The Kirov is the size of a World War I-era battleship – and is typically referred to as a battlecruiser because ... eight 30mm (1.18in) AK-630 close-in weapon systems; the Kortik air-defense ...

but it's debuting within Gaijin's idea of an April Fool's Day prank – a World War 1 mode. While War Thunder's enormous roster of tanks, planes, and battleships all mostly hail from WW2 onwards ...