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Caledon

Also called: 卡利登 Beta

U.K. · Tier II · CL Cruiser · Tech Tree: Skirmishing Cruisers

All-rounder cruiserNo glaring weakness: pick AP, HE, or cap support to fit the team and the map.

Playstyle

Hold under 10 km with islands tight enough to break vision on demand
Avoid: Firing the moment an enemy appears

Key characteristics

Wide always-pen zoneLate auto-bounceExtra heal chargesQuick accelerationThickest plateQuick-fuse AP

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Playstyle

Overview

Caledon is a Tier II British all-rounder light cruiser with 152mm guns at 11.2 km: no single dominant trait, but competent at AP citadels, HE pressure, and cap support. Adapt to the team comp - DD hunter, BB chip, or cap contester - rather than locking into one role. Standout traits: best AP always-pen window in T2 CAs (65°) and best AP guaranteed-ricochet angle in T2 CAs (80°).

Positioning

Hold under 10 km with islands tight enough to break vision on demand. The HE pressure rewards a steady firing arc more than rotation play; pick a corner of the map you can hold and work fires from there. Your AP loses penetration at range, so aim at superstructures or pen-able hull armor, not the bow-in or belt armor it bounces and shatters on. The helm answers fast (5.6 s) but the circle is wide (530 m): weave to spoil aim rather than committing to turns, because a committed turn gives up more water than the quick rudder saves you.

Potato Avoidance

Firing the moment an enemy appears

The guns are what reveal you: one salvo lights you up from 8.6 km away, and a battleship that suddenly has a broadside cruiser to shoot at will take the free citadels, which is 19,000 HP back to port in a single salvo. Choose the angle and the cover you will shoot from BEFORE anything spots you, so your first salvo is one you can turn away from rather than one that starts a trade you cannot win.

Signature Traits

ELITE MAIN BATTERY ↗

Wide always-pen zone · 65°
Late auto-bounce · 80°
Sensitive AP fuse · 12 mm

Extra heal charges ↗

2 Repair Party charges, best of T2 CAs. More total HP available across a match.

Quick acceleration ↗

~7.8 s to 90% of top speed, top decile of T2 CAs. Rebuilds speed quickly after a turn or stop, and sustains acceleration through the mid-range.

Thickest plate ↗

152 mm on her single heaviest plate, top decile of T2 CAs. Its thickest plate is beyond any HE or AP overmatch in the game, though that is one belt rather than the ship as a whole.

Quick-fuse AP ↗

0.0 s AP fuse timer, bottom decile of T2 CAs. Bursts earlier in the plate; trades belt-citadels for reliable damage against thin targets (cruiser-on-cruiser specialty).

Thin deck ↗

6 mm armor deck, bottom quartile of T2 CAs. Plunging fire and HE eat through.

Acquisition

How to get Caledon

Caledon is available in the Skirmishing Cruisers branch of the U.K. Tech Tree for 13,000 credits after researching it in the branch. Known module upgrades cost up to 2,600 credits.

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U.K. Tech Tree

Caledon sits in the Skirmishing Cruisers branch. The highlighted path shows the local branch context inside the full U.K. tree.

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Builds

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Commanders frequently paired with this ship AL Belfast AL Cheshire AL Neptune

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Cohort position

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Where Caledon sits among Tier II CAs (25 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.

BestAcceleration7.8 s (1/26) BestAP arming threshold12 mm (1/25) BestAP ricochet start65° (1/25) BestAP auto-bounce angle80° (1/25) BestRepair charges2 (1 of 2 tied) Top 10%Turn speed retained93.1% (2/26) Top 25%Max speed29 kt (5/26) Top 25%Stealth profile8.59 km / 5.15 km (5/26 / 5/26) Top 25%Rudder shift5.6 s (6/26) Top 25%Traverse-to-turn ratio6.2 × (5/26) Top 25%AP velocity853 m/s (7/25) Top 25%Engine power40,000 hp (5/26) Top 25%Turn-speed retention75.5 hp/m (5/26) Top 25%Displacement5,278 t (6/26) Top 25%Power-to-weight7.58 hp/t (4/26) Top 25%Torpedo damage≈9,100 (2/6) Top 25%Torpedo reaction time7.7 s (2/6) Top 25%Max armor152 mm (5/26) Bottom 25%Hit points19,000 HP (23/26) Bottom 25%Turning circle530 m (23/26) WorstNo secondaries (10 of 26 in cohort) WorstAP fuse timer0 s (25/25) WorstFlak per wave (expected)180 (1 of 4 tied) WorstTorpedo range6 km (1 of 2 tied) WorstDeck armor6 mm (1 of 3 tied)

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Not standouts for Caledon -- 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.

Smoke fire bloom3.72 km(10/26) Main battery caliber152 mm(10/26) Main battery range11.16 km(14/26) Main battery reload8 s(13/26) Sigma2(12/26) AP shell damage2,900(9/25) AP DPM108,750(18/25) Main dispersion110 m(13/26) AP pen at 10 km62 mm(13/25) AA DPS65(7/17) AA range3 km(9/17) AA threat124(7/17) Torpedo speed53 kt(5/6) Torpedo reload41 s(3/6) Citadel belt76 mm(11/26) NormBow armor6 mm(24 of 26 tied at this value) NormStern armor6 mm(23 of 26 tied at this value)

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Stats & specs

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Survivability

Hit PointsInitial: 17,500 → 19,000

Displacement5,278 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.

137 x 13.7 m (measured from the ship model)

Armor range6–152 mm

Plate armor thicknesses6, 10, 13, 16, 25, 38, 57, 76, 152 mm

Armor material/layer entries41

Fire resistance

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

Initial: 0% → 3.3%

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 (1,710 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 (1,900 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.

9,500

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.

5,700

Effective HP

Base 19,000 HP plus everything Repair Party can restore: 0.5%/s x 28 s = 2,660 HP per charge, x2 charges = 5,320 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.

24,320

Repairable: penetration50%

Repairable: citadel10%

Repairable: steering gear50%

Main Battery

ModuleArtillery: 152 mm/45 PXIII*

Mounts / barrels5 mounts / 5 barrels

Reload time8 s

Firing range (base)10.1 km

Firing range (top fire control)11.2 km

Turret traverse10 °/s

Turret armor76 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.

±146°, ±148°, ±145°

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.

35° off bow / 34° off stern

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{11163.9}{30} \cdot \frac{8 - 1.1}{1000} + 1.1) \cdot 30 = 110 m

110 m at 11.2 km

Max Vert Disp

Vertical dispersion ellipse height at max range:

σ_{V} = σ_{H} \cdot radiusOnMax

= 110 \cdot 0.6 = 66 m

66 m at 11.2 km

Med Horiz Disp

50%-hit horizontal radius:

σ_{H, 50} = σ_{H} \cdot \frac{0.6}{σ}

= 110 \cdot \frac{0.6}{2} = 33 m

33 m at 11.2 km

Med Vert Disp

50%-hit vertical radius:

σ_{V, 50} = σ_{V} \cdot \frac{0.6}{σ}

= 66 \cdot \frac{0.6}{2} = 19.8 m

19.8 m at 11.2 km

Turret turn time

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

18 s

Shells/min

5 broadside guns x 60 / 8 s base reload = 37.5.

37.5

AP shells

AP Damage2,900

AP Velocity853 m/s

Min Ricochet65 deg

Guaranteed Ricochet80 deg

Fuse Timer0.004 s

Fuse Threshold12 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 2045 \cdot {45.36}^{0.69} \cdot {0.152}^{- 1.07} \cdot 853^{1.38} = 236.6 mm

. Matches the in-game spec card.

236.6 mm point-blank

AP Pen Far

Same formula at the ship's max firing range (11.2 km), where the shell has slowed to 296.2 m/s:

P = 10^{- 7} \cdot 2045 \cdot {45.36}^{0.69} \cdot {0.152}^{- 1.07} \cdot {296.2}^{1.38} = 55 mm

55 mm at 11.2 km

AP full-salvo alpha

2,900 AP damage x 5 broadside guns = 14,500.

14,500

AP DPM

14,500 AP full-salvo alpha x 60 / 8 s base reload = 108,750.

108,750

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 Mk II*

Launchers / tubes4 launchers × 2 tubes = 8 tubes

Reload time41 s

Projectile speed53 kt

Range6 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 = 27, 300 \cdot 0.333 = 9, 100

≈ 9,100

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.

10,000

Torpedo detectability1.1 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{1.1 km}{53 kt \times 2.6855} = 7.7 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.

7.7 s

Flooding chance

Read straight from the game's own data: this torpedo carries a flooding-chance value of 1.6 per hit, shown as

1.6 \times 100 = 160 %

. 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.

160%

Torpedo launcher traverse25 °/s

Launch arcsport 143°, 143°; starboard 153°, 153°

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 = 4 x 9,100 = 36,400.

36,400

AA Defense

AA mount pointsInitial: 4 → 6

Maximum AA range

Longest-reaching family on the in-game AA card. Base AirDefense aura max range is 3 km; dual-purpose mount auras extend it.

3 km

76.2 mm/45 HA Mk IV2×1 76mm

40 mm Vickers 2-pdr. QF Mk II2×1 40mm

7.7 mm Maxim machine gun Mk I (upgraded hull only)2×1 8mm

Guns76.2 mm/45 HA Mk IV

Continuous DPS

Effective DPS: 3 raw aura damage × 3.5 × 0.9 hit probability = 9 - the same in-game units as the Close-range AA DPS headline.

Range3 km

Guns40 mm Vickers 2-pdr. QF Mk II

Continuous DPS

Effective DPS: 13 raw aura damage × 3.5 × 0.9 hit probability = 41 - the same in-game units as the Close-range AA DPS headline.

Initial: 35 → 41

Range2 km

Total DPS in Aura

Far 9 + Medium 41 = 50

Guns7.7 mm Maxim machine gun Mk I

Continuous DPS

Effective DPS: 5 raw aura damage × 3.5 × 0.85 hit probability = 15 - the same in-game units as the Close-range AA DPS headline.

Range1 km

Total DPS in Aura

Far 9 + Medium 41 + Near 15 = 65

Bursts

Each ~2 s wave fires 2 quick salvos of 1 clouds ahead of the attacking squadron - up to 2 clouds per wave × 100 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.

100

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 AA mounts mount is operational - even losing every other AA mount does not stop it.

Aa mounts

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 3 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.

2.5-3 km

See the AA layers diagram ↓

Maneuverability

Engine power40,000 hp

Maximum speed29 kt

Turning circle radius530 m

Rudder shift time5.6 s

Engine power-boost threshold27 kt

Engine spool-up time15.3 s

Reverse spool-up time7.7 s

Reverse speed

top speed / 4 + 4.9 = 29 / 4 + 4.9 = 12.2 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.

12.2 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.

23.8 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).

8.6 kt

Acceleration 0-90%

Time to reach 90% of top speed (26.1 kt of 29 kt), from our in-house acceleration model.

7.8 s

Acceleration 0-99%

Time to reach 99% of top speed (28.7 kt of 29 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.

26.5 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{29.0 \cdot 0.5144}{530} = 1.61 ° / s

, so

ratio = \frac{ω_{turret}}{ω_{hull}} = \frac{10}{1.61} = 6.2 \times

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

6.2× slow

See the full acceleration curve ↓

Concealment

Detectability by sea8.59 km

Detectability by air5.15 km

Smoke firing penalty3.72 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.

11.16 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.

8.19 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.

10.59 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.

8.15 km

Guaranteed Detect2 km

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Consumables

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

Repair Party2 charges · 80 s reload · 28 s active · 2,660 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.
· 5,320 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.
· 95 HP/s (0.5% of max HP) heal per second
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0.5% of max HP (19,000 HP) per second = 95 HP/s. WoWS heals a flat percent of MAX HP each second, so this rate holds at any health level.

Module options (2)

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

HullUpgrade

Hit points17,500 → 19,000
Rudder shift10.2 → 7.3 s
AA mounts4 → 6
Close-range AA DPS14 → 21

Fire controlUpgrade

Main battery range10,149 → 11163.9 m

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All values are ship base stats with modifications and upgrade changes denoted inline.

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 Disp110 m at 11.2 km

Horizontal dispersion ellipse width at max range, from the verified WoWS dispersion model:  $σ_{H} = (\frac{R}{30} \cdot \frac{idealRadius - minRadius}{idealDistance} + minRadius) \cdot 30$   $= (\frac{11163.9}{30} \cdot \frac{8 - 1.1}{1000} + 1.1) \cdot 30 = 110 m$

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 Disp66 m at 11.2 km

Vertical dispersion ellipse height at max range: $σ_{V} = σ_{H} \cdot radiusOnMax$ $= 110 \cdot 0.6 = 66 m$

Shell scatter height @ 10 km59.1 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  $delim \cdot R_{m a x} = 0.5 \cdot 11163.9 = 5582$  m, and  $radiusOnMax = 0.6$  at 11163.9 m. Above the kink:  $k = 0.5 + (0.6 - 0.5) \cdot \frac{10000 - 5582}{11163.9 - 5582} = 0.5791$ , so  $σ_{V} = σ_{H} \cdot k = 102 \cdot 0.5791 = 59.1 m$ .

Med Horiz Disp33 m at 11.2 km

50%-hit horizontal radius: $σ_{H, 50} = σ_{H} \cdot \frac{0.6}{σ}$ $= 110 \cdot \frac{0.6}{2} = 33 m$

Med Vert Disp19.8 m at 11.2 km

50%-hit vertical radius: $σ_{V, 50} = σ_{V} \cdot \frac{0.6}{σ}$ $= 66 \cdot \frac{0.6}{2} = 19.8 m$

Dispersion familyCruiser Disp.

Standard cruiser dispersion baseline.

AP Pen Close236.6 mm point-blank

Canonical community AP formula (jcw780/wows_shell), evaluated at muzzle velocity:  $P = 10^{- 7} \cdot K \cdot m^{0.69} \cdot d^{- 1.07} \cdot v_{0}^{1.38}$   $= 10^{- 7} \cdot 2045 \cdot {45.36}^{0.69} \cdot {0.152}^{- 1.07} \cdot 853^{1.38} = 236.6 mm$ . Matches the in-game spec card.

AP Pen Far55 mm at 11.2 km

Same formula at the ship's max firing range (11.2 km), where the shell has slowed to 296.2 m/s:  $P = 10^{- 7} \cdot 2045 \cdot {45.36}^{0.69} \cdot {0.152}^{- 1.07} \cdot {296.2}^{1.38} = 55 mm$ .

AP pen 5 km117 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 km62 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 km7.36 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:  $k = \frac{π C_{d} d^{2}}{8 m} = \frac{π \cdot 0.4194 \cdot {0.152}^{2}}{8 \cdot 45.36} = 8.39 \times 10^{- 5}$ . That runs from a 853 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 overmatch10 mm

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

AP AOE Radius10

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 alpha5

All 5 barrels bear on the broadside.

Turret turn time18 s

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

AP full-salvo alpha14,500

2,900 AP damage x 5 broadside guns = 14,500.

AP DPM108,750

14,500 AP full-salvo alpha x 60 / 8 s base reload = 108,750.

Shells/min37.5

5 broadside guns x 60 / 8 s base reload = 37.5.

Torpedoes

Torpedo detectability1.1 km

Estimated torpedo reaction time7.7 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 range42.2 s

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

Torpedo module damage900

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

Tube count8

4 launchers x 2 tubes.

Per-side salvo4 torpedoes

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

Full-salvo damage72,800

All tubes hitting one target: tubes x per-torpedo simulated damage = 8 x 9,100 = 72,800.

Per-side salvo damage36,400

One side firing, all torpedoes hitting: per-side tubes x per-torpedo simulated damage = 4 x 9,100 = 36,400.

AA defense

AA DPS at max range9

Only families that reach 3 km contribute at the outer edge of the AA bubble. In-game families: 3in HA 12PDR 2x1 -> 9 DPS @ 3 km; 40mm Vickers 2x1 -> 41 DPS @ 2 km; MachineGunMaxim 7 62 2x1 -> 15 DPS @ 1 km.

Maximum AA range3 km

Longest-reaching family on the in-game AA card. Base AirDefense aura max range is 3 km; dual-purpose mount auras extend it.

AA DPS layered by range9 DPS @ 3 km, 50 DPS @ 2 km, 65 DPS @ 1 km

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

AA DPS at point-blank65

Sum of every family's average DPS, achievable only inside the closest-range family (1 km).

AA threat index124

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 range1 km

Armor Beta

Hull HP 17,500 → 19,000 with hull upgrade, distributed across 5 hull zones, each with its own plate thicknesses, saturation cap, and pen thresholds. HP caps are the exact in-game values, not estimated.

Bow & stern6 mm

Overmatched by 105+ AP guns across the bracket. Can’t reliably bow-tank; gets bow-citadelled and overpenned.

Belt / citadel76 mm

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

Farming6 mm

Superstructure and extremities take HE pens and AP overpens from nearly any gun: steady chip damage. Fire resistance 3%, fires burn 30s. Range-by-range in the Compare tool →

Section	Plates	HP cap	Threats	Tactic
Bow	6 mm primary (range 6–152 mm)	2,600 (14% of HP)	Overmatched by 127mm+ AP (Farragut, Shenyang)6 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)	25 mm primary (range 13–25 mm)	14,300 (75% of HP)	Overmatch not possible in its bracketAngle bounces 356mm25 mm: HE pens from 150mm+	Largest HP pool. Citadel sits behind these plates; thinner deck and side plating absorb the rest.
Stern	6 mm primary (range 6–38 mm)	1,700 (9% of HP)	Overmatched by 127mm+ AP (Farragut, Shenyang)6 mm: HE pens from 127mm+	Mirror of bow. Same fast saturation.
Citadel	76 mm primary (range 6–76 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	6 mm	1,400 (7% 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	9,500 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.
AA mount (76 mm mount)	separate HP pool, does not drain ship HP	200 per-mount HP	Destroyed at 0 HP	Per-mount HP for the heaviest AA on this ship. An AA mount destroyed at 0 HP stops shooting down planes for the rest of the battle; DCP does not repair destroyed mounts. HE shells specifically target AA mounts since the small-caliber HP pool falls fast.
Rudder (module)	separate HP pool, does not drain ship HP	5,700 module HP	Incapacitated at 0 HP	When module HP reaches 0 the rudder locks at its current angle until DCP repairs it. Repair via Damage Control Party.

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

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Every custom exterior Caledon can equip, from in-game data.

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2020-06-18 · Patch notes Update: June 2020 Patch notes

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