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Charleston M

Also called: 查尔斯顿 M Beta

U.S.A. · Tier II · CL Cruiser · Premium · Charleston Variant

All-rounder cruiserCompetent at AP citadels, HE pressure, and cap support; adapt to the matchup.

Playstyle

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

Key characteristics

High HE / fire outputHigh HP poolHeavy citadel beltHeavy beltPattern widens fast with range

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Playstyle

Overview

Charleston M is a Tier II American all-rounder light cruiser with 152mm guns at 10.1 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: top-decile high HP pool in T2 CAs (29,500 HP) and top-decile heavy citadel belt in T2 CAs (102 mm).

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 guns lose penetration at range, so aim AP at broadsides you can still citadel and put HE into superstructures and upper-hull sections, rather than the bow-in or belt armor your shells bounce and shatter on. With 8.5 s on the rudder she starts turning late, so the angle has to be set before you are shot at.

Potato Avoidance

Firing the moment an enemy appears

The guns are what reveal you: one salvo lights you up from 9.1 km away, and a battleship that suddenly has a broadside cruiser to shoot at will take the free citadels, which is 29,500 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

High HP pool ↗

29500 HP, top decile of T2 CAs.

ELITE ARMOR ↗

Heavy citadel belt · 102 mm
Heavy belt

ELITE MAIN BATTERY ↗

High fire pressure · 4.8 fires
Fire-starter cruiser

Pattern widens fast with range ↗

Shell pattern widens about 10.2 m per km of range, bottom decile of T2 CAs. 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).

Sluggish rudder ↗

8.5 s rudder shift, bottom decile of T2 CAs. Hard to dodge incoming AP; lean on island cover.

Acquisition

How to get Charleston M

Charleston M 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

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Commanders frequently paired with this ship AL Baltimore AL Montpelier Captain Janeway

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Cohort position

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Where Charleston M 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.

Top 10%Fires per minute4.8 (3/25) Top 25%Hit points29,500 HP (4/26) Top 25%HE DPM117,600 (5/25) Top 25%AP DPM171,429 (5/25) Top 25%Main dispersion102.6 m (5/26) Top 25%AP velocity853 m/s (7/25) Top 25%HE velocity853 m/s (7/25) Top 25%Citadel belt102 mm (5/26) Bottom 25%Rudder shift8.5 s (23/26) Bottom 25%Secondary HE alpha1,100 (13/16) Bottom 25%Displacement10,850 t (23/26) Bottom 25%AA range1 km (15/17) Bottom 25%Deck armor13 mm (21/26) WorstMain battery range10.09 km (1 of 2 tied) WorstSigma1.8 (1 of 4 tied) WorstSecondary HE pen13 mm (1 of 8 tied) WorstSecondary range2.5 km (1 of 7 tied) WorstNo torpedoes (20 of 26 in cohort)

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Not standouts for Charleston M -- 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 speed21 kt(19/26) Concealment9.09 km(14/26) Smoke fire bloom3.97 km(13/26) Air detection5.45 km(13/26) Turning circle450 m(12/26) Traverse-to-turn ratio5.82 ×(10/26) Main battery caliber152 mm(10/26) Main battery reload7 s(9/26) Secondary DPM (per side)118,800(9/16) Acceleration26.8 s(14/26) AP arming threshold25 mm(16/25) Engine power21,000 hp(13/26) Turn-speed retention46.7 hp/m(13/26) Power-to-weight1.94 hp/t(19/26) AP pen at 10 km64 mm(9/25) AA DPS21(11/17) AA threat21(13/17) Max armor102 mm(13/26) NormSecondary fire chance4%(11 of 16 tied at this value) NormAP fuse timer0.03 s(14 of 25 tied at this value) NormAP ricochet start45°(24 of 25 tied at this value) NormAP auto-bounce angle60°(24 of 25 tied at this value) NormTurn speed retained81%(24 of 26 tied at this value) NormBow armor6 mm(24 of 26 tied at this value) NormStern armor6 mm(23 of 26 tied at this value)

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Survivability

Hit Points29,500

Displacement10,850 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.

129.9 x 20.1 m, draft 6.9 m

Armor range6–102 mm

Plate armor thicknesses6, 10, 13, 38, 51, 76, 102 mm

Armor material/layer entries35

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.

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 (2,655 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 (2,950 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.

14,800

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.

8,900

Repairable: penetration50%

Repairable: citadel10%

Repairable: steering gear50%

Main Battery

ModuleArtillery: 152 mm Mk6

Mounts / barrels14 mounts / 14 barrels

Reload time7 s

Firing range10.1 km

Turret traverse8 °/s

Turret armor19 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.

6x 115° arc, 2x ±140°, 2x 112° port-only, 2x 112° starboard-only, 2x 120° arc

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.

40° off bow / 40° off stern

Shell Grouping (σ)1.8

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{10093}{30} \cdot \frac{8 - 1.1}{1000} + 1.1) \cdot 30 = 102.6 m

102.6 m at 10.1 km

Max Vert Disp

Vertical dispersion ellipse height at max range:

σ_{V} = σ_{H} \cdot radiusOnMax

= 102.6 \cdot 0.6 = 61.6 m

61.6 m at 10.1 km

Med Horiz Disp

50%-hit horizontal radius:

σ_{H, 50} = σ_{H} \cdot \frac{0.6}{σ}

= 102.6 \cdot \frac{0.6}{1.8} = 34.2 m

34.2 m at 10.1 km

Med Vert Disp

50%-hit vertical radius:

σ_{V, 50} = σ_{V} \cdot \frac{0.6}{σ}

= 61.6 \cdot \frac{0.6}{1.8} = 20.5 m

20.5 m at 10.1 km

Turret turn time

180 degrees / 8 deg/s traverse speed = 22.5 s.

22.5 s

Shells/min

8 broadside guns x 60 / 7 s base reload = 68.6.

68.6

HE shells

HE Damage1,715

HE Velocity853 m/s

Fire Chance7%

HE penetration

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

25 mm

HE full-salvo alpha

1,715 HE damage x 8 broadside guns = 13,720.

13,720

HE DPM

13,720 HE full-salvo alpha x 60 / 7 s base reload = 117,600.

117,600

Fires/min

68.6 shells/min x 7% fire chance = 4.8.

4.8

AP shells

AP Damage2,500

AP Velocity853 m/s

Min Ricochet45 deg

Guaranteed Ricochet60 deg

Fuse Timer0.025 s

Fuse Threshold25 mm

AP overmatch

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

10 mm

AP Pen Close

Canonical community AP formula (jcw780/wows_shell), evaluated at muzzle velocity:

P = 10^{- 7} \cdot K \cdot m^{0.69} \cdot d^{- 1.07} \cdot v_{0}^{1.38}

= 10^{- 7} \cdot 1830 \cdot {47.7}^{0.69} \cdot {0.152}^{- 1.07} \cdot 853^{1.38} = 219.2 mm

. Matches the in-game spec card.

219.2 mm point-blank

AP Pen Far

Same formula at the ship's max firing range (10.1 km), where the shell has slowed to 345.3 m/s:

P = 10^{- 7} \cdot 1830 \cdot {47.7}^{0.69} \cdot {0.152}^{- 1.07} \cdot {345.3}^{1.38} = 62.9 mm

62.9 mm at 10.1 km

AP full-salvo alpha

2,500 AP damage x 8 broadside guns = 20,000.

20,000

AP DPM

20,000 AP full-salvo alpha x 60 / 7 s base reload = 171,429.

171,429

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 points8

Maximum AA range

Longest-reaching family on the in-game AA card. Base AirDefense aura max range is 1 km; dual-purpose mount auras extend it.

1 km

7.6 mm Hotchkiss Mk18×1 8mm

Guns7.6 mm Hotchkiss Mk1

Continuous DPS

Effective DPS: 7 raw aura damage × 3.5 × 0.85 hit probability = 21 - the same in-game units as the Close-range AA DPS headline.

Range1 km

See the AA layers diagram ↓

Secondary Battery

Mounts18

Firing range2.5 km

Shell Grouping (σ)1

76.2 mm Mk4 A18×1 76.2mm

Caliber76.2 mm

Reload time5 s

HE Damage1,100

Muzzle Velocity823 m/s

Fire Chance4%

Armor Pen13 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 @ 2.5 km

2.5 km × 57 + 30 = 172.5 m.

172.5 m

Maneuverability

Engine power21,000 hp

Maximum speed21 kt

Turning circle radius450 m

Rudder shift time8.5 s

Engine power-boost threshold7 kt

Engine spool-up time15.3 s

Reverse spool-up time7.7 s

Reverse speed

top speed / 4 + 4.9 = 21 / 4 + 4.9 = 10.2 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.

10.2 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.

30.1 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).

6 kt

Acceleration 0-90%

Time to reach 90% of top speed (18.9 kt of 21 kt), from our in-house acceleration model.

26.8 s

Acceleration 0-99%

Time to reach 99% of top speed (20.8 kt of 21 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.

45.5 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{21.0 \cdot 0.5144}{450} = 1.38 ° / s

, so

ratio = \frac{ω_{turret}}{ω_{hull}} = \frac{8}{1.38} = 5.8 \times

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

5.8× slow

See the full acceleration curve ↓

Concealment

Detectability by sea9.09 km

Detectability by air5.45 km

Smoke firing penalty3.97 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.

10.09 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.

8.49 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.

11.09 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.

8.45 km

Guaranteed Detect2 km

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Consumables

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

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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)1.8

Max Horiz Disp102.6 m at 10.1 km

Horizontal dispersion ellipse width at max range, from the verified WoWS dispersion model:  $σ_{H} = (\frac{R}{30} \cdot \frac{idealRadius - minRadius}{idealDistance} + minRadius) \cdot 30$   $= (\frac{10093}{30} \cdot \frac{8 - 1.1}{1000} + 1.1) \cdot 30 = 102.6 m$

Shell scatter width @ 5 km67.5 m

Horizontal scatter at a fixed 5 km, from the same verified dispersion model as the rows below - a knife-fight-range anchor comparable across ships.

Shell scatter width @ 10 km102 m

How wide your shells scatter at 10 km, from the same dispersion model as the max-range figure above. Picking a fixed range makes this number directly comparable from ship to ship: max-range dispersion makes a longer-range gun look worse even when it's tighter at any common range. The interactive Dispersion tab on the Charts card plots the full curve from 0 to max range.

Max Vert Disp61.6 m at 10.1 km

Vertical dispersion ellipse height at max range: $σ_{V} = σ_{H} \cdot radiusOnMax$ $= 102.6 \cdot 0.6 = 61.6 m$

Shell scatter height @ 10 km61 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  $delim \cdot R_{m a x} = 0.5 \cdot 10093 = 5046$  m, and  $radiusOnMax = 0.6$  at 10093 m. Above the kink:  $k = 0.5 + (0.6 - 0.5) \cdot \frac{10000 - 5046}{10093 - 5046} = 0.5982$ , so  $σ_{V} = σ_{H} \cdot k = 102 \cdot 0.5982 = 61 m$ .

Med Horiz Disp34.2 m at 10.1 km

50%-hit horizontal radius: $σ_{H, 50} = σ_{H} \cdot \frac{0.6}{σ}$ $= 102.6 \cdot \frac{0.6}{1.8} = 34.2 m$

Med Vert Disp20.5 m at 10.1 km

50%-hit vertical radius: $σ_{V, 50} = σ_{V} \cdot \frac{0.6}{σ}$ $= 61.6 \cdot \frac{0.6}{1.8} = 20.5 m$

AP Pen Close219.2 mm point-blank

Canonical community AP formula (jcw780/wows_shell), evaluated at muzzle velocity:  $P = 10^{- 7} \cdot K \cdot m^{0.69} \cdot d^{- 1.07} \cdot v_{0}^{1.38}$   $= 10^{- 7} \cdot 1830 \cdot {47.7}^{0.69} \cdot {0.152}^{- 1.07} \cdot 853^{1.38} = 219.2 mm$ . Matches the in-game spec card.

AP Pen Far62.9 mm at 10.1 km

Same formula at the ship's max firing range (10.1 km), where the shell has slowed to 345.3 m/s:  $P = 10^{- 7} \cdot 1830 \cdot {47.7}^{0.69} \cdot {0.152}^{- 1.07} \cdot {345.3}^{1.38} = 62.9 mm$ .

AP pen 5 km115 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 km64 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 km7 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:  $k = \frac{π C_{d} d^{2}}{8 m} = \frac{π \cdot 0.4036 \cdot {0.152}^{2}}{8 \cdot 47.7} = 7.68 \times 10^{- 5}$ . 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 flight time @ 10 km7 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:  $k = \frac{π C_{d} d^{2}}{8 m} = \frac{π \cdot 0.4036 \cdot {0.152}^{2}}{8 \cdot 47.7} = 7.68 \times 10^{- 5}$ . 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.

HE penetration25 mm

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

AP overmatch10 mm

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

AP AOE 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 alpha8

Barrels that can bear on one beam (8 of 14); casemate/wing mounts only fire one side.

Turret turn time22.5 s

180 degrees / 8 deg/s traverse speed = 22.5 s.

HE full-salvo alpha13,720

1,715 HE damage x 8 broadside guns = 13,720.

AP full-salvo alpha20,000

2,500 AP damage x 8 broadside guns = 20,000.

HE DPM117,600

13,720 HE full-salvo alpha x 60 / 7 s base reload = 117,600.

AP DPM171,429

20,000 AP full-salvo alpha x 60 / 7 s base reload = 171,429.

Shells/min68.6

8 broadside guns x 60 / 7 s base reload = 68.6.

Fires/min4.8

68.6 shells/min x 7% fire chance = 4.8.

AA defense

AA DPS at max range21

Only families that reach 1 km contribute at the outer edge of the AA bubble. In-game families: Hotchkiss MG Mk1 8x1 -> 21 DPS @ 1 km.

Maximum AA range1 km

Longest-reaching family on the in-game AA card. Base AirDefense aura max range is 1 km; dual-purpose mount auras extend it.

AA DPS layered by range21 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-blank21

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

AA threat index21

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

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 @ 2.5 km172.5 m

2.5 km × 57 + 30 = 172.5 m.

Secondary battery firepower

Secondary DPM (per side)118,800

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 76.2 mm (9/side) × 60/5 × 1100 = 118,800. Assumes every shell hits (real hit rate is lower; the Brawl matchup tool on the Compare page folds in dispersion + target armor).

Max HE alpha1100

Maximum HE damage per shell across secondary HE families. Best on this ship: 1100 from the 76.2 mm family.

Max HE fire chance4%

Maximum per-shell fire chance across secondary HE families (before target fire resistance is applied). Best on this ship: 4% from the 76.2 mm family.

Max HE pen13 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: 13 mm from the 76.2 mm family.

Armor Beta

Hull HP 29,500, 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 & stern6 mm

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

Belt / citadel102 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 6–38 mm)	≈ 1,475 (~5% 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)	13 mm primary (range 13–51 mm)	≈ 22,125 (~75% of HP)	Overmatched by 203mm+ AP (Furutaka)Angle bounces 152mm13 mm: HE pens from 127mm+	Largest HP pool. Citadel sits behind these plates; thinner deck and side plating absorb the rest.
Stern	6 mm primary (range 6–13 mm)	≈ 1,475 (~5% of HP)	Overmatched by 127mm+ AP (Farragut, Shenyang)6 mm: HE pens from 127mm+	Mirror of bow. Same fast saturation.
Citadel	102 mm primary (range 6–102 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	6 mm primary (range 6–13 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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Every custom exterior Charleston M can equip, from in-game data.

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Cohort position

Peers in this cohort

Stats & specs

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Main battery formulas

AA defense

Secondary battery dispersion

Secondary battery firepower

Armor Beta

Ship Charts

Skins & permanent camouflages

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Signature Traits