Main battery formulas
Shell Grouping (σ)1.6
Max Horiz Disp170.8 m at 14.6 km
Horizontal dispersion ellipse width at max range, from the verified WoWS dispersion model:
Shell scatter width @ 5 km90 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 km132 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 Disp102.5 m at 14.6 km
Vertical dispersion ellipse height at max range:
Shell scatter height @ 10 km70.9 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: at 0 m, at m, and at 14624.5 m. Above the kink: , so .
Med Horiz Disp64.1 m at 14.6 km
50%-hit horizontal radius:
Med Vert Disp38.4 m at 14.6 km
50%-hit vertical radius:
AP Pen Close576.1 mm point-blank
Canonical community AP formula (jcw780/wows_shell), evaluated at muzzle velocity: . Matches the in-game spec card.
AP Pen Far242 mm at 14.6 km
Same formula at the ship's max firing range (14.6 km), where the shell has slowed to 453.4 m/s: .
AP pen 5 km419 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 . Fixed anchors make ships directly comparable at the same fighting distance; the Charts card plots the full curve.
AP pen 10 km309 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 . Fixed anchors make ships directly comparable at the same fighting distance; the Charts card plots the full curve.
AP flight time @ 10 km5.37 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, , where is air density from a standard-atmosphere profile and bundles the shell's drag coefficient, caliber and mass: . That runs from a 855 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 km5.38 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, , where is air density from a standard-atmosphere profile and bundles the shell's drag coefficient, caliber and mass: . That runs from a 850 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 penetration76 mm
76 mm ≈ 305 mm caliber / 4 (improved HE penetration: German BBs, Yamato-class, and a handful of others).
Improved HE PenYes
This ship's HE shells use a 1/4 (~0.25) caliber-to-pen ratio instead of the standard 1/6 (~0.167) - 0.249 in this case. Lets HE pen ~76mm armor instead of ~50mm. Hits every German cruiser (150mm CL, 203mm CA) and BB (350mm+), British heavy cruisers / Lion / Nelson, a handful of other premiums.
AP overmatch21 mm
floor(305 mm caliber / 14.3) = 21 mm (AP auto-penetrates plating this thick or less).
AP AOE Radius50
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 time51.4 s
180 degrees / 3.5 deg/s traverse speed = 51.4 s.
HE full-salvo alphaInitial: 27,200 → 28,000
Zero upgrades: 3,400 HE damage x 8 broadside guns = 27,200. All upgrades (top hull shells): 3,500 HE damage x 8 broadside guns = 28,000.
AP full-salvo alphaInitial: 64,000 → 64,800
Zero upgrades: 8,000 AP damage x 8 broadside guns = 64,000. All upgrades (top hull shells): 8,100 AP damage x 8 broadside guns = 64,800.
HE DPMInitial: 62,769 → 64,615
Zero upgrades: 27,200 HE full-salvo alpha x 60 / 26 s base reload = 62,769. All upgrades (top hull shells): 28,000 HE full-salvo alpha x 60 / 26 s all-upgrades reload = 64,615.
AP DPMInitial: 147,692 → 149,538
Zero upgrades: 64,000 AP full-salvo alpha x 60 / 26 s base reload = 147,692. All upgrades (top hull shells): 64,800 AP full-salvo alpha x 60 / 26 s all-upgrades reload = 149,538.
Shells/min18.5
8 broadside guns x 60 / 26 s base reload = 18.5.
Fires/min4.25
18.5 shells/min x 23% fire chance = 4.25.
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