Panzerzwerg

Please let us keep these ships! It'd be great if we could go back further in time, to where Ironclads just started to take over!

I present the pride of the people's navy! This is Battleship Projekt 644, also known as the "Stalingradskaya". It serves as flagship of the Baltic Fleet, with its sistership, the "Sibirska" being under construction. She is armed with 3x3 457mm B-49 Guns, 15x3 152mm M-38, 10x3 130mm AK-130 and countless smaller caliber dual purpose 76,2 and 57mm rapid fire guns. All weapon systems are automatically loaded and connected to a state of the art Fire control and Radar System that permits tracking and engaging multiple sea and air targets simultaneously. "Stalingradskaya" has a displacement of 111.900 tonnes, however her internal reactor in addition to the Diesel powered auxiliary engines give her a maximum speed of 27 knots. Protection is up to 500mm of Krupp IV in the Turrets, 400 around the Belt and 152mm covering all decks. The 457mm B-49 Guns have a maximum range of 35km, firing two and a half ton shells each. So far, the "Stalingradskaya" was intercepted in transit from the Pacific Construcion harbours to the Murmansk by a squadron of modern NATO Japanese cruisers and a fast battleship. They were eliminated with ease. The Ship was hit by two long lance torpedoes, one of which ruptured the port side fuel stowage compartments. After the engagement, the Battlecruisers Petropavlovsk and Perm were sent to tow the Battleship to Murmansk. Happy designing comrades!

Here are some screenshots of my newly designed Petropavlovsk-Class Battlecruiser built by the Soviet Union! It has a maximum speed of 36 knots with a displacement of 47.100 tonnes. 3 Ships of the class are built: Petropavlovsk, Vladivostok and Perm. They are armed with 4x3 330mm, 2x3 152mm, 10x3 102mm, 18x3 76mm and 18 51mm guns, + 10 torpedo tubes for 533mm 53-56V torpedoes. Advanced fire control systems and latest generation radar allow just 2 of these ships to dismantle an US Battle group consisting of modern US Navy light and heavy cruisers, and even a battleship with ease. They are protected with up to 300mm of Krupp IV in the turrets, with a belt of 200mm. The 330mm guns have a maximum range of 27km .

Yeah! Personally I love trying base my designs on historical examples and sometimes the placement and funds limits can be extremely restricting. I would love to see a sandbox/skirmish mode where we can set a weight limit with unlimited funds, and have all hulls and designs at our disposal.

They sometimes switch automatically I have noticed. For example when you are already engaging something with your main battery and smaller ships like a CL enter secondary gun battery range, the main guns will keep shooting at their first target while the secondaries will open up at the CL. But I agree, an option to make this clearer or manually focus certain guns on different ships would be useful. Idk, was it possible to engage 2 different ships with the main battery? Like could a BB should a target to it's aft with the aft guns, and something infront with the other guns?