RN Corazziere
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Description
The RN Corazziere was laid down on 7 October 1937, launched on 22 May 1938, completed and commissioned on 4 March 1939, and was placed in the 12°Squadriglia cacciatorpediniere, then later in the 2°Squadra Navale, 3°Divisione Navale and C.C.FF.NN. Before the Second World War, she mainly carried out training missions. During the war, she carried out intense activity, taking part in most operations in the Mediterranean. The RN Corazziere carried out 135 war missions, 24 of which were escort and traffic protection, covering no less than 53,000 miles (85,295 km). On 15 February, the RN Corazziere was severely damaged by an enemy air attack and was stranded in the harbour basin in Naples. Between 1 and 3 April, she was towed to Genoa for major works. On 9 September 1943, after the signing of the Armistice, she was attempted to be scuttled in Genoa but later captured by the Germans, only to be sunk completely on 4 September 1944.
The Soldati-class, RN Corazziere, 1943 was introduced in Update "Starfighters". As with the others of the Soldati class, Corazziere is an excellent destroyer for its speed, manoeuvrability, and torpedoes. However, the armament is rather weak, consisting of only five 120 mm cannons equipped only with AP and HE which have rather low damage output. The anti-aircraft armament is mediocre, but allows you to destroy enemy coastal boats and planes at medium and short range.
General info
Survivability and armour
The Corazziere has no armour whatsoever other than 12 mm anti-fragmentation shields protecting the main gun mounts. These mounts are, however, open-backed, and can be disabled by nearby explosions if they land behind the gun shield. There are also some large fuel tanks providing some degree of protection to the transmission and the stern and amidships main gun magazines.
The Corazziere has a massive unarmoured bridge that takes up almost the entirety of the forward superstructure, which makes her very vulnerable to getting the bridge disabled.
The Corazziere has a crew complement of 215 men, which is unremarkable for a destroyer at her battle rating.
Mobility
The RN Corazziere is powered by 3 engines, which gives RN Corazziere the ability to achieve the maximum speed of 70 km/h in RB and 86 km/h in AB, while the reverse speed is 29 km/h in RB and 35 km/h in AB.
In both AB and RB modes, the RN Corazziere has very good acceleration both forward and backwards from a standstill, this gives you a better chance to dodge torpedoes or enemy salvoes. In combat, in a sustained turn the speed remains at 49 km/h in RB and 52 km/h in AB.
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| Game Mode | Upgrade Status | Maximum Speed (km/h) | Turn Time (s) | Turn Radius (m) | |
| Forward | Reverse | ||||
| AB | Stock | 63 | 26 | ~110.75 | ~215.43 |
| Upgraded | 86 | 35 | ___ | ___ | |
| RB/SB | |||||
| Upgraded | 70 | 29 | ___ | ___ | |
Modifications and economy
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Armament
Primary armament
The Corazziere's main armament consists of five 120/50 OTO Mod. 1936 guns. Four of these are distributed in twin mounts located on the bow and stern, with the fifth located amidships in a single mount. These mounts have excellent traverse arcs, fast traverse and elevation speeds, but are crippled by their low rate of fire (8 rounds/minute with an aced crew).
The 120 mm guns can fire three types of ammunition: HE, AP, and HE-DF. The HE and HE-DF shells are identical in terms of filler, the primary difference being the HE-DF will burst at the range set by the rangefinder, allowing it to be used against aircraft. Both have weak explosive fillers (~1.6 kg TNT) compared to similar calibre destroyer guns, and are also considerably smaller than the ones of HE shells used by the older Italian destroyers such as the Leone and Turbine. The AP shell has a fairly large filler for its type and calibre, approaching that of the HE shell at 1.3 kg TNT. It has reasonably good penetration capabilities as well, able to get through the belt armour of light cruisers at medium ranges.
| 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 | ||
| HE Dirompente | HE | 21 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 21 |
| APCBC Perforante | APHEBC | 183 | 144 | 96 | 66 | 47 | 37 |
| HE-TF Contro-aerea | HE-TF | 21 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 21 |
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| 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% | ||||||||||
| HE Dirompente | HE | 950 | 22.8 | 0 | 0.1 | 1.63 | 79° | 80° | 81° | |||
| APCBC Perforante | APHEBC | 950 | 23.49 | 0.025 | 6 | 1.3 | 48° | 63° | 71° | |||
| HE-TF Contro-aerea | HE-TF | 950 | 22.8 | 0 | 0.1 | 1.63 | 79° | 80° | 81° | |||
Anti-aircraft armament
Like almost all Italian ships, the Corazziere has very weak anti-aircraft armament. It consists of four twin 20/65 Breda Mod. 1935 cannon, two on each side of the ship. These are decent close range anti-aircraft weapons, but are too few to really provide effective protection.
Because of the railings surrounding these weapons, they cannot depress enough to engage surface targets closer than ~1.1 km, making them useless against coastal craft.
- Universal: API-T · HEFI-T*
- 20 mm HE belts: HEFI-T* · HEFI-T* · HEFI-T* · API-T
- 20 mm AP belts: API-T · API-T · API-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* | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | |
| API-T | 38 | 36 | 27 | 19 | 14 | 10 | |
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| 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° | ||||
Additional armament
The Corazziere is armed with two triple 533 mm torpedo tubes located on the centreline. These fire the Si 270/533.2 x 7.2 Tipo I torpedo which has a speed and range of 76 km/h and 4 km (70 km/h and 10 km with torpedo mode installed), respectively. It carries a 270 kg TNT warhead.
She also has access to a depth charge (bomb) thrower, although the utility of this weapon against surface targets is questionable at best.
Usage in battles
The Corazziere has the speed to get to important locations quickly, but unfortunately is really lacking in firepower to make much of an impact. She has only five 120 mm guns that not only have a glacial reload time for a destroyer weapon but also have weak HE shell fillers. Her AP shell is reasonably good, but she simply doesn't have the damage output to fight head-to-head against most other destroyers, especially American ones. The torpedo armament is also fairly unremarkable, if serviceable once the torpedo mode is installed. The ship also has virtually no armour and is highly vulnerable to disabling hits to the massive bridge and the main guns. Her anti-aircraft defences are also quite poor and have a large deadzone against coastal boats.
With all this in mind, the Corazziere tends to fare very poorly in close-range brawls. Even when ambushing a target, her weak shells and low rate of fire can leave her outgunned by the ambushed target. She functions best in a supporting role, where she can rely on teammates to cover her many weaknesses.
Pros and cons
Pros:
- Fast ship
- Fairly large AP shell filler with good penetration
- Fast main gun traverse and elevation speeds
- Wide main gun traverse arcs
Cons:
- Huge unarmoured bridge
- Small HE shell filler
- Low main gun rate of fire
- Inadequate anti-aircraft defences
- Cannot depress anti-aircraft guns to engage naval targets at close range
- Torpedoes have a very short range without the torpedo mode installed
History
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Media
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See also
External links
- http://conlapelleappesaaunchiodo.blogspot.com/search?q=corazziere (The entire history of RN Corazziere)
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| Destroyers | |
| Turbine-class | RN Turbine · RN Aquilone |
| Dardo-class | RN Dardo |
| Soldati-class | RN Corazziere · RN Aviere · RN Geniere |
| Comandanti Medaglie d'Oro-class | RN Comandante Margottini |
| Light Cruisers | |
| Condottieri-class | Kerch* · RN Duca degli Abruzzi |
| Capitani Romani-class | RN Attilio Regolo · Guichen** |
| Heavy Cruisers | |
| Trento-class | RN Trento |
| Zara-class | RN Zara · RN Pola |
| Battleships | |
| Conte di Cavour-class | RN Leonardo da Vinci*** |
| Export | Tashkent**** |
| See Also | OTO Melara |
| *RN Duca d'Aosta before war reparation to the USSR | |
| **RN Scipione Africano before war reparation to France | |
| ***Previously ‘’Cantieri navali Odero’’ in Genoa-Sestri Ponente | |
| ****Built for 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 | |
