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Courbet 1944

Also called: 孤拔 1944 Beta

France · Tier III · Battleship · Premium · Courbet Variant

Bow-tank battleshipAngle bow-in and absorb; the armor holds a lane peer battleships cannot push through.

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

Strong AAThick bow plateEasily spotted

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Playstyle

Overview

Courbet 1944 is a Tier III French bow-tank battleship: top-decile bow and deck plate shrugs what peer guns cannot crack, so she holds the line bow-in and soaks fire while the team trades around her. Standout traits: top-decile AA DPS in T3 BBs (193).

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 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.

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 ↗

Thick bow plate · 30 mm
Bow-tanker

ELITE AA ↗

Top-tier AA · 193 AA
AA specialist

Easily spotted ↗

12.8 km surface detect, bottom decile of T3 BBs. Visible before you can react; position early.

Thin deck ↗

13 mm armor deck, bottom quartile of T3 BBs. Plunging fire and HE eat through.

Bow-in or broadside-dead

Angled bow-on, the bow and belt bounce AP that would citadel a flat-side peer -- but show a full broadside even for one salvo and you hand out a citadel. Commit to a lane you can hold angled; you can't afford to swing broadside to dodge torpedoes.

Acquisition

How to get Courbet 1944

Courbet 1944 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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Cohort position

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Where Courbet 1944 sits among Tier III BBs (17 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.

BestBow armor30 mm (1 of 2 tied) Top 25%Main battery range14.09 km (5/18) Top 25%Secondary HE alpha2,000 (5/17) Top 25%HE velocity905 m/s (4/18) Top 25%AA DPS193 (3/15) Bottom 25%Stealth profile12.76 km / 10.21 km (17/18 / 17/18) Bottom 25%Smoke fire bloom9.74 km (15/18) Bottom 25%Fires per minute4.4 (15/18) Bottom 25%Main dispersion204 m (15/18) WorstSecondary range3.5 km (1 of 7 tied) WorstFlak per wave (expected)150 (1 of 3 tied) WorstDeck armor13 mm (1 of 2 tied)

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Not standouts for Courbet 1944 -- 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 points41,000 HP(9/18) Max speed21 kt(12/18) Rudder shift12.3 s(11/18) Turning circle580 m(7/18) Traverse-to-turn ratio2.81 ×(11/18) Main battery caliber305 mm(9/18) Main battery reload30 s(11/18) Sigma1.8(6/18) HE shell damage4,200(11/18) HE fire chance22%(14/18) HE DPM84,000(9/18) AP shell damage8,300(7/18) AP DPM166,000(11/18) Secondary DPM (per side)132,000(9/18) Secondary fire chance8%(10/17) Secondary HE pen23 mm(9/17) AP velocity798 m/s(14/18) Acceleration36.2 s(11/17) AP arming threshold51 mm(10/18) Engine power28,000 hp(11/17) Turn-speed retention48.3 hp/m(13/17) Displacement25,579 t(11/18) Power-to-weight1.09 hp/t(13/17) AP pen at 10 km262 mm(12/18) Effective HE DPM (incl. fire)112,868(13/18) AA range3 km(9/15) AA threat284(7/15) Repair charges3(9/18) Max armor300 mm(9/18) Citadel belt250 mm(11/18) Stern armor19 mm(10/18) NormSecondary dispersion bracket57(15 of 18 tied at this value) NormAP fuse timer0.01 s(13 of 18 tied at this value)

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Survivability

Hit Points41,000

Displacement25,579 t

Armor range12–300 mm

Plate armor thicknesses12, 13, 14, 19, 20, 24, 28, 30, 40, 48, 70, 90, 120, 135, 142, 145, 150, 160, 175, 180, 200, 232, 235, 250, 270, 280, 300 mm

Armor material/layer entries95

Fire resistance

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

10%

Fire duration60 s

Fire damage

Each fire ticks 0.3% of max HP per second for the full 60 s, so one unattended fire burns 18% of the pool (7,380 HP on this ship). 4 fire points can burn at once. Verified against measured burn ticks in replay data.

0.3% of HP per second

Flood duration40 s

Flood damage

A flood ticks 0.5% of max HP per second for the 40 s duration, so one unattended flood costs 20% of the pool (8,200 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.

10%

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.

20,500

Steering gear HP

Durability of the steering gears. As this pool drops, hits are likelier to jam the rudder; unlike most modules the steering can be knocked out and repaired but is never permanently destroyed.

12,300

Effective HP

Base 41,000 HP plus everything Repair Party can restore: 0.5%/s x 28 s = 5,740 HP per charge, x3 charges = 17,220 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.

58,220

Repairable: penetration50%

Repairable: citadel10%

Repairable: steering gear50%

Main Battery

ModuleArtillery: 305 mm/45 Mle 1910

Mounts / barrels6 mounts / 12 barrels

Reload time30 s

Firing range14.1 km

Turret traverse3 °/s

Turret armor400 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 ±135°, 180° starboard-only, 2x ±142°, 180° port-only

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.

45° off bow / 38° off stern

HE fire DPM vs T3 BB28868

Effective HE DPM vs T3 BB112868

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{14085.5}{30} \cdot \frac{12 - 2.2}{1000} + 2.2) \cdot 30 = 204 m

204 m at 14.1 km

Max Vert Disp

Vertical dispersion ellipse height at max range:

σ_{V} = σ_{H} \cdot radiusOnMax

= 204 \cdot 0.6 = 122.4 m

122.4 m at 14.1 km

Med Horiz Disp

50%-hit horizontal radius:

σ_{H, 50} = σ_{H} \cdot \frac{0.6}{σ}

= 204 \cdot \frac{0.6}{1.8} = 68 m

68 m at 14.1 km

Med Vert Disp

50%-hit vertical radius:

σ_{V, 50} = σ_{V} \cdot \frac{0.6}{σ}

= 122.4 \cdot \frac{0.6}{1.8} = 40.8 m

40.8 m at 14.1 km

Turret turn time

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

60 s

Shells/min

10 broadside guns x 60 / 30 s base reload = 20.

HE shells

HE Damage4,200

HE Velocity905 m/s

Fire Chance22%

HE penetration

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

51 mm

HE full-salvo alpha

4,200 HE damage x 10 broadside guns = 42,000.

42,000

HE DPM

42,000 HE full-salvo alpha x 60 / 30 s base reload = 84,000.

84,000

Fires/min

20 shells/min x 22% fire chance = 4.4.

4.4

AP shells

AP Damage8,300

AP Velocity798 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 2300 \cdot {428.35}^{0.69} \cdot {0.305}^{- 1.07} \cdot 798^{1.38} = 542.3 mm

. Matches the in-game spec card.

542.3 mm point-blank

AP Pen Far

Same formula at the ship's max firing range (14.1 km), where the shell has slowed to 394.9 m/s:

P = 10^{- 7} \cdot 2300 \cdot {428.35}^{0.69} \cdot {0.305}^{- 1.07} \cdot {394.9}^{1.38} = 205.4 mm

205.4 mm at 14.1 km

AP full-salvo alpha

8,300 AP damage x 10 broadside guns = 83,000.

83,000

AP DPM

83,000 AP full-salvo alpha x 60 / 30 s base reload = 166,000.

166,000

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 points24

Maximum AA range

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

3 km

75 mm/50 Mle 19228×1 75mm

13.2 mm/76 CAD Mle 19298×2 13mm

13.2 mm/76 Mle 19298×1 13mm

Guns75 mm/50 Mle 1922

Continuous DPS

Effective DPS: 11 raw aura damage × 3.5 × 0.75 hit probability = 29 - the same in-game units as the Close-range AA DPS headline.

Range3 km

Guns13.2 mm/76 CAD Mle 1929 + 13.2 mm/76 Mle 1929

Continuous DPS

Effective DPS: 67 raw aura damage × 3.5 × 0.7 hit probability = 164 - the same in-game units as the Close-range AA DPS headline.

164

Range1.2 km

Total DPS in Aura

Far 29 + Near 164 = 193

193

Bursts

Each ~2 s wave fires 2 quick salvos of 1 clouds ahead of the attacking squadron - up to 2 clouds per wave × 100 damage each. Planes that fly into a cloud take its damage; clouds dissipate before the next wave lands. Defensive AA Fire, where fitted, multiplies the salvo repeats within each wave.

2 salvos × 1 clouds

Cloud damage

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

100

Cloud spawn chance

Each cloud in the pattern rolls this chance to spawn, so waves average fewer clouds than the maximum. Often called flak 'hit chance', but spawned clouds always damage planes that fly into them - the roll is on spawning.

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

Aa mounts

Flak zone

The activation band: flak fires while attacking planes are inside it. Clouds are placed ahead of the planes' path, so bursts can land short of 2.5 km or past 3 km - once planes get inside the band, new waves stop. AA range bonuses push the outer edge out; the 2.5 km inner edge does not move.

2.5-3 km

See the AA layers diagram ↓

Secondary Battery

Mounts22

Firing range3.5 km

Shell Grouping (σ)1

139 mm/55 Mle 191022×1 139mm

Caliber139 mm

Reload time10 s

HE Damage2,000

Muzzle Velocity840 m/s

Fire Chance8%

Armor Pen23 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 @ 3.5 km

3.5 km × 57 + 30 = 229.5 m.

229.5 m

Maneuverability

Engine power28,000 hp

Maximum speed21 kt

Turning circle radius580 m

Rudder shift time12.3 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.

46.3 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.

36.2 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.

60 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}{580} = 1.07 ° / s

, so

ratio = \frac{ω_{turret}}{ω_{hull}} = \frac{3}{1.07} = 2.8 \times

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

2.8× drags

See the full acceleration curve ↓

Concealment

Detectability by sea12.76 km

Detectability by air10.21 km

Smoke firing penalty9.74 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.

14.09 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.

16.31 km

Detect when on fire (sea)

Base sea detectability + 2.0 km while burning; matches the in-game 'Detect Fire Sea' value on every captured ship.

14.76 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.

13.21 km

Guaranteed Detect2 km

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Consumables

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

Repair Party3 charges · 80 s reload · 28 s active · 5,740 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.
· 17,220 HP (42% of max HP) total heal (all charges)
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14% per charge x 3 charges = up to 42% of max HP if the whole Repair Party loadout is used.
· 205 HP/s (0.5% of max HP) heal per second
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0.5% of max HP (41,000 HP) per second = 205 HP/s. WoWS heals a flat percent of MAX HP each second, so this rate holds at any health level.

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

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Numbers the spec table cannot show directly: alpha-strike math, DPM, dispersion, AP penetration. Click the formula chip on any row to reveal how it is calculated.

Main battery formulas

Shell Grouping (σ)1.8

Max Horiz Disp204 m at 14.1 km

Horizontal dispersion ellipse width at max range, from the verified WoWS dispersion model:  $σ_{H} = (\frac{R}{30} \cdot \frac{idealRadius - minRadius}{idealDistance} + minRadius) \cdot 30$   $= (\frac{14085.5}{30} \cdot \frac{12 - 2.2}{1000} + 2.2) \cdot 30 = 204 m$

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 Disp122.4 m at 14.1 km

Vertical dispersion ellipse height at max range: $σ_{V} = σ_{H} \cdot radiusOnMax$ $= 204 \cdot 0.6 = 122.4 m$

Shell scatter height @ 10 km88.9 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  $delim \cdot R_{m a x} = 0.5 \cdot 14085.5 = 7043$  m, and  $radiusOnMax = 0.6$  at 14085.5 m. Above the kink:  $k = 0.5 + (0.6 - 0.5) \cdot \frac{10000 - 7043}{14085.5 - 7043} = 0.542$ , so  $σ_{V} = σ_{H} \cdot k = 164 \cdot 0.542 = 88.9 m$ .

Med Horiz Disp68 m at 14.1 km

50%-hit horizontal radius: $σ_{H, 50} = σ_{H} \cdot \frac{0.6}{σ}$ $= 204 \cdot \frac{0.6}{1.8} = 68 m$

Med Vert Disp40.8 m at 14.1 km

50%-hit vertical radius: $σ_{V, 50} = σ_{V} \cdot \frac{0.6}{σ}$ $= 122.4 \cdot \frac{0.6}{1.8} = 40.8 m$

AP Pen Close542.3 mm point-blank

Canonical community AP formula (jcw780/wows_shell), evaluated at muzzle velocity:  $P = 10^{- 7} \cdot K \cdot m^{0.69} \cdot d^{- 1.07} \cdot v_{0}^{1.38}$   $= 10^{- 7} \cdot 2300 \cdot {428.35}^{0.69} \cdot {0.305}^{- 1.07} \cdot 798^{1.38} = 542.3 mm$ . Matches the in-game spec card.

AP Pen Far205.4 mm at 14.1 km

Same formula at the ship's max firing range (14.1 km), where the shell has slowed to 394.9 m/s:  $P = 10^{- 7} \cdot 2300 \cdot {428.35}^{0.69} \cdot {0.305}^{- 1.07} \cdot {394.9}^{1.38} = 205.4 mm$ .

AP pen 5 km373 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 km262 mm

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

AP flight time @ 10 km6.01 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:  $k = \frac{π C_{d} d^{2}}{8 m} = \frac{π \cdot 0.52 \cdot {0.305}^{2}}{8 \cdot 428.35} = 4.43 \times 10^{- 5}$ . That runs from a 798 m/s muzzle velocity in 0.02 s steps under gravity 9.8 m/s² until the shell lands, then divides by 2.77: the game clock runs faster than real time, and that factor was measured against stopwatch runs in the Training Room. Lower is better, since a faster shell is harder to dodge and needs less lead.

HE flight time @ 10 km5.95 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:  $k = \frac{π C_{d} d^{2}}{8 m} = \frac{π \cdot 0.52 \cdot {0.305}^{2}}{8 \cdot 308} = 6.17 \times 10^{- 5}$ . That runs from a 905 m/s muzzle velocity in 0.02 s steps under gravity 9.8 m/s² until the shell lands, then divides by 2.77: the game clock runs faster than real time, and that factor was measured against stopwatch runs in the Training Room. Lower is better, since a faster shell is harder to dodge and needs less lead.

HE penetration51 mm

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

AP overmatch21 mm

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

AP AOE Radius40

AP shell over-penetration splash radius; scales with shell mass. Wickes 102mm = 3, standard 152mm CL ~ 20, Iowa 406mm ~ 270, Yamato 460mm = 400, Incomparable 650mm = 550 (max). Larger value = bigger splash damage area when AP over-pens.

Broadside guns used for alpha10

Barrels that can bear on one beam (10 of 12); casemate/wing mounts only fire one side.

Turret turn time60 s

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

HE full-salvo alpha42,000

4,200 HE damage x 10 broadside guns = 42,000.

AP full-salvo alpha83,000

8,300 AP damage x 10 broadside guns = 83,000.

HE DPM84,000

42,000 HE full-salvo alpha x 60 / 30 s base reload = 84,000.

AP DPM166,000

83,000 AP full-salvo alpha x 60 / 30 s base reload = 166,000.

Shells/min20

10 broadside guns x 60 / 30 s base reload = 20.

Fires/min4.4

20 shells/min x 22% fire chance = 4.4.

AA defense

AA DPS at max range29

Only families that reach 3 km contribute at the outer edge of the AA bubble. In-game families: 75 50 Mle 1922 8x1 -> 29 DPS @ 3 km; 13 2 76 Hotchkiss CAQ Mle 1929 twin 8x2 -> 82 DPS @ 1.2 km; 13 mm76 Hotchkiss Mle 1930 8x1 -> 82 DPS @ 1.2 km.

Maximum AA range3 km

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

AA DPS layered by range29 DPS @ 3 km, 193 DPS @ 1.2 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-blank193

Sum of every family's average DPS, achievable only inside the closest-range family (1.2 km).

AA threat index284

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 range1.2 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 @ 3.5 km229.5 m

3.5 km × 57 + 30 = 229.5 m.

Secondary battery firepower

Secondary DPM (per side)132,000

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: 22×1 139 mm (11/side) × 60/10 × 2000 = 132,000. Assumes every shell hits (real hit rate is lower; the Brawl matchup tool on the Compare page folds in dispersion + target armor).

Max HE alpha2000

Maximum HE damage per shell across secondary HE families. Best on this ship: 2000 from the 139 mm family.

Max HE fire chance8%

Maximum per-shell fire chance across secondary HE families (before target fire resistance is applied). Best on this ship: 8% from the 139 mm family.

Max HE pen23 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: 23 mm from the 139 mm family.

Armor Beta

Hull HP 41,000, 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 & stern30 mm

Nothing in its bracket overmatches it. Angled, every AP shell in matchmaking bounces.

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 10%, fires burn 60s. Range-by-range in the Compare tool →

Section	Plates	HP cap	Threats	Tactic
Bow	30 mm primary (range 24–200 mm)	≈ 2,050 (~5% of HP)	Overmatch not possible in its bracketAngle bounces 410mm30 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)	270 mm primary (range 12–270 mm)	≈ 30,750 (~75% of HP)	No common AP caliber overmatches270 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 19–200 mm)	≈ 2,050 (~5% 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 13–250 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	13 mm primary (range 13–300 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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2025-05-15

Ministry of Balance: New Horizons, Greater Heights

The Superior AP Damage ship trait has been replaced with Long Reach. This doesn't affect the ship's performance.

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