Ship:Chkalov

VIII

11,000 doubloons

Chkalov — U.S.S.R. Premium Tier VIII Aircraft Carrier.

The further development of the Project 71 aircraft carrier continued under the "large aircraft carrier" project, codenamed 71B. The ship would have made it possible for the main naval forces to utilize their aviation quickly and efficiently in the open seas and near the coastline in areas located far from naval bases, but the project wasn't implemented due to the outbreak of World War II.

Pros

• High damage per attack run
• Jet boosters available
• Enhanced Patrol fighters consumable
• Low detectability

Cons

• A squadron carries out one attack run only
• Low aircraft survivability

Ship Stats

Hull Information

SURVIVABILITY
• Hit Points	51700
• Torpedo protection damage reduction (%)	25

ARMOR DETAIL
• Belt (mm)	100
• Deck (mm)	30
• Superstructure (mm)	13
• Extremities (mm)	19

MANEUVERABILITY
• Maximum speed (kt)	32.3
• Turning circle radius (m)	1040
• Rudder-shift time (sec)	17.2

CONCEALMENT
• Detectability by sea (km)	13.16
• Detectability by air (km)	10.0
• Detectability after firing main guns in smoke (km)	—
• Detectability by depths (km)	10.0

Secondary Battery

SECONDARY BATTERY	Automatic	Manual control
• Secondary battery range (km)	4.5	8.5

SECONDARY ARMAMENT 1	Automatic	Manual control
• Shell type	HE
• Name	HE-46
• Arrangement	8x2 130mm
• Rate of fire (shots/min)	12.0	9.0
• Maximum damage	1900
• Shell velocity (m/s)	900
• Penetration (mm)	22
• Fire chance (%)	8.0%

Airstrike

ASW AIRSTRIKE (DEPTH CHARGES)
• Range (km)	7
• Minimum range (km)	0.5
• Reload time (sec)	25.0
• Number of aircraft	1
• Depth charges in payload	1
• Damage	4200
• Deployment	Automatic

AA Defense

AA ARMAMENT	MOUNTS × BARRELS
130 mm	8 × 2
37 mm	8 × 4 + 16 × 2

Continuous damage — average DPS within each action zone

RANGE	DPS	HIT CHANCE	ACTION ZONE (km)
Mid-range	416.5	100%	3.5
Long-range	115.5	100%	6.0

Damage by shell explosions

EXPLOSIONS / SALVO	DAMAGE	HIT CHANCE	ACTION ZONE (km)
5	1260	100%	3.5–6.0

Aircraft

TORPEDO BOMBERS
• Hit points	1470
• Speed (kt)	124
• Squadron size	6
• Size of attacking flight	6
• Aircraft on deck	15
• Preparation time (sec)	89.0
• Detectability (km)	10.0
• Torpedo name	45-36AN-V
• Torpedoes in payload	1
• Torpedo damage	4667
• Flood chance (%)	40%
• Torpedo speed (kt)	41
• Arming distance (m)	867
• Torpedo range (km)	6.0
• Squadrons	1

DIVE BOMBERS
• Hit points	1310
• Speed (kt)	125
• Squadron size	6
• Size of attacking flight	6
• Aircraft on deck	15
• Preparation time (sec)	89.0
• Detectability (km)	10.0
• Bomb name	FAB-500
• Bomb type	High-Explosive (HE) Bomb
• Bombs in payload	1
• Bomb damage	8700
• Squadrons	1

SKIP BOMBERS
• Hit points	1310
• Speed (kt)	125
• Squadron size	6
• Size of attacking flight	6
• Aircraft on deck	15
• Preparation time (sec)	89.0
• Detectability (km)	10.0
• Bomb name	FAB-500B
• Bomb type	High-Explosive (HE) Bomb
• Bombs in payload	1
• Bomb damage	7500
• Squadrons	1

Compatible Upgrades

Slot 1
Slot 2
Slot 3
Slot 4
Slot 5

Consumables

• Slot 1: Damage Control Party  (30.0s action, 70.0s cooldown)
• Slot 2: Patrol Fighter  (4 charges, 600.0s action, 40.0s cooldown)

Gallery

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Ship Change Log

• Preliminary characteristics.
• Added the Repair consumable to bombers and skip bombers.
• Squadron takeoff time decreased.
• Increased bomb dispersion for the first 2 bounces (less accurate), decreased the bomb dispersion for further bounces (more accurate).
• Changed torpedo parameters on torpedo bombers — Arming distance decreased from 1,100 to 826 m. — Maximum damage decreased from 5,400 tо 5,200. — Chance to cause flooding decreased from 46% to 45%.
• Flight altitude of skip bombers was lowered.
• Removed the Repair consumable from all squadrons.
• Number of aircraft on deck increased from 9 to 15.
• Cruise speed of the torpedo bombers increased from 115 to 124 knots.
• Changed parameters of standard bombers — Bomb drop height increased by 30%. — Drop time increased by 20%. — Attack time decreased from 8 to 7 s.
• First appeared on sale in September 2021.
• Update 0.10.6:
  • Available for testing by supertesters in the game starting from Update 0.10.6.
• Update 0.10.8:
  • Available for purchase in the Armory for 12,300 doubloons and in the Premium store.
• Update 0.10.9:
  • Fixed the names of the secondary guns.
• Update 0.10.10:
  • Fixed an issue that placed air groups on the deck in the wrong order.
• Update 0.11.4:
  • Maximum torpedo damage decreased from 5,200 to 4,666.
  • Maximum skip bomb damage decreased from 8,700 to 7,500:
    • Chances of causing fire on a target decreased from 49% to 43%.
• Update 0.11.5:
  • The names of the armaments of the skip and torpedo bombers were changed:
    • For skip bombers, FAB-500 was changed to FAB-500B
    • For torpedo bombers, 45-36AN-B was changed to 45-36AN-V
• Update 0.11.10:
  • Updated the position of the battle camera when controlling the ship's torpedo bombers.
• Update 12.1:
  • Fixed a bug that caused torpedoes to not arm correctly.