• SSV-33 (Pacific Fleet communications ship, based upon the Kirov-class battlecruiser hull) US government officials then vetoed the design because it was far beyond all regulations and limitations of the existing naval treaties. Up till 1953 the only Aircraft Carrier that the USSR posessed was the German Aircraft Carrier GRAF ZEPPELIN which had been completed up till 95% by January 1943. *Sound of head slumping into keyboard. Hell, if this had been built it would HaVe BeEn thE BesT. The USSR had at that time, other than some drawings, no Aircraft Carrier technology whatsoever unlike Germany which had developed, built and tested all technology required for the GRAF ZEPPELIN class and her aircraft even before WW2 had started. Project study, 2 were planned, none were laid down. The turret’s face is 550 mm thick and heavily sloped. These however proved unable to do so after repeated air attacks and even aerial bombs pre-installed in the ship failed to do so, as a result the USSR Navy was finally ordered to sink her with torpedoes. Bright idea to store all that aviation fuel and aircraft ordnance on a battleship that is - in contrast to every CV outside of WoWs - designed to move into gunfire range...  Characteristics of all models are realistically reproduced on the basis of technical elements of warships and aircraft from the first half of the 20th century. (seriously though, nice detail that must have taken some digging to find) Hiccup. The truth in this line outweighs both the paper and the steel used in Russian combat ship building! While I love the amount of detail and research that went into this I have to say PLEASE: (WarHammer themed for upcoming event) Quite a few interesting designs but it does require you to consume vast amounts of alcohol, anti-freeze, screenwash and maybe a touch of rocket fuel. THX WG for More USSR Ships. Played a bunch of games yesterday, and I saw 1 khaba and 1 Moskva. [NECRO] Conversion Project ADMIRAL LAZAREV. For the rest, the sides and roof are 254 mm thick and the back is 508 mm thick.I personally never had any issue to keep them in action.In the end, the ship really doesn’t bring anything that justifies grinding for her. Then it gets built and the IJN has its heavy cruisers and doesn't need a new one for some time. It ends with a heavily angled 420 mm bulkhead. World of Warships / Lenin. I am aware that the USSR had a few CV plans - check out the publication 'Stalin's Carrier Plans' Subsequently, further design discussions were postponed till the late 1940s. This means that overall, Slava is very hard to citadel through the bow as you would either need to penetrate the 100 mm extended belt or brute force through the bulkhead and somehow have enough penetration after that for the citadel athwartship.For the protection of the middle section, the upper casemate is 150 mm thick while the lower part is a uniform 350 mm plating covering the citadel athwartship and the bulkheads around it.For the protection of the middle section, the deck is 32 mm thick. Mogami-class would draw from many lessons learned from previous cruisers, use propulsion arrangements and armaments layouts that were mostly already settled on (5x2 203 mm option meant 5x turret layout was kind of the minimum they'd settle for to retain their qualitative edge) and the tonnage limit they wouldn't keep, but still had to observe on paper, so radical experimenting with stuff that would add weight was out of question. Didn't the Lexington start with 8 inch secondaries? The moment the enemy decides to angle against you, all of a sudden, her guns performances will start to fall behind that over other ships, especially considering that, in action, her HE firepower really isn’t anything crazy since she lacks either the damage or the volume of fire of other battleships.That’s also why you don’t want to be too close to the frontline. Nothing limits these plans, as the Soviet Union has no treaties, just the intention to build ships and thus the Navy has a need for new ships that won't be filled for the longest time. Naval versions of the IL-2 Sturmovik would be tough cookies... [NECRO] Little if any reliable data is available on this design study. Because as we all know Russia single-handedly saved the world from those weak, childish Germans during WW2 with their inferior technology as accurately represented in WarGamings products when compared to glorious, stronk soviet technobable (did you know they invented the jet engine... and the atomic bomb... and the tank... and the Earth... and you, it's true comrade, WarGaming said so)