We all know the Littorios are the best BB’s Italy can get. I am trying to figure out if any of them had meaningful differences in armament or armor. So we can get more than one.
Does anyone know?
Not a lot other than some size and displacement differences that wouldn’t have much effect in game. Luckily, Gaijin has no problems with copy-paste versions of the same ship.
There were some plans for various changes in armament with 15" and 16" guns, and some potential export versions that never happened. There’s also the possibility of the Soviet UP 41, which was never built, but Gaijin also loves paper vehicles for the Russians/Soviets.
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I think we can dig into Impero ship different proposals, I’ve seen a plan to convert it into V-1 carrier, maybe there were some other ideas.
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Now this is an idea.
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even with little changes it would be nice to have another as back wp spawn (not counting actual purchasable back up)
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Not big difference except number of autocannons, but there are difference of hull(precisely the bow) between Littorio/Vittorio Venetto and Roma/Impero. And bridge is different between Littorio, Vittorio Venetto and Roma each other. For Roma and Impero there could be difference with sonar/radar as Roma remove sonar and installed radar in 1943 while Impero can be in design version with sonar.
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TYVM. I just want to see two of them. I really hop Gaijin figures it out.
That project was never even accepted, let alone laid down, so no, we won’t see it in WT.
There are no “paper” ships in WT, the requirement is that they were laid down; this has always been the rule.
And no, the Soviets are not special in this area; we have laid down Italian, Japanese, and German ships too, off the top of my head.
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10.6% complete hull only. It’s a paper ship.
“Paper” is by definition blueprint-only, hence the name. Everything else I said is also correct.
It is of course an incomplete ship, so try using appropriate terms like that instead of trying to slap on terms that are both incorrect and snarky/loaded.
Sorry you are taking it personally.
So I am picturing the Littorio and the Impero with as many differences as possible. Maybe even treat the Roma as separate subclass or something. I am saying the Impero because maybe they can mess with some “planned” armament since she was not completed.
I just am pretty certain we need two of these ships.
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