RN Tigre

RN Tigre

RN Tigre

Italy

III Rank

Battle rating:

AB	RB	SB
4.3	4.3	4.3

Class:

PREMIUM

Destroyer

Purchase:1 750

Description

The Leone-class, RN Tigre, 1934 is a premium rank III Italian destroyer with a battle rating of 4.3 (AB/RB/SB). It was introduced in Update "Ground Breaking".

General info

Survivability and armour

Armourfront / side / back

Main fire tower12 / 12 / 0 mm

Hull16 mm (steel)

Superstructure4 mm (steel)

Number of section7

Displacement2 648 t

Crew206 people

The Tigre has almost no armour to speak of besides the 4 mm steel superstructure, the 16 mm steel hull and the 12 mm thick anti-fragmentation armour on gun shields.

Mobility

Speedforward / back

AB77 / 34 km/h

RB63 / 28 km/h

The speed of the Tigre is reasonable though not especially fast, she does reach her top speed of 63 km/h without too much trouble.

Mobility Characteristics
Game Mode	Upgrade Status	Maximum Speed (km/h)		Turn Time (s)	Turn Radius (m)
		Forward	Reverse
AB	Stock	___	___
	Upgraded	77	34
RB/SB	Stock	___	___
	Upgraded	63	28

Modifications and economy

Repair cost

AB3 443

RB3 052

Crew training10 000

Experts290 000

Aces700

Research Aces790 000

Reward for battleAB / RB / SB

2 × 300 / 600 / 50 %

2 × 154 / 154 / 154 %

Modifications

Seakeeping	Unsinkability	Firepower
Dry-Docking Rudder Replacement Propeller Replacement Engine Maintenance	Damage Control Division Fire Division Smokescreen Shrapnel Protection Ventilation New Pumps Ammo Wetting	120mm_it_45cal_ansaldo_ap_ammo_pack Anti-Air Armament Targeting 76mm_it_ansaldo_navy_aphe_ammo_pack 120mm_it_45cal_ansaldo_he_df_ammo_pack Auxiliary Armament Targeting 76-mm HE-TF Improved Rangefinder Primary Armament Targeting Torpedo Mode

Armament

Primary armament

4 х Turret2 x 120 mm/45 Canet-Schneider-Armstrong cannon mod.1918-19

Ammunition400 rounds

Vertical guidance-10° / 32°

Provide information about the characteristics of the primary armament. Evaluate their efficacy in battle based on their reload speed, ballistics and the capacity of their shells. Add a link to the main article about the weapon: {{main|Weapon name (calibre)}}. Broadly describe the ammunition available for the primary armament, and provide recommendations on how to use it and which ammunition to choose.

Penetration statistics
Ammunition	Type of warhead	Penetration @ 0° Angle of Attack (mm)
		1,000 m	2,500 m	5,000 m	7,500 m	10,000 m	15,000 m
120 mm HE Dirompente	HE	29	29	29	29	29	29
120 mm APBC Perforante	APHE	154	121	81	56	41	35
120 mm HE-TF Contro-aerea	HE-TF	29	29	29	29	29	29

Shell details
Ammunition	Type of warhead	Velocity (m/s)	Projectile mass (kg)	Fuse delay (s)	Fuse sensitivity (mm)	Explosive mass (TNT equivalent) (kg)	Ricochet
							0%	50%	100%
120 mm HE Dirompente	HE	850	22.11	0	0.1	2.39	79°	80°	81°
120 mm APBC Perforante	APHE	850	23.15	0.025	6	1.16	47°	60°	65°
120 mm HE-TF Contro-aerea	HE-TF	850	22.11	0	0.1	2.39	79°	80°	81°

Secondary armament

2 х Turret76 mm/40 Ansaldo cannon, mod.1917

Ammunition240 rounds

Some ships are fitted with weapons of various calibres. Secondary armaments are defined as weapons chosen with the control Select secondary weapon. Evaluate the secondary armaments and give advice on how to use them. Describe the ammunition available for the secondary armament. Provide recommendations on how to use them and which ammunition to choose. Remember that any anti-air armament, even heavy calibre weapons, belong in the next section. If there is no secondary armament, remove this section.

Penetration statistics
Ammunition	Type of warhead	Penetration @ 0° Angle of Attack (mm)
		100 m	1,000 m	2,000 m	3,000 m	4,000 m	5,000 m
76 mm HE	HE	10	10	10	10	10	10
76 mm APHE	APHE	69	32	14	7	6	6
76 mm HE-TF	HE-TF	10	10	10	10	10	10

Shell details
Ammunition	Type of warhead	Velocity (m/s)	Projectile mass (kg)	Fuse delay (m)	Fuse sensitivity (mm)	Explosive mass (TNT equivalent) (g)	Ricochet
							0%	50%	100%
76 mm HE	HE	690	6	0	0.1	650	79°	80°	81°
76 mm APHE	APHE	690	5.87	1.6	4	319	47°	60°	65°
76 mm HE-TF	HE-TF	690	6	0	0.1	650	79°	80°	81°

Anti-aircraft armament

2 х Turret40 mm/39 Vickers-Terni mod.1915/1917, Modif.1930 autocannon

Ammunition1500 rounds

Belt capacity50 rounds

Fire rate200 shots/min

An important part of the ship's armament responsible for air defence. Anti-aircraft armament is defined by the weapon chosen with the control Select anti-aircraft weapons. Talk about the ship's anti-air cannons and machine guns, the number of guns and their positions, their effective range, and about their overall effectiveness – including against surface targets. If there are no anti-aircraft armaments, remove this section.

Additional armament

Setup 14 x 533 mm steam turbined torpedo S.I. 250/533,4X7,5 Tipo A

Describe the available additional armaments of the ship: depth charges, mines, torpedoes. Talk about their positions, available ammunition and launch features such as dead zones of torpedoes. If there is no additional armament, remove this section.

Usage in battles

The RN Tigre for a destroyer can carry only 4 torpedoes less than other italian destroyers but the strong part are his heavier main gun armament. With a large salvo of eight fairly powerful HE shells, she can deal a substantial amount of damage to opposing destroyers with a single salvo. However, the low rate of fire of the main guns also mean that she cannot really compete in a prolonged duel against fast-firing destroyers (particular the American ones with 5"/38 main guns) for example British destroyers (HMS Diana, HMS Nepal...) and American Destroyers (USS Fletcher, USS Mitscher...), and last and despite her larger size she actually has a smaller crew count than the RN Corazziere and RN Da Verazzano. Furthermore, her partially exposed bow ammunition magazine is a dangerous weakness, especially in close range fights.

Her torpedo armament is very poor, with only four fairly underwhelming 533 mm torpedoes that are not particularly fast and that have a very short range of only 4 km without the torpedo mode installed. It is worth considering not bringing them at all, especially since they are a potential hazard if hit by enemy fire.

It is also worth noting that the RN Tigre has better firing angles towards the stern of the ship than towards the bow. Angling towards the enemy in such a way that the ship fires towards the stern is worth considering, especially since this also exposes the bow ammunition magazine less.

At last for the additional two 76mm cannons, the best option to use them is for anti-air role with HE-TF, if you want to use them against other ships use the APHE because HE for the 76mm are very weak and don't do very much damage to the enemy ships and boats.

Pros and cons

Pros:

• Large number of main guns
• Large main gun HE shell explosive filler
• Large field-of-fire towards the stern of the ship
• Reasonable penetration and filler for the APHE shell
• Two 76mm cannons more than RN Leone

Cons:

• Low main gun rate of fire
• Inadequate anti-aircraft armament
• Only four torpedoes with a very short range without torpedo mode installed
• Above-waterline bow ammunition magazine

History

Devblog History

The Italian Leone-class destroyers were ordered to replace the more obsolete and worn out ships of the Regia Marina. Ansaldo shipbuilding company, that developed the design of the new ships, focussed at developing the concept of the previous class of ships of this type - the Carlo Mirabello scout cruisers - combining significant firepower with high speed performance. In the period of 1921-1922 three destroyers, out of five ships ordered, were built at the Italian shipyards and all three received the names of large felines: Leone, Tigre and Pantera. After 15 years of service in the native waters of the Mediterranean Sea, the feline flotilla was sent to serve at the Massawa naval base in the Red Sea, where the ships met the entry of Italy into World War II ... cut off from the main forces of the fleet.

By this time, the destroyers were already worn out from time and tropical climate. After several unsuccessful attacks on enemy convoys, the destroyers opted for a suicidal mission to the harbor of Suez, Leone wrecked herself on an unmarked rock and, as a result of the damage received, was flooded by the wakes of the two remaining destroyers. No less desperate was the second attack, the target of which was the port of Sudan - this time the ships being assaulted by fierce raids from British aircraft, were forced to retreat into neutral waters where the crews scuttled the doomed ships in shallow waters off the Arabian coast. The partially submerged ships were soon reconnoitered and finally destroyed by air strikes and artillery from the destroyer HMS Kingston.

Media

Skins

• Skins and camouflages for the RN Tigre from live.warthunder.com.

See also

Related development

• RN Leone

External links

• [Devblog] Tigre destroyer: Recruit Instructor

Ansaldo
Corvettes
Gabbiano-class	RN Gabbiano · Folaga
Destroyers
Leone-class	RN Leone · RN Tigre
Light Cruisers
Condottieri-class	RN Bartolomeo Colleoni · RN Raimondo Montecuccoli · RN Eugenio di Savoia
Heavy Cruisers
Trento-class	RN Bolzano
Battleships
Conte di Cavour-class	Novorossiysk*
	*RN Giulio Cesare before war reparation to the USSR

Italy destroyers
	Regia Marina
Aquila-class	RN Aquila
Leone-class	RN Leone · RN Tigre
Turbine-class	RN Aquilone · RN Turbine
Navigatori-class	RN Da Verazzano
Dardo-class	RN Dardo
Soldati-class	RN Aviere · RN Corazziere · RN Geniere
Comandanti Medaglie d'Oro-class	RN Comandante Margottini
	Marina Militare
Fante-class*	Geniere
Indomito-class	Impetuoso
	* Modified Fletcher-class destroyers

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Motor torpedo boats	Freccia P-493 · MAS 569 · MS 444 · MC 485
Motor gun boats	Sparviero
Sub-chasers	Folaga
Destroyers	RN Aquilone · RN Aviere · RN Geniere · RN Tigre · Geniere
Heavy cruisers	RN Pola
Battleships	RN Leonardo da Vinci