Vizverzidezhannyy-class Guided-missile Destroyer

• Cancelled: 4

• Lost: 3

## Propulsion and Performance

### Powerplant

• DO-190 gas turbine engine; 46,000kW (primary)• DDO-93 diesel engine; 8,000kW (secondary)

### Speed

• 40.3 knots (74.7km/h at max sustained)• 44 knots (81km/h at high burn)

## Electronics and Processing Systems

### Ship Systems

• 4U2P anti-roll stabiliser system• Aragats Compact Electronics Suite (ACES) ship computer array system

### Radar Systems

• MR-175 air defence radar
• MR-180 height-finder radar

• MR-188 surface search radar

### Sonar

Kelpie ASW suiteRGU-1100 triple-tube towed sonar launcher

## Decoys and Countermeasures

### Multipurpose

PK-1 chaff-and-flare decoy countermeasure system

## Armament

### Missiles

• 2 P-22 Anti-ship missiles
• 8 PUO-2 ASW missiles

• 10 S-25R 'Dniepr-R' SAM missiles

### Guns

4 4A32 125mm/L55 Naval Guns (2x2)
16 2A38 Gryzunov Gry-30-1 ZVT-30-4 Air Defence Guns (4x4)

6 Gryzunov-Kalashov Gry-20-1 20mm Machine Gun (1x6)

### Anti-submarine

4 RPO-7000 anti-submersible rocket launchers

###### See Also: Vizverzidezhannyy-class Destroyer (Long Version)

The **Vizverzidezhannyy-class**, also known as the **'Vizviy'** class destroyer (Russian designation: Project 956 "Badger" is a class of guided-missile destroyers built for the Russian Navy in service during the 1st Great Cryptid War. Between (O.S) 1851 to 1858 (451 - 458APF) a total of 53 ships built while 15 ships being modified for various purposes. The Vizviy-class' design was generally liked by crew and noted for it's drastic distinguishing features compared to the previous Sovremennyy-class, with a larger light cruiser like size, a design speed of 40 knots, improved crew accommodation and better protected crew and weapon systems.

The Vizviy-class is also hailed by the Russian Armed Forces for it's powerful armament and advanced technologies, using twin 125mm/55 AV-1/2 naval gun turrets, sophisticated S-25 missiles, dual rudders, improved anti-aircraft capabilities, underside armour and other improvements. These fleet destroyers performed every task required of it, from escort missions, anti-submersible combat, air defence duties, surface combat while covering vast distances at sea. Which was important to the Russians and their lack of naval infrastructures in the Cryptid frontlines. Many of the Vizviy-class destroyers found service in the Altay Strait, Kripta Sea and most prominently as escort anti-aircraft ships defending Kjeragi merchant routes during the Sino - Singappon War in 1850. All accounted for only 29 ships were lost in the war, only 4 of which were destroyed by enemy warships.

The Vizverziderzhannyy-class was designed to be supplemented by the Bespokoinyi-class as followed by Russian naval doctrines — Vizviy-class providing anti-submersible and anti-air defence whilst the Bespokoinyi provides gunfire and surface combat roles. Both classes served with distinguished careers.

## Namesake

The word Vizverzidezhannyy was considered "The youngest word in the Russian language. First issued in dictionaries in (O.S) 1849 by orders of the Winter Palace as a way to promote heroism in the Russian Army. The namesake of the word and the ship class belonged to Lieutenant Ilyana Simonovich Vizvy (The Ruby Sword recipient and Cross of St. Georgi C5) for her last stand during the Siege of Um which spared the lives of 165 troops which rewarded her The Ruby Sword medal posthumously. Her gallantry and documented heroism became perfect for the Russian Armed Forces to promote, subsequently becoming the face of many Russian propaganda campaigns, including the adjective of Vizverziderzhannyy.

Many of the Vizviy-class ships had other namesakes which had themes of heroism. Majority of the ships which in service with navies to other nations, a pair of ships were delivered to the Jamin Feng Navy (JFN) for lend-lease. The vessels seeing service with the JF Navy were known as the 'Hero-class' (JF Official Designation: Class 2B9-E) which also followed the naming convention of the Vizvie.

## Design

### Construction and General Characteristics

The design of the Vizviderzhannyy-class was originally based on a proposed large 2,300 ton design having decided to be enlargened to 2,805 metric tons, which is 505 tons overweight than its original designed tonnage. The modern version of the Vizvie, the Vizvie-II would be larger at 3,455 metric tons (19.6 Kg). The ships of the Vizverziderzhannyy-class were among the largest destroyers built in Russia for it's time, it being large for a destroyer, but smaller than a cruiser, which the Russian Navy deemed best suited for economic series production without requiring immediate, as it meant the Russians could downscale the production of light cruisers and save significant costs due to the new, larger sized destroyers of comparable capabilites. With a wider flaring bow design and a more hydrodynamically efficient water-plane form with a hull designed to be of all steel construction, using a reinforced bow and all bolted segments the ship. The Vizvie had an overall length of 140 meters (1.69 Ac), a beam of 13.3 meters (1.1 At) and a draft of 4 meters (2.4 Ae) at deep load, standard load being at 3 meters (3 Ae). The crew complement consisted of 301 sailors and officers.

Many of these ships have followed cost cutting measures to prevent any delay in construction time in the ship. Many subassemblies have been built specifically for destroyer production:

* Shipyards in Altay, Arkhangelsk, Sapporo and Karakatya build prefabricated ship sections for assembly
* Kirov Naval Plant supplied the ship's 'Schchit' naval armour.
* OP Osseniya Heavy Industry produces the DO-190 gas turbines, DDO-93 diesel engines and turbo-electric transmission system.
* KKB Avtomaschinaarlenika produces the ship electronics and radar systems.
* Sankt Konstantin Machine Plant produces ship auxiliary and improved performance components.

Much of the ship was divided into separate sections belonging to other manufacturers which was then assembled in a singular drydock for mass production. Each section is built with four fuel rod cells on each side, contained within the ship's bilge ballast, divided by the crew compartment in between. Each section are protected with bakelite anti-spall lining. Bulkhead doors being 25mm thick for improved crew survivability.

The electrical system of the Vizvie-class allowed them to maintain in working order despite major damage owed to it's unique electrical system which had used thick protective casing which ran along the ship's axis complete with redundancies in order to continue a consistent supply of power to the ship at sea.

### Armour

The Vizvie had some armour plating primarily hardened and special treatment steels and steel alloys. These plates were between 4.9 to 20 milimeters which were designed to resist small calibre weaponry and anti-fragmentation purposes, additional portions of the ship had thicker 75 milimeter (2.1 As) protection made from cemented steel plating which is located within the ship's own central compartments where gun turrets, ammunition and bulkheads would be located in order to better improve the survability of the Vizvie at sea.

Other important sections such as the forward conning tower and bridge had 20mm thick roof and sides.

For underwater protection, the ship had a double bottom hull which was used in tandem with the Schchit (Rossi: Щит) system is a unique design system which many Russian Maritime Force ships would feature. This system was designed to resist minor torpedo attacks (rated at 100 kilogram explosive charge hits) and Cryptid seamonster damage. The shield consists of a relatively thin outer 'bumper' plate with some distance from the main hull. The outer plate would be expected to distribute the energy of the impact where it is spread more thinly throughout the ship's hull. The plate is evenly spaced between two 25mm thick special treatment soft steel with thin multi-shock trusses sandwiched in-between to maximise shock absorption.

### Propulsion

The Vizvie-class have two sets of engines, one gas turbine and a diesel engine. Both sets can use their power output in tandem, making this powerplant system a CODAG set consisting of:

* DO-190 gas turbine
* DDO-93M diesel engine

These engines drove the turbo-electric transmission system consisting of three Kolombarskiy AVM-33-2 electric generators generating 80 kilowatts, power clutch controls and two shafts all designed and built by OP Osseniya and Kolombarskiy. The propulsion system each driving a pair of centrifugal-flow pumpjets paired with two 'shark's fin' style rudders using power provided by both the diesel and gas turbine engines. Two pair of lateral thrusters containing additional pumpjets powered by the AVM-33-2 generators for improved maneuverability.

For improved range, the DDO-93M diesel engine rated at 8,000 kilowatts which allowed it's range to be rated for 11,250 kilometers (19.5 Av) at 18 knots (33km/h). All engine compartments have been divided accordingly into individual airtight subdivisions with exception to the mechanical transmission of the system.

The ship has excellent seaworthiness, owed to it's wider beam and 7 ton 4U2P anti-roll gyroscope stabiliser suite which were computer-assisted in order to exhibit -/+1.89° of roll which was deemed significant compared to the previous destroyers which lacked stabilisation. They would only suffer from slight pitching and rolling even in heavy seas of the Prokleto Prazno. The ship's control surfaces and thrusters were very responsive to commands from the helm. Except for at low speeds or on reverse speed.

### Sensors

#### Radar

The ship's combat systems can use data link systems which is connected with every ship the Vizvie-class are linked with their own fleet elements. The complete sensor suite of the ship comprises of:

* 4N24 MR-175 air defence radar
* 4S30 MR-188 surface search radar
* 4VN56 Rabota MR-180 detection support radar

* 1S91 MR-855A fire control radar
* 1S91 MR-855B target acquisition radar

* 1S42 'Kolibri' gun fire-control radar

* 1RKb350 MP-350 electronic countermeasure radar
* 1RKb320 MP-320 electronic support radar

The **4N24 MR-175 air defence radar** became the mainstay radar of the Russian Maritime Force. Distinct for it's flat, wide rectangular mesh antenna with a smaller antenna set attached behind it which is located on the ship's tripod aftmast, the radar is a continuous-wave parabolic microwave/radio radar, using up 310kW of power. The frequency range is different between it's two antenna dishes, the longer rectangular one being the 'spotter' using 1GHz - 2GHz, or 30 - 15cm wavelengths allow the radar to detect targets at longer 474 kilometre ranges. With the shorter rearward facing dish, the 'engagement' antenna has 2GHz - 4GHz, or 15 - 7.5cm wavelength ranges.

For search and navigational roles an modernised version of the venerable MR-171M surface search radar, the **MR-188** (designation: **4S30**) is the successor two-dimensional radar which was equipped aboard Russian naval ships during the mid-late eras of the 1st Great Cryptid War. Often described as resembling a parachute by it's wide curved rectangular antenna, the radar had a 4GHz - 8GHz, or 7.5 - 3.75cm wavelength frequency range with a greater power output compared to it's predecessor at 280 kW.

The **1RKb350 MP-350** electronic countermeasure radar system is the main electronic warfare system of the Russian Maritime Force for it's time. To provide false radar signals and jam enemy radar systems in the event of a human-to-human warfare combat situations, many Vizvie-class destroyers were provided basic electronic warfare systems equipped with internal IFF and RDF systems (provided by the **1RkB320 MP-320** support radar. The MP-350 can jam signals from a range of 2GHz to 40GHz frequencies, or 15 to 7.5mm wavelengths.

Additional fire control systems are provided by **1S42 'Kolibri'** and the **1S91 MR-855A/B** fire control radars for ensuring high accuracy weapons guidance for all of the Vizvie's equipment onboard.

### Armament

A 125mm gun on a Vizvie.The 57mm AA gun on early model Vizvie-class ships.The S-25 SAM missile being shown on a military parade in Sarovsnigrad.
#### Ballistic Weapons

The main gun armament was two dual-purpose **4A32 125mm/L55** guns in a single twin-gun AV 1/2 turrets on the bow section of the ship, guided by a 1S42 'Kolibri' radar illuminator, the 4Uo61 'Sova' fire control director and supported by the ship's internal digital computer system. The turrets had a maximum range of 27,200 meters firing 31 - 37 kilogram projectiles at a muzzle velocity of 902 - 960 m/s. The main battery was supplied with 380 shells in each turret, making up a whole magazine of 760 rounds stowed. The guns's impressive rate of fire of 8.2 - 21 rounds per minute (with a possibility of 30+ rounds per minute automatic mode owed to original design, but was phased out due to poorer performance.) was achieved with the 'Boshka' autoloader system which fed the guns automatically or manually if needed, These guns made up many of the Russian Maritime Force's best artillery batteries due to it's reliability and high performance making it the most optimal in all types of targets (ground, air or sea-based) with exception to fast flying aircrafts and other nimble enemies.

In (O.S.) 1871 and 1876 (271 - 276A.C.) the number of the Vizvie's original **2A22 57mm/77 ZiF-57** AA guns was steadily decreased with ships being modernised to the Vizvie-II subclass, many others would have already transitioned to using the **2A38** 30mm autocannons as replacement for the 57mm guns. The 2A38 also known as the **Gry-30-1** is a heavy autocannon used during the 1st Great Cryptid War. The gun entered service by the Russian Armed Forces where it was put into service in a variety of roles such as vehicle and aircraft guns and anti-aircraft defences and was known to be a modular and flexible designed weapon. The sixteen guns are found in four quadruple-barreled ZVT-30-2 AA mounts located in pairs on the midships of the ship. These guns like staples of the RMF's ballistic weapons were high performance which was matched with modern integrated RPK-1 'Ptitsiki' (Rossi: Птитчики, portmanteau of bird and shot) fire control system which better improves their accuracy and reaction time down range to improve the Vizvie's chances to fend against fast jet and missile attacks.

The **Gryzunov-Kalashov Gryffyn-35** 20mm autocannon, or simply the **Gry-20-1** was the most mass produced 20mm heavy machine gun of the mid-late 1st Great Cryptid War era. This design was highly successful, well rounded and chambered in the powerful 20x125.4mmK round, there are 16 Gryffyn-35 guns aboard the Zivziy, found in both single and twin-gun mounts. These guns are limited to -20° to +90°with a cyclic rate of fire of 700 rounds per minute. Fed by two 400-round link-fed ammunition boxes the Gryffyn-35 is the most barebones weapon present on any Russian warship in it's navy, the gun consists of a 10mm sheet steel gun shield with a 1P16 'Hawkeye' collimator reflex sight to augment the operator's aim and improving accuracy.

The Gryffyn-35 has an effective firing range of 1.5 - 2.3 dalek (950 - 1,500 meters) with high-explosive rounds.

#### Missiles

The **Razrabotka P-22 3M37**, also referred to as **RA-2** is a short-range anti-ship surface-to-air / surface-to-surface flying bomb and was the last weapon in the Russian missile arsenal to be classified as a flying bomb. A pair of these is located in amidships between the smokestack funnels stored ontop of two 4Ka17 KOR-3 zero-length launch system.