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Cavour

Also called: 加富尔伯爵 · Conte di Cavour Beta

Italy · Tier IV · Battleship · Tech Tree: Bruiser Battleships

All-rounder battleshipNo single dominant trait; flex mid-range anchor, brawl support, or sniper by team comp.

Playstyle

Anchor a flank at 12-15 km with bow toward the closest threat
Avoid: Taking the long way round the map edge to flank

Key characteristics

High HE / fire outputHigh AP DPMHeavy secondary DPMExtra heal chargesQuiet smoke gunneryFragile

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How to get Cavour
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Cohort position
Stats and specs
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Balance history
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Playstyle

Overview

Cavour is a Tier IV Italian all-rounder battleship with 305mm guns at 14.3 km: she has no single dominant kit trait but is competent across the board. The role flexes by team comp - mid-range AP anchor by default, brawl support when the team commits, sniper when the line sits back. Versatility is the value, not specialization. Her secondary battery fires SAP rather than HE, so it punches through angled plating that shatters standard secondaries in a brawl. Standout traits: best heavy secondary DPM in T4 BBs (504,000) and best Repair Party charges in T4 BBs (4).

Positioning

Anchor a flank at 12-15 km with bow toward the closest threat. Rotate one or two map cells with the team rather than holding solo; a battleship alone on a flank is a free focus target for the enemy. At 22 kn you cannot re-cross the map, so the flank you pick early is the one you fight all game; choose it for where the enemy battleships will end up, not where they start. The helm answers quickly (12.1 s), so she can break an incoming salvo that slower hulls have to eat.

Potato Avoidance

Taking the long way round the map edge to flank

At 22 kn five minutes of sailing buys about 3.4 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

Heavy secondary DPM ↗

504000 secondary DPM per side, best of T4 BBs. Per-side barrels × shots/min × alpha across every secondary family; real damage scales with hit rate against the target.

Extra heal charges ↗

4 Repair Party charges, best of T4 BBs. More total HP available across a match.

ELITE MAIN BATTERY ↗

Fast HE shells · 5.01 s
Flat arc HE shells · 861 m
High fire pressure · 8.21 fires

Quiet smoke gunnery ↗

7.5 km detect when firing from smoke, top decile of T4 BBs. Shoots from concealment with less bloom than peers.

Pattern widens fast with range ↗

Shell pattern widens about 14.4 m per km of range, worst of T4 BBs. Salvos spread more at any given distance than peers', so bracketing matters (this is range-normalized, so out-ranging peers does not count against her).

Fragile HP pool ↗

36300 HP, bottom decile of T4 BBs. Trade hits sparingly.

Acquisition

How to get Cavour

Cavour is available in the Bruiser Battleships branch of the Italy Tech Tree for 500,000 credits after researching it in the branch. Known module upgrades cost up to 125,000 credits. 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.

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Italy Tech Tree

Cavour sits in the Bruiser Battleships branch. The highlighted path shows the local branch context inside the full Italy tree.

7 ships in highlighted branch · scroll to inspect all Italy lines.

ItalyIIIIIIIVVVIVIIVIII★

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Battleship

Tier ★Attilio RegoloPISD110 Tier ★VeneziaPISC110 Tier ★Cristoforo ColomboPISB110 Tier VIIIAdriaticoPISD109 Tier VIIIBrindisiPISC109 Tier VIIILepantoPISB109 Tier VIIVittorio CunibertiPISD108 Tier VIIAmalfiPISC108 Tier VIIVittorio VenetoPISB108 Tier VILuca TarigoPISD107 Tier VIZaraPISC107 Tier VIFrancesco CaraccioloPISB107 Tier VAvierePISD106 Tier VTrentoPISC106 Tier VAndrea DoriaPISB106 Tier IVMaestralePISD105 Tier IVMontecuccoliPISC105 Tier IVCavourPISB105 Tier IIITurbinePISD104 Tier IIIGiussanoPISC104 Tier IIIDante AlighieriPISB104 Tier IINazario SauroPISD103 Tier IITarantoPISC103 Tier INino BixioPISC102

Best listed chance for this ship

Italian Battleship Big Crate 5% IV Conte di Cavour* Archived · Italian Battleship Big Crate
Italian Battleship Crate 2.3% IV Conte di Cavour* Archived · Italian Battleship Crate

Official WG availability sources

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

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Italian Battleship Big Crate 5% · IV Conte di Cavour*
Italian Battleship Crate 2.3% · IV Conte di Cavour*

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

Builds

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Commanders frequently paired with this ship AL Littorio AL Vittorio Veneto Angelo Iachino

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Cohort position

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Where Cavour sits among Tier IV BBs (23 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.

BestSmoke fire bloom7.47 km (1/24) BestSecondary DPM (per side)504,000 (1/24) BestRepair charges4 (1/24) Top 10%Fires per minute8.21 (2/24) Top 10%AP DPM216,211 (3/24) Top 10%HE velocity861 m/s (2/24) Top 10%Displacement24,250 t (3/24) Top 10%Effective HE DPM (incl. fire)163,406 (3/24) Top 25%Rudder shift12.1 s (5/24) Top 25%Turning circle620 m (7/24) Top 25%HE DPM104,000 (4/24) Top 25%AP velocity840 m/s (5/24) Top 25%AP arming threshold51 mm (6/24) Bottom 25%Traverse-to-turn ratio2.87 × (19/24) Bottom 25%Main battery caliber305 mm (19/24) Bottom 25%AP pen at 10 km288 mm (20/24) Bottom 25%Citadel belt100 mm (21/24) Bottom 25%Deck armor43 mm (19/24) Bottom 10%Hit points36,300 HP (23/24) Bottom 10%Main battery range14.31 km (23/24) WorstSigma1.6 (1 of 4 tied) WorstAP fuse timer0.01 s (1 of 6 tied) WorstNo torpedoes (21 of 24 in cohort)

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Not standouts for Cavour -- 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.

Max speed22 kt(17/24) Concealment13.05 km(9/24) Air detection10.44 km(9/24) Main battery reload28.5 s(8/24) HE fire chance30%(11/24) Main dispersion206.3 m(13/24) Acceleration36.1 s(13/24) Engine power31,000 hp(17/24) Turn-speed retention50 hp/m(18/24) Power-to-weight1.28 hp/t(15/24) Secondary range4.25 km(10/24) AA DPS139(14/23) AA range3.5 km(13/23) AA threat476(13/23) Max armor280 mm(15/24) Bow armor19 mm(11/24) Stern armor19 mm(12/24) NormSecondary dispersion bracket57(20 of 24 tied at this value) NormTurn speed retained81%(23 of 24 tied at this value) NormRepair heal rate0.5 %/s(20 of 24 tied at this value)

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Stats & specs

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Survivability

Hit PointsInitial: 33,500 → 36,300

Displacement24,250 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.

176.5 x 28.2 m (measured from the ship model)

Armor range13–280 mm

Plate armor thicknesses13, 19, 22, 24, 28, 30, 31, 40, 43, 70, 80, 85, 100, 110, 120, 130, 180, 210, 220, 250, 280 mm

Armor material/layer entries89

Fire resistance

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

Initial: 13.3% → 16.6%

Fire 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 (6,534 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 (7,260 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.

16%

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.

18,200

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.

10,900

Effective HP

Base 36,300 HP plus everything Repair Party can restore: 0.5%/s x 28 s = 5,082 HP per charge, x4 charges = 20,328 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.

56,628

Repairable: penetration50%

Repairable: citadel10%

Repairable: steering gear50%

Main Battery

ModuleArtillery: 305 mm/46 Vickers-Terni 1909

Mounts / barrels5 mounts / 13 barrels

Reload time

patched

baseline28.5
In-game data
2022-06-1627
Summer Update: The High Roll Main battery reload time decreased from 30 to 27 s.
2023-06-1528.5
Ministry of Balance: Italian Concerto Main Battery reload time increased from 27 to 28.5 s.

28.5 s

Firing range (base)13 km

Firing range (top fire control)14.3 km

Turret traverse3 °/s

Turret armor280 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 ±149°

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.

31° off bow / 31° off stern

HE fire DPM vs T4 BB59410

Effective HE DPM vs T4 BB163410

Shell Grouping (σ)1.6

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{14312.1}{30} \cdot \frac{12 - 2.2}{1000} + 2.2) \cdot 30 = 206.3 m

206.3 m at 14.3 km

Max Vert Disp

Vertical dispersion ellipse height at max range:

σ_{V} = σ_{H} \cdot radiusOnMax

= 206.3 \cdot 0.6 = 123.8 m

123.8 m at 14.3 km

Med Horiz Disp

50%-hit horizontal radius:

σ_{H, 50} = σ_{H} \cdot \frac{0.6}{σ}

= 206.3 \cdot \frac{0.6}{1.6} = 77.3 m

77.3 m at 14.3 km

Med Vert Disp

50%-hit vertical radius:

σ_{V, 50} = σ_{V} \cdot \frac{0.6}{σ}

= 123.8 \cdot \frac{0.6}{1.6} = 46.4 m

46.4 m at 14.3 km

Turret turn time

180 degrees / 3 deg/s traverse speed = 60 s.

60 s

Shells/min

13 broadside guns x 60 / 28.5 s base reload = 27.4.

27.4

HE shells

HE Damage3,800

HE Velocity861 m/s

Fire Chance30%

HE penetration

In-game data: 59 mm = 305 mm caliber / 5.17 (non-standard HE penetration ratio).

59 mm

HE full-salvo alpha

3,800 HE damage x 13 broadside guns = 49,400.

49,400

HE DPM

49,400 HE full-salvo alpha x 60 / 28.5 s base reload = 104,000.

104,000

Fires/min

27.4 shells/min x 30% fire chance = 8.21.

8.21

AP shells

AP Damage7,900

AP Velocity840 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 2100 \cdot 390^{0.69} \cdot {0.305}^{- 1.07} \cdot 840^{1.38} = 498.1 mm

. Matches the in-game spec card.

498.1 mm point-blank

AP Pen Far

Same formula at the ship's max firing range (14.3 km), where the shell has slowed to 484.6 m/s:

P = 10^{- 7} \cdot 2100 \cdot 390^{0.69} \cdot {0.305}^{- 1.07} \cdot {484.6}^{1.38} = 233.2 mm

233.2 mm at 14.3 km

AP full-salvo alpha

7,900 AP damage x 13 broadside guns = 102,700.

102,700

AP DPM

102,700 AP full-salvo alpha x 60 / 28.5 s base reload = 216,211.

216,211

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 points14

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.

3.5 km

76.2 mm/40 Ansaldo 19176×1 76mm

37 mm/54 Breda 1939 (upgraded hull only)8×1 37mm

40 mm/39 QF MKII (stock hull only)8×1 40mm

Guns37 mm/54 Breda 1939

Continuous DPS

Effective DPS: 45 raw aura damage × 3.5 × 0.75 hit probability = 118 - the same in-game units as the Close-range AA DPS headline.

118

Range3.5 km

Guns76.2 mm/40 Ansaldo 1917

Continuous DPS

Effective DPS: 8 raw aura damage × 3.5 × 0.75 hit probability = 21 - the same in-game units as the Close-range AA DPS headline.

Initial: 24 → 21

Range3 km

Total DPS in Aura

Outer Medium 118 + Inner Medium 21 = 139

139

See the AA layers diagram ↓

Secondary Battery

Mounts18

Firing range4.25 km

Shell Grouping (σ)1

120 mm/50 Vickers 190918×1 120mm

Caliber120 mm

Reload time3 s

SAP Damage2,800

Muzzle Velocity870 m/s

Armor Pen34.2 mm

Min Ricochet70°

Max Ricochet90°

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 @ 4.25 km

4.25 km × 57 + 30 = 272.2 m.

272.2 m

Maneuverability

Engine power31,000 hp

Maximum speed22 kt

Turning circle radius620 m

Rudder shift time12.1 s

Engine power-boost threshold7 kt

Engine spool-up time23 s

Reverse spool-up time11.5 s

Reverse speed

top speed / 4 + 4.9 = 22 / 4 + 4.9 = 10.4 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.

10.4 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.

37.9 s

Engine boost threshold (reverse)

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

7.3 kt

Acceleration 0-90%

Time to reach 90% of top speed (19.8 kt of 22 kt), from our in-house acceleration model.

36.1 s

Acceleration 0-99%

Time to reach 99% of top speed (21.8 kt of 22 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.

59.3 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{22.0 \cdot 0.5144}{620} = 1.05 ° / s

, so

ratio = \frac{ω_{turret}}{ω_{hull}} = \frac{3}{1.05} = 2.9 \times

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

2.9× drags

See the full acceleration curve ↓

Concealment

Detectability by sea13.05 km

Detectability by air10.44 km

Smoke firing penalty7.47 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.

14.31 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.

16.54 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.

15.05 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.

13.44 km

Guaranteed Detect2 km

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Consumables

Damage Control Party∞ charges · 80 s reload · 15 s active

Repair Party4 charges · 80 s reload · 28 s active · 5,082 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.
· 20,328 HP (56% of max HP) total heal (all charges)
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14% per charge x 4 charges = up to 56% of max HP if the whole Repair Party loadout is used.
· 182 HP/s (0.5% of max HP) heal per second
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0.5% of max HP (36,300 HP) per second = 182 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

Module options (2)

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

HullUpgrade

Hit points33,500 → 36,300
Rudder shift22 → 15.7 s
Close-range AA DPS42 → 53
Maximum AA range3 → 3.5 km

Fire controlUpgrade

Main battery range13,011 → 14312.1 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)1.6

Max Horiz Disp206.3 m at 14.3 km

Horizontal dispersion ellipse width at max range, from the verified WoWS dispersion model:  $σ_{H} = (\frac{R}{30} \cdot \frac{idealRadius - minRadius}{idealDistance} + minRadius) \cdot 30$   $= (\frac{14312.1}{30} \cdot \frac{12 - 2.2}{1000} + 2.2) \cdot 30 = 206.3 m$

Shell scatter width @ 5 km115 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 km164 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 Disp123.8 m at 14.3 km

Vertical dispersion ellipse height at max range: $σ_{V} = σ_{H} \cdot radiusOnMax$ $= 206.3 \cdot 0.6 = 123.8 m$

Shell scatter height @ 10 km88.5 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  $delim \cdot R_{m a x} = 0.5 \cdot 14312.1 = 7156$  m, and  $radiusOnMax = 0.6$  at 14312.1 m. Above the kink:  $k = 0.5 + (0.6 - 0.5) \cdot \frac{10000 - 7156}{14312.1 - 7156} = 0.5397$ , so  $σ_{V} = σ_{H} \cdot k = 164 \cdot 0.5397 = 88.5 m$ .

Med Horiz Disp77.3 m at 14.3 km

50%-hit horizontal radius: $σ_{H, 50} = σ_{H} \cdot \frac{0.6}{σ}$ $= 206.3 \cdot \frac{0.6}{1.6} = 77.3 m$

Med Vert Disp46.4 m at 14.3 km

50%-hit vertical radius: $σ_{V, 50} = σ_{V} \cdot \frac{0.6}{σ}$ $= 123.8 \cdot \frac{0.6}{1.6} = 46.4 m$

AP Pen Close498.1 mm point-blank

Canonical community AP formula (jcw780/wows_shell), evaluated at muzzle velocity:  $P = 10^{- 7} \cdot K \cdot m^{0.69} \cdot d^{- 1.07} \cdot v_{0}^{1.38}$   $= 10^{- 7} \cdot 2100 \cdot 390^{0.69} \cdot {0.305}^{- 1.07} \cdot 840^{1.38} = 498.1 mm$ . Matches the in-game spec card.

AP Pen Far233.2 mm at 14.3 km

Same formula at the ship's max firing range (14.3 km), where the shell has slowed to 484.6 m/s:  $P = 10^{- 7} \cdot 2100 \cdot 390^{0.69} \cdot {0.305}^{- 1.07} \cdot {484.6}^{1.38} = 233.2 mm$ .

AP pen 5 km376 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 km288 mm

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

HE flight time @ 10 km5.01 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:  $k = \frac{π C_{d} d^{2}}{8 m} = \frac{π \cdot 0.325 \cdot {0.356}^{2}}{8 \cdot 578.34} = 2.8 \times 10^{- 5}$ . That runs from a 861 m/s muzzle velocity in 0.02 s steps under gravity 9.8 m/s² until the shell lands, then divides by 2.77: the game clock runs faster than real time, and that factor was measured against stopwatch runs in the Training Room. Lower is better, since a faster shell is harder to dodge and needs less lead.

AP flight time @ 10 km5.31 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:  $k = \frac{π C_{d} d^{2}}{8 m} = \frac{π \cdot 0.355 \cdot {0.305}^{2}}{8 \cdot 390} = 3.33 \times 10^{- 5}$ . That runs from a 840 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 penetration59 mm

In-game data: 59 mm = 305 mm caliber / 5.17 (non-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 alpha13

All 13 barrels bear on the broadside.

Turret turn time60 s

180 degrees / 3 deg/s traverse speed = 60 s.

HE full-salvo alpha49,400

3,800 HE damage x 13 broadside guns = 49,400.

AP full-salvo alpha102,700

7,900 AP damage x 13 broadside guns = 102,700.

HE DPM104,000

49,400 HE full-salvo alpha x 60 / 28.5 s base reload = 104,000.

AP DPM216,211

102,700 AP full-salvo alpha x 60 / 28.5 s base reload = 216,211.

Shells/min27.4

13 broadside guns x 60 / 28.5 s base reload = 27.4.

Fires/min8.21

27.4 shells/min x 30% fire chance = 8.21.

AA defense

AA DPS at max range118

Only families that reach 3.5 km contribute at the outer edge of the AA bubble. In-game families: 76mm 40 6x1 -> 21 DPS @ 3 km; 37mm 54 Breda 8x1 -> 118 DPS @ 3.5 km.

Maximum AA range3.5 km

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

AA DPS layered by range118 DPS @ 3.5 km, 139 DPS @ 3 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-blank139

Sum of every family's average DPS, achievable only inside the closest-range family (3 km).

AA threat index476

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.

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 @ 4.25 km272.2 m

4.25 km × 57 + 30 = 272.2 m.

Secondary battery firepower

Secondary DPM (per side)504,000

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: 18×1 120 mm (9/side) × 60/3 × 2800 = 504,000. Assumes every shell hits (real hit rate is lower; the Brawl matchup tool on the Compare page folds in dispersion + target armor).

Max SAP alpha2800

Maximum SAP damage per shell across secondary SAP families. Best on this ship: 2800 from the 120 mm family.

Max SAP pen34.2 mm

Maximum SAP armor penetration across secondary SAP families. SAP auto-bounces past its ricochet angles but never shatters on plate it can pen, and it starts no fires. Best on this ship: 34.2 mm from the 120 mm family.

Armor Beta

Hull HP 33,500 → 36,300 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 & stern19 mm

Overmatched by 76+ AP guns across the bracket. Can’t reliably bow-tank; gets bow-citadelled and overpenned.

Belt / citadel250 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 17%, fires burn 60s. Range-by-range in the Compare tool →

Section	Plates	HP cap	Threats	Tactic
Bow	19 mm primary (range 19–280 mm)	1,700 (5% 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)	130 mm primary (range 24–280 mm)	27,200 (75% of HP)	No common AP caliber overmatches130 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 19–130 mm)	1,000 (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	250 mm primary (range 19–100 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 13–280 mm)	400 (1% 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	18,200 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 (120 mm mount)	separate HP pool, does not drain ship HP	800 per-mount HP	Destroyed at 0 HP	Per-mount HP for the heaviest secondary on this ship. A mount destroyed at 0 HP is out for the rest of the battle; DCP does not repair destroyed mounts. Smaller (lighter-caliber) secondaries typically share the same HP value.
AA mount (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.
Engine (module, research)	engine coefficient (unconfirmed)	-0.100 research estimate	Largest on BB/BC; zero on destroyers	Engine durability isn't a per-ship value in the game data. This small negative coefficient is non-zero only on battleships, battlecruisers, and the heaviest cruisers, and is exactly zero on every destroyer, so it scales with hull displacement rather than any commander skill. Most likely an engine drag or power term in the same family as the deceleration stats; its exact meaning is not yet confirmed.
Rudder (module)	separate HP pool, does not drain ship HP	10,900 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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Balance History

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

Nerf ×13Buff ×2Main Battery ×5

2023-06-15

Ministry of Balance: Italian Concerto

Secondary Battery firing range increased from 3.5 to 4.25 km.
Main Battery AP shell damage reduced from 8,100 to 7,900.
Main Battery HE shell damage reduced from 4,200 to 3,800.
Main Battery reload time increased from 27 to 28.5 s.
Stock hull HP reduced from 37,000 to 33,500.
Bow HP reduced from 1,800 to 1,600.
Casemate HP reduced from 7,800 to 7,100.
Stern HP reduced from 1,100 to 1,000.
Hull HP reduced from 27,800 to 25,100.
Magazine HP reduced from 18,500 to 16,800.
+4 more official change lines in the source post.

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2022-06-16

Summer Update: The High Roll

Main battery reload time decreased from 30 to 27 s.

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2022-01-27 · Patch notes February update: fortes fortuna adiuvat Patch notes 2022-06-16 · Patch notes Summer Update: The High Roll Patch notes

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