Ship:Kirov

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Kirov

Cruiser | U.S.S.R. | Tier V

Tech Tree Position

General

Purchase priceSpecial

Hit Points26,200

Main Battery

180 mm/57 Model 1932 on an MK-3-180 mount3 х 3 pcs.

Rate of Fire4.4 shots/min

Reload Time13 sec

Rotation Speed8 deg/sec

180 Degree Turn Time22.5 sec

Firing Range16.3 km

Maximum Dispersion145 m

HE ShellHE-32

Maximum HE Damage2,500

Chance of Fire13 %

Initial HE Velocity800 m/s

HE Shell Weight97.5 kg

AP ShellAP-32

Maximum AP Shell Damage4,100

Initial AP Shell Velocity800 m/s

AP Shell Weight97.5 kg

Secondary Armament #1

100 mm/56 Model 1940 on a B-34 mount6 х 1 pcs.

Firing Range4.3 km

Rate of Fire15 shots/min

Reload Time4 sec

HE ShellHE-56

Maximum HE Shell Damage1,400

Initial HE Shell Velocity895 m/s

Chance of Fire on Target Caused by HE Shell6 %

Torpedo Tubes

533 mm Triple 39-U2 х 3 pcs.

Rate of Fire0.9 shots/min

Reload Time70 sec

Rotation Speed  deg/sec

180 Degree Turn Time7.2 sec

Torpedo53-36 mod. 1

Maximum Damage14,400

Torpedo Speed64 knot

Torpedo Range4 km

AA Defense

12.7 mm DShK4 х 1 pcs.

45 mm 21-K mount6 х 1 pcs.

100 mm/56 Model 1940 on a B-34 mount6 х 1 pcs.

Maneuverability

Maximum Speed35.5 knot

Turning Circle Radius860 m

Rudder Shift Time7.8 sec

Concealment

Surface Detectability Range13.8 km

Air Detectability Range6.4 km

Battle Levels

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V

Special

Kirov — Soviet special premium Tier V cruiser.

One of the first large warships designed and built in the U.S.S.R. (Project 26). Despite her small displacement, she is equipped with powerful long-range main guns and has good speed. In contrast to the majority of her contemporaries, Kirov has weak armor.

Kirov is available for purchase in the Armory for 43,000 Coal.

Modules

	Rate of Fire (shots/min)	180° Turn Time (sec)	Maximum Dispersion (m)	Maximum HE Shell Damage (HP)	Chances of HE shells causing a fire on target (%)	Maximum AP Shell Damage (HP)		Research price (exp)	Purchase price ()
180 mm/57 Model 1932 on an MK-3-180 mount	4.4	22.5	145	2,500	13	4,100		0	0

	Hit Points (HP)	Armor (mm)	Armor (mm)	Main Turrets (pcs.)	Secondary Gun Turrets (pcs.)	AA Mounts (pcs.)	Torpedo Tubes (pcs.)	Hangar Capacity (pcs.)		Research price (exp)	Purchase price ()
Kirov	26,200	10	150	3	6	4/6/6	2			0	0

	Rate of Fire (shots/min)	Torpedo Tubes Reload Time (sec)	180° Turn Time (sec)	Maximum Damage (HP)	Torpedo Speed (knot)	Torpedo Range (km)		Research price (exp)	Purchase price ()
53-36 mod. 1	0.9	70	7.2	14,400	64	4		0	0

	IDS_SHIP_PARAM_SUO_INCREASE_DIST (%)	Maximum Firing Range (km)		Research price (exp)	Purchase price ()
GFCS V mod. 1		0		0	0

	Maximum Speed (knot)		Research price (exp)	Purchase price ()
Propulsion: 110,000 hp	35.5		0	0

Compatible Upgrades

Slot 1
Slot 2
Slot 3

Player Opinion

Performance

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Kirov is a very different beast to Tier IV Svietlana. While Svietlana is essentially an oversized destroyer with better armor and more guns, Kirov has more in common with its Japanese counterpart, Furutaka. Where Svietlana relies on sheer volume of fire from its fast-firing 130 mm guns, Kirov has much more powerful 180mm guns, capable of severely damaging even battleships at close ranges, and with a maximum range comparable to that of the German Königsberg. The 180mm guns also have fairly good ballistics, which makes hitting targets at long ranges easier. Kirov is also capable of high speeds, and accelerates fairly well.

However, these qualities come at a price. First, Kirov is very much a glass cannon, with poor armor even for a Tier V cruiser. She can take citadel damage from almost any angle from even other cruisers. She is also a large ship with exceptionally poor concealment, comparable to that of battleships, and will be among the first ships spotted, especially when aircraft are in play. The most serious weakness of Kirov is her lack of maneuverability. She has a turning circle radius worse than some battleships, exacerbated by a middling rudder shift time. This can cause considerable difficulty trying to negotiate areas with a lot of islands and obstacles at speed, and also makes it hard to dodge shells and especially torpedoes.

Kirov does have a fairly good anti-aircraft suite that somewhat offsets this, however. It also uses the same torpedoes as the Gnevny-class destroyers. Their short range and high speed make them a situational weapon at best.

This combination of high speed, poor maneuverability, poor armor, and excellent guns with long range mean that Kirov works best at stand-off distances. It is very risky to play Kirov at close ranges, especially against enemies with torpedoes.

Note: As of Update 9.5, Kirov is now a Premium ship whose hull characteristics are an amalgamation of what used to be the stock (A) and researchable (B) hulls. It combines the aviation facilities and anti-aircraft suite of (A) Hull with all other characteristics being derived from (B) Hull along with granting access to both catapult aircraft and Hydroacoustic Search simultaneously.

Pros:

• Excellent 180 mm guns: hard-hitting, long range, high velocity, with an acceptable rate-of-fire.
• High speed and good acceleration.
• Respectable AA suite backed up by an optional Catapult Fighter .
• Fairly good turret traverse speeds.
• Can now mount both Hydroacoustic Search  and a catapult aircraft simultaneously.

Cons:

• Poor maneuverability.
• Poor armor, but still better than her replacement, Kotovsky.
• Exceptionally poor concealment range even with camouflage equipped.
• Large silhouette and citadel.
• Suicidally short range on the torpedoes negates their high speed and damage.

Research

As a premium ship, Kirov doesn't have any upgrades to research.

Optimal Configuration

Upgrades

The recommended upgrades for Kirov are as follows:

• Slot 1: Main Armaments Modification 1
• Slot 2: Damage Control System Modification 1 
• Slot 3: AA Guns Modification 1 to boost AA performance or Aiming Systems Modification 1 to improve main battery dispersion.

Commander Skills

Recommended Commander Skills
Cost (points)	Attack				Defense
1	Grease the Gears +15% main battery traverse speed. ★★★	Swift Fish +5% torpedo speed.	Consumable Specialist −7.5% cooldown time of all Consumables except:  Damage Control Party   Repair Party . ★	Gun Feeder -40% time to switch shell type. ★★★	Incoming Fire Alert Receive a warning of a salvo fired at your ship from more than 4.5km. ★★★	Last Stand The ship remains able to move and maneuver - slowly - while the engine or steering gears are incapacitated.
2	Demolition Expert +1% chance of main and secondary HE shells causing a fire. +15% to the fragmentation damage area of HE ordnance fired at submarines. ★★★	Fill the Tubes -10% torpedo tubes reload time.	Consumables Enhancements +10% action time of Hydroacoustic Search, Surveillance Radar, Smoke Generator, & Engine Boost. ★	Eye in the Sky Spotting Aircraft: • +2 charges • -50% cooldown time.	Priority Target The detection indicator will show the number of enemies targeting you with main battery. ★	Focus Fire Training In an active priority AA sector: •  +1.5% (to 5%) immediate damage. •  +25% continuous damage. •  +1 flak burst per salvo. −10% aircraft preparation time. −15% reload time of Airstrike armament..
3	Heavy HE and SAP Shells +10% HE and SAP shell damage. +15% ship detectability guns 149mm and up. ★★★	Pack a Punch +15% torpedo damage. +20% secondary battery range..	Adrenaline Rush -0.2% reload time of all armaments per 1% HP lost +0.2% AA continuous damage per 1% HP lost. ★★★	Heavy AP Shells +5% damage for AP shells 190mm and larger. ★	Superintendent +1 charge to all consumables. ★★	Survivability Expert +450 HP per ship tier. ★★★
4	Top Grade Gunner -10% reload time of secondary batteries If enemy ship is spotted within detectability range, -8% reload time of main battery. ★★	Outnumbered If there are fewer allies than visible enemies within the ship's base main caliber firing range: +8% ship speed -10% main battery dispersion.	Radio Location Shows the direction to the nearest enemy ship. The enemy is alerted that a bearing has been taken..	Inertial Fuse for HE Shells +25% armor penetration of HE shells Base fire chance reduced by half.	Concealment Expert -10% detectability range of the ship. ★★★	AAA & ASW Expert +25% continuous AA and flak damage. +15% damage inflicted by depth charges. While AAA is active: −50% ship consumables reload time..
Key: ★★★ - Extremely Useful      ★★ - Frequently Useful      ★ - Occasionally Useful     No stars - Not Useful

Consumables

Kirov can equip the following consumables:

• Slot 1: Damage Control Party 
• Slot 2: Hydroacoustic Search 
• Slot 3: Spotting Aircraft  or Catapult Fighter 

Camouflage

As a premium ship, Kirov comes with Default permanent camouflage and a set of permanent combat bonuses.

Signals

Recommended Signal Flags
Combat
Charlie Kilo +5% ship HP; +2.5% squadron HP.	Juliet Yankee Bissotwo -20% to flooding duration.	India Yankee -20% to fire duration. ★	Hotel Yankee -20% to damage received when ramming the enemy. +50% to damage dealt when ramming the enemy.	Victor Lima +1% chance for HE bombs and shells with a caliber above 160mm causing a fire. +0.5% chance for bombs and smaller shells causing a fire. +4% chance of torpedoes causing flooding. ★★★	India X-Ray +1% chance for HE bombs and shells with a caliber above 160mm causing a fire. +0.5% chance for bombs and smaller shells causing a fire. ★★★
Juliet Whiskey Unaone +15% chance of causing flooding.	Mike Yankee Soxisix +5% to secondary battery maximum firing range. -5% to maximum dispersion of secondary battery shells. -5% to secondary battery loading time.	November Echo Setteseven +5% continuous AA damage at all ranges. +5% damage from flak bursts. ★	Sierra Mike +5% to the ship's maximum speed. ★★★	November Foxtrot -5% reload time on all consumables. ★★	India Delta +20% to the amount of HP recovered when Repair Party  is used.
X-Ray Papa Unaone +10% action time of a Smoke Generator .	Sierra Bravo +10% action time of Hydroacoustic Search  -10% reload time of Defensive AA Fire .

Gallery

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  A spotter plane helps Kirov reach more distant enemies.
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Historical Info

Kirov (Russian: Киров) was a Project 26 Kirov-class cruiser of the Soviet Navy that served during the Winter War, World War II and into the Cold War. She attempted to bombard Finnish coast defense guns during action in the Winter War, but was driven off by a number of near misses that damaged her. She led the evacuation of Tallinn at the end of August 1941, before being blockaded in Leningrad where she could only provide gunfire support during the siege of Leningrad. She bombarded Finnish positions during the Vyborg–Petrozavodsk Offensive in mid-1944, but played no further part in the war. Kirov was reclassified as a training cruiser on 2 August 1961 and sold for scrap on 22 February 1974.

Historical Gallery

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  A model of Kirov displayed in the Central Naval Museum in Saint Petersburg.
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  Kirov memorial and environment.
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  Kirov memorial.
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  Kirov memorial plaque.

References

1. Soviet cruiser Kirov - Wikipedia
2. Kirov-class cruiser - Wikipedia
3. Squall Line: Kirov - News - World of Warships

Ship Change Log

• Available for testing by supertesters in the game from Update 0.5.3.2.
• Introduced into the game as a researchable ship in Update 0.5.4.
• Update 0.5.5:
  • The ship was lowered in the water by 0.88 m.
• Update 0.5.6:
  • The firing range of the 37 mm 70-K anti-aircraft (Hull (B)) guns was increased from 2 to 3.2 km.
  • The durability of the 37 mm 70-K AA gun was increased by 20%.
• Update 0.5.7:
  • The rotation of the radar array models was fixed.
• Update 0.5.8:
  • The appearance of the main battery turrets was improved.
• Update 0.5.10:
  • The radar array model was fixed.
• Update 0.5.11:
  • Secondary Battery Modification 2 was made available in Upgrade Slot 2.
• Update 0.6.11:
  • Fixed a bug that caused the main guns to pass through elements of the ship when in restricted firing angles.
• Update 0.6.12:
  • Detectability when firing main guns in smoke was changed to 8.01 km.
  • The Nikitin KOR-2 (M-62)'s detectability range was increased from 4 to 7 km when detected from the air, and to 8 km when detected from the sea.
• Update 0.6.13:
  • Fire extinguishing time now 30 s instead of 60 s.
  • The main battery reload time was decreased from 15 to 13.5 s.
  • The appearance of the ship was improved using a special technology for improved rendering of thin elements.
• Update 0.7.10:
  • The ranges of the Hydroacoustic Search consumable were unified - 4 km for detecting ships, 3 km for detecting torpedoes.
• Update 0.9.2:
  • HE shell penetration was increased from 29 to 30 mm.
  • The central deck armor's thickness was increased from 13 to 16 mm.
• Update 0.9.5:
  • Kirov received the status of Premium ship.
  • Removed from the tech tree and made available in the Armory for 43,000 Coal.
  • Base modules were removed, and the ship's characteristics were changed to match those of the former (B) modules, with the exception of AA defense, which corresponds to Kirov Hull (A).
  • The option to choose between Spotter Plane and Fighter consumables was made available.
• Update 0.9.10:
  • A transaction error that occurred when accelerating the training of a commander assigned to Kirov was fixed.
• Update 0.10.):
  • The firing of the secondary battery was increased to 4.3 km.
• Update 0.10.4:
  • The image displayed in the tooltips with ship descriptions in Port was fixed.

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