These flaws mean that poor positioning is generally a death sentence. This means that, when coupled with her large turning circle radius, she will easily be punished by opportunistic enemy battleships or heavy cruisers. She also has the worst anti-aircraft suite of any Tier X cruiser while she has good long range AA when you build for it (captain skills and upgrades), she has so few AA guns that a couple of HE salvos will delete her AA defenses, making Defensive AA Fire of low value. Moreover, she has a horrendous turning circle radius of 1000m and mediocre rudder shift time, making sharp turns impossible and hard-to-port or -starboard potentially punishing. In addition, while Moskva has 50mm belt plating, she also has a very high citadel section. This makes her easily avoided by destroyers, given that her radar range is that of the typical VMF 12km. Given the size of Moskva, she has the worst concealment of all cruisers, equal to that of Yamato. However, Moskva is not without significant weaknesses. In addition, Moskva has a high top speed of 34.5 knots, and has a huge health pool, comparable to a Tier VIII battleship. She has belt and bow plating of 50mm respectable for a cruiser protecting her from even Yamato’s shells when properly angled. While having only a slightly larger caliber than the standard 203mm/8" gun caliber of most heavy cruisers, Moskva’s main batteries have a long base range of 19.4km, with HE shell capabilities similar to that of the IJN heavy cruisers, and AP shells comparable to a battleship’s in terms of raw damage and penetration it is quite possible to citadel battleships below 10 km. Moskva to many players can be considered a contradicting ship. Her play style is unique at its tier, especially given the difficulty of controlling the ship. The data presented in the AA Defense sidebar section may be incorrect.įor a graphic summary of ships Tiers VIII thru XI see LittleWhiteMouse's "Actual AA DPS".Ī premium Russian heavy cruiser, Moskva is considered to be more of a battleship than a cruiser.
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