The design was reimagined in 1944, intended to operate along with the Sverdlov-class cruisers and proposed aircraft carriers to make up powerful task forces able to challenge the American fleet. Design work had just started when the German invasion of the Soviet Union opened and the design was put on hold. In keeping with the battlecruiser design concept, they would have been able to outgun any ship with similar speed, or outrun anything more heavily armed. The original role was for a light, fast ship intended to break up attacks by British fast-cruiser forces that might attempt bombardment of Russia's northern ports. It was a smaller and less-expensive counterpart to the Kronshtadt-class battlecruisers of 1939. The Stalingrad-class battlecruiser, also known as Project 82 ( Russian: Тяжёлые крейсера проекта 82), was a Soviet battlecruiser design from 1941. 10 × quadruple 25-millimeter (0.98 in) guns.6 × quadruple 45-millimeter (1.8 in) guns.General characteristics Project 82 design Side and plan views of the Stalingrad class
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