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AL Zara

Also called: AL 扎拉 Beta

Italy · Tier VI · CA Cruiser · Premium · Zara Variant

SAP cruiserTrade SAP volleys into exposed sides; survival is angling and target choice, not citadel fishing.

Playstyle

Hold 12-15 km angles with islands close enough to break line of sight when focus comes
The kit pays best when you choose your salvo target, not when you chase one
Avoid: Pouring SAP into bow-in or heavily armored targets

Key characteristics

Long torps (10 km)55 mm SAP penStealthy (10.9 km)Exhaust SmokeWide SAP fragmentsWeak torpedoes

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Playstyle

Overview

AL Zara is a Tier VI Italian SAP cruiser: her 203mm main battery fires semi-armor-piercing shells (54.9mm of fixed penetration) in place of HE. SAP lands one big guaranteed hit instead of fishing for fires, and it pens reliably without the angle checks AP lives or dies on, so she punishes broadsides, soft cruisers, and superstructures hard. The catch is that SAP shatters on heavy belt armor, so the kit is picking targets it bites rather than trading into a bow-in battleship. Standout traits: best wide SAP fragments in T6 CAs (30 m) and best magazine armor in T6 CAs (150 mm).

Positioning

Hold 12-15 km angles with islands close enough to break line of sight when focus comes; wait for soft cruisers and exposed superstructures where SAP lands full penetration rather than firing into the belt or bow armor it shatters on. The kit pays best when you choose your salvo target, not when you chase one. Shooting from the cloud gives you away at 6 km, and a destroyer here is spotted at about 6.9 km, so you see it coming with roughly 0.88 km to spare. Vision is mutual: past the 2 km guaranteed ring you cannot see out either, and nothing in her kit sees through it, so pop the smoke where someone is already lighting the enemy or you will sit in it with nothing to shoot. Enemy sonar (about 4.2 km) and radar (about 9 km) read straight in regardless. At 600 m the screen is wider than standard, so it can cover a teammate holding the same line as well as your own hull. Her handling reads as a contradiction and is not one: 9.8 s on the rudder means she starts turning late, while a 580 m circle means she comes around inside most of her cohort once she does. Decide a beat early and the turn itself will not let you down.

Potato Avoidance

Pouring SAP into bow-in or heavily armored targets

SAP shatters on the belt armor AP would pen, so salvos into an angled battleship are wasted damage. Her 35,500-HP hull does not recover from a punished salvo, so hunt the broadsides, soft cruisers, and exposed superstructures SAP bites cleanly, and angle to survive the return fire while you wait for them.

Signature Traits

Wide SAP fragments ↗

30 m SAP fragment radius, best of T6 CAs. Each hit scatters fragments over a wider area.

ELITE ARMOR ↗

Heavy magazine · 150 mm
Armored casemates · 150 mm
Strong torpedo belt · 19%
Thickest plate · 150 mm
Heavy citadel belt · 150 mm

Short torpedo warning ↗

7 s torpedo reaction window, top decile of the 33 T6 CAs with torpedoes. Detectability over arrival speed: once spotted, these fish leave targets less time to turn than peers' do.

Weak torpedoes ↗

12500 damage per torpedo, bottom decile of the 33 T6 CAs with torpedoes.

Acquisition

How to get AL Zara

AL Zara 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.

Best listed chance for this ship

Azur Lane V crate 3% Azur Lane Premium Ship Collaboration · Azur Lane V crate · 1 of 2 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

Official WG availability sources

Official WoWS Legends container odds Containers Official container drop rows linked below include direct and nested effective ship odds.
Set Sail to the Legendary Roman Empire Event/store source Start: 2026-05-04 · End: 2026-06-01 Official ship/event post that can indicate store, collaboration, event, return, or limited availability.

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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
Azur Lane V crate 3% · Azur Lane Premium Ship

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Builds

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Commanders frequently paired with this ship AL Zara Francesco Mimbelli Luigi Sansonetti

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Cohort position

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Where AL Zara sits among Tier VI CAs (42 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.

BestTurning circle580 m (1 of 3 tied) BestAP fuse timer0.03 s (1 of 21 tied) Top 10%Stealth profile10.92 km / 6.55 km (4/43 / 5/43) Top 10%Torpedo reaction time7 s (3/33) Top 25%AP pen at 10 km243 mm (7/42) Top 25%Torpedo reload71 s (7/33) Top 25%Max armor150 mm (9/43) Top 25%Citadel belt150 mm (7/43) Top 25%Deck armor80 mm (6/42) Bottom 25%Max speed32 kt (37/43) Bottom 25%Rudder shift9.8 s (36/43) Bottom 25%AP DPM150,857 (38/42) Bottom 25%Power-to-weight6.54 hp/t (35/43) Bottom 25%AA range4 km (39/43) Bottom 10%Flak per wave (expected)306 (39/42) Bottom 10%Torpedo damage≈12,500 (31/33) Bottom 10%Torpedo speed53 kt (31/33)

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Not standouts for AL Zara -- 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 points35,500 HP(19/43) Smoke fire bloom6.02 km(18/43) Traverse-to-turn ratio4.3 ×(33/43) Main battery caliber203 mm(14/43) Main battery range14.85 km(24/43) Main battery reload14 s(31/43) Sigma2(23/43) AP shell damage4,400(23/42) Main dispersion135.5 m(21/43) Secondary DPM (per side)90,000(21/38) Secondary HE alpha1,500(21/38) Secondary fire chance6%(23/38) Secondary HE pen17 mm(27/38) AP velocity900 m/s(13/42) Acceleration26.6 s(27/43) AP arming threshold34 mm(29/42) Engine power95,000 hp(27/43) Turn-speed retention163.8 hp/m(13/43) Displacement14,530 t(29/43) AA DPS256(27/43) AA threat806(33/43) Torpedo range9.99 km(11/33) Bow armor16 mm(26/43) Stern armor16 mm(26/43) NormSecondary dispersion bracket57(37 of 38 tied at this value) NormAP ricochet start45°(32 of 42 tied at this value) NormAP auto-bounce angle60°(31 of 42 tied at this value) NormTurn speed retained81%(39 of 43 tied at this value) NormSecondary range4.5 km(26 of 38 tied at this value)

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Stats & specs

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Survivability

Hit Points35,500

Displacement14,530 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.

182.8 x 20.6 m

Armor range13–150 mm

Plate armor thicknesses13, 16, 19, 20, 25, 30, 65, 70, 80, 90, 120, 140, 150 mm

Armor material/layer entries63

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.

30%

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 (3,195 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 (3,550 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.

19%

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.

18,600

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.

10,600

Repairable: penetration50%

Repairable: citadel10%

Repairable: steering gear50%

Main Battery

ModuleArtillery: 203 mm/53 Ansaldo 1927

Mounts / barrels4 mounts / 8 barrels

Reload time14 s

Firing range14.8 km

Turret traverse7 °/s

Turret armor150 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 ↓

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{14850}{30} \cdot \frac{8 - 1.1}{1000} + 1.1) \cdot 30 = 135.5 m

135.5 m at 14.8 km

Max Vert Disp

Vertical dispersion ellipse height at max range:

σ_{V} = σ_{H} \cdot radiusOnMax

= 135.5 \cdot 0.6 = 81.3 m

81.3 m at 14.8 km

Med Horiz Disp

50%-hit horizontal radius:

σ_{H, 50} = σ_{H} \cdot \frac{0.6}{σ}

= 135.5 \cdot \frac{0.6}{2} = 40.6 m

40.6 m at 14.8 km

Med Vert Disp

50%-hit vertical radius:

σ_{V, 50} = σ_{V} \cdot \frac{0.6}{σ}

= 81.3 \cdot \frac{0.6}{2} = 24.4 m

24.4 m at 14.8 km

Turret turn time

180 degrees / 7 deg/s traverse speed = 25.7 s.

25.7 s

Shells/min

8 broadside guns x 60 / 14 s base reload = 34.3.

34.3

SAP shells

SAP Damage5,400

SAP Velocity900 m/s

SAP Pen (mm)54.9

SAP Fragment Radius

SAP shell fragment splash radius; the area over which a SAP hit scatters fragment damage. Scales with shell mass (90mm ~ 5, 203mm CA ~ 20-30, 320mm = 175, 406mm = 250, 457mm = 400, max) and is tuned per ship, so two ships with the same SAP caliber can differ (135mm ranges 5-24). Larger value = wider fragment spread per hit.

AP shells

AP Damage4,400

AP Velocity900 m/s

Min Ricochet45 deg

Guaranteed Ricochet60 deg

Fuse Timer0.033 s

Fuse Threshold34 mm

AP overmatch

floor(203 mm caliber / 14.3) = 14 mm (AP auto-penetrates plating this thick or less).

14 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 2450 \cdot {125.3}^{0.69} \cdot {0.203}^{- 1.07} \cdot 900^{1.38} = 451.4 mm

. Matches the in-game spec card.

451.4 mm point-blank

AP Pen Far

Same formula at the ship's max firing range (14.8 km), where the shell has slowed to 473.8 m/s:

P = 10^{- 7} \cdot 2450 \cdot {125.3}^{0.69} \cdot {0.203}^{- 1.07} \cdot {473.8}^{1.38} = 186.2 mm

186.2 mm at 14.8 km

AP full-salvo alpha

4,400 AP damage x 8 broadside guns = 35,200.

35,200

AP DPM

35,200 AP full-salvo alpha x 60 / 14 s base reload = 150,857.

150,857

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: 533 mm tubo lanciasiluri

Launchers / tubes2 launchers × 3 tubes = 6 tubes

Reload time71 s

Projectile speed53 kt

Range9.99 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 = 37, 500 \cdot 0.333 = 12, 500

≈ 12,500

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.

13,500

Torpedo detectability1 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 km}{53 kt \times 2.6855} = 7 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.

7 s

Flooding chance

Read straight from the game's own data: this torpedo carries a flooding-chance value of 2.07 per hit, shown as

2.07 \times 100 = 207 %

. 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.

207%

Torpedo launcher traverse25 °/s

Launch arcs146° per side

Torp Turn

Time to rotate the launchers 180 deg:

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

7.2 s

Torp Arming172 m

Per-side salvo damage

One side firing, all torpedoes hitting: per-side tubes x per-torpedo simulated damage = 3 x 12,500 = 37,500.

37,500

AA Defense

AA mount points20

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.

4 km

37 mm/54 Breda 19386×2 37mm

20 mm/65 Breda 193910×1 20mm

20 mm/65 Breda 19354×2 20mm

100 mm /47 OTO 1928 (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 100mm

Guns100 mm /47 OTO 1928 (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 50 from dual-purpose secondaries firing as AA in this range band.

Range4 km

Guns37 mm/54 Breda 1938

Continuous DPS

Effective DPS: 41 raw aura damage × 3.5 × 0.9 hit probability = 129 - the same in-game units as the Close-range AA DPS headline.

129

Range3.5 km

Total DPS in Aura

Far 50 + Medium 129 = 179

179

Guns20 mm/65 Breda 1935 + 20 mm/65 Breda 1939

Continuous DPS

Effective DPS: 26 raw aura damage × 3.5 × 0.85 hit probability = 77 - the same in-game units as the Close-range AA DPS headline.

Range2 km

Total DPS in Aura

Far 50 + Medium 129 + Near 77 = 256

256

Bursts

Each ~2 s wave fires 2 quick salvos of 1 clouds ahead of the attacking squadron - up to 2 clouds per wave × 170 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 × 1 clouds

Cloud damage

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

170

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 4 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.

2.5-4 km

See the AA layers diagram ↓

Secondary Battery

Mounts6

Firing range4.5 km

Shell Grouping (σ)1

100 mm /47 OTO 1928 (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 100mm

Caliber100 mm

Reload time6 s

HE Damage1,500

Muzzle Velocity850 m/s

Fire Chance6%

Armor Pen17 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 power95,000 hp

Maximum speed32 kt

Turning circle radius580 m

Rudder shift time9.8 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 = 32 / 4 + 4.9 = 12.9 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.

12.9 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.

27.6 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).

9.6 kt

Acceleration 0-90%

Time to reach 90% of top speed (28.8 kt of 32 kt), from our in-house acceleration model.

26.6 s

Acceleration 0-99%

Time to reach 99% of top speed (31.7 kt of 32 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.

43.6 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{32.0 \cdot 0.5144}{580} = 1.63 ° / s

, so

ratio = \frac{ω_{turret}}{ω_{hull}} = \frac{7}{1.63} = 4.3 \times

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

4.3× drags

See the full acceleration curve ↓

Concealment

Detectability by sea10.92 km

Detectability by air6.55 km

Smoke firing penalty6.02 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.

14.85 km

Detect when firing (air)

Air detectability plus the gun-firing bloom (4.06 km, which tracks main-battery caliber x 0.020). Matches the in-game 'Detect Firing Air' value on every captured ship.

10.61 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.

12.92 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.

9.55 km

Guaranteed Detect2 km

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Consumables

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

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Exhaust Smoke Generator2 charges · 180 s reload · 20 s emit / 35 s cloud active · 600 m radius

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

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

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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 Disp135.5 m at 14.8 km

Horizontal dispersion ellipse width at max range, from the verified WoWS dispersion model:  $σ_{H} = (\frac{R}{30} \cdot \frac{idealRadius - minRadius}{idealDistance} + minRadius) \cdot 30$   $= (\frac{14850}{30} \cdot \frac{8 - 1.1}{1000} + 1.1) \cdot 30 = 135.5 m$

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 Disp81.3 m at 14.8 km

Vertical dispersion ellipse height at max range: $σ_{V} = σ_{H} \cdot radiusOnMax$ $= 135.5 \cdot 0.6 = 81.3 m$

Shell scatter height @ 10 km54.5 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  $delim \cdot R_{m a x} = 0.5 \cdot 14850 = 7425$  m, and  $radiusOnMax = 0.6$  at 14850 m. Above the kink:  $k = 0.5 + (0.6 - 0.5) \cdot \frac{10000 - 7425}{14850 - 7425} = 0.5347$ , so  $σ_{V} = σ_{H} \cdot k = 102 \cdot 0.5347 = 54.5 m$ .

Med Horiz Disp40.6 m at 14.8 km

50%-hit horizontal radius: $σ_{H, 50} = σ_{H} \cdot \frac{0.6}{σ}$ $= 135.5 \cdot \frac{0.6}{2} = 40.6 m$

Med Vert Disp24.4 m at 14.8 km

50%-hit vertical radius: $σ_{V, 50} = σ_{V} \cdot \frac{0.6}{σ}$ $= 81.3 \cdot \frac{0.6}{2} = 24.4 m$

AP Pen Close451.4 mm point-blank

Canonical community AP formula (jcw780/wows_shell), evaluated at muzzle velocity:  $P = 10^{- 7} \cdot K \cdot m^{0.69} \cdot d^{- 1.07} \cdot v_{0}^{1.38}$   $= 10^{- 7} \cdot 2450 \cdot {125.3}^{0.69} \cdot {0.203}^{- 1.07} \cdot 900^{1.38} = 451.4 mm$ . Matches the in-game spec card.

AP Pen Far186.2 mm at 14.8 km

Same formula at the ship's max firing range (14.8 km), where the shell has slowed to 473.8 m/s:  $P = 10^{- 7} \cdot 2450 \cdot {125.3}^{0.69} \cdot {0.203}^{- 1.07} \cdot {473.8}^{1.38} = 186.2 mm$ .

AP pen 5 km329 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 km243 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 flight time @ 10 km5.09 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:  $k = \frac{π C_{d} d^{2}}{8 m} = \frac{π \cdot 0.29 \cdot {0.203}^{2}}{8 \cdot 125.3} = 3.75 \times 10^{- 5}$ . That runs from a 900 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 overmatch14 mm

floor(203 mm caliber / 14.3) = 14 mm (AP auto-penetrates plating this thick or less).

AP AOE Radius30

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.

SAP Fragment Radius30

SAP shell fragment splash radius; the area over which a SAP hit scatters fragment damage. Scales with shell mass (90mm ~ 5, 203mm CA ~ 20-30, 320mm = 175, 406mm = 250, 457mm = 400, max) and is tuned per ship, so two ships with the same SAP caliber can differ (135mm ranges 5-24). Larger value = wider fragment spread per hit.

Broadside guns used for alpha8

All 8 barrels bear on the broadside.

Turret turn time25.7 s

180 degrees / 7 deg/s traverse speed = 25.7 s.

AP full-salvo alpha35,200

4,400 AP damage x 8 broadside guns = 35,200.

AP DPM150,857

35,200 AP full-salvo alpha x 60 / 14 s base reload = 150,857.

Shells/min34.3

8 broadside guns x 60 / 14 s base reload = 34.3.

Torpedoes

Torpedo detectability1 km

Estimated torpedo reaction time7 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 speed53 kt

Travel time to max range70.2 s

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

Torpedo module damage1,000

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 count6

2 launchers x 3 tubes.

Per-side salvo3 torpedoes

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

Full-salvo damage75,000

All tubes hitting one target: tubes x per-torpedo simulated damage = 6 x 12,500 = 75,000.

Per-side salvo damage37,500

One side firing, all torpedoes hitting: per-side tubes x per-torpedo simulated damage = 3 x 12,500 = 37,500.

AA defense

AA DPS at max range50

Only families that reach 4 km contribute at the outer edge of the AA bubble. In-game families: Breda 37mm double 6x2 -> 129 DPS @ 3.5 km; Breda 20mm 65 10x1 -> 55 DPS @ 2 km; 20mm65 Breda M1935 double 4x2 -> 22 DPS @ 2 km; 100mm 50 Mod OTO 6x2 -> 50 DPS @ 4 km.

Maximum AA range4 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 range50 DPS @ 4 km, 179 DPS @ 3.5 km, 256 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-blank256

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

AA threat index806

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 @ 4.5 km286.5 m

4.5 km × 57 + 30 = 286.5 m.

Secondary battery firepower

Secondary DPM (per side)90,000

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: 6×2 100 mm (6/side) × 60/6 × 1500 = 90,000. Assumes every shell hits (real hit rate is lower; the Brawl matchup tool on the Compare page folds in dispersion + target armor).

Max HE alpha1500

Maximum HE damage per shell across secondary HE families. Best on this ship: 1500 from the 100 mm family.

Max HE fire chance6%

Maximum per-shell fire chance across secondary HE families (before target fire resistance is applied). Best on this ship: 6% from the 100 mm family.

Max HE pen17 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: 17 mm from the 100 mm family.

Armor Beta

Hull HP 35,500, distributed across 5 hull zones, each with its own plate thicknesses, saturation cap, and pen thresholds. HP caps are estimated from the standard WoWs damage-allocation model.

Bow & stern16 mm

Overmatched by 125+ AP guns across the bracket. Can’t reliably bow-tank; gets bow-citadelled and overpenned.

Belt / citadel150 mm

AP can citadel a flat broadside even at range. Stay angled and avoid showing the full side.

Farming16 mm

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

Section	Plates	HP cap	Threats	Tactic
Bow	16 mm primary (range 16–30 mm)	≈ 1,775 (~5% of HP)	Overmatched by 283mm+ AP (Graf Spee, Scharnhorst)Angle bounces 203mm16 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)	140 mm primary (range 19–150 mm)	≈ 26,625 (~75% of HP)	No common AP caliber overmatches140 mm: no common HE pens	Largest HP pool. Citadel sits behind these plates; thinner deck and side plating absorb the rest.
Stern	16 mm primary (range 16–120 mm)	≈ 1,775 (~5% of HP)	Overmatched by 283mm+ AP (Graf Spee, Scharnhorst)Angle bounces 203mm16 mm: HE pens from 127mm+	Mirror of bow. Same fast saturation.
Citadel	150 mm primary (range 13–150 mm)	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	19 mm primary (range 19–150 mm)	no cap	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).

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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Balance History

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

Nerf ×1Buff ×8Main Battery ×1

2026-07-30

Ministry of Balance: Anniversary Tune-Up

Ship HP increased from 33,500 to 35,500:
Bow HP increased from 2,800 to 2,900.
Casemate HP increased from 2,400 to 2,600.
Auxiliary room HP increased from 500 to 600.
Stern HP increased from 2,300 to 2,400.
Hull HP increased from 25,100 to 26,600.
Steering gear HP reduced from 11,100 to 10,600.
Superstructure HP increased from 2,000 to 2,200.
SAP shell damage increased from 5,200 to 5,400.

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2024-09-06 · Official ship feature / stats Azur Lane: The Epic Comeback! Variant source 2026-07-30 · Patch notes Anniversary Update: Tides of Adventure Patch notes

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