MAS 561
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Description
The Velocissimo Classe 500, MAS 561 is a rank I Italian motor torpedo boat with a battle rating of 1.0 (AB/RB/SB). It was introduced in Update "Raining Fire".
General info
Survivability and armour
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Mobility
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| Game Mode | Upgrade Status | Maximum Speed (km/h) | |
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| Upgraded | 112 | 45 | |
| RB/SB | |||
| Upgraded | 80 | 32 | |
Modifications and economy
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Armament
Primary armament
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Additional armament
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Usage in battles
To engage other small ships it is better to maximize your firepower shooting from your sides so you can use the machineguns and the 20mm at the same time.
To engage strafing aircraft move in the same direction of the aircraft, fix the camera on him, go to the binocular view and lead your fire to the engine of the plane or cockpit if its a twin engine plane. Once you destroyed it or if you are not able to hit it change direction with a sharp turn as the plane is usually not as maneuverable as the boat he can no longer lean its machine gun fire towwards you.
To engage larger ships such as destroyers you should use the map islands (the terrain in general) and ally destroyers to hide yourself. It is useful to think a route to your target or destination(capture point, ambush position...) right from the start having all the present cover of the map and allies into account. Once you are in a good position to attack you must get as close as possible to the target without getting destroyed. To do this you must be constantly observing the position of the turrets of the target (is it shooting other ships? is it looking for a target?..etc) as well as the state of their secondary or antiaircraft guns (is it engaging planes,boats or innactive?) and triying not to fire towards him as your guns will only give away your presence. Once you are so close you think you can score a hit launch a torpedo to the place the thorpedo mechanic tells you to fire and the other tho the place you think the enemy will move its ship to dodge the torpedo. Right after doing that go back to cover as fast as possible using smoke to conceal you or another boat doing a torpedo run.
Pros and cons
Pros:
- Adequate speed
- High crew count increases survivability
- Adequate firing arcs
Cons:
- No armour
- The 20 mm has small magazines and slow fire rate
History
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Media
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See also
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- reference to the series of the ship;
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External links
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| Italy boats | |
|---|---|
| Motor torpedo boats | MC-490 · Freccia P-493 · MAS 555 · MAS 561 · MAS 569 |
| MS-15 · MS-53 · MS-472 · Stefano Turr · VAS 201 · GIS 811 · MS 444 · MC 485 | |
| Motor gun boats | MAS 441 · MS-473 · MV-611 · Alano · Sparviero |
| Motor torpedo gun boats | Saetta P-494 |
| Gunboats | Albatros · Alcione |
