerful long-range main guns and had a good speed. In contrast to the majority of her contemporaries, Kirov had weak armor.

Modules

Cost, artilleryShotspeed artilleryRotationtime artilleryDamagehe artilleryDamageap
180 mm/57 Model 1932 on an MK-3-180 mount 125000 4.4 22.5 2500 4100

Cost, health planesAmount artilleryNumbarrels atbaNumbarrels aaNumbarrels
Kirov (A) 180000 23400 --- 3 1 1/1/1
Kirov (B) 700000 26200 --- 3 1 1/1/1

Cost, torpedoesDamage torpedoesMaxdist torpedoesSpeed torpedoesShotspeed
53-36 mod. 1 125000 14400 4 64 0.9

Cost, suoMaxdist suoIncreasedistpercent
GFCS V mod. 1 120000 0 ---
GFCS V mod. 2 480000 0 ---

Cost, mobilityMaxspeed
Propulsion: 110,000 hp 90000 35.5


Compatible Equipment

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Player Opinion

Performance

The Kirov, for the most part, is one of the more unique cruiser builds in the game, and she shows off her uniqueness by sporting nine 180mm guns in fairly fast turning triple mount turrets in the AB-X configuration, the Kirov can fare against her peers in firefights and very likely doing good citadel damage against them, potentially destroy destroyers with a single HE salvo and giving battleships something to be wary upon despite the 15 second load time. However, the most glaring drawbacks for this cruiser are its weak armor, bad dispersion, and painfully slow reload time. These weaknesses make the Kirov have to play a risky playstyle that focuses on a weird cautious but aggressive gameplay. It should also not come as a surprise if players on this ship who are familiar with the RTS game series Red Alert occasionally throw out "Kirov reporting" as a homage to the Soviet faction's iconic unit the Kirov airship.

Pros

  • Gun range is beyond excellent
  • Second biggest caliber of guns of her class and at her tier
  • Fast turning turrets
  • Impressive damage and penetration on the guns
  • Best AA for its tier


Cons

  • Large Hull comparable to a Tier IV Battleship means easy prey for CVs
  • Abysmal reload time
  • Slow shell travel time which may be problematic against fast ships
  • Weak armor; frequently zigzag or face citadel damage
  • High detection range

Recommended Equipment


Early Research

  • Upgrade to the main hull first, this will give a good boost to survive-ability and a actually decent AA suite.
  • The only other option is the fire control so do that.


Historical Info

Kirov (Russian: Киров) was a Project 26 Kirov-class cruiser of the Soviet Navy that served during the Winter War, World War II and into the Cold War. She attempted to bombard Finnish coast defense guns during action in the Winter War, but was driven off by a number of near misses that damaged her. She led the Evacuation of Tallinn at the end of August 1941, before being blockaded in Leningrad where she could only provide gunfire support during the Siege of Leningrad. She bombarded Finnish positions during the Vyborg–Petrozavodsk Offensive in mid-1944, but played no further part in the war. Kirov was reclassified as a training cruiser on 2 August 1961 and sold for scrap on 22 February 1974.


Historical Gallery

USSR
Destroyers IIStorozhevoi IIIDerzki IVIzyaslav VGremyashchy VGnevny (< 06.03.2017) VPodvoisky VOkhotnik VIOgnevoi (< 06.03.2017) VIGnevny VIIKiev (< 06.03.2017) VIIMinsk VIILeningrad VIITashkent '39 VIIITashkent (< 06.03.2017) VIIIOgnevoi VIIIKiev VIIIProvorny IXUdaloi IXTashkent IXNeustrashimy XKhabarovsk XGrozovoi XDelny X[Grozovoi] Zorkiy
Cruisers IOrlan IIDiana IIDiana Lima IINovik IIIAurora IIIBogatyr IIIOleg IIIVaryag IIIAL Avrora IVSvietlana VMurmansk VKirov (< 10.06.2020) VKotovsky VKrasny Krym VMikoyan VKirov VIBudyonny VIMolotov VIAdmiral Makarov VIIShchors VIILazo VIILazo B VIIIChapayev VIIITallinn VIIIMikhail Kutuzov VIIIOchakov VIIIPyotr Bagration VIIIBagration VIIIDmitry Pozharsky IXDmitri Donskoi IXRiga IXKronshtadt IXVyazma IXKozma Minin XMoskva XAlexander Nevsky XPetropavlovsk XStalingrad XSmolensk B XSmolensk XSevastopol XKomissar X[Moskva] XVladimir Monomakh XPetrozavodsk Novosibirsk
Battleship IIIKnyaz Suvorov IVImperator Nikolai I IVGangut VPyotr Velikiy VOktyabrskaya Revolutsiya VIIzmail VINovorossiysk VIISinop VIIPoltava VIIArkhangelsk VIIIVladivostok VIIILenin VIIIBorodino VIIIV. I. Lenin VIIIBorodino TE IXSovetsky Soyuz IXNavarin IXAL Sov. Rossiya IXZarya Svobody XKremlin XSlava XSibir Admiral Ushakov
Aircraft Carriers IVKomsomolets VISerov VIIIPobeda VIIIChkalov VIIIChkalov B XAdmiral Nakhimov XAdmiral Orlov
Cruisers
USA IErie IIChester IIAlbany IIISt. Louis IIICharleston IVPhoenix VOmaha VMarblehead VMarblehead Lima VRattlehead VICleveland (< 31.05.2018) VIPensacola VIDallas VIIAtlanta VIIPensacola (< 31.05.2018) VIINew Orleans VIIHelena VIIIndianapolis VIIAtlanta B VIIBoise VIIFlint VIIINew Orleans (< 31.05.2018) VIIIBaltimore VIIICleveland VIIIWichita VIIIAnchorage VIIICongress VIIIRochester VIIISan Diego VIIIAL Montpelier VIIIProtector IXBaltimore (< 31.05.2018) IXBuffalo IXSeattle IXVallejo IXAlaska IXTulsa IXAlaska B IXCambridge XDes Moines XWorcester XPuerto Rico XSalem XAustin Jacksonville Annapolis
UK IBlack Swan IIWeymouth IIICaledon IVDanae VEmerald VHawkins VExeter VILeander VIDevonshire VILondon VIDido VIOrion '44 VIIFiji VIISurrey VIIBelfast VIIIEdinburgh VIIIAlbemarle VIIICheshire VIIITiger '59 VIIIBelfast '43 VIIIHampshire VIIINottingham VIIIAL Cheshire VIIISTAR Edinburgh IXNeptune IXDrake XMonmouth XMinotaur XGoliath XPlymouth XGibraltar XDefence Edgar
USSR IOrlan IIDiana IIDiana Lima IINovik IIIAurora IIIBogatyr IIIOleg IIIVaryag IIIAL Avrora IVSvietlana VMurmansk VKirov (< 10.06.2020) VKotovsky VKrasny Krym VMikoyan VKirov VIBudyonny VIMolotov VIAdmiral Makarov VIIShchors VIILazo VIILazo B VIIIChapayev VIIITallinn VIIIMikhail Kutuzov VIIIOchakov VIIIPyotr Bagration VIIIBagration VIIIDmitry Pozharsky IXDmitri Donskoi IXRiga IXKronshtadt IXVyazma IXKozma Minin XMoskva XAlexander Nevsky XPetropavlovsk XStalingrad XSmolensk B XSmolensk XSevastopol XKomissar X[Moskva] XVladimir Monomakh XPetrozavodsk Novosibirsk
Japan IHashidate IIChikuma IIITenryū IIIKatori IVYūbari IVKuma IVIwaki Alpha VFurutaka VAgano VYahagi VIAoba VIGokase VIIMyōkō VIIOmono VIITokachi VIIMaya VIIARP Myōkō VIIARP Ashigara VIIARP Haguro VIISouthern Dragon VIIEastern Dragon VIIARP Nachi VIIIMogami VIIITone VIIIAtago VIIIShimanto VIIIAtago B VIIIARP Takao VIIIARP Maya VIIITone 2 VIIITone 3 IXIbuki IXTakahashi IXAzuma IXAL Azuma IXChikuma II IXChikuma II Golden IXSuzuya IXSuzuya Golden IXBA Takahashi IXAzuma B XZaō XYodo XYoshino XYoshino B XKitakami XYari XZaō CLR X[Zaō]