Unfortunately, the shell is completely useless in-game as it functions like a time fuse shell (will explode upon a timer just nearby the enemy), combined with how the only crew who stay outside are those manning the guns, the shrapnel will quickly disperse and deal minimal damage. The other is a unique shrapnel shell that, in real life, was designed to explode and disperse shrapnel. First, a base fuse HE shell that is similar in function to the ground vehicle's APHE shell (requires the shell to penetrate the armour to explode) while not as efficient at taking out external modules such as gun mounts or torpedo tubes compared to a regular HE shell, it can still deal considerable internal damage to the enemy ship if the shot penetrates.

The accuracy of these guns at long range far surpasses the other equivalent destroyers of other nations and can be used to shell enemies from far range with impunity from more inaccurate enemy fire. As such, the Frunze should be played as a sniper destroyer more so than a close-range brawler. These guns have decent firepower, accuracy, and rate of fire, but suffer from terrible traverse speed. The Frunze has 4 x 102 mm cannons as the main weapon. Due to this, the Frunze primarily excels at providing fire support, capable of dealing significant damage to the enemy fleet if left unchecked. The ship suffers from a certain legacy design that limits her effectiveness, especially her poor protection, though this is offset by decent accuracy and great agility. It was introduced during Update 1.79 'Project X' when the Soviet fleet was implemented into the game.Īs a World War I Imperial Russian destroyer with some slight Soviet modernisation, the Frunze's performance leaves much to be desired. The Novik-class, Frunze, 1940 is a rank I Soviet destroyer

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