Chapayev

Chapayev

Kirov

Sverdlov

Chapayev

Kirov

Sverdlov

USSR

IV Rank

Battle rating:

AB	RB	SB
6.0	6.0	6.0

Class:

Light cruiser

Research:105 000

Purchase:310 000

Description

The Pr.68-K, Chapayev, 1950 is a rank IV Russian cruiser with a battle rating of 6.0 (AB/RB/SB). It was introduced in Update 1.91 "Night Vision".

General info

Survivability and armour

Strong armor against any and all 155mm shells, only constant AP fire from the likes of the USS Brooklyn will cause enough damage to put a dent in your crew. Against 8 inch shells it is recommended to angle your hull 45 degrees towards the attacker to avoid penetrating hits to your ammunition and engine comparments. Against the Graff Spee it is adviced to pray and/or hope he is using HE.

Turrets are inmune to HE and AP shells from destroyers and secondary guns which are the main cause of "black turret syndrome" from which ships like the mogami and the Kirov suffer from a lot. Against cruiser HE they are very resistant and at best you might catch a lucky shell to one of the breeches which will disable only one out of the tree guns on the turret.

Deck armor is strong enough to resist 250kg bombs, but heavier ones will cause catastrophic damage.

Mobility

Average max speed with somewhat quick acceleration, rudder is very responsive for a cruiser but the ship tends to list a lot from the smallest of rudder movements and takes a while to recover, which can mess up your accuracy.

Armament

Primary armament

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Secondary armament

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Anti-aircraft armament

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Usage in battles

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Modules

Tier	Seakeeping	Unsinkability		Firepower
I	Dry-Docking	Tool Set		152 mm B-35 AP	100 mm ZS-56 HE	Anti-Air Armament Targeting
II	Rudder Replacement	Fire Protection System	Smokescreen	152 mm PB-35 SAP	100 mm F-55 HE-F	Auxiliary Armament Targeting
III	Propeller Replacement	Shrapnel Protection	Ventilation	152 mm ZS-35 AA	Improved Rangefinder	Primary Armament Targeting
IV	Engine Maintenance	New Pumps	Ammo Wetting		100 mm ZS-55R AA-VT

Pros and cons

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History

In July 1937, the USSR formally joined the 1936 London Naval Agreement. Having agreed to the restrictions imposed by the treaty, Soviet shipbuilders began developing a new light cruiser design around the treaty limitations. However, it quickly became clear that it wasn’t possible to match the new design against both treaty limitations and naval needs, despite the already applying weight saving measures. As a result, the decision was made to disregard the treaty restrictions in March 1938, with the design already being approved by the following year.

Initially, 26 ships of the Project 68 cruisers were planned for construction. However, initial construction difficulties resulted in only 7 ships being laid down, of which 4 were later launched. The subsequent German invasion in June 1941 led to all work on ships of the Project 68 class to be suspended.

Following the end of WWII, Soviet shipbuilders quickly realized that, due to the appearance of new technologies and tactics, vessels such as the Project 68 ships were no longer suitable for modern naval combat. Thus, the decision was made to restart their construction under a modernized design. The lead ship of this class was the Soviet light cruiser Chapayev.

Chapayev was laid down in October 1939 and launched in April 1941. Having its construction suspended during the war, it was only restarted in the late 1940s, with the ship finally seeing completion and entering service with the Soviet Navy in May 1950. Chapayev served until 1958, before being assigned to support roles leading up to its retirement. In the early 1960s, the ship was ultimately decommissioned from service and was subsequently broken up for scrap in 1964.

- From Devblog

Media

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See also

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External links

• [Devblog] Chapayev: The Commander at Sea

USSR light cruisers
	Imperial Russia
Svetlana-class	Krasny Krym* · Krasny Kavkaz*
	* Laid down by Imperial Russian Navy; Finished and renamed by the USSR
Project	Soviet Union
Pr.26	Kirov · Voroshilov · Maxim Gorky
Pr.68	Chapayev · Zheleznyakov
Pr.68-bis	Sverdlov · Mikhail Kutuzov
Pr.68-bis-ZiF	Shcherbakov
Lend-Lease	USA
Omaha-class	Murmansk
Trophies	Italy
Condottieri-class	Kerch