MAS 569

This page is about the Italian motor torpedo boat MAS 569. For other versions, see MAS 500 (Family).

MAS 569

MAS 569

Italy

I Rank

Battle rating:

AB	RB	SB
1.0	1.0	1.0

Class:

PREMIUM

Motor torpedo boat

Boat

Purchase:250

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Description

The Velocissimo Classe 500, MAS 569 is a premium rank I Italian motor torpedo boat with a battle rating of 1.0 (AB/RB/SB). It was introduced in Update "Starfighters".

General info

Survivability and armour

Armourfront / side / back

Hull40 mm (wood)

Superstructure15 mm (wood)

Number of section3

Displacement29 t

Crew13 people

The MAS 569 is made entirely from wood, the hull has about 40 mm of wood for the hull and 15 mm for the superstructure.

It can withstand blows up to 20 mm, beyond 20 mm it really starts to struggle in fact it will only take a few moments to sink. On the MAS there are 15 sailors, which may seem few, but compared to the 6 members of the G-5 and 7 of the LS, these 15 are enough and advanced.

The advantage of having a relatively small ship and many members is that it will not take long to repair and extinguish the ship.

Another thing to be careful about is if you hit a reef you will lose crew or in the worst scenario the entire ship.

Mobility

Speedforward / back

AB112 / 45 km/h

RB80 / 32 km/h

The MAS 569 is propelled to a speed of 80 km/h thanks to 2 Isotta Fraschini engines outputting 500 horsepower. The peculiarity of the MAS is that its 2 engines are civilian engines, not special engines only for the armed forces, these engines are used by Regia Aeronautica too.

These two engines are also capable of going to -33 km/h.

Mobility Characteristics
Game Mode	Upgrade Status	Maximum Speed (km/h)		Turn Time (s)	Turn Radius (m)
		Forward	Reverse
AB	Stock	___	___
	Upgraded	112	45
RB/SB	Stock	___	___
	Upgraded	80	32

Modifications and economy

Repair cost

AB94

RB253

Total cost of modifications4 390

445

Crew training150

Experts1 000

Aces20

Research Aces145 000

Reward for battleAB / RB / SB

2 × 20 / 20 / 50 %

2 × 75 / 75 / 75 %

Modifications

Seakeeping	Unsinkability	Firepower
Dry-Docking Research: 600 Cost: 60 55 Rudder Replacement Propeller Replacement Engine Maintenance	Damage Control Division Fire Division Smokescreen Research: 500 Cost: 50 45 New Pumps	20mm_it_breda_he_ammo_pack Research: 600 Cost: 60 55 20mm_it_breda_ap_ammo_pack Research: 500 Cost: 50 45 Primary Armament Targeting Depth Charges Research: 750 Cost: 75 70 Artillery Support Research: 720 Cost: 75 65 Torpedo Mode Research: 720 Cost: 75 65

Armament

Primary armament

Turret20 mm/65 Breda anti-aircraft gun

Ammunition1500 rounds

Belt capacity12 rounds

Fire rate240 shots/min

Vertical guidance-10° / 90°

Turret6.5 mm Breda Mod.30 machine gun

Ammunition2000 rounds

Belt capacity20 rounds

Fire rate500 shots/min

The primary armament is composed of one 20 mm Breda 20/65 and a 6.5 mm Breda Mod.30 as secondary primary.

The 6.5 mm Breda is infamous among Italian soldiers for being an unreliable and weak machine gun that has a lengthy reload for a considerably small box magazine of 20 bullets. Meanwhile, the 20 mm Breda 20/65 will be the main workhorse in regards of damage output, offering a shorter magazine at 12 shells, it at least deals damage.

• Universal: API-T · HEFI-T*
• HE belt: HEFI-T* · HEFI-T* · HEFI-T* · API-T
• AP belt: API-T · API-T · API-T · HEFI-T*

Penetration statistics
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

Shell details
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

Setup 12 x 450 mm steam turbined W.200/450X5,75 torpedo

Setup 26 x B TG depth charge

Setup 32 x 450 mm steam turbined W.200/450X5,75 torpedo

6 x B TG depth charge

The MAS 569 is equipped with two types of additional armament. The first one is the W.200 torpedo, a torpedo that can navigate up to 81 km/h for 3 km, while losing 7 km/h but gaining 1,000 m of range with the torpedo mode modification. These two torpedoes are excellent for quick attacks on larger ships. With their good speed and 200 kg of explosive, it will be child's play to sink a ship.

The second additional armament of the MAS 569 is the depth charge B TG, 6 depth charges can be used in total and are positioned at the back of the ship. The B TGs with their 60 kg of explosive each are very effective to destroy ships that get a little too close, you can also flank the big ships and throw them at them.

Usage in battles

The MAS 569 is a rather odd ship, the 20 mm cannon has a low rate of fire and small magazine, as well as being unable to fire directly forward, drastically limit its potential, but thanks to the 6.5 mm the MAS 569 gets a big advantage which is its rate of fire which can cause serious damage to enemy ships. The best choice when using the cannon and machine gun is not to sail forwards, but to stay to the side. This allows you to use the entire operational area of the weapons.

The best way is to stay behind cover and only move backwards when engaging and then return to cover. One-on-one combat against almost any other reserve boat will not work in your favour, so the element of surprise is very important.

Pros and cons

Pros:

• Fast speed (80 km/h)
• Short turn time
• Good acceleration
• Effective torpedoes
• Potent machine gun

Cons:

• No armour
• 20 mm cannon has small magazines and slow rate of fire
• Terrible survivability in combat
• 20 mm cannon has limited angles of fire

History

MAS 569 sailing

Deployed in the Alto Tirreno FMO until May 1942, MAS 569 was sent with MAS 568 to the Black Sea, arriving in Yalta on 30 July 1942.

During the evening of 14 February 1943, while returning from a mission, it sighted a Soviet submarine surfacing about 10 miles to the east.

The crew of the MAS 569 went to attack the Soviet submarine launching 2 torpedoes which did not hit the target, after having ascertained the negative outcome of the torpedoes launching they headed towards the Soviet submarine to launch depth charges to try to sink the submarine. They also used the 6.5 mm Breda Mod.30 to damage it but it jammed after a few shots, after having damaged it the Soviet submarine submerged and they lost track.

Between March and April 1943, together with the MAS of the IVa Flottiglia, it took part in numerous battles with Soviet patrol boats and gunboats and some demonstrative actions along the enemy coast.

MAS 569 manoeuvring

On 20 May 1943 the MAS 569 was loaned to the German Navy, assuming the German designation S 504.

Then ceded on 28 August 1943 to the Romanian Navy, and was scuttled at Costanza or somewhere in the Black Sea in August 1944.

The MAS 569 is part of the final series of the MAS type "500" PT boats. It was part of the Italian Black Sea flotilla and participated in the August 1942 attack on Soviet cruiser Molotov.

The MAS 569 was heavily damaged in a Soviet bombing of Yalta in September 1942.

Media

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See also

Links to articles on the War Thunder Wiki that you think will be useful for the reader, for example:

• reference to the series of the ship;
• links to approximate analogues of other nations and research trees.

External links

References

Italy premium ships
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