Ya-5M

Ya-5M

Ya-5M

USSR

I Rank

Battle rating:

AB	RB	SB
1.3	1.3	1.3

Class:

PREMIUM

Motor gun boat

Boat

Purchase:Bundle or Gift

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Description

The Ya-5M is a premium gift rank I Soviet motor gun boat with a battle rating of 1.3 (AB/RB/SB). It was introduced during Update 1.83 "Masters of the Sea" as a reward during War Thunder's 6th anniversary, War Thunder's 7th anniversary, and War Thunder's 10th Anniversary.

General info

Survivability and armour

Armourfront / side / back

Hull4 mm (steel)

Superstructure15 mm (wood)

Number of section3

Displacement23 t

Crew10 people

The Ya-5M has no armour protection. Its hull is made out of 4 mm steel and its superstructure is made out of 15 mm thick wood. The crew consists of 10 people, therefore it is very vulnerable. The ship is quite prone to ammo rack detonation because its rocket launcher sits on the deck and the second ammo rack is pretty big and located above the waterline. The ship's third ammo rack is located below waterline and is therefore protected by water. The engine compartment is big and takes shots easily. The engine is located between the fuel tanks in the middle of the ship.

Mobility

Speedforward / back

AB44 / 18 km/h

RB33 / 13 km/h

The Ya-5M is quite slow to accelerate. It reaches 44 km/h forwards and -18 km/h backwards (33 km/h and -13 km/h in RB). The Ya-5M does not have a very good speed, but it performs well in a turn.

Mobility Characteristics
Game Mode	Upgrade Status	Maximum Speed (km/h)		Turn Time (s)	Turn Radius (m)
		Forward	Reverse
AB	Stock	___	___
	Upgraded	44	18
RB/SB	Stock	___	___
	Upgraded	33	13

Modifications and economy

Repair cost

AB131

RB282

Crew training450

Experts3 000

Aces45

Research Aces220 000

Reward for battleAB / RB / SB

2 × 20 / 30 / 50 %

2 × 100 / 100 / 100 %

Modifications

Seakeeping	Unsinkability	Firepower
Dry-Docking Rudder Replacement Propeller Replacement Engine Maintenance	Damage Control Division Fire Division Smokescreen New Pumps	12mm_dshk_navy_he_ammo_pack 12mm_dshk_navy_ap_ammo_pack Primary Armament Targeting Artillery Support

Armament

Primary armament

2 х Turret12.7 mm DShK machine gun

Ammunition2000 rounds

Belt capacity50 rounds

Fire rate600 shots/min

Vertical guidance-10° / 65°

The primary armament of the Ya-5M consists of two 12.7 mm DSHK machine guns (the first turret mounted above the wheelhouse and the second in an aft pintle). These guns are known for their fast fire rate and decent armour penetration at their rank, on the Ya-5M however, one must turn the ship slightly broadside to enable the usage of both guns at once, this can present a problem while aiming the rockets.

APIT belts are suggested as they contain both HE and AP mixed to maximize damage output against all possible targets.

• Universal: AP-I · API-T · IAI
• 12.7 mm HE belts: IAI · IAI · IAI · API-T
• 12.7 mm APIT belts: API-T · AP-I · IAI · AP-I

Penetration statistics
Ammunition	Penetration @ 0° Angle of Attack (mm)
	10 m	100 m	500 m	1,000 m	1,500 m	2,000 m
AP-I	30	29	25	21	18	15
API-T	29	28	24	20	17	14
IAI	3	2	2	2	2	2

Shell details
Ammunition	Velocity (m/s)	Projectile mass (kg)	Fuse delay (m)	Fuse sensitivity (mm)	Explosive mass (TNT equivalent) (g)	Ricochet
						0%	50%	100%
AP-I	850	0.05	-	-	-	47°	56°	65°
API-T	850	0.05	-	-	-	47°	56°	65°
IAI	850	0.05	0	0.1	1.5	47°	56°	65°

Special armament

Turret82 mm M-8 rocket

Ammunition72 rounds

The Ya-5M comes armed with 24 M-8 rockets and one full reload. These rockets are decent area-denial light artillery weapons, but suffer from terrible accuracy beyond 100 m due to conditions at sea. It is recommended to fire these rockets in 4-5 burst salvoes to offset the lack of precision.

Usage in battles

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Pros and cons

Pros:

• Good armaments
• Decent stability and low roll

Cons:

• Quite slow
• Low accuracy and damage from rockets
• Small crew
• Exposed gun positions

History

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Media

Skins

• Skins and camouflages for the Ya-5M from live.warthunder.com.

Videos

The Shooting Range #121 - War Machines section at 09:56 discusses the Ya-5M.

See also

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External links

References

USSR premium ships
Motor torpedo boats	G-5 (ShVAK) · Pr.123K (A-10bis)
Motor gun boats	TKA-412 · Pr.183 BM-21 · Ya-5M
Motor torpedo gun boats	MPK Pr.12412P
Armoured gun boats	MBK-161 early · MBK pr.186 (MK 85) · Pr.1124 MLRS · Pr.1204
Sub-chasers	MPK Pr.122bis
Frigates	Rosomacha
Destroyers	Kerch · Ryany · Leningrad · Stroyny · Smelyi · Neustrashimy · Blagorodnyy
Light cruisers	Murmansk · Kerch · Zheleznyakov
Battleships	Marat