Impetuoso
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Description
The Impetuoso-class of destroyers are the first Italian destroyers built after World War II. The ship uses a modified hull design of the World War II-era Comandante Margottini-class as a basis, albeit incorporating design elements from the American Gearing-class destroyer, namely various surplus armaments from the US Navy and fire control system along with similar compartment layouts, giving the ship better survivability and operational range to suit the need of the Marina Militare at the cost of mobility.
Introduced in Update "Sons of Attila", the Impetuoso could be considered a toned down version of the American Gearing-class, primarily due to her armaments of four 5-inch dual-purpose cannons in two fully traversable dual turrets. Although the Impetuoso offers more consistent firepower improvements compared to the wartime Italian destroyers, she does still have some shortcoming stemming from her origin of a modified design that holds her back, in particular her (lack of) protection for critical modules, so care must be taken to minimize their exposure.
General info
Survivability and armour
The Impetuoso features a spread out compartmented layout that distributes modules and crew quarters evenly along the fairly large hull of the ship. This allows the ship to contain the damage from concentrated fire better than its peers. The large crew count of 335 distributed evenly on the ship also allows the Impetuoso to stay afloat longer than other destroyers at its BR.
However, the use of hull space on the Impetuoso as armour also leaves the fatal flaws in the form of unprotected critical modules. Due to an even distribution of compartments, this left the Italian engineers no other place to put the auxiliary magazine but the questionable midship position between the engines. This auxiliary magazine can be easily detonated from the broadside angles, potentially causing chain detonation with the torpedoes that are stored directly above it, which may result in uncontrollable flood damage. The rear main magazine of the stern turret is also equally vulnerable, as it sits barely below the waterline. Because of this, angling is a must in the Impetuoso to minimize the exposure of these weakspots.
Mobility
While the Impetuoso features respectable top speed of 79 (AB)/65 (RB) km/h, due to her large hull and displacement, the ship is noticeably more sluggish to manoeuvre than its peer. This is especially apparent during acceleration/deceleration process, as the ship takes longer to shift between each speed and to traverse around.
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| Game Mode | Upgrade Status | Maximum Speed (km/h) | |
| Forward | Reverse | ||
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| Upgraded | 79 | 33 | |
| RB/SB | |||
| Upgraded | 65 | 27 | |
Modifications and economy
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Armament
Primary armament
The Impetuoso features 4 x 5-inch (127 mm) Mk.12 cannons as the main armaments. The guns are mounted in enclosed twin turrets with one each on the bow and stern. The guns have an impressive fire rate of 22 rounds per minute (~2.7-second reload) with 25-round first stage ammo racks, and 15 rounds per minute (4-second reload) after depleting the ready racks. The turret is fully traversable with good handling, thus allowing the Impetuoso to effectively engaging both surface and aerial enemies on both sides of the ship. At her BR, these guns are more than capable of quickly eliminating opponents, and provide consistent firepower against early cruisers that she might have to face in uptiers.
Being standard-issued guns of the US Navy, the Impetuoso also has access to the standard US destroyer ammunition: a basic and potent HE shell with 3.2 kg of TNT equivalent filler, an HE-VT shell with the same characteristics as the HE shell but with a variable time fuse that will detonate within close proximity of any aircraft, a "common" SAP shell with respectable penetration and filler, and a "special" SAP shell which has improved penetration in exchange for somewhat reduced filler. As a premium ship, all of these shells are unlocked by default, so the HE-VT shell should be your "go-to" shell, as it is effective against both surface and aerial targets, being able to deal the same external damage as the standard HE shell against enemy vessels while also being deadly against enemy aircraft. Due to having less penetration but slightly more filler, the "common" shell is somewhat more effective at dealing internal damage against destroyers compared to the "special" shell, but will lose its effectiveness against cruisers at mid-to-long range. Therefore, the "special" shell can be considered for versatility, especially in uptier matches.
| Penetration statistics | |||||||
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| 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 | ||
| AAC Mk.34 | HE | 36 | 36 | 36 | 36 | 36 | 36 |
| Common Mk.32 | Common | 124 | 103 | 77 | 58 | 46 | 37 |
| SP Common Mk.46 | SP Common | 150 | 125 | 93 | 71 | 56 | 45 |
| AAVT Mk.31 | HE-VT | 36 | 36 | 36 | 36 | 36 | 36 |
| Shell details | ||||||||||||
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| Ammunition | Type of warhead |
Velocity (m/s) |
Projectile mass (kg) |
Fuse delay (s) |
Fuse sensitivity (mm) |
Explosive mass (TNT equivalent) (g) |
Ricochet | |||||
| 0% | 50% | 100% | ||||||||||
| AAC Mk.34 | HE | 792 | 25 | 0 | 0.1 | 3,220 | 79° | 80° | 81° | |||
| Common Mk.32 | Common | 792 | 24.49 | 0.01 | 6 | 1,150 | 47° | 60° | 65° | |||
| SP Common Mk.46 | SP Common | 792 | 25 | 0.01 | 6 | 906.5 | 48° | 63° | 71° | |||
| Proximity-fused shell details | ||||||||||||
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| Ammunition | Type of warhead |
Velocity (m/s) |
Projectile mass (kg) |
Fuse delay (s) |
Fuse sensitivity (mm) |
Arming distance (m) |
Trigger radius (m) |
Explosive mass (TNT equivalent) (g) |
Ricochet | |||
| 0% | 50% | 100% | ||||||||||
| AAVT Mk.31 | HE-VT | 792 | 25 | 0 | 0.1 | 457 | 23 | 3,220 | 79° | 80° | 81° | |
Secondary armament
For anti-air defense, the Impetuoso features 16 x Bofors autocannons mounted in four dual mounts and two quadruple mounts placed along the port and starboard sides of the midship section. The Bofors provide excellent anti-air firepower at short-to-medium ranges and offers good resistance against small PT boats, though due to the placement of the guns, it has a large blindspot around the bow of the ship at close range, thus leaving the ship vulnerable from attacks coming at this angle.
Meanwhile, each Bofors mounts is equipped with a search-and-tracking air radar with decent scan rate. This works well in conjunction with the main guns' HE-VT rounds to take down enemy aircraft at longer ranges.
- Universal: AP-T · HEFI-T
- 40 mm HE clips: HEFI-T · HEFI-T · HEFI-T · AP-T
- 40 mm AP clips: AP-T · AP-T · AP-T · HEFI-T
| Penetration statistics | |||||||
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| Ammunition | Penetration @ 0° Angle of Attack (mm) | ||||||
| 10 m | 100 m | 500 m | 1,000 m | 1,500 m | 2,000 m | ||
| HEFI-T | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | |
| AP-T | 81 | 78 | 68 | 58 | 49 | 41 | |
| Shell details | ||||||||||||
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| Ammunition | Velocity (m/s) |
Projectile mass (kg) |
Fuse delay (m) |
Fuse sensitivity (mm) |
Explosive mass (TNT equivalent) (g) |
Ricochet | ||||||
| 0% | 50% | 100% | ||||||||||
| HEFI-T | 874 | 0.9 | 0 | 0.1 | 67.13 | 79° | 80° | 81° | ||||
| AP-T | 874 | 0.89 | - | - | - | 47° | 60° | 65° | ||||
Additional armament
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Usage in battles
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Pros and cons
Pros:
- Fairly survivable for a destroyer due to large hull size and crew count
- Four 5-inch dual purposes cannons offers steady damage output for its BR
- Both main turrets are fully traversable with good turn rotation speed, giving the ship additional flexibility
- Has access to an air search-and-tracking radar
- Good anti-air coverage at longer ranges
Cons:
- Large and heavy in displacement, fairly sluggish to manoeuvre for a destroyer
- Virtually no armour protecting the critical components, especially ammo racks on the midship and stern
- Has only four torpedoes mounted in fixed tubes
- Placement of dedicated AA armaments leaves several blindspots around the ship at close range
History
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See also
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| Cantiere navale di Riva Trigoso | |
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| Motor Torpedo Boats | |
| Freccia-class | Freccia P-493 |
| Destroyers | |
| Indomito-class | Impetuoso |
| 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 | |
