Fleet
The Pr.183 BM-21 is a rare Soviet-designed Egyptian modification that trades torpedoes for rocket artillery. Designed as a fast assault craft, this unique boat merges a WWII-era hull with Cold War firepower, offering devastating burst damage at the cost of poor survivability. She plays nothing like other ships in her tier—if you master the rockets, you’ll devastate enemies. But if you get spotted first, expect a quick trip back to the hangar.
Her Majesty’s Australian Ship (HMAS) Fremantle, pennant number 203, was a patrol boat commissioned in 1980 as the lead ship of her class. She took the longest voyage made by a lone patrol vessel of her time, and she aided Australian efforts to curb illegal fishing and immigration over the 26 years of her career.
This article is about the history of the 2 cm guns using the 20×138mmB Rheinmetall ammunition, primarily the 2 cm KwK/Flak 30/38 L/50/65. It also covers usage by other nations represented in-game, such as Italy with Breda and Scotti guns, and includes a minor guide. The ammo and guns were the smallest mainstay unit of dual-purpose AA/AT guns, starting in the late 1920s and actively used and improved until 1945. These guns were used as infantry super heavy machine guns (Überschwere MGs), tank armaments (KwK), as well as infantry and vehicle AA guns (Flak).
Unsatisfied with their domestically built Leningrad-class destroyer leader, The Soviet Navy sought foreign assistance to help them build a new destroyer. The Italian company Odero-Terni-Orlando (OTO) took on that challenge to build a big destroyer to serve as Soviet Navy Flotilla Leader. This ship would later be the most powerful destroyer the Soviet Navy had during WW2 and would later serve as a reference for future Soviet destroyers.
Kako (加古, named after the Kako river in Hyogo Prefecture) was a heavy cruiser of the Imperial Japanese Navy of the Furutaka class. In fact, cruisers of this class were designed as “first-class cruisers”, since at the time of their construction, the term “heavy cruiser” (which was later defined in the Washington Naval Treaty of 1922) did not exist. The cruiser is characterized by a powerful main battery and good survivability, but suffers from a lack of anti-air armament and weak secondary armament.
The Project 89 “Bernau” is a low BR Sub-Chaser and Minesweeper found in the German coastal tech tree. It features a unique weapon in the form of the Strela-2M SAM that can deal with most aircraft it can face without much trouble. Despite its size however it is very vulnerable to enemy fire due to the lack of armor as well as a very low crew count.
HMS Belfast is probably one of the most famous warships of the Royal Navy. She was the first ship of the Edinburgh sub-class of the Town-class cruisers. HMS Belfast has a rich military history — launched on St. Patrick’s Day in 1938, she served during the Second World War, fought in the Korean War, and was later preserved as a museum ship, now permanently moored in London, where visitors can still explore her today. As was typical for late-WWII British ships, HMS Belfast features strong anti-aircraft armament, an excellent rapid-firing main battery, and solid protection for her machinery and magazines. However, she has relatively low crew survivability, a weak secondary battery, and lacks armor-piercing shells for her main guns.
HMS Hood is one of the most powerful buttlecruisers ever built. Originally designed as fast battleship it was reclassified by order of the First Sea Lord, Admiral John Jellicoe. The design was repeatedly modified based on combat experience, making the Hood the most powerful capital ship at the time she was comissioned in 1920. Being the top battlecruiser of the Royal Navy tech tree, HMS Hood, is characterized by a very powerful primary armament and a fairly numerous, though not particularly strong, secondary armament. It boasts good mobility but suffers from rather average armor by battleship standards, as well as a weak air defense battery. More details below.
