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Agano

Also called: 阿贺野 Beta

Japan · Tier IV · CL Cruiser · Tech Tree: Torpedo Cruisers

Torpedo cruiserA torpedo-first cruiser: pressure lanes with fish and trade gunfire between waves.

Playstyle

Sit 10-13 km from a contested cap where an island shadows you from the opposite battleship line
Avoid: Holding torpedoes for a perfect drop

Key characteristics

Long, heavy torpedoes (13 km)Strong secondaries (4 km)Lobs over islandsSonarHigh-arc AP shellsVisible torps

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Playstyle

Overview

Agano is a Tier IV Japanese light cruiser with a long-range torpedo battery reaching 12.5 km. The torpedoes are the threat tool; the guns are how she earns damage between drops. Sonar (3.9 km on ships and 3.9 km on torpedoes, 60 s active, 120 s reload, long uptime) lights up DDs and torpedoes inside its bubble, which lets her contest the cap edge without taking the spotting cycle. Standout traits: best torpedo alpha in T4 CAs (15,933) and best Sonar torpedo range in T4 CAs (3.9 km). Concealment has been power-crept since launch and is no longer notable at 10.62 km.

Positioning

Sit 10-13 km from a contested cap where an island shadows you from the opposite battleship line. Hydro (3.9 km on ships, 3.9 km on torpedoes) lights up DDs and incoming torpedoes inside its bubble, so you can push the cap edge from cover without taking the spotting cycle; prefer cover positions over open-water flanks. Your guns lose penetration at range, so aim AP at broadsides you can still citadel and put HE into superstructures and upper-hull sections, rather than the bow-in or belt armor your shells bounce and shatter on.

Potato Avoidance

Holding torpedoes for a perfect drop

The torps are a threat tool: putting them into a lane forces rotations even when they miss. Drops on probable lanes are worth more than waiting for a guaranteed broadside that never appears.

Signature Traits

Improved AP fuse (IJN cruiser)

AP arms at 60% of the standard armor threshold (vs 0.9 default). Lets your AP pen broadsiding cruisers that would over-pen a normal CA, citadel hunts the cohort can't pull off, shared by 4/22 T4 CAs.

ELITE TORPEDOES ↗

Heavy torpedoes · 15933 damage
Long-range torps · 12.5 km
Module-wrecking torpedoes · 1400 torpedo

Wide torpedo sonar ↗

3.9 km Sonar torpedo-detection range, best of T4 CAs. More reaction time on incoming torps.

LOBBING BATTERY ↗

High-arc shells · 25.93°

Visible torps ↗

1.6 km torpedo detect, worst of T4 CAs. Spotted early, so targets get a long look and room to turn out.

Acquisition

How to get Agano

Agano is available in the Torpedo Cruisers branch of the Japan Tech Tree for 500,000 credits after researching it in the branch. Known module upgrades cost up to 125,000 credits. Official source cards below may also show its temporary Early Access window before it became a normal Tech Tree unlock. Container chances are shown as the listed odds of receiving this exact ship, dividing grouped ship-pool odds across the resolved ships and including nested container paths when a crate can drop another crate.

Early AccessOfficial WG line/source notes indicate a temporary Early Access window before normal acquisition.

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Japan Tech Tree

Agano sits in the Torpedo Cruisers branch. The highlighted path shows the local branch context inside the full Japan tree.

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Best listed chance for this ship

Anniversary '24 Japanese crate 10% IV Agano Event · Anniversary '24 Japanese crate
Japanese Cruisers Big Crate 10% Agano Archived · Japanese Cruisers Big Crate
Japanese Cruisers crate 5% Agano Archived · Japanese Cruisers crate

Official WG availability sources

Fleet From the Eastern Seas: New Japanese Light Cruisers in Early Access Early Access Start: 2024-03-26 · End: 2024-04-24 Official early-access or tech-tree-line article. Tech-tree ships are temporary crate drops during Early Access, then move to the Tech Tree.
Official WoWS Legends container odds Containers Official container drop rows linked below include direct and nested effective ship odds.
Anniversary Update: Operation Piñata 2,500 Doubloons 2025-07-31 Tier IV default; exact price not in source

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Anniversary '24 Japanese crate 10% · IV Agano
Japanese Cruisers Big Crate 10% · Agano
Japanese Cruisers crate 5% · Agano

Want the full picture? Each container page charts the odds as you open more crates - including ~~pity~~ guaranteed-reward timers and, for GD Supporters, pack math personalized to your port.

Builds

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Cohort position

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Where Agano sits among Tier IV CAs (21 ships). Notable standouts are shown first; the rest of the cohort-ranked stats are in the expand below. Acquisition variants (Black Friday, Founders Edition) are counted once with their base ship, not as separate peers.

BestSecondary range4.5 km (1 of 3 tied) BestTorpedo range12.51 km (1/21) BestTorpedo damage≈15,933 (1 of 2 tied) Top 10%AA threat723 (2/22) Top 25%Smoke fire bloom4.82 km (5/22) Top 25%HE shell damage2,600 (5/19) Top 25%HE fire chance13% (5/19) Top 25%Secondary DPM (per side)65,000 (3/16) Top 25%AA DPS228 (5/22) Bottom 25%Traverse-to-turn ratio4.01 × (19/22) Bottom 25%AP DPM122,824 (18/22) Bottom 25%Secondary HE alpha1,300 (13/16) Bottom 25%Torpedo reload105 s (18/21) Bottom 10%Max armor60 mm (21/22) WorstSecondary fire chance4% (1 of 3 tied) WorstSecondary HE pen13 mm (1 of 3 tied) WorstAP pen at 10 km69 mm (1 of 2 tied) WorstTorpedo reaction time9.9 s (1 of 2 tied)

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Not standouts for Agano -- here's where she sits on every other ranked stat in the cohort. Stats tagged NORM are tied across more than half the cohort, so the value is the cohort default rather than a standout.

Hit points25,800 HP(15/22) Max speed35 kt(7/22) Concealment10.62 km(9/22) Air detection6.37 km(7/22) Rudder shift7.4 s(15/22) Turning circle690 m(17/22) Main battery caliber152 mm(13/22) Main battery range13.55 km(12/22) Main battery reload8.5 s(10/22) Fires per minute5.51(8/19) HE DPM110,118(12/19) Main dispersion126.5 m(11/22) AP velocity850 m/s(14/22) HE velocity850 m/s(13/19) Acceleration24.3 s(7/22) AP fuse timer0.03 s(13/22) AP arming threshold25 mm(9/22) Engine power100,000 hp(9/22) Turn-speed retention144.9 hp/m(9/22) Displacement8,574 t(9/22) Power-to-weight11.66 hp/t(7/22) Effective HE DPM (incl. fire)149,987(9/19) AA range3.5 km(16/22) Torpedo speed60 kt(9/21) Citadel belt60 mm(17/22) Bow armor13 mm(11/22) Stern armor13 mm(11/22) Deck armor25 mm(15/22) NormSigma2(20 of 22 tied at this value) NormAP ricochet start45°(20 of 22 tied at this value) NormAP auto-bounce angle60°(20 of 22 tied at this value) NormTurn speed retained81%(21 of 22 tied at this value)

Peers in this cohort

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Stats & specs

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Survivability

Hit PointsInitial: 22,500 → 25,800

Displacement8,574 t

Hull dimensions

Length x beam at the waterline, with the hull's draft where the client carries one. Ships whose client entry holds only the 260 x 20 m placeholder use a curated real-world figure instead, and any ship we have no trustworthy size for omits this row rather than print the placeholder. Length matters when dodging torpedoes; beam and draft shape how hard the ship is to hit.

174.1 x 16.6 m (measured from the ship model)

Armor range6–60 mm

Plate armor thicknesses6, 10, 13, 16, 20, 25, 30, 40, 55, 60 mm

Armor material/layer entries60

Fire resistance

Does not reduce the damage a burning fire does per second: replay-measured burn ticks run at the full rate on every ship. By elimination it lowers how often hits set you on fire; ignition-rate replay data is consistent with that but too confounded by attacker mix to measure the reduction directly.

Initial: 13.3% → 16.6%

Fire duration30 s

Fire damage

Each fire ticks 0.3% of max HP per second for the full 30 s, so one unattended fire burns 9% of the pool (2,322 HP on this ship). 4 fire points can burn at once. Verified against measured burn ticks in replay data.

0.3% of HP per second

Flood duration40 s

Flood damage

A flood ticks 0.25% of max HP per second for the 40 s duration, so one unattended flood costs 10% of the pool (2,580 HP on this ship). Verified against measured flood ticks in replay data.

0.25% of HP per second

Torp Reduction

Reduces torpedo hit damage. Replay data shows no effect on floods: flood ticks run at the full rate and flood frequency does not decline with protection.

Magazine HP

Per-turret powder-magazine HP, a separate pool from the ship's. Penetrating hits wear it down and the turret is likelier to be knocked out as it falls, so a larger pool keeps the guns firing through punishment that silences a peer's.

12,900

Steering gear HP

Durability of the steering gears. As this pool drops, hits are likelier to jam the rudder; unlike most modules the steering can be knocked out and repaired but is never permanently destroyed.

7,700

Repairable: penetration50%

Repairable: citadel10%

Repairable: steering gear50%

Main Battery

ModuleArtillery: 152 mm/50 Type41

Mounts / barrels3 mounts / 6 barrels

Reload time8.5 s

Firing range (base)12.3 km

Firing range (top fire control)13.6 km

Turret traverse6 °/s

Turret armor19 mm

Turret traverse arcs

How far each mount can train, in degrees to either side of the mount's own facing, read from in-game data. A rear turret with ±150° leaves a 60° blind wedge over the bow; one-sided arcs are wing mounts that cover a single side. The data does not say which way each mount faces, so the arcs are listed per mount without bow/stern angles.

±150°

Guns to bear

How far off the bow (or stern) the ship must angle before every main turret can fire: the widest blind wedge among the rear-facing (or forward-facing) mounts, from each mount's trainable arc. Mount facing is inferred from turret stations and verified against known layouts, including Izumo's aft-facing forward turret.

30° off bow / 25° off stern

See the firing-arcs diagram ↓

HE fire DPM vs T4 BB39839

Effective HE DPM vs T4 BB149957

Shell Grouping (σ)2

Max Horiz Disp

Horizontal dispersion ellipse width at max range, from the verified WoWS dispersion model:

σ_{H} = (\frac{R}{30} \cdot \frac{idealRadius - minRadius}{idealDistance} + minRadius) \cdot 30

= (\frac{13552}{30} \cdot \frac{8 - 1.1}{1000} + 1.1) \cdot 30 = 126.5 m

126.5 m at 13.6 km

Max Vert Disp

Vertical dispersion ellipse height at max range:

σ_{V} = σ_{H} \cdot radiusOnMax

= 126.5 \cdot 0.6 = 75.9 m

75.9 m at 13.6 km

Med Horiz Disp

50%-hit horizontal radius:

σ_{H, 50} = σ_{H} \cdot \frac{0.6}{σ}

= 126.5 \cdot \frac{0.6}{2} = 38 m

38 m at 13.6 km

Med Vert Disp

50%-hit vertical radius:

σ_{V, 50} = σ_{V} \cdot \frac{0.6}{σ}

= 75.9 \cdot \frac{0.6}{2} = 22.8 m

22.8 m at 13.6 km

Turret turn time

180 degrees / 6 deg/s traverse speed = 30 s.

30 s

Shells/min

6 broadside guns x 60 / 8.5 s base reload = 42.4.

42.4

HE shells

HE Damage2,600

HE Velocity850 m/s

Fire Chance13%

HE penetration

25 mm ≈ 152 mm caliber / 6 (standard HE penetration ratio).

25 mm

HE full-salvo alpha

2,600 HE damage x 6 broadside guns = 15,600.

15,600

HE DPM

15,600 HE full-salvo alpha x 60 / 8.5 s base reload = 110,118.

110,118

Fires/min

42.4 shells/min x 13% fire chance = 5.51.

5.51

AP shells

AP Damage2,900

AP Velocity850 m/s

Min Ricochet45 deg

Guaranteed Ricochet60 deg

Fuse Timer0.025 s

Fuse Threshold25 mm

Improved AP FuseYes

AP overmatch

floor(152 mm caliber / 14.3) = 10 mm (AP auto-penetrates plating this thick or less).

10 mm

AP Pen Close

Canonical community AP formula (jcw780/wows_shell), evaluated at muzzle velocity:

P = 10^{- 7} \cdot K \cdot m^{0.69} \cdot d^{- 1.07} \cdot v_{0}^{1.38}

= 10^{- 7} \cdot 1900 \cdot {45.4}^{0.69} \cdot {0.152}^{- 1.07} \cdot 850^{1.38} = 218.9 mm

. Matches the in-game spec card.

218.9 mm point-blank

AP Pen Far

Same formula at the ship's max firing range (13.6 km), where the shell has slowed to 299.2 m/s:

P = 10^{- 7} \cdot 1900 \cdot {45.4}^{0.69} \cdot {0.152}^{- 1.07} \cdot {299.2}^{1.38} = 51.8 mm

51.8 mm at 13.6 km

AP full-salvo alpha

2,900 AP damage x 6 broadside guns = 17,400.

17,400

AP DPM

17,400 AP full-salvo alpha x 60 / 8.5 s base reload = 122,824.

122,824

AP AOE Radius

AP shell over-penetration splash radius; scales with shell mass. Wickes 102mm = 3, standard 152mm CL ~ 20, Iowa 406mm ~ 270, Yamato 460mm = 400, Incomparable 650mm = 550 (max). Larger value = bigger splash damage area when AP over-pens.

Torpedoes

ModuleTorpedoes: 610 mm quadruple

Launchers / tubes2 launchers × 4 tubes = 8 tubes

Reload time

Base reload of the top torpedo module (all-upgrades configuration); the stock module reloads in 120 s. In-game port tooltips additionally fold in your installed modernizations and commander effects - e.g. Torpedo Launchers Mod. 3 alone is x0.85:

105 \times 0.85 = 89.2

105 s

Projectile speed60 kt

Range12.51 km

Maximum simulated damage

Estimate of WG's in-game value; matches the in-game port screen within ±5%. Saturation: most targets only intersect one hull section, so the sim transfers ~1/3 of the warhead alpha (2/3 when the warhead blast >= 5000 and the burst reaches a second section). For this ship:

D_{sim} = α \cdot c = 47, 800 \cdot 0.333 = 15, 933

≈ 15,933

Maximum damage (ammunition)

The ammunition card's 'Maximum Damage' stat, exact: warhead alpha / 3 plus the blast addend. This is the per-torpedo number most references quote; the 'Maximum simulated damage' row above is WG's separate geometry-sim stat from the launcher spec panel.

17,333

Torpedo detectability1.6 km

Reaction time

How long a target has to dodge after your torpedo is spotted at its detectability range (lower means less warning):

t_{react} = \frac{1.6 km}{60 kt \times 2.6855} = 9.9 s

. The 2.6855 m/s-per-knot game-speed factor is calibrated from in-game measurement; the community's traditional 2.6 reads about 3% slower. Base value; commander torpedo-concealment skills lower it further. Community torpedo-reaction calculator by u/LorenDovah and u/The_ColorOutofSpace.

9.9 s

Flooding chance

Read straight from the game's own data: this torpedo carries a flooding-chance value of 3.55 per hit, shown as

3.55 \times 100 = 355 %

. Torpedo flood values above 100% are normal: in battle the base chance is scaled down by the target's torpedo protection (the Torp Reduction stat on its Survivability card) and any flood-resistance modifiers, so a value above 100% keeps flooding likely even through partial protection. Not shown on the in-game port screen.

355%

Torpedo launcher traverse25 °/s

Torp Turn

Time to rotate the launchers 180 deg:

t_{turn} = \frac{180 °}{25 ° / s} = 7.2 s

7.2 s

Torp Arming191 m

Per-side salvo damage

One side firing, all torpedoes hitting: per-side tubes x per-torpedo simulated damage = 4 x 15,933 = 63,732.

63,732

AA Defense

AA mount pointsInitial: 10 → 30

Maximum AA range

Longest-reaching family on the in-game AA card. Base AirDefense aura max range is 3.1 km; dual-purpose mount auras extend it.

3.5 km

25 mm Type96 mod. 1Initial: 4×3 → 8×3 25mm

25 mm/60 Type96 mod. 1 (upgraded hull only)22×1 25mm

13 mm Type93 (stock hull only)2×2 13mm

76 mm/60 Type98 (DP)

Dual-purpose: your secondaries doing double duty against aircraft. The same mounts appear on the Secondary Battery card - shared guns, not extra hardware.

2×2 76.2mm

Guns76 mm/60 Type98 (DP)

Continuous DPS

Effective DPS in in-game units (raw aura damage × 3.5 × hit probability, summed per contributing aura) - matches the Close-range AA DPS headline's currency. Includes 41 from dual-purpose secondaries firing as AA in this range band.

Range3.5 km

Guns25 mm Type96 mod. 1 + 25 mm/60 Type96 mod. 1

Continuous DPS

Effective DPS: 63 raw aura damage × 3.5 × 0.85 hit probability = 187 - the same in-game units as the Close-range AA DPS headline.

Initial: 101 → 187

Range3.1 km

Total DPS in Aura

Medium 41 + Near 187 = 228

228

See the AA layers diagram ↓

Secondary Battery

Mounts2

Firing range4.5 km

Shell Grouping (σ)1

76 mm/60 Type98 (DP)

Dual-purpose: the same mounts also fire at aircraft, so they appear on the AA Defense card too - shared guns, not extra hardware.

2×2 76.2mm

Caliber76.2 mm

Reload time2.4 s

HE Damage1,300

Muzzle Velocity920 m/s

Fire Chance4%

Armor Pen13 mm

Secondary dispersion type

Max dispersion = range (km) × 57 + 30. Each dispersion type sets its own slope; this is not a percentage applied to a standard baseline.

Standard

Max secondary dispersion @ 4.5 km

4.5 km × 57 + 30 = 286.5 m.

286.5 m

Maneuverability

Engine power100,000 hp

Maximum speed35 kt

Turning circle radius690 m

Rudder shift time7.4 s

Engine power-boost threshold7 kt

Engine spool-up time15.3 s

Reverse spool-up time7.7 s

Reverse speed

top speed / 4 + 4.9 = 35 / 4 + 4.9 = 13.7 kt. The community reverse-speed model from the WoWs ShipBuilder project, the same source as the acceleration model on this card. Base value; speed modifiers scale it. Not shown on the in-game card.

13.7 kt

Crash stop

Seconds from top speed to a dead stop after ordering full reverse: reverse power winds in over the reverse spool-up while water drag does most of the braking. Same community-model simulation as the acceleration times, using the ship's own reverse-power ratio from in-game data. The full curve is on the acceleration chart.

23.9 s

Engine boost threshold (reverse)

Speed below which the engine's built-in power boost applies in reverse. Matches the in-game maneuverability card's reverse threshold (Vampire II reads 10.5 here and the card shows 11; the card rounds half up).

12 kt

Acceleration 0-90%

Time to reach 90% of top speed (31.5 kt of 35 kt), from our in-house acceleration model.

24.3 s

Acceleration 0-99%

Time to reach 99% of top speed (34.6 kt of 35 kt). 99% rather than 100% because true top speed is asymptotic (thrust meets drag), so the last fraction of a knot is never quite gained.

38.9 s

Traverse-to-turn ratio

How many degrees the turret can swing for each degree the hull turns. Turn rate

ω_{hull} = \frac{180}{π} \cdot \frac{V_{max} (m/s)}{R_{turn}} = \frac{180}{π} \cdot \frac{35.0 \cdot 0.5144}{690} = 1.50 ° / s

, so

ratio = \frac{ω_{turret}}{ω_{hull}} = \frac{6}{1.50} = 4.0 \times

. Below 5 the turrets drag in a turning fight; 25+ keeps up with any rudder.

4.0× drags

See the full acceleration curve ↓

Concealment

Detectability by sea10.62 km

Detectability by air6.37 km

Smoke firing penalty4.82 km

Detect when firing (sea)

Equal to the ship's main battery range (never below base detectability): firing makes you visible to everyone you can reach. Matches the in-game 'Detect Firing Sea' value on all 8 unmodified captures, and range-modified captures track the modified range.

13.55 km

Detect when firing (air)

Air detectability plus the gun-firing bloom (3.04 km, which tracks main-battery caliber x 0.020). Matches the in-game 'Detect Firing Air' value on every captured ship.

9.41 km

Detect when on fire (sea)

Base sea detectability + 2.0 km while burning; matches the in-game 'Detect Fire Sea' value on every captured ship.

12.62 km

Detect when on fire (air)

Base air detectability + 3.0 km while burning; matches the in-game 'Detect Fire Air' value on every captured ship.

9.37 km

Guaranteed Detect2 km

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Consumables

Damage Control Party∞ charges · 60 s reload · 5 s active

Sonar3 charges · 120 s reload · 60 s active · 3.9 km ship detect
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Derived from the consumable's 30 m grid-unit range (km = grid units x 30 / 1000): $\frac{130 \times 30}{1000} = 3.9 km$
· 3.9 km torpedo detect
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Derived from the consumable's 30 m grid-unit range (km = grid units x 30 / 1000): $\frac{130 \times 30}{1000} = 3.9 km$

Catapult Fighter3 charges · 80 s reload · 90 s active · 5 km patrol radius
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Derived from the consumable's 30 m grid-unit range (km = grid units x 30 / 1000): $\frac{167 \times 30}{1000} = 5 km$
· 1 squadron size

Module options (3)

Stats above use the fully-upgraded modules. These are the research-tree alternatives; trade-offs are flagged.

HullUpgrade

Hit points22,500 → 25,800
Rudder shift13.5 → 9.6 s
AA mounts10 → 30
Close-range AA DPS39 → 63

Fire controlUpgrade

Main battery range12,320 → 13,552 m

TorpedoesUpgrade

Range12 → 12.51 km
Reload120 → 105 s

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Numbers the spec table cannot show directly: alpha-strike math, DPM, dispersion, AP penetration. Click the formula chip on any row to reveal how it is calculated.

Main battery formulas

Shell Grouping (σ)2

Max Horiz Disp126.5 m at 13.6 km

Horizontal dispersion ellipse width at max range, from the verified WoWS dispersion model:  $σ_{H} = (\frac{R}{30} \cdot \frac{idealRadius - minRadius}{idealDistance} + minRadius) \cdot 30$   $= (\frac{13552}{30} \cdot \frac{8 - 1.1}{1000} + 1.1) \cdot 30 = 126.5 m$

Shell scatter width @ 5 km67.5 m

Horizontal scatter at a fixed 5 km, from the same verified dispersion model as the rows below - a knife-fight-range anchor comparable across ships.

Shell scatter width @ 10 km102 m

How wide your shells scatter at 10 km, from the same dispersion model as the max-range figure above. Picking a fixed range makes this number directly comparable from ship to ship: max-range dispersion makes a longer-range gun look worse even when it's tighter at any common range. The interactive Dispersion tab on the Charts card plots the full curve from 0 to max range.

Max Vert Disp75.9 m at 13.6 km

Vertical dispersion ellipse height at max range: $σ_{V} = σ_{H} \cdot radiusOnMax$ $= 126.5 \cdot 0.6 = 75.9 m$

Shell scatter height @ 10 km55.9 m

How tall the same scatter ellipse is at 10 km. Comparable from ship to ship for the same reason as the width value above. The height/width ratio is a piecewise-linear curve through three points from the ship's own dispersion data:  $radiusOnZero = 0.2$  at 0 m,  $radiusOnDelim = 0.5$  at  $delim \cdot R_{m a x} = 0.5 \cdot 13552 = 6776$  m, and  $radiusOnMax = 0.6$  at 13552 m. Above the kink:  $k = 0.5 + (0.6 - 0.5) \cdot \frac{10000 - 6776}{13552 - 6776} = 0.5476$ , so  $σ_{V} = σ_{H} \cdot k = 102 \cdot 0.5476 = 55.9 m$ .

Med Horiz Disp38 m at 13.6 km

50%-hit horizontal radius: $σ_{H, 50} = σ_{H} \cdot \frac{0.6}{σ}$ $= 126.5 \cdot \frac{0.6}{2} = 38 m$

Med Vert Disp22.8 m at 13.6 km

50%-hit vertical radius: $σ_{V, 50} = σ_{V} \cdot \frac{0.6}{σ}$ $= 75.9 \cdot \frac{0.6}{2} = 22.8 m$

Dispersion familyCruiser Disp.

Standard cruiser dispersion baseline.

AP Pen Close218.9 mm point-blank

Canonical community AP formula (jcw780/wows_shell), evaluated at muzzle velocity:  $P = 10^{- 7} \cdot K \cdot m^{0.69} \cdot d^{- 1.07} \cdot v_{0}^{1.38}$   $= 10^{- 7} \cdot 1900 \cdot {45.4}^{0.69} \cdot {0.152}^{- 1.07} \cdot 850^{1.38} = 218.9 mm$ . Matches the in-game spec card.

AP Pen Far51.8 mm at 13.6 km

Same formula at the ship's max firing range (13.6 km), where the shell has slowed to 299.2 m/s:  $P = 10^{- 7} \cdot 1900 \cdot {45.4}^{0.69} \cdot {0.152}^{- 1.07} \cdot {299.2}^{1.38} = 51.8 mm$ .

AP pen 5 km120 mm

AP penetration at a fixed 5 km, read off the same PC-validated ballistic curve as AP Pen Close/Far: the shell's impact velocity at that range fed through the canonical community AP formula  $P = 10^{- 7} \cdot K \cdot m^{0.69} \cdot d^{- 1.07} \cdot v^{1.38}$ . Fixed anchors make ships directly comparable at the same fighting distance; the Charts card plots the full curve.

AP pen 10 km69 mm

AP penetration at a fixed 10 km, read off the same PC-validated ballistic curve as AP Pen Close/Far: the shell's impact velocity at that range fed through the canonical community AP formula  $P = 10^{- 7} \cdot K \cdot m^{0.69} \cdot d^{- 1.07} \cdot v^{1.38}$ . Fixed anchors make ships directly comparable at the same fighting distance; the Charts card plots the full curve.

HE flight time @ 10 km6.76 s

How long an HE shell takes to reach a target at a fixed 10 km, from the same numerically integrated trajectory the Charts card plots. The shell slows under quadratic air drag,  $a_{drag} = k ρ v^{2}$ , where  $ρ$  is air density from a standard-atmosphere profile and  $k$  bundles the shell's drag coefficient, caliber and mass:  $k = \frac{π C_{d} d^{2}}{8 m} = \frac{π \cdot 0.3562 \cdot {0.152}^{2}}{8 \cdot 45.4} = 7.12 \times 10^{- 5}$ . That runs from a 850 m/s muzzle velocity in 0.02 s steps under gravity 9.8 m/s² until the shell lands, then divides by 2.77: the game clock runs faster than real time, and that factor was measured against stopwatch runs in the Training Room. Lower is better, since a faster shell is harder to dodge and needs less lead.

AP flight time @ 10 km6.76 s

How long an AP shell takes to reach a target at a fixed 10 km, from the same numerically integrated trajectory the Charts card plots. The shell slows under quadratic air drag,  $a_{drag} = k ρ v^{2}$ , where  $ρ$  is air density from a standard-atmosphere profile and  $k$  bundles the shell's drag coefficient, caliber and mass:  $k = \frac{π C_{d} d^{2}}{8 m} = \frac{π \cdot 0.3562 \cdot {0.152}^{2}}{8 \cdot 45.4} = 7.12 \times 10^{- 5}$ . That runs from a 850 m/s muzzle velocity in 0.02 s steps under gravity 9.8 m/s² until the shell lands, then divides by 2.77: the game clock runs faster than real time, and that factor was measured against stopwatch runs in the Training Room. Lower is better, since a faster shell is harder to dodge and needs less lead.

HE penetration25 mm

25 mm ≈ 152 mm caliber / 6 (standard HE penetration ratio).

AP overmatch10 mm

floor(152 mm caliber / 14.3) = 10 mm (AP auto-penetrates plating this thick or less).

AP AOE Radius15

AP shell over-penetration splash radius; scales with shell mass. Wickes 102mm = 3, standard 152mm CL ~ 20, Iowa 406mm ~ 270, Yamato 460mm = 400, Incomparable 650mm = 550 (max). Larger value = bigger splash damage area when AP over-pens.

Broadside guns used for alpha6

All 6 barrels bear on the broadside.

Turret turn time30 s

180 degrees / 6 deg/s traverse speed = 30 s.

HE full-salvo alpha15,600

2,600 HE damage x 6 broadside guns = 15,600.

AP full-salvo alpha17,400

2,900 AP damage x 6 broadside guns = 17,400.

HE DPM110,118

15,600 HE full-salvo alpha x 60 / 8.5 s base reload = 110,118.

AP DPM122,824

17,400 AP full-salvo alpha x 60 / 8.5 s base reload = 122,824.

Shells/min42.4

6 broadside guns x 60 / 8.5 s base reload = 42.4.

Fires/min5.51

42.4 shells/min x 13% fire chance = 5.51.

Torpedoes

Torpedo detectability1.6 km

Estimated torpedo reaction time9.9 s

detectability / (speed kt x 2.6855 game-speed factor, m/s per knot, calibrated from in-game measurement; the community's traditional 2.6 reads about 3% slower).

Torpedo speed60 kt

Travel time to max range77.6 s

range / (speed kt x 2.6855 game-speed factor, m/s per knot, calibrated from in-game measurement).

Torpedo module damage1,400

Per-torpedo module/blast damage parameter from in-game data. Most torpedoes carry 500 to 2,000; ships announced by WG as dealing increased module damage carry 9,000 to 12,000, so their hits knock out engines, rudders, and turrets far more often. Comparative figure; the exact module-HP conversion is not published.

Tube count8

2 launchers x 4 tubes.

Per-side salvo4 torpedoes

tube count / 2 (symmetric port/starboard launcher layout; common on cruisers and battleships with deck torpedoes).

Full-salvo damage127,464

All tubes hitting one target: tubes x per-torpedo simulated damage = 8 x 15,933 = 127,464.

Per-side salvo damage63,732

One side firing, all torpedoes hitting: per-side tubes x per-torpedo simulated damage = 4 x 15,933 = 63,732.

AA defense

AA DPS at max range41

Only families that reach 3.5 km contribute at the outer edge of the AA bubble. In-game families: 25mm Type96 8x3 -> 50 DPS @ 3.1 km; 25mm Type96 single 22x1 -> 137 DPS @ 3.1 km; 76 2mm 60 Type89 2x2 -> 41 DPS @ 3.5 km.

Maximum AA range3.5 km

Longest-reaching family on the in-game AA card. Base AirDefense aura max range is 3.1 km; dual-purpose mount auras extend it.

AA DPS layered by range41 DPS @ 3.5 km, 228 DPS @ 3.1 km

Cumulative AA DPS at each family range threshold. Inner ranges stack the outer families, so a target closing the distance hits stronger AA bubbles as it crosses each band.

AA DPS at point-blank228

Sum of every family's average DPS, achievable only inside the closest-range family (3.1 km).

AA threat index723

SUM over AA auras of (aura DPS x aura range km). A plane crossing the AA bubble is exposed to each aura for a time proportional to that aura's range, so long-reach DPS is worth more than the same DPS in a short bubble. Units: DPS*km; used to rank overall AA threat across the cohort.

Near aura range3.1 km

Secondary battery dispersion

Secondary dispersion typeStandard

Max dispersion = range (km) × 57 + 30. Each dispersion type sets its own slope; this is not a percentage applied to a standard baseline.

Max secondary dispersion @ 4.5 km286.5 m

4.5 km × 57 + 30 = 286.5 m.

Secondary battery firepower

Secondary DPM (per side)65,000

Sum across all secondary families of (per-side barrels × 60 / reload_s × alpha), where per-side barrels = mounts × barrels-per-mount / 2 (the guns that bear on one broadside target). Per-family: 2×2 76.2 mm (2/side) × 60/2.4 × 1300 = 65,000. Assumes every shell hits (real hit rate is lower; the Brawl matchup tool on the Compare page folds in dispersion + target armor).

Max HE alpha1300

Maximum HE damage per shell across secondary HE families. Best on this ship: 1300 from the 76.2 mm family.

Max HE fire chance4%

Maximum per-shell fire chance across secondary HE families (before target fire resistance is applied). Best on this ship: 4% from the 76.2 mm family.

Max HE pen13 mm

Maximum HE armor penetration across secondary HE families (caliber × 1/6 for most nations; 1/4 for German/UK BBs). Shells whose pen falls under a plate's armor thickness shatter for 0 hull damage though fire chance still applies. Best on this ship: 13 mm from the 76.2 mm family.

Armor Beta

Hull HP 22,500 → 25,800 with hull upgrade, distributed across 5 hull zones, each with its own plate thicknesses, saturation cap, and pen thresholds. HP caps are the exact in-game values, not estimated.

Bow & stern13 mm

Overmatched by 89+ AP guns across the bracket. Can’t reliably bow-tank; gets bow-citadelled and overpenned.

Belt / citadel60 mm

Thin belt: battleship AP citadels straight through it broadside. Rely on angle, speed and concealment, never sit flat.

Farming10 mm

Superstructure and extremities take HE pens and AP overpens from nearly any gun: steady chip damage. Fire resistance 17%, fires burn 30s. Range-by-range in the Compare tool →

Section	Plates	HP cap	Threats	Tactic
Bow	13 mm primary (range 6–55 mm)	2,400 (9% of HP)	Overmatched by 203mm+ AP (Desert Falcon, Baleares)Angle bounces 152mm13 mm: HE pens from 127mm+	Bow-tank fits behind this exterior plate. Saturation is FAST here; the cap is often only a few thousand HP.
Hull (midship)	16 mm primary (range 16–25 mm)	19,400 (75% of HP)	Overmatched by 283mm+ AP (Nassau, Von Der Tann)Angle bounces 203mm16 mm: HE pens from 127mm+	Largest HP pool. Citadel sits behind these plates; thinner deck and side plating absorb the rest.
Stern	13 mm primary (range 6–30 mm)	1,400 (5% of HP)	Overmatched by 203mm+ AP (Desert Falcon, Baleares)Angle bounces 152mm13 mm: HE pens from 127mm+	Mirror of bow. Same fast saturation.
Citadel	60 mm primary (range 16–60 mm)	≈ 165,500 (effectively no cap)	Citadel pen: full damageOver-pen: ×0.10 damage	Effectively no cap; citadel pool sits at ~165k HP on every ship. An AP citadel penetration deals the shell's full damage, the biggest single hit available; only over-penetrations are damped, to ×0.10.
Superstructure	10 mm primary (range 10–40 mm)	1,200 (5% of HP)	Any HE ≥16 mm pens at full damage	Any HE ≥16 mm pens at full damage. HE-spam target, and the section saturates fast (often only a few thousand HP).
Turret (module, per magazine)	separate HP pool, does not drain ship HP	12,900 magazine HP	Turret knocked out	Per-turret powder-magazine HP, a separate pool that does not drain ship HP. As it is worn down the turret is likelier to be knocked out, and a smaller pool gets there faster.
Secondary mount (76.2 mm mount)	separate HP pool, does not drain ship HP	800 per-mount HP	Destroyed at 0 HP	Per-mount HP for the heaviest secondary on this ship. A mount destroyed at 0 HP is out for the rest of the battle; DCP does not repair destroyed mounts. Smaller (lighter-caliber) secondaries typically share the same HP value.
AA mount (25 mm mount)	separate HP pool, does not drain ship HP	200 per-mount HP	Destroyed at 0 HP	Per-mount HP for the heaviest AA on this ship. An AA mount destroyed at 0 HP stops shooting down planes for the rest of the battle; DCP does not repair destroyed mounts. HE shells specifically target AA mounts since the small-caliber HP pool falls fast.
Rudder (module)	separate HP pool, does not drain ship HP	7,700 module HP	Incapacitated at 0 HP	When module HP reaches 0 the rudder locks at its current angle until DCP repairs it. Repair via Damage Control Party.

Saturation cap = HP a section can absorb before further damage to it is reduced (the "bow-tank" effect). Citadel pool is ~165k on every ship (effectively no cap); damage is gated by pen/over-pen multipliers instead. Superstructure saturates fast but HE always pens regardless of the plate thickness. Rudder (and other module HPs) are a separate pool from ship HP: damaging a module doesn't drain ship HP. Incapacitated modules like the rudder and engine are restored by DCP, but secondary and AA mounts destroyed at 0 HP stay out for the rest of the battle.

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2024-03-26 · Early access / tech tree line Fleet From the Eastern Seas: New Japanese Light Cruisers in Early Access Line source 2024-03-21 · Patch notes April Update: The Stars Align Patch notes 2024-04-25 · Patch notes May Update: Gold and Crimson Patch notes 2025-07-31 · Patch notes Anniversary Update: Operation Piñata Patch notes

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