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De Zeven Provinciën

Also called: 七省 Beta

Netherlands · Tier VII · CL Cruiser · Premium

Airstrike cruiserPairs main-battery fire with a bomber alt-strike to pressure distant objectives.

Playstyle

Hold 12-15 km with islands tight enough to break vision on demand
Avoid: Launching airstrikes at maneuvering targets

Key characteristics

Strong AAStealthy (11.5 km)Lobs over islandsEngine BoostSlowFragile

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Playstyle

Overview

De Zeven Provinciën is the Tier VII Dutch airstrike cruiser. The alt-armament fires a bomber line instead of torpedoes, so her damage profile is main battery up front plus airstrike pressure on distant caps. AA (671 AA DPS at 6 km, +100% Defensive AA flak burst) is heavy enough to make her the team's air-defense anchor on top of the lead role; CV strikes route around her, not through. Standout traits: best Repair Party charges in T7 CAs (3) and top-decile saturates bow fast in T7 CAs (600 HP).

Positioning

Hold 12-15 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.

Potato Avoidance

Launching airstrikes at maneuvering targets

The squadron's travel time is long enough that a healthy DD or cruiser with engine boost simply turns out of the cone. Reserve strikes for capping destroyers, island-huggers, and anyone already tying up with a teammate.

Signature Traits

Airstrike alt-armament

The alt-armament fires a bomber line in place of torpedoes. Rewards behind-cover positioning with the cap in range.

Engine Boost

+8% speed (about +2.6 kt), 120 s duration. Engine Boost consumable gives a small speed nudge - useful for closing a gap or steadying a torpedo run, not for running anything down. Uncommon in T7 CAs.

ELITE AA ↗

Top-tier AA · 671 AA
Long-reach AA · 6 km

Extra heal charges ↗

3 Repair Party charges, best of T7 CAs. More total HP available across a match.

Slow EB cycle ↗

180 s Engine Boost reload, worst of the 7 T7 CAs with Engine Boost. Sprint windows come slower than peers'.

Light citadel belt ↗

75 mm citadel belt, bottom decile of T7 CAs. Citadels through angle are possible.

Acquisition

How to get De Zeven Provinciën

De Zeven Provinciën is a Premium ship and not available to unlock in the Tech Tree. Acquisition paths: Containers and Campaign. 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.

ContainersAppears in official container odds below; availability depends on the container being sold or awarded.
CampaignEarnable in the Skyreaper From the Lowlands campaign; campaign ships can later return through other limited methods.

Best listed chance for this ship

Super VII crate 4.166667% One of the Tier VII Premium ships Event · Super VII crate · 1 of 24 ships
Anniversary '25 Dutch crate 1% VII De Zeven Provinciën Event · Anniversary '25 Dutch crate
Mystic Lantern 0.078049% Tier VII Premium ship Event · Mystic Lantern · 1 of 41 ships

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Dutch Cruiser crate 0.01% VII De Zeven Provinciën Early access · Dutch Cruiser crate

Official WG availability sources

"Skyreaper From the Lowlands" Campaign Breakdown Campaign Start: 2024-05-27 · End: 2024-06-30 Official campaign breakdown naming this ship as a campaign/reward-context ship; explicit source windows are used when present, otherwise the end date is inferred from the next indexed campaign breakdown when available.
Official WoWS Legends container odds Containers Official container drop rows linked below include direct and nested effective ship odds.
Through the Spy Glass: De Zeven Provinciën Ship feature / release Start: 2024-06-03 · End: open/unknown end Official Through the Spy Glass feature for this ship; useful as a release/availability source, but not a guaranteed current-store listing.

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Anniversary '25 Dutch crate 1% · VII De Zeven Provinciën
Dutch Cruiser crate 0.01% · VII De Zeven Provinciën
Mystic Lantern 0.078049% · Tier VII Premium ship
Super VII crate 4.166667% · One of the Tier VII Premium ships

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Builds

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

Karel Doorman

Airstrike specialist

InspirationsCornelis van der Windt · Commander Worf

Doorman extends airstrike range, cruise speed, and plane HP via Bird's Eye View / Sea Wings / Iron Feathers so your bombers reach the target and survive AA. Cornelis van der Windt's Flame Storm trait adds bomb burning chance for more fire starts; Worf's Sky Attack trait raises damage on every projectile your aircraft drop. Treat the airstrike like a long-range torpedo: drop bombs across the path of a target rotating to cap or hiding behind an island, then use your main battery to punish whoever you've forced into the open.

Karel Doorman

Fire DoT cruiser

InspirationsJohan Furstner · Cornelis van der Windt

Same Doorman skill spine (airstrike range / cruise speed / plane HP). Furstner's Minister of the Navy trait raises fire damage from your cruiser's shells or bombs; Cornelis van der Windt's Flame Storm adds bomb burning chance on top. Each fire that lands does more DPS, and you start more of them. Pairs well with Burn It Down XXL on the main battery so HE salvos and airstrike bombs both leave heavier DoT.

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Commanders frequently paired with this ship Karel Doorman Cornelis van der Windt Commander Worf Johan Furstner

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Cohort position

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Where De Zeven Provinciën sits among Tier VII CAs (56 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.

BestAA DPS671 (1/57) BestAA range6 km (1 of 3 tied) BestAA threat2,658 (1/57) BestRepair charges3 (1 of 6 tied) Top 10%Stealth profile11.48 km / 6.89 km (6/57 / 5/57) Top 10%Smoke fire bloom5.37 km (3/57) Top 25%Main battery reload5.9 s (11/57) Top 25%Displacement12,125 t (7/57) Top 25%Deck armor75 mm (11/52) Bottom 25%Max speed32 kt (51/57) Bottom 25%HE shell damage2,150 (43/49) Bottom 25%AP shell damage3,000 (52/57) Bottom 25%Engine power85,000 hp (45/56) Bottom 25%AP pen at 10 km111 mm (51/57) Bottom 10%Hit points33,800 HP (53/57) Bottom 10%Turn-speed retention116.4 hp/m (52/56) Bottom 10%Max armor100 mm (53/57) WorstNo secondaries (7 of 57 in cohort) WorstNo torpedoes (15 of 57 in cohort) WorstRepair heal rate0.5 %/s (1 of 18 tied) WorstCitadel belt75 mm (1 of 2 tied)

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Not standouts for De Zeven Provinciën -- 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.

Rudder shift9.1 s(30/57) Turning circle730 m(31/57) Traverse-to-turn ratio6.19 ×(23/57) Main battery caliber152 mm(41/57) Main battery range15.62 km(20/57) Sigma2(29/57) HE fire chance11%(37/49) Fires per minute8.95(21/49) HE DPM174,915(23/49) AP DPM244,068(39/57) Main dispersion140.8 m(38/57) AP velocity900 m/s(23/57) HE velocity900 m/s(21/49) Acceleration26.1 s(22/56) AP fuse timer0.03 s(31/57) AP arming threshold25 mm(19/57) Power-to-weight7.01 hp/t(32/56) Effective HE DPM (incl. fire)241,304(22/49) Flak per wave (expected)1,575(27/57) Bow armor25 mm(33/54) Stern armor25 mm(33/54) NormAP ricochet start45°(40 of 57 tied at this value) NormAP auto-bounce angle60°(40 of 57 tied at this value) NormTurn speed retained81%(53 of 57 tied at this value)

Peers in this cohort

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Stats & specs

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Survivability

Hit Points33,800

Displacement12,125 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.

185.8 x 17.98 m

Armor range13–100 mm

Plate armor thicknesses13, 15, 16, 20, 25, 27, 30, 40, 50, 60, 75, 100 mm

Armor material/layer entries68

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.

36.6%

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 (3,042 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 (3,380 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.

19%

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.

16,900

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.

10,100

Effective HP

Base 33,800 HP plus everything Repair Party can restore: 0.5%/s x 28 s = 4,732 HP per charge, x3 charges = 14,196 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.

47,996

Repairable: penetration50%

Repairable: citadel33%

Repairable: steering gear50%

Main Battery

These main guns are dual-purpose: they also fire at aircraft and feed the AA Defense card.

ModuleArtillery: 152 mm/53 Bofors M42

Mounts / barrels4 mounts / 8 barrels

Reload time6.5 s

Firing range15.6 km

Turret traverse8 °/s

Turret armor100 mm

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.

30° off bow / 33° off stern

See the firing-arcs diagram ↓

AP pen max range75 mm

HE fire DPM vs T7 BB60255

Effective HE DPM vs T7 BB219025

Shell Grouping (σ)2

Max Horiz Disp

Horizontal dispersion ellipse width at max range, from the verified WoWS dispersion model:

σ_{H} = (\frac{R}{30} \cdot \frac{idealRadius - minRadius}{idealDistance} + minRadius) \cdot 30

= (\frac{15625}{30} \cdot \frac{8 - 1.1}{1000} + 1.1) \cdot 30 = 140.8 m

140.8 m at 15.6 km

Max Vert Disp

Vertical dispersion ellipse height at max range:

σ_{V} = σ_{H} \cdot radiusOnMax

= 140.8 \cdot 0.6 = 84.5 m

84.5 m at 15.6 km

Med Horiz Disp

50%-hit horizontal radius:

σ_{H, 50} = σ_{H} \cdot \frac{0.6}{σ}

= 140.8 \cdot \frac{0.6}{2} = 42.2 m

42.2 m at 15.6 km

Med Vert Disp

50%-hit vertical radius:

σ_{V, 50} = σ_{V} \cdot \frac{0.6}{σ}

= 84.5 \cdot \frac{0.6}{2} = 25.3 m

25.3 m at 15.6 km

Turret turn time

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

22.5 s

Shells/min

Zero upgrades: 8 broadside guns x 60 / 6.5 s base reload = 73.8. All upgrades (Main Battery Mod. 3 = -10% reload): 8 broadside guns x 60 / 5.9 s all-upgrades reload = 81.4.

Initial: 73.8 → 81.4

HE shells

HE Damage2,150

HE Velocity900 m/s

Fire Chance11%

HE penetration

In-game data: 30 mm = 152 mm caliber / 5.07 (non-standard HE penetration ratio).

30 mm

HE full-salvo alpha

2,150 HE damage x 8 broadside guns = 17,200.

17,200

HE DPM

Zero upgrades: 17,200 HE full-salvo alpha x 60 / 6.5 s base reload = 158,769. All upgrades (Main Battery Mod. 3 = -10% reload): 17,200 HE full-salvo alpha x 60 / 5.9 s all-upgrades reload = 174,915.

Initial: 158,769 → 174,915

Fires/min

Zero upgrades: 73.8 shells/min x 11% fire chance = 8.12. All upgrades (Main Battery Mod. 3 = -10% reload): 81.4 shells/min x 11% fire chance = 8.95.

Initial: 8.12 → 8.95

AP shells

AP Damage3,000

AP Velocity900 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 2200 \cdot {46.7}^{0.69} \cdot {0.152}^{- 1.07} \cdot 900^{1.38} = 279.6 mm

. Matches the in-game spec card.

279.6 mm point-blank

AP Pen Far

Same formula at the ship's max firing range (15.6 km), where the shell has slowed to 346.6 m/s:

P = 10^{- 7} \cdot 2200 \cdot {46.7}^{0.69} \cdot {0.152}^{- 1.07} \cdot {346.6}^{1.38} = 74.9 mm

74.9 mm at 15.6 km

AP full-salvo alpha

3,000 AP damage x 8 broadside guns = 24,000.

24,000

AP DPM

Zero upgrades: 24,000 AP full-salvo alpha x 60 / 6.5 s base reload = 221,538. All upgrades (Main Battery Mod. 3 = -10% reload): 24,000 AP full-salvo alpha x 60 / 5.9 s all-upgrades reload = 244,068.

Initial: 221,538 → 244,068

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.

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Squadrons

Plane HP2,000

Plane max speed180 kn

Planes per strike4

OrdnanceHE bomb, 5,800 dmg

Fire chance33%

Bomb penetration34.3 mm

Bomb velocity300 m/s

Charges3

Range12 km

Reload65 s

Launch arc-124° to 124°

AA Defense

AA mount points12

Maximum AA range

Longest-reaching family on the in-game AA card. Base AirDefense aura max range is 4 km; dual-purpose mount auras extend it.

6 km

57 mm/60 SAK Model 19504×2 57mm

40 mm/70 SAK-40/L70-3508×1 40mm

Gunsmain battery (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 66 from dual-purpose main battery firing as AA in this range band.

Range6 km

Guns57 mm/60 SAK Model 1950

Continuous DPS

Effective DPS: 92 raw aura damage × 3.5 × 0.9 hit probability = 290 - the same in-game units as the Close-range AA DPS headline.

290

Range4 km

Total DPS in Aura

Far 66 + Outer Medium 290 = 356

356

Guns40 mm/70 SAK-40/L70-350

Continuous DPS

Effective DPS: 100 raw aura damage × 3.5 × 0.9 hit probability = 315 - the same in-game units as the Close-range AA DPS headline.

315

Range3.5 km

Total DPS in Aura

Far 66 + Outer Medium 290 + Inner Medium 315 = 671

671

Bursts

Each ~2 s wave fires 2 quick salvos of 3 clouds ahead of the attacking squadron, plus 1 stray cloud farther out that appear off-beat between waves - up to 7 clouds per wave × 250 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 × 3 clouds + 1 outer

Cloud damage

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

250

Cloud spawn chance

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

90%

Wave rate

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

every ~2 s

Fired by

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

Main 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 6 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.

2.5-6 km

See the AA layers diagram ↓

Maneuverability

Engine power85,000 hp

Maximum speed32 kt

Turning circle radius730 m

Rudder shift time9.1 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 = 32 / 4 + 4.9 = 12.9 kt. The community reverse-speed model from the WoWs ShipBuilder project, the same source as the acceleration model on this card. Base value; speed modifiers scale it. Not shown on the in-game card.

12.9 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.

26.9 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).

9.9 kt

Acceleration 0-90%

Time to reach 90% of top speed (28.8 kt of 32 kt), from our in-house acceleration model.

26.1 s

Acceleration 0-99%

Time to reach 99% of top speed (31.7 kt of 32 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.

42.7 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{32.0 \cdot 0.5144}{730} = 1.29 ° / s

, so

ratio = \frac{ω_{turret}}{ω_{hull}} = \frac{8}{1.29} = 6.2 \times

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

6.2× slow

See the full acceleration curve ↓

Concealment

Detectability by sea11.48 km

Detectability by air6.89 km

Smoke firing penalty5.37 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.

15.62 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.

9.93 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.

13.48 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.

9.89 km

Guaranteed Detect2 km

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Consumables

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

Engine Boost2 charges · 180 s reload · 120 s active · +8% speed bonus

Defensive AA Fire3 charges · 140 s reload · 25 s active · ×2 flak burst boost
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Repeats the flak burst pattern ×2 within each wave - more clouds in the air over the wave, at the same spots.

Repair Party3 charges · 40 s reload · 28 s active · 4,732 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.
· 14,196 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.
· 169 HP/s (0.5% of max HP) heal per second
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0.5% of max HP (33,800 HP) per second = 169 HP/s. WoWS heals a flat percent of MAX HP each second, so this rate holds at any health level.

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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)2

Max Horiz Disp140.8 m at 15.6 km

Horizontal dispersion ellipse width at max range, from the verified WoWS dispersion model:  $σ_{H} = (\frac{R}{30} \cdot \frac{idealRadius - minRadius}{idealDistance} + minRadius) \cdot 30$   $= (\frac{15625}{30} \cdot \frac{8 - 1.1}{1000} + 1.1) \cdot 30 = 140.8 m$

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.

Shell scatter width @ 15 km136.5 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 Disp84.5 m at 15.6 km

Vertical dispersion ellipse height at max range: $σ_{V} = σ_{H} \cdot radiusOnMax$ $= 140.8 \cdot 0.6 = 84.5 m$

Shell scatter height @ 10 km53.9 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  $delim \cdot R_{m a x} = 0.5 \cdot 15625 = 7812$  m, and  $radiusOnMax = 0.6$  at 15625 m. Above the kink:  $k = 0.5 + (0.6 - 0.5) \cdot \frac{10000 - 7812}{15625 - 7812} = 0.528$ , so  $σ_{V} = σ_{H} \cdot k = 102 \cdot 0.528 = 53.9 m$ .

Med Horiz Disp42.2 m at 15.6 km

50%-hit horizontal radius: $σ_{H, 50} = σ_{H} \cdot \frac{0.6}{σ}$ $= 140.8 \cdot \frac{0.6}{2} = 42.2 m$

Med Vert Disp25.3 m at 15.6 km

50%-hit vertical radius: $σ_{V, 50} = σ_{V} \cdot \frac{0.6}{σ}$ $= 84.5 \cdot \frac{0.6}{2} = 25.3 m$

AP Pen Close279.6 mm point-blank

Canonical community AP formula (jcw780/wows_shell), evaluated at muzzle velocity:  $P = 10^{- 7} \cdot K \cdot m^{0.69} \cdot d^{- 1.07} \cdot v_{0}^{1.38}$   $= 10^{- 7} \cdot 2200 \cdot {46.7}^{0.69} \cdot {0.152}^{- 1.07} \cdot 900^{1.38} = 279.6 mm$ . Matches the in-game spec card.

AP Pen Far74.9 mm at 15.6 km

Same formula at the ship's max firing range (15.6 km), where the shell has slowed to 346.6 m/s:  $P = 10^{- 7} \cdot 2200 \cdot {46.7}^{0.69} \cdot {0.152}^{- 1.07} \cdot {346.6}^{1.38} = 74.9 mm$ .

AP pen 5 km174 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 km111 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 km78 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 km5.76 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:  $k = \frac{π C_{d} d^{2}}{8 m} = \frac{π \cdot 0.2841 \cdot {0.152}^{2}}{8 \cdot 46} = 5.6 \times 10^{- 5}$ . That runs from a 900 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 km5.76 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:  $k = \frac{π C_{d} d^{2}}{8 m} = \frac{π \cdot 0.2884 \cdot {0.152}^{2}}{8 \cdot 46.7} = 5.6 \times 10^{- 5}$ . That runs from a 900 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 penetration30 mm

In-game data: 30 mm = 152 mm caliber / 5.07 (non-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 Radius15

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 time22.5 s

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

HE full-salvo alpha17,200

2,150 HE damage x 8 broadside guns = 17,200.

AP full-salvo alpha24,000

3,000 AP damage x 8 broadside guns = 24,000.

HE DPMInitial: 158,769 → 174,915

Zero upgrades: 17,200 HE full-salvo alpha x 60 / 6.5 s base reload = 158,769. All upgrades (Main Battery Mod. 3 = -10% reload): 17,200 HE full-salvo alpha x 60 / 5.9 s all-upgrades reload = 174,915.

AP DPMInitial: 221,538 → 244,068

Zero upgrades: 24,000 AP full-salvo alpha x 60 / 6.5 s base reload = 221,538. All upgrades (Main Battery Mod. 3 = -10% reload): 24,000 AP full-salvo alpha x 60 / 5.9 s all-upgrades reload = 244,068.

Shells/minInitial: 73.8 → 81.4

Zero upgrades: 8 broadside guns x 60 / 6.5 s base reload = 73.8. All upgrades (Main Battery Mod. 3 = -10% reload): 8 broadside guns x 60 / 5.9 s all-upgrades reload = 81.4.

Fires/minInitial: 8.12 → 8.95

Zero upgrades: 73.8 shells/min x 11% fire chance = 8.12. All upgrades (Main Battery Mod. 3 = -10% reload): 81.4 shells/min x 11% fire chance = 8.95.

AA defense

AA DPS at max range66

Only families that reach 6 km contribute at the outer edge of the AA bubble. In-game families: Bofors 40mm70 SP48 8x1 -> 315 DPS @ 3.5 km; 57mm 60 Bofors M50 SW 4x2 -> 290 DPS @ 4 km; Far AA (?) -> 66 DPS @ 6 km.

Maximum AA range6 km

Longest-reaching family on the in-game AA card. Base AirDefense aura max range is 4 km; dual-purpose mount auras extend it.

AA DPS layered by range66 DPS @ 6 km, 356 DPS @ 4 km, 671 DPS @ 3.5 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-blank671

Sum of every family's average DPS, achievable only inside the closest-range family (3.5 km).

AA threat index2658

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.

Armor Beta

Hull HP 33,800, 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 & stern25 mm

Overmatched by 102+ AP guns across the bracket. Can’t reliably bow-tank; gets bow-citadelled and overpenned.

Belt / citadel75 mm

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

Farming13 mm

Superstructure and extremities take HE pens and AP overpens from nearly any gun: steady chip damage. Fire resistance 37%, fires burn 30s. Range-by-range in the Compare tool →

Section	Plates	HP cap	Threats	Tactic
Bow	25 mm primary (range 25–40 mm)	600 (2% of HP)	Overmatched by 380mm+ AP (Gneisenau, Richelieu)Angle bounces 356mm25 mm: HE pens from 150mm+	Bow-tank fits behind this exterior plate. Saturation is FAST here; the cap is often only a few thousand HP.
Hull (midship)	100 mm primary (range 16–100 mm)	25,400 (75% of HP)	No common AP caliber overmatches100 mm: standard HE shatters; improved HE (DE / FR BB) pens from 406mm+	Largest HP pool. Citadel sits behind these plates; thinner deck and side plating absorb the rest.
Stern	25 mm primary (range 25–75 mm)	500 (1% of HP)	Overmatched by 380mm+ AP (Gneisenau, Richelieu)Angle bounces 356mm25 mm: HE pens from 150mm+	Mirror of bow. Same fast saturation.
Citadel	75 mm primary (range 15–75 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 13–75 mm)	3,300 (10% 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	16,900 magazine HP	Turret knocked out	Per-turret powder-magazine HP, a separate pool that does not drain ship HP. As it is worn down the turret is likelier to be knocked out, and a smaller pool gets there faster.
AA mount (57 mm mount)	separate HP pool, does not drain ship HP	200 per-mount HP	Destroyed at 0 HP	Per-mount HP for the heaviest AA on this ship. An AA mount destroyed at 0 HP stops shooting down planes for the rest of the battle; DCP does not repair destroyed mounts. HE shells specifically target AA mounts since the small-caliber HP pool falls fast.
Rudder (module)	separate HP pool, does not drain ship HP	10,100 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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2026-04-30

Ministry of Balance: Viva la Marina!

Nerf affecting Dutch cruisers above Tier IV: Air Support special-effect activation distance reduced from 7.5/8/8.5/9 km to 7/7.4/7.7/8 km.

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