MV-611

This page is about the Italian motor gun boat MV-611. For other versions, see CRDA60t (Family).

MV-611

MV-611

Description

The CRDA 60t (1a), MV-611 is a rank Italian motor gun boat with a battle rating of (AB), (RB), and (SB). It was introduced in Update "Starfighters".

General info

Survivability and armour

With a crew of just 22 people and absolutely no armour, the MV-611 will not be able to survive much, if anything. As the battle rating of the ship is high enough to face reserve destroyers, this can become a huge problem, as they can easily knock you out.

Mobility

With a top speed of 61 km/h (Realistic battles) or 82 km/h (Arcade battles), it certainly isn't the slowest ship around. You can keep pace with quite a few torpedo boats and leave sub-chasers and other patrol craft in the dust. Rudder shift time is quite good and it can turn easily. In terms of manoeuvrability, it's definitely a "light gunboat".

Mobility Characteristics
Game Mode	Upgrade Status	Maximum Speed (km/h)		Turn Time (s)	Turn Radius (m)
		Forward	Reverse
AB	Stock	___	___
	Upgraded
RB/SB	Stock	___	___
	Upgraded

Armament

Primary armament

The MV-611 has 6 x 20 mm Breda autocannons, seen on Italian ships all the way from the reserves. They have tiny clips, a low rate of fire, and don't inflict a lot of damage. On the plus side, they reload extremely fast and their positioning allows you to use at least 3 guns on any surface or air target, depending on their direction. The fast reload time can allow you to dish out an almost unending stream of bullets downrange.

• Universal: API-T · HEFI-T*
• HE belt: HEFI-T* · HEFI-T* · HEFI-T* · API-T
• AP belt: API-T · API-T · API-T · HEFI-T*

Penetration statistics
Ammunition	Penetration @ 0° Angle of Attack (mm)
	10 m	100 m	500 m	1,000 m	1,500 m	2,000 m
HEFI-T*	4	4	4	4	4	4
API-T	38	36	27	19	14	10

Shell details
Ammunition	Velocity (m/s)	Projectile mass (kg)	Fuse delay (s)	Fuse sensitivity (mm)	Explosive mass (TNT equivalent) (g)	Ricochet
						0%	50%	100%
HEFI-T*	830	0.14	0	0.1	3	79°	80°	81°
API-T	832	0.14	0.001	1	1.7	47°	60°	65°

Usage in battles

The MV-611's playstyle is incredibly dependent on the match's top battle rating - when it is top tier, it can easily shred through the small, wooden hulled boats of 1.3-1.7 with its 6 autocannons, but when uptiered to 3.3, it becomes next to useless against the mighty destroyers, as the guns lack the damage to sink one in a short enough time. Your best bet is to take out the destroyer's main armaments and run away before he repairs. Overall, the MV-611 can be incredibly fun or incredibly stressful, depending on the match.

Pros and cons

Pros:

• 6 x 20 mm Breda autocannons
• Decently fast
• When downtiered, can perform exceptionally well

Cons:

• No armour
• Low survivability
• Can face destroyers and is hopeless against them

History

After the Second World War, of the initial 36 units of the 'CRDA 60t' type, 14 remained, of which 4 were destined for the USSR and 1 for France due to the 1947 Peace Treaty prohibiting Italy from owning and operating units belonging to the torpedo boat category.

After the Reconstruction of the Italian Navy, thanks to the American and British motor torpedo boats named GIS (Galleggianti Inseguimento Siluri = Floats Pursuit Torpedoes), the "CRDA 60t" type ships were reclassified MV (Motovedetta = Patrol boat) and with this classification they were to remove all torpedoes present in the MVs but this was not done on all of them for the simple reason that Italy at that time joined NATO and because of the increased tension in the Eastern front.

In 1952, when the peace clauses were declared null and void, the MVs were reclassified as torpedo boats and finally, in 1954, assumed the new and definitive characteristics MS 471-475 and MS 481-484.

Media

Excellent additions to the article would be video guides, screenshots from the game, and photos.

See also

Related development

• CRDA60t (Family)
• 20 mm/65 Breda (20 mm)

External links

• https://www.marinaiditalia.com/public/uploads/2011_01_16.pdf
• https://xoomer.virgilio.it/ramius/Militaria/motosiluranti-motovedette-mas.html

Cantieri Riuniti dell'Adriatico (C.R.D.A)
Motor Torpedo/Gun Boats
Motosilurante CRDA 60 t Type I	MS-15 · MV-611*
Motosilurante CRDA 60 t Type II	MS-53
Motosilurante CRDA 60 t Convertibile	MS-472 · MS-473
Folgore-class	MC-490
Freccia-class	Saetta P-494
Light Cruisers
Etna-class	RN Etna
	*MS-11 converted to a motovedette (patrol boat)