Yuzo's Yapping

Update 15.8 will bring to the game a new line of cruisers. These will be the European cruisers with ships from nations such as Sweden, Poland, Greece, Sweden and, you guessed it, Sweden. There is only one ship that was actually built, being the tier VI, and for the rest, it's a lot of what-if or straight-up Wargaming creations. These cruisers will work as torpedo-focused ships with high speed and low detection range, and the same torpedoes as the European destroyers with high speed but low damage. As per usual, Sweden is Wargaming's preferred nation in Europe, so we get an extra serving of Ikea meatballs with this new line of cruisers. Here is the Tier IX, Tirfing. Historical background There isn't much historical background to speak of for Tirfing.  Effectively, she is a hypothetical follow-up to the Tre Kronor-class that we have at Tier VI. The idea behind this ship is that Sweden would have gone for a design of cruiser with higher firepower to counter the Chapayev and S...

Update 15.8 will bring to the game a new line of cruisers. These will be the European cruisers with ships from nations such as Sweden, Poland, Greece, Sweden and, you guessed it, Sweden. There is only one ship that was actually built, being the tier VI, and for the rest, it's a lot of what-if or straight-up Wargaming creations. These cruisers will work as torpedo-focused ships with high speed and low detection range, and the same torpedoes as the European destroyers with high speed but low damage. Representing Greece, here is the Tier VIII, Kriti. Historical background Kriti, just like Ignacio Allende, is based on the U.S. Navy "6-inch anti-aircraft cruiser Scheme C" from 1940.  Similarly, Seattle is based on the "6-inch anti-aircraft cruiser Scheme A".  These designs were part of a series of proposed designs of anti-air cruisers meant to be armed with dual-purpose 152 mm guns. The idea was that the larger caliber compared to the Atlanta-class' 127 mm guns ...