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Tier IX Cruiser Premium

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Tianjin

A heavy cruiser with a similar design to the early version of Soviet Project 82, initially equipped with nine 220 mm guns as her main armament. The ship's main battery guns are complemented by dual-purpose and anti-aircraft guns that were developed by the mid-1950s, around the time the ship could have been transferred to the People's Republic of China Navy had history taken a different course.

Doubloons: 18,000

At a glance

The numbers that shape the ship

Hit points: 50,500
Maximum speed: 33.5 knots
Surface detection: 14.9 km
Main battery range: 19.3 km
Main battery reload: 15.0 s

Combat envelope

Range and detection

Scale: 20 km

Every bar uses the same 20 km scale. Surface detection is a visibility threshold, not a weapon range.

Surface detection14.9 km
Main battery19.3 km
Secondary battery7 km

Damage comparison

Published maximum per hit

Ship-relative

Bars are normalized only against this ship's highest listed hit. They are not salvo damage, expected damage or DPM.

HE · 220 mm HE Model 1943 3,050
AP · 220 mm AP Model 1944 6,050

Handling, concealment and protectionOverview

Handling

Maximum speed: 33.5 knots
Turning circle radius: 920 m
Rudder shift time: 13.4 s

Maneuverability API rating 50

Concealment

Surface detection: 14.9 km
Air detection: 8.6 km
Submarine detection: 8.6 km

Concealment API rating 42

Survivability

Hit points: 50,500
Torpedo damage reduction: 19 %

Survivability API rating 67

Published armour thickness

Only positive values supplied by the API are shown.

Overall published range: 16–260 mm

Weapons and payloadsArmament

Surface armament

Main battery

Artillery API rating 80

Maximum range: 19.3 km
Reload time: 15.0 s
Rate of fire: 4.0 rounds/min
180° turn time: 27.7 s
Maximum dispersion: 166 m

Shells

Damage is the API's published maximum for one shell hit.

220 mm HE Model 1943

Maximum damage per hit: 3,050
Fire chance: 14.0 %
Muzzle velocity: 995 m/s
Shell mass: 190 kg

220 mm AP Model 1944

Maximum damage per hit: 6,050
Muzzle velocity: 995 m/s
Shell mass: 190 kg

Gun layout

Mount: 220 mm/60 on an SM-7 mount
Mounts: 3
Barrels each: 3

Automatic armament

Secondary battery

Maximum range: 7.0 km

Mount: HE-46
Maximum damage per hit: 1,900
Fire chance: 8.0 %
Rate of fire: 12.0 rounds/min
Muzzle velocity: 900 m/s

Anti-aircraft defence

AA defence API rating 77

Aura: 37 mm V-11 mount
Calibre: 37 mm
Mounts: 10

Aura: 57 mm ZIF-75 mount
Calibre: 57 mm
Mounts: 4

Aura: 130 mm/60 on a BL-101 mount
Calibre: 130 mm
Mounts: 6

Modules, hull and progressionTechnical data

Default hull

Hull hit points: 50,500
Main-battery barrels: 3
Secondary barrels: 6
AA mounts: 20

Engine

Published maximum speed: 33.5 knots

Fire control

Module research tree

Names, research prices and defaults are reported directly by the API.

Propulsion: 165,000 hp

Default

Type: Engine

Tianjin

Default

Type: Hull

GFCS IX mod. 1

Default

Type: Suo

220 mm/60 on an SM-7 mount

Default

Type: Artillery

Compatible upgrades

Official modernization descriptions and listed purchase prices. Effects still depend on the slot and configuration used in game.

Propulsion Modification 1

Modernization

Reduces time to full speed

Credits: 1,000,000

Concealment System Modification 1

Modernization

Credits: 2,000,000

Main Armaments Modification 1

Modernization

Credits: 125,000

Aiming Systems Modification 1

Modernization

Credits: 500,000

Damage Control System Modification 2

Modernization

Credits: 1,000,000

Torpedo Lookout System

Modernization

Credits: 2,000,000

Main Battery Modification 3

Modernization

Credits: 3,000,000

Steering Gears Modification 2

Modernization

Credits: 2,000,000

Main Battery Modification 2

Modernization

Credits: 500,000

Damage Control System Modification 1

Modernization

Credits: 250,000

Steering Gears Modification 1

Modernization

Credits: 1,000,000

Secondary Battery Modification 1

Modernization

Credits: 500,000

Auxiliary Armaments Modification 1

Modernization

Credits: 125,000

Gun Fire Control System Modification 2

Modernization

Credits: 3,000,000

AA Guns Modification 1

Modernization

Credits: 500,000

Available module groups: 10
Compatible upgrades: 15
Upgrade slots: 6
Published battle levels: 9–11

Cross-nation comparison

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Closest same-tier, same-class matches from other nations, ranked by published base statistics.

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Speed: 32.5 kn
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Torps: 6 km

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