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Colorado

Also called: 科罗拉多 Beta

U.S.A. · Tier VI · Battleship · Tech Tree: Standard U.S. Battleships

All-rounder battleshipNo standout trait, so adapt: anchor mid-range, support a brawl, or snipe as the team needs.

Playstyle

Anchor a flank at 14-17 km with bow toward the closest threat
Avoid: Taking the long way round the map edge to flank

Key characteristics

Spotter planeStrong torpedo beltLong DCP windowHeavy magazine armorSlow

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Playstyle

Overview

Colorado is a Tier VI American all-rounder battleship with 406mm guns at 16.5 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. Standout traits: best torpedo belt percent in T6 BBs (37) and best DCP duration in T6 BBs (20 s).

Positioning

Anchor a flank at 14-17 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 21 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. Her handling reads as a contradiction and is not one: 16.1 s on the rudder means she starts turning late, while a 640 m circle means she comes around inside most of her cohort once she does. Decide a beat early and the turn itself will not let you down.

Potato Avoidance

Taking the long way round the map edge to flank

At 21 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 ARMOR ↗

Strong torpedo belt · 37%
Heavy magazine · 114 mm
Thickest plate · 406 mm
Torpedo belt specialist

Long DCP window ↗

20 s Damage Control duration, best of T6 BBs. Stays fire / flood immune longer per activation.

Stiff AP fuse ↗

68 mm AP arming threshold, bottom decile of T6 BBs. Over-pens thin plates; the trade-off pays off when most targets are battleship belt armor.

Underpowered engine ↗

28900 hp engine, bottom decile of T6 BBs. Less headroom for re-accelerating from a stop and holding speed through turns.

Acquisition

How to get Colorado

Colorado is available in the Standard U.S. Battleships branch of the U.S. Tech Tree for 9,000,000 credits after researching it in the branch. Known module upgrades cost up to 1,800,000 credits.

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U.S. Tech Tree

Colorado sits in the Standard U.S. Battleships branch. The highlighted path shows the local branch context inside the full U.S. tree.

The standard-style U.S. Tech Tree battleships are focused on providing excellent firepower and well-protected citadels. However, their low speed and specific armor schemes can leave them exposed to sustained high-explosive fire.

Advantages: Reliable firepower, Protected citadels
Disadvantages: Slow, Vulnerable to HE shells and bombs

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Builds

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

AL Colorado

Slow guns, long reach

SkillsFlammable Cannonier Gyrating Drillbits Marksmanship Reaching Out XXL Will to Rebuild

InspirationsAL Nelson · AL Dunkerque

Range 16.5 km to 18.4 km, AP 12,400 to 13,392, sigma 1.90 to 2.06, and Will to Rebuild more than doubles the heal to 821 HP/s. Two real costs: 21.0 kn to 19.5 kn, and fire resistance 30 to 21 percent. Swap Gyrating Drillbits for Crisscross to keep the knot and a half.

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Cohort position

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Where Colorado sits among Tier VI BBs (31 ships). Notable standouts are shown first; the rest of the cohort-ranked stats are in the expand below. Acquisition variants (Black Friday, Founders Edition) are counted once with their base ship, not as separate peers.

BestTurning circle640 m (1/32) Top 25%Main battery caliber406 mm (9/32) Top 25%Main battery range16.46 km (6/32) Top 25%AP shell damage12,400 (7/32) Top 25%Repair heal rate0.66 %/s (9/32) Top 25%Max armor406 mm (5/32) Top 25%Citadel belt343 mm (9/32) Bottom 25%Stealth profile14.79 km / 11.83 km (27/32 / 27/32) Bottom 25%Smoke fire bloom14.28 km (27/32) Bottom 25%Rudder shift16.1 s (27/32) Bottom 25%Main dispersion224.6 m (27/32) Bottom 25%Secondary HE pen21 mm (26/31) Bottom 25%AP arming threshold68 mm (25/32) Bottom 10%Acceleration40.8 s (30/32) Bottom 10%Turn-speed retention45.2 hp/m (31/32) Bottom 10%AA range4.2 km (30/32) WorstMax speed21 kt (1 of 2 tied) WorstEngine power28,900 hp (32/32) WorstPower-to-weight0.7 hp/t (32/32) WorstNo torpedoes (26 of 32 in cohort) WorstDeck armor16 mm (32/32)

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Not standouts for Colorado -- here's where she sits on every other ranked stat in the cohort. Stats tagged NORM are tied across more than half the cohort, so the value is the cohort default rather than a standout.

Hit points59,300 HP(16/32) Traverse-to-turn ratio4.14 ×(16/32) Main battery reload30 s(19/32) Sigma1.9(11/32) HE shell damage5,700(13/31) HE fire chance36%(11/31) Fires per minute5.76(20/31) HE DPM91,200(21/31) AP DPM198,400(21/32) Secondary DPM (per side)173,143(24/32) Secondary HE alpha1,800(23/31) Secondary fire chance9%(11/31) AP velocity768 m/s(23/32) HE velocity803 m/s(21/31) Displacement41,140 t(16/32) AP pen at 10 km553 mm(11/32) Effective HE DPM (incl. fire)134,274(21/31) Secondary range5 km(16/32) AA DPS464(10/32) AA threat1,368(11/32) Flak per wave (expected)750(19/32) Repair charges3(15/32) Bow armor26 mm(12/32) Stern armor26 mm(13/32) NormSecondary dispersion bracket57(25 of 32 tied at this value) NormAP fuse timer0.03 s(22 of 32 tied at this value) NormAP ricochet start45°(28 of 32 tied at this value) NormAP auto-bounce angle60°(28 of 32 tied at this value) NormTurn speed retained81%(31 of 32 tied at this value)

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Stats & specs

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Survivability

Hit PointsInitial: 49,000 → 59,300

Displacement41,140 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.

190.2 x 29.7 m (published figure)

Armor range6–406 mm

Plate armor thicknesses6, 16, 19, 26, 38, 40, 76, 85, 89, 102, 114, 120, 152, 160, 203, 320, 343, 406 mm

Armor material/layer entries61

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: 26.6% → 30%

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 (10,674 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 (11,860 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.

37%

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.

29,700

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.

17,800

Effective HP

Base 59,300 HP plus everything Repair Party can restore: 0.66%/s x 28 s = 10,959 HP per charge, x3 charges = 32,876 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.

92,176

Repairable: penetration50%

Repairable: citadel10%

Repairable: steering gear50%

Main Battery

ModuleArtillery: 406 mm/45 Mk1

Mounts / barrels4 mounts / 8 barrels

Reload time30 s

Firing range (base)15 km

Firing range (top fire control)16.5 km

Turret traverse4 °/s

Turret armor457 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.

2x ±150°, ±146.5°, ±143°

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.

37° off bow / 33.5° off stern

See the firing-arcs diagram ↓

AP pen max range454 mm

HE fire DPM vs T6 BB43074

Effective HE DPM vs T6 BB134274

Shell Grouping (σ)1.9

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{16461.5}{30} \cdot \frac{12 - 2}{1000} + 2) \cdot 30 = 224.6 m

224.6 m at 16.5 km

Max Vert Disp

Vertical dispersion ellipse height at max range:

σ_{V} = σ_{H} \cdot radiusOnMax

= 224.6 \cdot 0.6 = 134.8 m

134.8 m at 16.5 km

Med Horiz Disp

50%-hit horizontal radius:

σ_{H, 50} = σ_{H} \cdot \frac{0.6}{σ}

= 224.6 \cdot \frac{0.6}{1.9} = 70.9 m

70.9 m at 16.5 km

Med Vert Disp

50%-hit vertical radius:

σ_{V, 50} = σ_{V} \cdot \frac{0.6}{σ}

= 134.8 \cdot \frac{0.6}{1.9} = 42.6 m

42.6 m at 16.5 km

Turret turn time

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

45 s

Shells/min

8 broadside guns x 60 / 30 s base reload = 16.

HE shells

HE Damage5,700

HE Velocity803 m/s

Fire Chance36%

HE penetration

68 mm ≈ 406 mm caliber / 6 (standard HE penetration ratio).

68 mm

HE full-salvo alpha

5,700 HE damage x 8 broadside guns = 45,600.

45,600

HE DPM

45,600 HE full-salvo alpha x 60 / 30 s base reload = 91,200.

91,200

Fires/min

16 shells/min x 36% fire chance = 5.76.

5.76

AP shells

AP Damage12,400

AP Velocity768 m/s

Min Ricochet45 deg

Guaranteed Ricochet60 deg

Fuse Timer0.033 s

Fuse Threshold68 mm

AP overmatch

floor(406 mm caliber / 14.3) = 28 mm (AP auto-penetrates plating this thick or less).

28 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 2636 \cdot 1016^{0.69} \cdot {0.406}^{- 1.07} \cdot 768^{1.38} = 787.7 mm

. Matches the in-game spec card.

787.7 mm point-blank

AP Pen Far

Same formula at the ship's max firing range (16.5 km), where the shell has slowed to 515.5 m/s:

P = 10^{- 7} \cdot 2636 \cdot 1016^{0.69} \cdot {0.406}^{- 1.07} \cdot {515.5}^{1.38} = 454.4 mm

454.4 mm at 16.5 km

AP full-salvo alpha

12,400 AP damage x 8 broadside guns = 99,200.

99,200

AP DPM

99,200 AP full-salvo alpha x 60 / 30 s base reload = 198,400.

198,400

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.

150

AA Defense

AA mount pointsInitial: 44 → 48

Maximum AA range

Longest-reaching family on the in-game AA card. Base AirDefense aura max range is 3.1 km; dual-purpose mount auras extend it.

4.2 km

40 mm Bofors Mk1 (upgraded hull only)3×2 40mm

40 mm Bofors Mk2 (upgraded hull only)8×4 40mm

20 mm Oerlikon Mk4Initial: 38×1 → 37×1 20mm

28 mm Mk2 mod. 2 (stock hull only)6×4 28mm

127 mm Mk19 mod. 6 (DP)

Dual-purpose: your secondaries doing double duty against aircraft. The same mounts appear on the Secondary Battery card - shared guns, not extra hardware.

8×1 127mm

Guns127 mm Mk19 mod. 6 (DP) + 127 mm Mk7 (DP)

Continuous DPS

Effective DPS in in-game units (raw aura damage × 3.5 × hit probability, summed per contributing aura) - matches the Close-range AA DPS headline's currency. Includes 55 from dual-purpose secondaries firing as AA in this range band.

Range4.2 km

Guns40 mm Bofors Mk1 + 40 mm Bofors Mk2

Continuous DPS

Effective DPS: 81 raw aura damage × 3.5 × 0.75 hit probability = 213 - the same in-game units as the Close-range AA DPS headline.

213

Range3.5 km

Total DPS in Aura

Far 55 + Medium 213 = 268

268

Guns20 mm Oerlikon Mk4

Continuous DPS

Effective DPS: 80 raw aura damage × 3.5 × 0.7 hit probability = 196 - the same in-game units as the Close-range AA DPS headline.

Initial: 223 → 196

Range2 km

Total DPS in Aura

Far 55 + Medium 213 + Near 196 = 464

464

Bursts

Each ~2 s wave fires 2 quick salvos of 2 clouds ahead of the attacking squadron, plus 1 stray cloud farther out that appear off-beat between waves - up to 5 clouds per wave × 200 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 × 2 clouds + 1 outer

Cloud damage

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

200

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.

75%

Wave rate

A flak wave spawns roughly every 2 s - timed frame-by-frame from gameplay footage and consistent across ships.

every ~2 s

Fired by

Flak keeps firing while at least one secondary battery mount is operational - even losing every other AA mount does not stop it.

Secondary battery

Flak zone

The activation band: flak fires while attacking planes are inside it. Clouds are placed ahead of the planes' path, so bursts can land short of 2.5 km or past 4.2 km - once planes get inside the band, new waves stop. AA range bonuses push the outer edge out; the 2.5 km inner edge does not move.

2.5-4.2 km

See the AA layers diagram ↓

Secondary Battery

Mounts18 → 16

Firing range5.0 km

Shell Grouping (σ)1

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 @ 5 km

5 km × 57 + 30 = 315 m.

315 m

Caliber127 mm

Reload time4.5 s

HE Damage1,800

Muzzle Velocity657 m/s

Fire Chance9%

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 power28,900 hp

Maximum speed21 kt

Turning circle radius640 m

Rudder shift time16.1 s

Engine power-boost threshold7 kt

Engine spool-up time23 s

Reverse spool-up time11.5 s

Reverse speed

top speed / 4 + 4.9 = 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.

55.4 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).

7.2 kt

Acceleration 0-90%

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

40.8 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.

69.4 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}{640} = 0.97 ° / s

, so

ratio = \frac{ω_{turret}}{ω_{hull}} = \frac{4}{0.97} = 4.1 \times

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

4.1× drags

See the full acceleration curve ↓

Concealment

Detectability by sea14.79 km

Detectability by air11.83 km

Smoke firing penalty14.28 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.

16.46 km

Detect when firing (air)

Air detectability plus the gun-firing bloom (8.12 km, which tracks main-battery caliber x 0.020). Matches the in-game 'Detect Firing Air' value on every captured ship.

19.95 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.

16.79 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.

14.83 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 · 10,959 HP (18.5% of max HP) total heal (per charge)
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Heal per second (0.66%) x effective active time (28 s) = up to 18.5% of max HP restored per charge.
· 32,877 HP (55.5% of max HP) total heal (all charges)
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18.5% per charge x 3 charges = up to 55.5% of max HP if the whole Repair Party loadout is used.
· 391 HP/s (0.66% of max HP) heal per second
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0.66% of max HP (59,300 HP) per second = 391 HP/s. WoWS heals a flat percent of MAX HP each second, so this rate holds at any health level.

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Catapult Fighter Hull B only3 charges · 80 s reload · 90 s active · 5 km patrol radius
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Derived from the consumable's 30 m grid-unit range (km = grid units x 30 / 1000): $\frac{167 \times 30}{1000} = 5 km$
· 1 squadron size

Observation Seaplane Hull B only3 charges · 200 s reload · 30 s active · 1 squadron size · Tightens main-battery shell grouping

Secondary Battery Booster Hull B only3 charges · 160 s reload · 30 s active · +100% grouping · -50% dispersion

Module options (3)

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

HullUpgrade

Hit points49,000 → 59,300
Rudder shift27.1 → 21 s
AA mounts44 → 48
Close-range AA DPS114 → 161
Maximum AA range3.1 → 3.5 km

Fire controlUpgrade

Main battery range14,965 → 16461.5 m

EngineUpgrade

Time to 90% speed41.6 → 40.8 s

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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)1.9

Max Horiz Disp224.6 m at 16.5 km

Horizontal dispersion ellipse width at max range, from the verified WoWS dispersion model:  $σ_{H} = (\frac{R}{30} \cdot \frac{idealRadius - minRadius}{idealDistance} + minRadius) \cdot 30$   $= (\frac{16461.5}{30} \cdot \frac{12 - 2}{1000} + 2) \cdot 30 = 224.6 m$

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.

Shell scatter width @ 15 km210 m

Horizontal scatter at a fixed 15 km, from the same verified dispersion model - the long-range anchor. Only shown when the ship's guns reach 15 km.

Max Vert Disp134.8 m at 16.5 km

Vertical dispersion ellipse height at max range: $σ_{V} = σ_{H} \cdot radiusOnMax$ $= 224.6 \cdot 0.6 = 134.8 m$

Shell scatter height @ 10 km83.4 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  $delim \cdot R_{m a x} = 0.5 \cdot 16461.5 = 8231$  m, and  $radiusOnMax = 0.6$  at 16461.5 m. Above the kink:  $k = 0.5 + (0.6 - 0.5) \cdot \frac{10000 - 8231}{16461.5 - 8231} = 0.5215$ , so  $σ_{V} = σ_{H} \cdot k = 160 \cdot 0.5215 = 83.4 m$ .

Med Horiz Disp70.9 m at 16.5 km

50%-hit horizontal radius: $σ_{H, 50} = σ_{H} \cdot \frac{0.6}{σ}$ $= 224.6 \cdot \frac{0.6}{1.9} = 70.9 m$

Med Vert Disp42.6 m at 16.5 km

50%-hit vertical radius: $σ_{V, 50} = σ_{V} \cdot \frac{0.6}{σ}$ $= 134.8 \cdot \frac{0.6}{1.9} = 42.6 m$

Dispersion familyUS/UK BB Disp.

2.5% overall improvement compared to EU BB Disp.

AP Pen Close787.7 mm point-blank

Canonical community AP formula (jcw780/wows_shell), evaluated at muzzle velocity:  $P = 10^{- 7} \cdot K \cdot m^{0.69} \cdot d^{- 1.07} \cdot v_{0}^{1.38}$   $= 10^{- 7} \cdot 2636 \cdot 1016^{0.69} \cdot {0.406}^{- 1.07} \cdot 768^{1.38} = 787.7 mm$ . Matches the in-game spec card.

AP Pen Far454.4 mm at 16.5 km

Same formula at the ship's max firing range (16.5 km), where the shell has slowed to 515.5 m/s:  $P = 10^{- 7} \cdot 2636 \cdot 1016^{0.69} \cdot {0.406}^{- 1.07} \cdot {515.5}^{1.38} = 454.4 mm$ .

AP pen 5 km658 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 km553 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 pen 15 km473 mm

AP penetration at a fixed 15 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 km5.3 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:  $k = \frac{π C_{d} d^{2}}{8 m} = \frac{π \cdot 0.346 \cdot {0.406}^{2}}{8 \cdot 861.8} = 2.6 \times 10^{- 5}$ . That runs from a 803 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 km5.39 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:  $k = \frac{π C_{d} d^{2}}{8 m} = \frac{π \cdot 0.336 \cdot {0.406}^{2}}{8 \cdot 1016} = 2.14 \times 10^{- 5}$ . That runs from a 768 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 penetration68 mm

68 mm ≈ 406 mm caliber / 6 (standard HE penetration ratio).

AP overmatch28 mm

floor(406 mm caliber / 14.3) = 28 mm (AP auto-penetrates plating this thick or less).

AP AOE Radius150

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

All 8 barrels bear on the broadside.

Turret turn time45 s

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

HE full-salvo alpha45,600

5,700 HE damage x 8 broadside guns = 45,600.

AP full-salvo alpha99,200

12,400 AP damage x 8 broadside guns = 99,200.

HE DPM91,200

45,600 HE full-salvo alpha x 60 / 30 s base reload = 91,200.

AP DPM198,400

99,200 AP full-salvo alpha x 60 / 30 s base reload = 198,400.

Shells/min16

8 broadside guns x 60 / 30 s base reload = 16.

Fires/min5.76

16 shells/min x 36% fire chance = 5.76.

AA defense

AA DPS at max range55

Only families that reach 4.2 km contribute at the outer edge of the AA bubble. In-game families: 40mm Bofors Mk1 3x2 -> 58 DPS @ 3.5 km; 40mm Bofors Mk2 8x4 -> 155 DPS @ 3.5 km; 20mm Oerlikon MK4 37x1 -> 196 DPS @ 2 km; 5in25 Mk19 Mod6 8x1 -> 55 DPS @ 4.2 km.

Maximum AA range4.2 km

Longest-reaching family on the in-game AA card. Base AirDefense aura max range is 3.1 km; dual-purpose mount auras extend it.

AA DPS layered by range55 DPS @ 4.2 km, 268 DPS @ 3.5 km, 464 DPS @ 2 km

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

AA DPS at point-blank464

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

AA threat index1368

SUM over AA auras of (aura DPS x aura range km). A plane crossing the AA bubble is exposed to each aura for a time proportional to that aura's range, so long-reach DPS is worth more than the same DPS in a short bubble. Units: DPS*km; used to rank overall AA threat across the cohort.

Near aura range2 km

Secondary battery dispersion

Secondary dispersion typeStandard

Max dispersion = range (km) × 57 + 30. Each dispersion type sets its own slope; this is not a percentage applied to a standard baseline.

Max secondary dispersion @ 5 km315 m

5 km × 57 + 30 = 315 m.

Secondary battery firepower

Secondary DPM (per side)173,143

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: 8×1 127 mm (4/side) × 60/4.5 × 1800 = 96,000 + 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 chance9%

Maximum per-shell fire chance across secondary HE families (before target fire resistance is applied). Best on this ship: 9% 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 49,000 → 59,300 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 & stern26 mm

Overmatched by 80+ AP guns across the bracket. Can’t reliably bow-tank; gets bow-citadelled and overpenned.

Belt / citadel343 mm

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

Farming16 mm

Superstructure and extremities take HE pens and AP overpens from nearly any gun: steady chip damage. Fire resistance 30%, fires burn 60s. Range-by-range in the Compare tool →

Section	Plates	HP cap	Threats	Tactic
Bow	26 mm primary (range 26–40 mm)	2,400 (4% of HP)	Overmatched by 380mm+ AP (Bayern, Richelieu)Angle bounces 356mm26 mm: HE pens from 203mm+	Bow-tank fits behind this exterior plate. Saturation is FAST here; the cap is often only a few thousand HP.
Hull (midship)	16 mm primary (range 16–343 mm)	44,500 (75% of HP)	Overmatched by 283mm+ AP (Graf Spee, Scharnhorst)Angle bounces 203mm16 mm: HE pens from 127mm+	Largest HP pool. Citadel sits behind these plates; thinner deck and side plating absorb the rest.
Stern	26 mm primary (range 6–203 mm)	1,700 (3% of HP)	Overmatched by 380mm+ AP (Bayern, Richelieu)Angle bounces 356mm26 mm: HE pens from 203mm+	Mirror of bow. Same fast saturation.
Citadel	343 mm primary (range 26–343 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	16 mm primary (range 16–406 mm)	1,200 (2% 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	29,700 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.
AA mount (40 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)	-0.115 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	17,800 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 Colorado can equip, from in-game data.

DefaultThe ship’s standard exterior
Azur ColoradoAzur Lane
Colorado PopeyeDecorative
Stars and Stripes
Stars and Stripes permanent camouflage for ColoradoStars and Stripes

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