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AL Montpelier

Also called: AL 蒙彼利埃 Beta

U.S.A. · Tier VII · CL Cruiser · Premium

HE fire-spam cruiserHE DPM plus Radar: farm fires while lighting caps for the team.

Playstyle

Hold 12-15 km from a contested cap with an island close enough to break sightline when focus shifts
Avoid: Using radar like a destroyer hunter rather than a position tool

Key characteristics

Radar (9 km)High HE / fire outputHigh AP DPMWide always-pen zoneStrong AASlow heal cycle

Variant of Cleveland

Al Montpelier is a variant of Cleveland with artillery buffs and maneuverability buff.

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Artillery

base firing range15,298 m+1,391 mBetter
AP damage3,300+100Better
HE damage2,300+100Better
HE fire chance13%+1%Better

Maneuverability

rudder shift6.5 s-0.7 sBetter

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Playstyle

Overview

AL Montpelier is a Tier VII American light cruiser whose 152mm guns farm HE fires and sustained DPM. Surveillance Radar (9 km) is the cap-control consumable on top, so she sets fights as well as winning them. AA (556 AA DPS at 5 km, +100% Defensive AA flak burst) ranks 3 of 57 in T7 CAs: heavy enough to make a careless strike expensive, though not the umbrella that shuts a carrier out of her grid. Standout traits: best AP always-pen window in T7 CAs (60°) and top-decile fires per minute in T7 CAs (14.9).

Positioning

Hold 12-15 km from a contested cap with an island close enough to break sightline when focus shifts. Push the radar forward only once the destroyer fight is yours; burning the drop to fish for a lone DD kill leaves the next push with no answer to smoke or vision. She is genuinely evasive in both phases of a turn, answering the helm in 6.5 s and carving a 660 m circle, so you can break a salvo and still be where you meant to go.

Potato Avoidance

Using radar like a destroyer hunter rather than a position tool

The consumable's value is locking down a cap your team can take, not stealing a single salvo on a lone DD. Burn it early to fish for a kill and the next push has no answer to smoke or vision. Yours reaches 9 km for 30 s, which is the whole window your team gets to act on what it shows.

Signature Traits

Surveillance Radar

9 km range, 30 s duration. Detects all enemy ships within a fixed radius regardless of line-of-sight. Controls caps and punishes smoke-firing DDs.

LOBBING BATTERY ↗

Wide always-pen zone · 60°
High fire pressure · 14.86 fires
HE DPM machine · 262857 HE
High-arc HE shells · 24.65°

Top-tier AA ↗

556 AA DPS, top decile of T7 CAs (median 375).

Slow heal cycle ↗

80 s Repair Party reload, worst of T7 CAs. Heals come off cooldown slower than peers.

Slow HE shells ↗

812 m/s HE muzzle velocity, bottom decile of T7 CAs. Lobby trajectory, harder to land at range.

Acquisition

How to get AL Montpelier

AL Montpelier is a Premium ship and not available to unlock in the Tech Tree. Acquisition path: Containers. 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.

ContainersAppears in official container odds below; availability depends on the container being sold or awarded.

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Azur Lane Crate: Ultimate 1% Azur Lane Premium Ship Collaboration · Azur Lane Crate: Ultimate · 1 of 6 ships
Azur Lane Crate: Ultimate II 0.75% Azur Lane Premium Ship Collaboration · Azur Lane Crate: Ultimate II · 1 of 8 ships
Azur Lane Crate: Ultimate III 0.545455% Azur Lane Premium Ship Collaboration · Azur Lane Crate: Ultimate III · 1 of 11 ships

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Azur Lane Crate: Ultimate IV 0.4% One of these ships New · Azur Lane Crate: Ultimate IV · 1 of 15 ships

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Official WoWS Legends container odds Containers Official container drop rows linked below include direct and nested effective ship odds.

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Azur Lane Crate: Ultimate 1% · Azur Lane Premium Ship
Azur Lane Crate: Ultimate II 0.75% · Azur Lane Premium Ship
Azur Lane Crate: Ultimate III 0.545455% · Azur Lane Premium Ship
Azur Lane Crate: Ultimate IV 0.4% · One of these ships

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Cohort position

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Where AL Montpelier sits among Tier VII CAs (56 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.

BestAP ricochet start60° (1 of 14 tied) Top 10%Turning circle660 m (5/57) Top 10%Fires per minute14.86 (3/49) Top 10%HE DPM262,857 (5/49) Top 10%Effective HE DPM (incl. fire)373,086 (3/49) Top 10%AA DPS556 (3/57) Top 25%Smoke fire bloom6.12 km (15/57) Top 25%Rudder shift6.5 s (9/57) Top 25%Traverse-to-turn ratio6.79 × (13/57) Top 25%Main battery reload6.3 s (15/57) Top 25%AP DPM377,143 (7/57) Top 25%Main dispersion138.6 m (15/57) Top 25%Secondary HE alpha1,800 (13/50) Top 25%AP auto-bounce angle67.5° (11/57) Top 25%Displacement13,976 t (13/57) Top 25%AA threat1,722 (11/57) Top 25%Flak per wave (expected)1,863 (15/57) Bottom 25%Main battery range15.3 km (44/57) Bottom 25%AP fuse timer0.01 s (49/57) Bottom 10%HE velocity812 m/s (47/49) WorstSecondary fire chance5% (1 of 22 tied) WorstAP velocity762 m/s (1 of 5 tied) WorstNo torpedoes (15 of 57 in cohort) WorstRepair heal rate0.5 %/s (1 of 18 tied)

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Not standouts for AL Montpelier -- 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 points36,900 HP(39/57) Max speed33 kt(31/57) Concealment12.54 km(29/57) Air detection7.52 km(27/57) Main battery caliber152 mm(41/57) Sigma2(29/57) HE shell damage2,300(35/49) HE fire chance13%(27/49) AP shell damage3,300(41/57) Secondary DPM (per side)108,000(32/50) Secondary HE pen21 mm(15/50) Acceleration26.5 s(35/56) AP arming threshold25 mm(19/57) Engine power100,000 hp(39/56) Turn-speed retention151.5 hp/m(33/56) Power-to-weight7.16 hp/t(29/56) AP pen at 10 km144 mm(33/57) AA range5 km(29/57) Max armor127 mm(42/57) NormSecondary dispersion bracket57(47 of 50 tied at this value) NormTurn speed retained81%(53 of 57 tied at this value) NormSecondary range5 km(46 of 50 tied at this value) NormRepair charges2(50 of 56 tied at this value)

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Stats & specs

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Survivability

Hit Points36,900

Displacement13,976 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.

185.9 x 20.2 m

Armor range13–127 mm

Plate armor thicknesses13, 16, 19, 25, 40, 51, 127 mm

Armor material/layer entries49

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.

36.6%

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 (3,321 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 (3,690 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.

18,500

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.

11,100

Effective HP

Base 36,900 HP plus everything Repair Party can restore: 0.5%/s x 28 s = 5,166 HP per charge, x2 charges = 10,332 HP. Ceiling, not a prediction: a charge only restores damage actually taken, and only the regeneratable share of it. Across 1,826 players in our replay corpus the median ship realized about half of this, mostly because half the charges go unspent — when Repair Party IS pressed it returns ~97% of the per-charge figure above. Repair Party is one choice in its slot on this ship, so this applies only if you take it.

47,232

Repairable: penetration50%

Repairable: citadel33%

Repairable: steering gear50%

Main Battery

ModuleArtillery: 152 mm Mk16

Mounts / barrels4 mounts / 12 barrels

Reload time7 s

Firing range15.3 km

Turret traverse10 °/s

Turret armor165 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.

4x ±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 / 30° off stern

See the firing-arcs diagram ↓

AP pen max range108 mm

HE fire DPM vs T7 BB99187

Effective HE DPM vs T7 BB335758

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{15298}{30} \cdot \frac{8 - 1.1}{1000} + 1.1) \cdot 30 = 138.6 m

138.6 m at 15.3 km

Max Vert Disp

Vertical dispersion ellipse height at max range:

σ_{V} = σ_{H} \cdot radiusOnMax

= 138.6 \cdot 0.6 = 83.1 m

83.1 m at 15.3 km

Med Horiz Disp

50%-hit horizontal radius:

σ_{H, 50} = σ_{H} \cdot \frac{0.6}{σ}

= 138.6 \cdot \frac{0.6}{2} = 41.6 m

41.6 m at 15.3 km

Med Vert Disp

50%-hit vertical radius:

σ_{V, 50} = σ_{V} \cdot \frac{0.6}{σ}

= 83.1 \cdot \frac{0.6}{2} = 24.9 m

24.9 m at 15.3 km

Turret turn time

180 degrees / 10 deg/s traverse speed = 18 s.

18 s

Shells/min

Zero upgrades: 12 broadside guns x 60 / 7 s base reload = 102.9. All upgrades (Main Battery Mod. 3 = -10% reload): 12 broadside guns x 60 / 6.3 s all-upgrades reload = 114.3.

Initial: 102.9 → 114.3

HE shells

HE Damage2,300

HE Velocity812 m/s

Fire Chance13%

HE penetration

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

25 mm

HE full-salvo alpha

2,300 HE damage x 12 broadside guns = 27,600.

27,600

HE DPM

Zero upgrades: 27,600 HE full-salvo alpha x 60 / 7 s base reload = 236,571. All upgrades (Main Battery Mod. 3 = -10% reload): 27,600 HE full-salvo alpha x 60 / 6.3 s all-upgrades reload = 262,857.

Initial: 236,571 → 262,857

Fires/min

Zero upgrades: 102.9 shells/min x 13% fire chance = 13.37. All upgrades (Main Battery Mod. 3 = -10% reload): 114.3 shells/min x 13% fire chance = 14.86.

Initial: 13.37 → 14.86

AP shells

AP Damage3,300

AP Velocity762 m/s

Min Ricochet60 deg

Guaranteed Ricochet67.5 deg

Fuse Timer0.01 s

Fuse Threshold25 mm

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 2445 \cdot 59^{0.69} \cdot {0.152}^{- 1.07} \cdot 762^{1.38} = 290.2 mm

. Matches the in-game spec card.

290.2 mm point-blank

AP Pen Far

Same formula at the ship's max firing range (15.3 km), where the shell has slowed to 372.3 m/s:

P = 10^{- 7} \cdot 2445 \cdot 59^{0.69} \cdot {0.152}^{- 1.07} \cdot {372.3}^{1.38} = 108 mm

108 mm at 15.3 km

AP full-salvo alpha

3,300 AP damage x 12 broadside guns = 39,600.

39,600

AP DPM

Zero upgrades: 39,600 AP full-salvo alpha x 60 / 7 s base reload = 339,429. All upgrades (Main Battery Mod. 3 = -10% reload): 39,600 AP full-salvo alpha x 60 / 6.3 s all-upgrades reload = 377,143.

Initial: 339,429 → 377,143

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.

AA Defense

AA mount points33

Maximum AA range

Longest-reaching family on the in-game AA card. Base AirDefense aura max range is 3.5 km; dual-purpose mount auras extend it.

5 km

40 mm Bofors Mk16×2 40mm

40 mm Bofors Mk24×4 40mm

20 mm Oerlikon Mk2023×2 20mm

127 mm Mk32 (DP)

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

6×2 127mm

Guns127 mm Mk32 (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 101 from dual-purpose secondaries firing as AA in this range band.

101

Range5 km

Guns40 mm Bofors Mk1 + 40 mm Bofors Mk2

Continuous DPS

Effective DPS: 65 raw aura damage × 3.5 × 0.9 hit probability = 205 - the same in-game units as the Close-range AA DPS headline.

205

Range3.5 km

Total DPS in Aura

Far 101 + Medium 205 = 306

306

Guns20 mm Oerlikon Mk20

Continuous DPS

Effective DPS: 84 raw aura damage × 3.5 × 0.85 hit probability = 250 - the same in-game units as the Close-range AA DPS headline.

250

Range2 km

Total DPS in Aura

Far 101 + Medium 205 + Near 250 = 556

556

Bursts

Each ~2 s wave fires 2 quick salvos of 4 clouds ahead of the attacking squadron, plus 1 stray cloud farther out that appear off-beat between waves - up to 9 clouds per wave × 230 damage each. Planes that fly into a cloud take its damage; clouds dissipate before the next wave lands. Defensive AA Fire, where fitted, multiplies the salvo repeats within each wave.

2 salvos × 4 clouds + 1 outer

Cloud damage

Damage a plane takes for flying into one flak cloud, before any reductions.

230

Cloud spawn chance

Each cloud in the pattern rolls this chance to spawn, so waves average fewer clouds than the maximum. Often called flak 'hit chance', but spawned clouds always damage planes that fly into them - the roll is on spawning.

90%

Wave rate

A flak wave spawns roughly every 2 s - timed frame-by-frame from gameplay footage and consistent across ships.

every ~2 s

Fired by

Flak keeps firing while at least one secondary battery mount is operational - even losing every other AA mount does not stop it.

Secondary battery

Flak zone

The activation band: flak fires while attacking planes are inside it. Clouds are placed ahead of the planes' path, so bursts can land short of 2.5 km or past 5 km - once planes get inside the band, new waves stop. AA range bonuses push the outer edge out; the 2.5 km inner edge does not move.

2.5-5 km

See the AA layers diagram ↓

Secondary Battery

Mounts6

Firing range5.0 km

Shell Grouping (σ)1

127 mm Mk32 (DP)

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

6×2 127mm

Caliber127 mm

Reload time6 s

HE Damage1,800

Muzzle Velocity792 m/s

Fire Chance5%

Armor Pen21 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 @ 5 km

5 km × 57 + 30 = 315 m.

315 m

Maneuverability

Engine power100,000 hp

Maximum speed33 kt

Turning circle radius660 m

Rudder shift time6.5 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 = 33 / 4 + 4.9 = 13.2 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.

13.2 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.

27.4 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).

11.6 kt

Acceleration 0-90%

Time to reach 90% of top speed (29.7 kt of 33 kt), from our in-house acceleration model.

26.5 s

Acceleration 0-99%

Time to reach 99% of top speed (32.7 kt of 33 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.

43.5 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{33.0 \cdot 0.5144}{660} = 1.47 ° / s

, so

ratio = \frac{ω_{turret}}{ω_{hull}} = \frac{10}{1.47} = 6.8 \times

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

6.8× slow

See the full acceleration curve ↓

Concealment

Detectability by sea12.54 km

Detectability by air7.52 km

Smoke firing penalty6.12 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.

15.3 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.

10.56 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.

14.54 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.

10.52 km

Guaranteed Detect2 km

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Consumables

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

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Sonar2 charges · 180 s reload · 96 s active · 4.44 km ship detect
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Derived from the consumable's 30 m grid-unit range (km = grid units x 30 / 1000): $\frac{148 \times 30}{1000} = 4.44 km$
· 3.12 km torpedo detect
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Derived from the consumable's 30 m grid-unit range (km = grid units x 30 / 1000): $\frac{104 \times 30}{1000} = 3.12 km$

Defensive AA Fire3 charges · 140 s reload · 25 s active · ×2 flak burst boost
ƒ
Repeats the flak burst pattern ×2 within each wave - more clouds in the air over the wave, at the same spots.

Surveillance Radar2 charges · 180 s reload · 30 s active · 9 km radar range
ƒ
Derived from the consumable's 30 m grid-unit range (km = grid units x 30 / 1000): $\frac{300 \times 30}{1000} = 9 km$

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Repair Party2 charges · 80 s reload · 28 s active · 5,166 HP (14% of max HP) total heal (per charge)
ƒ
Heal per second (0.5%) x effective active time (28 s) = up to 14% of max HP restored per charge.
· 10,332 HP (28% of max HP) total heal (all charges)
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14% per charge x 2 charges = up to 28% of max HP if the whole Repair Party loadout is used.
· 184 HP/s (0.5% of max HP) heal per second
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0.5% of max HP (36,900 HP) per second = 184 HP/s. WoWS heals a flat percent of MAX HP each second, so this rate holds at any health level.

Catapult Fighter3 charges · 80 s reload · 90 s active · 5 km patrol radius
ƒ
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

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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 Disp138.6 m at 15.3 km

Horizontal dispersion ellipse width at max range, from the verified WoWS dispersion model:  $σ_{H} = (\frac{R}{30} \cdot \frac{idealRadius - minRadius}{idealDistance} + minRadius) \cdot 30$   $= (\frac{15298}{30} \cdot \frac{8 - 1.1}{1000} + 1.1) \cdot 30 = 138.6 m$

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.

Shell scatter width @ 15 km136.5 m

Horizontal scatter at a fixed 15 km, from the same verified dispersion model - the long-range anchor. Only shown when the ship's guns reach 15 km.

Max Vert Disp83.1 m at 15.3 km

Vertical dispersion ellipse height at max range: $σ_{V} = σ_{H} \cdot radiusOnMax$ $= 138.6 \cdot 0.6 = 83.1 m$

Shell scatter height @ 10 km54.1 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  $delim \cdot R_{m a x} = 0.5 \cdot 15298 = 7649$  m, and  $radiusOnMax = 0.6$  at 15298 m. Above the kink:  $k = 0.5 + (0.6 - 0.5) \cdot \frac{10000 - 7649}{15298 - 7649} = 0.5307$ , so  $σ_{V} = σ_{H} \cdot k = 102 \cdot 0.5307 = 54.1 m$ .

Med Horiz Disp41.6 m at 15.3 km

50%-hit horizontal radius: $σ_{H, 50} = σ_{H} \cdot \frac{0.6}{σ}$ $= 138.6 \cdot \frac{0.6}{2} = 41.6 m$

Med Vert Disp24.9 m at 15.3 km

50%-hit vertical radius: $σ_{V, 50} = σ_{V} \cdot \frac{0.6}{σ}$ $= 83.1 \cdot \frac{0.6}{2} = 24.9 m$

AP Pen Close290.2 mm point-blank

Canonical community AP formula (jcw780/wows_shell), evaluated at muzzle velocity:  $P = 10^{- 7} \cdot K \cdot m^{0.69} \cdot d^{- 1.07} \cdot v_{0}^{1.38}$   $= 10^{- 7} \cdot 2445 \cdot 59^{0.69} \cdot {0.152}^{- 1.07} \cdot 762^{1.38} = 290.2 mm$ . Matches the in-game spec card.

AP Pen Far108 mm at 15.3 km

Same formula at the ship's max firing range (15.3 km), where the shell has slowed to 372.3 m/s:  $P = 10^{- 7} \cdot 2445 \cdot 59^{0.69} \cdot {0.152}^{- 1.07} \cdot {372.3}^{1.38} = 108 mm$ .

AP pen 5 km202 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 km144 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.

AP pen 15 km109 mm

AP penetration at a fixed 15 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 flight time @ 10 km6.25 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:  $k = \frac{π C_{d} d^{2}}{8 m} = \frac{π \cdot 0.28 \cdot {0.152}^{2}}{8 \cdot 59} = 4.31 \times 10^{- 5}$ . That runs from a 762 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 flight time @ 10 km6.28 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:  $k = \frac{π C_{d} d^{2}}{8 m} = \frac{π \cdot 0.28 \cdot {0.152}^{2}}{8 \cdot 47.6} = 5.34 \times 10^{- 5}$ . That runs from a 812 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 Radius17

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 alpha12

All 12 barrels bear on the broadside.

Turret turn time18 s

180 degrees / 10 deg/s traverse speed = 18 s.

HE full-salvo alpha27,600

2,300 HE damage x 12 broadside guns = 27,600.

AP full-salvo alpha39,600

3,300 AP damage x 12 broadside guns = 39,600.

HE DPMInitial: 236,571 → 262,857

Zero upgrades: 27,600 HE full-salvo alpha x 60 / 7 s base reload = 236,571. All upgrades (Main Battery Mod. 3 = -10% reload): 27,600 HE full-salvo alpha x 60 / 6.3 s all-upgrades reload = 262,857.

AP DPMInitial: 339,429 → 377,143

Zero upgrades: 39,600 AP full-salvo alpha x 60 / 7 s base reload = 339,429. All upgrades (Main Battery Mod. 3 = -10% reload): 39,600 AP full-salvo alpha x 60 / 6.3 s all-upgrades reload = 377,143.

Shells/minInitial: 102.9 → 114.3

Zero upgrades: 12 broadside guns x 60 / 7 s base reload = 102.9. All upgrades (Main Battery Mod. 3 = -10% reload): 12 broadside guns x 60 / 6.3 s all-upgrades reload = 114.3.

Fires/minInitial: 13.37 → 14.86

Zero upgrades: 102.9 shells/min x 13% fire chance = 13.37. All upgrades (Main Battery Mod. 3 = -10% reload): 114.3 shells/min x 13% fire chance = 14.86.

AA defense

AA DPS at max range101

Only families that reach 5 km contribute at the outer edge of the AA bubble. In-game families: 40mm Bofors Mk1 6x2 -> 123 DPS @ 3.5 km; 40mm Bofors Mk2 4x4 -> 82 DPS @ 3.5 km; 20mm Oerlikon MK20 Twin12 23x2 -> 250 DPS @ 2 km; 5in38 Mk32 Mod12 6x2 -> 101 DPS @ 5 km.

Maximum AA range5 km

Longest-reaching family on the in-game AA card. Base AirDefense aura max range is 3.5 km; dual-purpose mount auras extend it.

AA DPS layered by range101 DPS @ 5 km, 306 DPS @ 3.5 km, 556 DPS @ 2 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-blank556

Sum of every family's average DPS, achievable only inside the closest-range family (2 km).

AA threat index1722

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 range2 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 @ 5 km315 m

5 km × 57 + 30 = 315 m.

Secondary battery firepower

Secondary DPM (per side)108,000

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: 6×2 127 mm (6/side) × 60/6 × 1800 = 108,000. Assumes every shell hits (real hit rate is lower; the Brawl matchup tool on the Compare page folds in dispersion + target armor).

Max HE alpha1800

Maximum HE damage per shell across secondary HE families. Best on this ship: 1800 from the 127 mm family.

Max HE fire chance5%

Maximum per-shell fire chance across secondary HE families (before target fire resistance is applied). Best on this ship: 5% from the 127 mm family.

Max HE pen21 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: 21 mm from the 127 mm family.

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Balance History

Balance updates affecting AL Montpelier. Cards are condensed; use each source link for full context.

Nerf ×2Buff ×4Main Battery ×6

2026-07-30

Ministry of Balance: Anniversary Tune-Up

Main battery firing range increased from 13.9 to 15,2 km.
Main battery reload time reduced from 7.5 to 7 seconds.
Main battery HE shell air drag reduced from 0.3 to 0.28.
Main battery AP shell minimum ricochet angle increased from 45° to 60°.
Main battery AP shell guaranteed ricochet angle increased from 60° to 67.5°.
Main battery AP shell air drag reduced from 0.3 to 0.28.

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AL Montpelier

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