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Arkansas FE

Also called: 阿肯色 FE Beta

U.S.A. · Tier III · Battleship · Premium

AP-DPM battleshipHigh gun throughput: keep the mains firing and bleed every broadside that shows.

Playstyle

Hold 10-13 km on a flank with firing arcs into rotating cruisers and broadside BBs
Avoid: Taking the long way round the map edge to flank

Key characteristics

High HE DPMHigh AP DPMFlat AP shellsLong DCP windowTighter secondary dispersionSluggish rudder

Variant of Arkansas

Cosmetic-only variant of Arkansas. Identical to Arkansas on every audited stat (main and secondary battery, survivability, maneuverability, concealment, AA, modules, consumables, and secondary dispersion type); differs in appearance and acquisition only.

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Playstyle

Overview

Arkansas FE is a Tier III American AP-DPM battleship (199,200 AP DPM): her main battery throughput is cohort-best, so the kit pays out by punishing every broadside she catches rather than waiting for a perfect alpha salvo. Keep the guns reloading on targets, not on cover. Standout traits: best AP shell velocity in T3 BBs (884) and best DCP duration in T3 BBs (20 s).

Positioning

Hold 10-13 km on a flank with firing arcs into rotating cruisers and broadside BBs. The kit's value is salvo cycle count, so prioritize a position where the next reload always has a target; bow on between salvos and trade angles rather than holding broadside for a single shot. With 17.8 s on the rudder she starts turning late, so the angle has to be set before you are shot at.

Potato Avoidance

Taking the long way round the map edge to flank

At 20.5 kn five minutes of sailing buys about 3.2 km, so a border run costs most of the mid-game and arrives after the fight it was meant to decide. She wins by holding a lane and trading from it: pick the flank before the first salvo, then let the guns do the travelling.

Signature Traits

ELITE MAIN BATTERY ↗

Flat AP shells · 884 m
AP DPM machine · 199200 AP
Flat AP trajectory
Fast AP shells · 4.98 s

Long DCP window ↗

20 s Damage Control duration, best of T3 BBs. Stays fire / flood immune longer per activation.

ELITE SECONDARIES ↗

Tighter secondary dispersion · 85.8 m
Tighter secondary dispersion

Sluggish rudder ↗

17.8 s rudder shift, worst of T3 BBs. Hard to dodge incoming AP; lean on island cover.

Acquisition

How to get Arkansas FE

Arkansas FE is a Premium ship and not available to unlock in the Tech Tree. Acquisition path: Premium/Event.

Premium/EventAvailability usually depends on store rotations, event reruns, collaborations, coupons, or special offers.

Builds

Pair with a commander whose unique skill complements her main armament; check the build tool for current recommendations.

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Commanders frequently paired with this ship William Sims Willis Lee AL Colorado AL New Jersey

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Cohort position

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Where Arkansas FE sits among Tier III BBs (18 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 DPM199,200 (1 of 2 tied) BestSecondary dispersion bracket8.4 (1/18) BestAP velocity884 m/s (1 of 2 tied) Top 25%Hit points43,800 HP (3/18) Top 25%Traverse-to-turn ratio3.91 × (5/18) Top 25%HE DPM100,800 (3/18) Top 25%Main dispersion191.8 m (5/18) Top 25%AP pen at 10 km340 mm (3/18) Top 25%Effective HE DPM (incl. fire)135,442 (5/18) Top 25%Citadel belt279 mm (5/18) Bottom 25%Max speed20.5 kt (15/18) Bottom 25%Main battery range13.18 km (17/18) Bottom 25%Secondary fire chance6% (14/17) Bottom 25%Turn-speed retention47.5 hp/m (15/17) Bottom 25%Displacement27,680 t (15/18) Bottom 25%Power-to-weight1.01 hp/t (15/17) WorstRudder shift17.8 s (18/18) WorstNo AA (3 of 18 in cohort)

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Not standouts for Arkansas FE -- 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.

Concealment12.51 km(11/18) Smoke fire bloom9.55 km(13/18) Air detection10.01 km(13/18) Turning circle590 m(9/18) Main battery caliber305 mm(9/18) Main battery reload30 s(11/18) Sigma1.5(14/18) HE shell damage4,200(11/18) HE fire chance22%(14/18) Fires per minute5.28(9/18) AP shell damage8,300(7/18) Secondary DPM (per side)162,000(6/18) Secondary HE alpha1,800(9/17) Secondary HE pen21 mm(11/17) HE velocity884 m/s(6/18) Acceleration36.3 s(13/17) AP arming threshold51 mm(10/18) Engine power28,000 hp(11/17) Secondary range4.5 km(7/18) Repair charges3(9/18) Max armor292 mm(11/18) Bow armor19 mm(9/18) Stern armor19 mm(10/18) Deck armor38 mm(11/18) NormAP fuse timer0.01 s(13 of 18 tied at this value)

Peers in this cohort

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Stats & specs

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Survivability

Hit Points43,800

Displacement27,680 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.

171.3 x 28.4 m (same hull as arkansas)

Armor range13–292 mm

Plate armor thicknesses13, 19, 21, 23, 25, 28, 30, 38, 51, 76, 89, 165, 229, 279, 292 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.

10%

Fire duration60 s

Fire damage

Each fire ticks 0.3% of max HP per second for the full 60 s, so one unattended fire burns 18% of the pool (7,884 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 0.5% of max HP per second for the 40 s duration, so one unattended flood costs 20% of the pool (8,760 HP on this ship). Verified against measured flood ticks in replay data.

0.5% 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.

13%

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.

21,900

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.

13,100

Effective HP

Base 43,800 HP plus everything Repair Party can restore: 0.5%/s x 28 s = 6,132 HP per charge, x3 charges = 18,396 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.

62,196

Repairable: penetration50%

Repairable: citadel10%

Repairable: steering gear50%

Main Battery

ModuleArtillery: 305 mm Mk7

Mounts / barrels6 mounts / 12 barrels

Reload time30 s

Firing range13.2 km

Turret traverse4 °/s

Turret armor305 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.

±143°, ±125°, ±130°, ±150°, ±141°, ±144°

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.

55° off bow / 50° off stern

See the firing-arcs diagram ↓

HE fire DPM vs T3 BB34642

Effective HE DPM vs T3 BB135442

Shell Grouping (σ)1.5

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{13183}{30} \cdot \frac{12 - 2}{1000} + 2) \cdot 30 = 191.8 m

191.8 m at 13.2 km

Max Vert Disp

Vertical dispersion ellipse height at max range:

σ_{V} = σ_{H} \cdot radiusOnMax

= 191.8 \cdot 0.6 = 115.1 m

115.1 m at 13.2 km

Med Horiz Disp

50%-hit horizontal radius:

σ_{H, 50} = σ_{H} \cdot \frac{0.6}{σ}

= 191.8 \cdot \frac{0.6}{1.5} = 76.7 m

76.7 m at 13.2 km

Med Vert Disp

50%-hit vertical radius:

σ_{V, 50} = σ_{V} \cdot \frac{0.6}{σ}

= 115.1 \cdot \frac{0.6}{1.5} = 46 m

46 m at 13.2 km

Turret turn time

180 degrees / 4 deg/s traverse speed = 45 s.

45 s

Shells/min

12 broadside guns x 60 / 30 s base reload = 24.

HE shells

HE Damage4,200

HE Velocity884 m/s

Fire Chance22%

HE penetration

51 mm ≈ 305 mm caliber / 6 (standard HE penetration ratio).

51 mm

HE full-salvo alpha

4,200 HE damage x 12 broadside guns = 50,400.

50,400

HE DPM

50,400 HE full-salvo alpha x 60 / 30 s base reload = 100,800.

100,800

Fires/min

24 shells/min x 22% fire chance = 5.28.

5.28

AP shells

AP Damage8,300

AP Velocity884 m/s

Min Ricochet45 deg

Guaranteed Ricochet60 deg

Fuse Timer0.01 s

Fuse Threshold51 mm

AP overmatch

floor(305 mm caliber / 14.3) = 21 mm (AP auto-penetrates plating this thick or less).

21 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 2226 \cdot {394.6}^{0.69} \cdot {0.305}^{- 1.07} \cdot 884^{1.38} = 571.2 mm

. Matches the in-game spec card.

571.2 mm point-blank

AP Pen Far

Same formula at the ship's max firing range (13.2 km), where the shell has slowed to 544.4 m/s:

P = 10^{- 7} \cdot 2226 \cdot {394.6}^{0.69} \cdot {0.305}^{- 1.07} \cdot {544.4}^{1.38} = 292.6 mm

292.6 mm at 13.2 km

AP full-salvo alpha

8,300 AP damage x 12 broadside guns = 99,600.

99,600

AP DPM

99,600 AP full-salvo alpha x 60 / 30 s base reload = 199,200.

199,200

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 points0

Maximum AA range

In-game AA card max range: None km. Only the longest-reach family contributes at this distance.

None km

Secondary Battery

Mounts21

Firing range4.5 km

Shell Grouping (σ)1

Secondary dispersion type

Max dispersion = range (km) × 8.4 + 48. Each dispersion type sets its own slope; this is not a percentage applied to a standard baseline.

Arkansas / Graf Zeppelin (unique formula)

Max secondary dispersion @ 4.5 km

4.5 km × 8.4 + 48 = 85.8 m.

85.8 m

Caliber127 mm

Reload time7 s

HE Damage1,800

Muzzle Velocity960 m/s

Fire Chance6%

Armor Pen21 mm

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Caliber127 mm

Reload time7 s

HE Damage1,800

Muzzle Velocity960 m/s

Fire Chance6%

Armor Pen21 mm

Maneuverability

Engine power28,000 hp

Maximum speed20.5 kt

Turning circle radius590 m

Rudder shift time17.8 s

Engine power-boost threshold7 kt

Engine spool-up time23 s

Reverse spool-up time11.5 s

Reverse speed

top speed / 4 + 4.9 = 20.5 / 4 + 4.9 = 10 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.

10 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.

46.7 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).

7.1 kt

Acceleration 0-90%

Time to reach 90% of top speed (18.4 kt of 20.5 kt), from our in-house acceleration model.

36.3 s

Acceleration 0-99%

Time to reach 99% of top speed (20.3 kt of 20.5 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.

60.3 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{20.5 \cdot 0.5144}{590} = 1.02 ° / s

, so

ratio = \frac{ω_{turret}}{ω_{hull}} = \frac{4}{1.02} = 3.9 \times

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

3.9× drags

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Concealment

Detectability by sea12.51 km

Detectability by air10.01 km

Smoke firing penalty9.55 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.

13.18 km

Detect when firing (air)

Air detectability plus the gun-firing bloom (6.1 km, which tracks main-battery caliber x 0.020). Matches the in-game 'Detect Firing Air' value on every captured ship.

16.11 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.

14.51 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.

13.01 km

Guaranteed Detect2 km

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Consumables

Damage Control Party∞ charges · 80 s reload · 20 s active

Repair Party3 charges · 80 s reload · 28 s active · 6,132 HP (14% of max HP) total heal (per charge)
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Heal per second (0.5%) x effective active time (28 s) = up to 14% of max HP restored per charge.
· 18,396 HP (42% of max HP) total heal (all charges)
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14% per charge x 3 charges = up to 42% of max HP if the whole Repair Party loadout is used.
· 219 HP/s (0.5% of max HP) heal per second
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0.5% of max HP (43,800 HP) per second = 219 HP/s. WoWS heals a flat percent of MAX HP each second, so this rate holds at any health level.

Secondary Battery Booster3 charges · 160 s reload · 30 s active · +100% grouping · -50% dispersion

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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)1.5

Max Horiz Disp191.8 m at 13.2 km

Horizontal dispersion ellipse width at max range, from the verified WoWS dispersion model:  $σ_{H} = (\frac{R}{30} \cdot \frac{idealRadius - minRadius}{idealDistance} + minRadius) \cdot 30$   $= (\frac{13183}{30} \cdot \frac{12 - 2}{1000} + 2) \cdot 30 = 191.8 m$

Shell scatter width @ 5 km110 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 km160 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 Disp115.1 m at 13.2 km

Vertical dispersion ellipse height at max range: $σ_{V} = σ_{H} \cdot radiusOnMax$ $= 191.8 \cdot 0.6 = 115.1 m$

Shell scatter height @ 10 km88.3 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  $delim \cdot R_{m a x} = 0.5 \cdot 13183 = 6592$  m, and  $radiusOnMax = 0.6$  at 13183 m. Above the kink:  $k = 0.5 + (0.6 - 0.5) \cdot \frac{10000 - 6592}{13183 - 6592} = 0.5517$ , so  $σ_{V} = σ_{H} \cdot k = 160 \cdot 0.5517 = 88.3 m$ .

Med Horiz Disp76.7 m at 13.2 km

50%-hit horizontal radius: $σ_{H, 50} = σ_{H} \cdot \frac{0.6}{σ}$ $= 191.8 \cdot \frac{0.6}{1.5} = 76.7 m$

Med Vert Disp46 m at 13.2 km

50%-hit vertical radius: $σ_{V, 50} = σ_{V} \cdot \frac{0.6}{σ}$ $= 115.1 \cdot \frac{0.6}{1.5} = 46 m$

AP Pen Close571.2 mm point-blank

Canonical community AP formula (jcw780/wows_shell), evaluated at muzzle velocity:  $P = 10^{- 7} \cdot K \cdot m^{0.69} \cdot d^{- 1.07} \cdot v_{0}^{1.38}$   $= 10^{- 7} \cdot 2226 \cdot {394.6}^{0.69} \cdot {0.305}^{- 1.07} \cdot 884^{1.38} = 571.2 mm$ . Matches the in-game spec card.

AP Pen Far292.6 mm at 13.2 km

Same formula at the ship's max firing range (13.2 km), where the shell has slowed to 544.4 m/s:  $P = 10^{- 7} \cdot 2226 \cdot {394.6}^{0.69} \cdot {0.305}^{- 1.07} \cdot {544.4}^{1.38} = 292.6 mm$ .

AP pen 5 km439 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 km340 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 km4.98 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:  $k = \frac{π C_{d} d^{2}}{8 m} = \frac{π \cdot 0.337 \cdot {0.305}^{2}}{8 \cdot 394.6} = 3.12 \times 10^{- 5}$ . That runs from a 884 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 km4.98 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:  $k = \frac{π C_{d} d^{2}}{8 m} = \frac{π \cdot 0.337 \cdot {0.305}^{2}}{8 \cdot 394.6} = 3.12 \times 10^{- 5}$ . That runs from a 884 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 penetration51 mm

51 mm ≈ 305 mm caliber / 6 (standard HE penetration ratio).

AP overmatch21 mm

floor(305 mm caliber / 14.3) = 21 mm (AP auto-penetrates plating this thick or less).

AP AOE Radius40

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 time45 s

180 degrees / 4 deg/s traverse speed = 45 s.

HE full-salvo alpha50,400

4,200 HE damage x 12 broadside guns = 50,400.

AP full-salvo alpha99,600

8,300 AP damage x 12 broadside guns = 99,600.

HE DPM100,800

50,400 HE full-salvo alpha x 60 / 30 s base reload = 100,800.

AP DPM199,200

99,600 AP full-salvo alpha x 60 / 30 s base reload = 199,200.

Shells/min24

12 broadside guns x 60 / 30 s base reload = 24.

Fires/min5.28

24 shells/min x 22% fire chance = 5.28.

AA defense

AA DPS at point-blankNone

In-game AA card sum: None DPS, achievable only when a target is inside the shortest-range AA family. Captured as a point-blank total only -- per-family breakdown not yet recorded for this ship, so the DPS at None km is unknown.

Maximum AA rangeNone km

In-game AA card max range: None km. Only the longest-reach family contributes at this distance.

Secondary battery dispersion

Secondary dispersion typeArkansas / Graf Zeppelin (unique formula)

Max dispersion = range (km) × 8.4 + 48. Each dispersion type sets its own slope; this is not a percentage applied to a standard baseline.

Max secondary dispersion @ 4.5 km85.8 m

4.5 km × 8.4 + 48 = 85.8 m.

Secondary battery firepower

Secondary DPM (per side)162,000

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: 11×1 127 mm (5.5/side) × 60/7 × 1800 = 84,857 + 10×1 127 mm (5/side) × 60/7 × 1800 = 77,143. 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 chance6%

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

Armor Beta

Hull HP 43,800, 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 & stern19 mm

Overmatched by 47+ AP guns across the bracket. Can’t reliably bow-tank; gets bow-citadelled and overpenned.

Belt / citadel279 mm

Citadels come from a flat broadside at close range; held past ~30° of angle, AP shatters or bounces.

Farming13 mm

Superstructure and extremities take HE pens and AP overpens from nearly any gun: steady chip damage. Fire resistance 10%, fires burn 60s. Range-by-range in the Compare tool →

Section	Plates	HP cap	Threats	Tactic
Bow	19 mm primary (range 19–51 mm)	1,300 (3% of HP)	Overmatched by 283mm+ AP (Nassau, Von Der Tann)Angle bounces 203mm19 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)	229 mm primary (range 25–279 mm)	32,900 (75% of HP)	No common AP caliber overmatches229 mm: no common HE pens	Largest HP pool. Citadel sits behind these plates; thinner deck and side plating absorb the rest.
Stern	19 mm primary (range 19–89 mm)	1,100 (3% of HP)	Overmatched by 283mm+ AP (Nassau, Von Der Tann)Angle bounces 203mm19 mm: HE pens from 127mm+	Mirror of bow. Same fast saturation.
Citadel	279 mm primary (range 13–279 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	13 mm primary (range 13–292 mm)	1,200 (3% 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	21,900 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 (127 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.
Rudder (module)	separate HP pool, does not drain ship HP	13,100 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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Arkansas FE

Variant of Arkansas

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