What is a Buffalo cruiser?

[Serge_SC]

In this link: http://warshipstats.com/analytics/

It shows a Buffalo cruisers tier 10, never played before.

 

What's that? A premium? A tier 10 CL? She's a Fargo-Class light cruiser, the successor to the Cleveland, historically. Will she be a Premium? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fargo-class_cruiser

General characteristics
Type:	Light cruiser
Displacement:	10,000 tons (standard) 14,464 tons (full)
Length:	608 ft .25 in (185.3 m)
Beam:	63 ft .5 in (19.2 m)
Draft:	22 ft (6.7 m)
Propulsion:	4 Babcock & Wilcox boilers 4 GE geared steam turbines 4 Screws 100,000 hp (75,000 kW)
Speed:	32.5 knots (60.2 km/h)
Complement:	1,100 officers and enlisted
Armament:	12 × Mk.16 6 inch guns 12 × 5 inch/38 caliber guns 28 × 40 mm Bofors guns 20 × 20 mm Oerlikon cannons
Armor:	1.5-5 in belt 2-3 in deck 3-5 in turrets 2.25-5 in conn
Aircraft carried:	3

 

She looks like a decent ship, if only underpowered to be a tier 10...

[mr3awsome]

Its not the CL-102 Buffalo.

Its CA-B. Which has been given the name Buffalo, by WG. 

Note: the torpedoes were removed from the specification before it was drawn, hence the lack of them on the drawing but the presence of them on the in-game model. 

[Carl_the_Cuttlefish]

Its not the CL-102 Buffalo.

Its CA-B. Which has been given the name Buffalo, by WG. 

Note: the torpedoes were removed from the specification before it was drawn, hence the lack of them on the drawing but the presence of them on the in-game model. 

 

So in one sentence, what would it play like? This is the capstone of the US CA line right?

[Strike_Witch_Tomoko]

no tier 9 or 10 prems

 

so its either 

A. a tier 10 attached to the tech tree line

 

or B. a reward tank for a contest/cw campaign/ etc

[Serge_SC]

Its not the CL-102 Buffalo.

Its CA-B. Which has been given the name Buffalo, by WG. 

Note: the torpedoes were removed from the specification before it was drawn, hence the lack of them on the drawing but the presence of them on the in-game model. 

 

Its a ship study then for 12 8 inch guns? She looks fairly standard WWII/era design, however she does look a lot like the Cleveland due to the twin angled funnels and independent forward guns. I wonder if it'll be comparable to the Des Moines.

[mr3awsome]

Its a ship study then for 12 8 inch guns? She looks fairly standard WWII/era design, however she does look a lot like the Cleveland due to the twin angled funnels and independent forward guns. I wonder if it'll be comparable to the Des Moines.

Its a post-Baltimore study from September 1940. 

[donaldEpott]

 

[MajorRenegade]

In this link: http://warshipstats.com/analytics/

It shows a Buffalo cruisers tier 10, never played before.

 

What's that? A premium? A tier 10 CL? She's a Fargo-Class light cruiser, the successor to the Cleveland, historically. Will she be a Premium? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fargo-class_cruiser

General characteristics
Type:	Light cruiser
Displacement:	10,000 tons (standard) 14,464 tons (full)
Length:	608 ft .25 in (185.3 m)
Beam:	63 ft .5 in (19.2 m)
Draft:	22 ft (6.7 m)
Propulsion:	4 Babcock & Wilcox boilers 4 GE geared steam turbines 4 Screws 100,000 hp (75,000 kW)
Speed:	32.5 knots (60.2 km/h)
Complement:	1,100 officers and enlisted
Armament:	12 × Mk.16 6 inch guns 12 × 5 inch/38 caliber guns 28 × 40 mm Bofors guns 20 × 20 mm Oerlikon cannons
Armor:	1.5-5 in belt 2-3 in deck 3-5 in turrets 2.25-5 in conn
Aircraft carried:	3

 

She looks like a decent ship, if only underpowered to be a tier 10...

 

 

damn, got ninja by donald

[Serge_SC]

A premium tier 10 with torps for USN? That's strange.

 

She's quite elegant I must say, can you show her full stats? Gun ROF, range, fire potential, etc. Torp range, what's the AA like, armor scheme, concealment, speed, turning times, etc etc etc. You get my point lol

 

How do you get access to those?

[Fishrokk]

Its not the CL-102 Buffalo.

Its CA-B. Which has been given the name Buffalo, by WG. 

Note: the torpedoes were removed from the specification before it was drawn, hence the lack of them on the drawing but the presence of them on the in-game model. 

 

I gave you credit for this on Rebeldad's "Where are Citadels?" thread.  I never thought or knew to look for drawings called study schemes.  Turns out there are quite a few of them out there.

[BladedPheonix]

 

 

looks like a cruiser sized North Carolina with an extra gun turret aft. I'd love to see it in action though, would make a  great addition to my collection!

[Nptune]

 

looks like a cruiser sized North Carolina with an extra gun turret aft. I'd love to see it in action though, would make a  great addition to my collection!

 

The USN needs something similar to the Zao they feel left out