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Dido

Also called: 黛朵 Beta

U.K. · Tier V · CL Cruiser · Premium

HE fire-spam cruiserGuns farm HE fires and sustained DPM; Sonar contests islands and smoke without exposing the hull.

Playstyle

Sit 12-15 km from a contested cap where an island shadows you from the opposite battleship line
Avoid: Burning Main Battery Reload Booster on a hopeful salvo

Key characteristics

Heavy torpedoesLobs over islandsSmoke + SonarReload BoosterDefensive AASlow HE shells

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Playstyle

Overview

Dido is a Tier V British light cruiser whose 133mm guns farm HE fires and sustained DPM, with Sonar as her vision tool: Hydro lets her contest islands and smoke without exposing the hull. A Smoke Generator on top means she can fight from cover the sonar has already cleared, with the bubble out to 4.2 km. Standout traits: best extra smoke charges in T5 CAs (5) and best deck armor in T5 CAs (89 mm).

Positioning

Sit 12-15 km from a contested cap where an island shadows you from the opposite battleship line. Hydro (4.2 km on ships, 3 km on torpedoes) lights up DDs and incoming torpedoes inside its bubble, so you can push the cap edge from cover without taking the spotting cycle; prefer cover positions over open-water flanks. 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. Shooting from the cloud gives you away at 4.6 km, and a destroyer here is spotted at about 6.5 km, so you see it coming with roughly 2 km to spare. Vision is mutual: past the 2 km guaranteed ring you cannot see out either, and only your Sonar bubble (4.2 km) sees out; past that you are shooting at what a teammate holds lit. Enemy sonar (about 4 km) and radar (about 8.1 km) read straight in regardless. At 600 m the screen is wider than standard, so it can cover a teammate holding the same line as well as your own hull. She is genuinely evasive in both phases of a turn, answering the helm in 6.5 s and carving a 580 m circle, so you can break a salvo and still be where you meant to go.

Potato Avoidance

Burning Main Battery Reload Booster on a hopeful salvo

With only 2 charges it is a finisher rather than an opener: spend it on a target that cannot turn away, a broadside battleship or a cruiser already committed to its own attack, where the extra salvo lands as damage instead of splashes. A booster pressed on a maybe is one you will not have when the certainty shows up.

Signature Traits

ELITE SMOKE ↗

Extra smoke charges · 5 Smoke
Quiet smoke gunnery · 4.6 km
Fast smoke cycle · 70 s

Thick deck armor ↗

89 mm armor deck, best of T5 CAs. Eats plunging fire and HE that peers don't.

Nimble for the tonnage ↗

11.59 hp per ton, top decile of T5 CAs. Engine punch outclasses the hull's mass, so the ship retains speed through sustained turns better than peers.

High-arc AP shells ↗

26.72° AP impact angle at max range, top decile of T5 CAs. Lobs over island cover.

Slow HE shells ↗

792 m/s HE muzzle velocity, bottom decile of T5 CAs. Lobby trajectory, harder to land at range.

Thin bow plate ↗

13 mm bow, bottom quartile of T5 CAs. Bow-on doesn't save you against same-tier guns.

Acquisition

How to get Dido

Dido is a Premium ship and not available to unlock in the Tech Tree. Acquisition path: Containers. 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.

Best listed chance for this ship

Mystic Lantern 0.2% Tier V Premium ship Event · Mystic Lantern · 1 of 25 ships
Mystic Box 0.012% Tier V Premium ship Event · Mystic Box · 1 of 25 ships

Official WG availability sources

Official WoWS Legends container odds Containers Official container drop rows linked below include direct and nested effective ship odds.

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Mystic Box 0.012% · Tier V Premium ship
Mystic Lantern 0.2% · Tier V Premium ship

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Builds

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Cohort position

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Where Dido sits among Tier V CAs (27 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.

BestSmoke fire bloom4.58 km (1/28) BestAP fuse timer0.03 s (1 of 10 tied) BestDisplacement6,900 t (1 of 2 tied) BestDeck armor89 mm (1 of 2 tied) Top 10%Turning circle580 m (3/28) Top 10%AP arming threshold22 mm (3/28) Top 10%Power-to-weight11.59 hp/t (3/28) Top 25%Stealth profile10.79 km / 6.47 km (5/28 / 5/28) Top 25%Rudder shift6.5 s (4/28) Top 25%Acceleration23.8 s (6/28) Top 25%Flak per wave (expected)684 (7/26) Top 25%Torpedo damage≈14,767 (5/24) Bottom 25%Main battery range14.26 km (22/28) Bottom 25%HE shell damage1,900 (21/24) Bottom 25%AP pen at 10 km110 mm (23/28) Bottom 25%Max armor89 mm (24/28) Bottom 10%AP shell damage2,550 (27/28) Bottom 10%AP velocity792 m/s (27/28) WorstMain battery caliber133 mm (1 of 2 tied) WorstHE fire chance8% (1 of 4 tied) WorstNo secondaries (3 of 28 in cohort) WorstHE velocity792 m/s (1 of 2 tied) WorstEnd plates13 mm (1 of 4 tied / 1 of 4 tied)

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Not standouts for Dido -- 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 points29,500 HP(17/28) Max speed34 kt(10/28) Traverse-to-turn ratio5.79 ×(15/28) Main battery reload8 s(9/28) Sigma2(15/28) Fires per minute6(14/24) HE DPM142,500(8/24) AP DPM191,250(15/28) Main dispersion131.4 m(9/28) Engine power80,000 hp(18/28) Turn-speed retention137.9 hp/m(10/28) Effective HE DPM (incl. fire)187,687(8/24) AA DPS204(15/28) AA range4.5 km(14/28) AA threat588(18/28) Torpedo range8.01 km(13/24) Torpedo speed61 kt(10/24) Torpedo reaction time7.9 s(17/24) Torpedo reload72 s(11/24) Citadel belt89 mm(17/28) NormAP ricochet start45°(25 of 28 tied at this value) NormAP auto-bounce angle60°(25 of 28 tied at this value) NormTurn speed retained81%(25 of 28 tied at this value)

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Stats & specs

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Survivability

Hit Points29,500

Displacement6,900 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.

156 x 15.51 m

Armor range10–89 mm

Plate armor thicknesses10, 13, 25, 30, 38, 51, 89 mm

Armor material/layer entries53

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.

23.3%

Fire duration30 s

Fire damage

Each fire ticks 0.3% of max HP per second for the full 30 s, so one unattended fire burns 9% of the pool (2,655 HP on this ship). 4 fire points can burn at once. Verified against measured burn ticks in replay data.

0.3% of HP per second

Flood duration40 s

Flood damage

A flood ticks 0.25% of max HP per second for the 40 s duration, so one unattended flood costs 10% of the pool (2,950 HP on this ship). Verified against measured flood ticks in replay data.

0.25% of HP per second

Torp Reduction

Reduces torpedo hit damage. Replay data shows no effect on floods: flood ticks run at the full rate and flood frequency does not decline with protection.

Magazine HP

Per-turret powder-magazine HP, a separate pool from the ship's. Penetrating hits wear it down and the turret is likelier to be knocked out as it falls, so a larger pool keeps the guns firing through punishment that silences a peer's.

11,800

Steering gear HP

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

8,900

Repairable: penetration50%

Repairable: citadel10%

Repairable: steering gear50%

Main Battery

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

ModuleArtillery: 133 mm/50 QF Mk.I

Mounts / barrels5 mounts / 10 barrels

Reload time8 s

Firing range14.3 km

Turret traverse10 °/s

Turret armor13 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.

3x ±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.

46° off bow / 37° off stern

See the firing-arcs diagram ↓

HE fire DPM vs T5 BB45187

Effective HE DPM vs T5 BB187687

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{14255}{30} \cdot \frac{8 - 1.1}{1000} + 1.1) \cdot 30 = 131.4 m

131.4 m at 14.3 km

Max Vert Disp

Vertical dispersion ellipse height at max range:

σ_{V} = σ_{H} \cdot radiusOnMax

= 131.4 \cdot 0.6 = 78.8 m

78.8 m at 14.3 km

Med Horiz Disp

50%-hit horizontal radius:

σ_{H, 50} = σ_{H} \cdot \frac{0.6}{σ}

= 131.4 \cdot \frac{0.6}{2} = 39.4 m

39.4 m at 14.3 km

Med Vert Disp

50%-hit vertical radius:

σ_{V, 50} = σ_{V} \cdot \frac{0.6}{σ}

= 78.8 \cdot \frac{0.6}{2} = 23.6 m

23.6 m at 14.3 km

Turret turn time

180 degrees / 10 deg/s traverse speed = 18 s.

18 s

Shells/min

10 broadside guns x 60 / 8 s base reload = 75.

HE shells

HE Damage1,900

HE Velocity792 m/s

Fire Chance8%

HE penetration

In-game data: 25 mm = 133 mm caliber / 5.32 (non-standard HE penetration ratio).

25 mm

HE full-salvo alpha

1,900 HE damage x 10 broadside guns = 19,000.

19,000

HE DPM

19,000 HE full-salvo alpha x 60 / 8 s base reload = 142,500.

142,500

Fires/min

75 shells/min x 8% fire chance = 6.

AP shells

AP Damage2,550

AP Velocity792 m/s

Min Ricochet45 deg

Guaranteed Ricochet60 deg

Fuse Timer0.033 s

Fuse Threshold22 mm

AP overmatch

floor(133 mm caliber / 14.3) = 9 mm (AP auto-penetrates plating this thick or less).

9 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 2882 \cdot {36.3}^{0.69} \cdot {0.133}^{- 1.07} \cdot 792^{1.38} = 297.7 mm

. Matches the in-game spec card.

297.7 mm point-blank

AP Pen Far

Same formula at the ship's max firing range (14.3 km), where the shell has slowed to 311.7 m/s:

P = 10^{- 7} \cdot 2882 \cdot {36.3}^{0.69} \cdot {0.133}^{- 1.07} \cdot {311.7}^{1.38} = 82.2 mm

82.2 mm at 14.3 km

AP full-salvo alpha

2,550 AP damage x 10 broadside guns = 25,500.

25,500

AP DPM

25,500 AP full-salvo alpha x 60 / 8 s base reload = 191,250.

191,250

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.

Torpedoes

ModuleTorpedoes: 533 mm TR Mk IV

Launchers / tubes2 launchers × 3 tubes = 6 tubes

Reload time72 s

Projectile speed61 kt

Range8.01 km

Maximum simulated damage

Estimate of WG's in-game value; matches the in-game port screen within ±5%. Saturation: most targets only intersect one hull section, so the sim transfers ~1/3 of the warhead alpha (2/3 when the warhead blast >= 5000 and the burst reaches a second section). For this ship:

D_{sim} = α \cdot c = 44, 300 \cdot 0.333 = 14, 767

≈ 14,767

Maximum damage (ammunition)

The ammunition card's 'Maximum Damage' stat, exact: warhead alpha / 3 plus the blast addend. This is the per-torpedo number most references quote; the 'Maximum simulated damage' row above is WG's separate geometry-sim stat from the launcher spec panel.

15,867

Torpedo detectability1.3 km

Reaction time

How long a target has to dodge after your torpedo is spotted at its detectability range (lower means less warning):

t_{react} = \frac{1.3 km}{61 kt \times 2.6855} = 7.9 s

. The 2.6855 m/s-per-knot game-speed factor is calibrated from in-game measurement; the community's traditional 2.6 reads about 3% slower. Base value; commander torpedo-concealment skills lower it further. Community torpedo-reaction calculator by u/LorenDovah and u/The_ColorOutofSpace.

7.9 s

Flooding chance

Read straight from the game's own data: this torpedo carries a flooding-chance value of 2.65 per hit, shown as

2.65 \times 100 = 265 %

. Torpedo flood values above 100% are normal: in battle the base chance is scaled down by the target's torpedo protection (the Torp Reduction stat on its Survivability card) and any flood-resistance modifiers, so a value above 100% keeps flooding likely even through partial protection. Not shown on the in-game port screen.

265%

Torpedo launcher traverse25 °/s

Launch arcs147° per side

Torp Turn

Time to rotate the launchers 180 deg:

t_{turn} = \frac{180 °}{25 ° / s} = 7.2 s

7.2 s

Torp Arming194 m

Per-side salvo damage

One side firing, all torpedoes hitting: per-side tubes x per-torpedo simulated damage = 3 x 14,767 = 44,301.

44,301

AA Defense

AA mount points9

Maximum AA range

Longest-reaching family on the in-game AA card. Base AirDefense aura max range is 2.5 km; dual-purpose mount auras extend it.

4.5 km

40 mm Vickers 2-pdr. Mk VII2×4 40mm

20 mm Oerlikon Mk IV2×1 20mm

20 mm Oerlikon Mk V4×2 20mm

20 mm Oerlikon Mk.IIIA1×1 20mm

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 60 from dual-purpose main battery firing as AA in this range band.

Range4.5 km

Guns40 mm Vickers 2-pdr. Mk VII

Continuous DPS

Effective DPS: 19 raw aura damage × 3.5 × 0.9 hit probability = 60 - the same in-game units as the Close-range AA DPS headline.

Range2.5 km

Total DPS in Aura

Far 60 + Medium 60 = 120

120

Guns20 mm Oerlikon Mk IV + 20 mm Oerlikon Mk V + 20 mm Oerlikon Mk.IIIA

Continuous DPS

Effective DPS: 28 raw aura damage × 3.5 × 0.85 hit probability = 83 - the same in-game units as the Close-range AA DPS headline.

Range2 km

Total DPS in Aura

Far 60 + Medium 60 + Near 83 = 203

203

Bursts

Each ~2 s wave fires 2 quick salvos of 2 clouds ahead of the attacking squadron - up to 4 clouds per wave × 190 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

Cloud damage

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

190

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 4.5 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.

2.5-4.5 km

See the AA layers diagram ↓

Maneuverability

Engine power80,000 hp

Maximum speed34 kt

Turning circle radius580 m

Rudder shift time6.5 s

Engine power-boost threshold7 kt

Engine spool-up time15.3 s

Reverse spool-up time7.7 s

Reverse speed

top speed / 4 + 4.9 = 34 / 4 + 4.9 = 13.4 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.

13.4 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.

23.3 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).

10 kt

Acceleration 0-90%

Time to reach 90% of top speed (30.6 kt of 34 kt), from our in-house acceleration model.

23.8 s

Acceleration 0-99%

Time to reach 99% of top speed (33.7 kt of 34 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.

38.1 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{34.0 \cdot 0.5144}{580} = 1.73 ° / s

, so

ratio = \frac{ω_{turret}}{ω_{hull}} = \frac{10}{1.73} = 5.8 \times

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

5.8× slow

See the full acceleration curve ↓

Concealment

Detectability by sea10.79 km

Detectability by air6.47 km

Smoke firing penalty4.58 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.

14.26 km

Detect when firing (air)

Air detectability plus the gun-firing bloom (2.66 km, which tracks main-battery caliber x 0.020). Matches the in-game 'Detect Firing Air' value on every captured ship.

9.13 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.

12.79 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.

9.47 km

Guaranteed Detect2 km

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Consumables

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

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Sonar2 charges · 180 s reload · 94 s active · 4.2 km ship detect
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Derived from the consumable's 30 m grid-unit range (km = grid units x 30 / 1000): $\frac{140 \times 30}{1000} = 4.2 km$
· 2.97 km torpedo detect
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Derived from the consumable's 30 m grid-unit range (km = grid units x 30 / 1000): $\frac{99 \times 30}{1000} = 2.97 km$

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

Smoke Generator5 charges · 70 s reload · 20 s emit / 40 s cloud active · 600 m radius

Main Battery Reload Booster2 charges · 180 s reload · 16 s active · +67% reload boost

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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 Disp131.4 m at 14.3 km

Horizontal dispersion ellipse width at max range, from the verified WoWS dispersion model:  $σ_{H} = (\frac{R}{30} \cdot \frac{idealRadius - minRadius}{idealDistance} + minRadius) \cdot 30$   $= (\frac{14255}{30} \cdot \frac{8 - 1.1}{1000} + 1.1) \cdot 30 = 131.4 m$

Shell scatter width @ 5 km67.5 m

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

Shell scatter width @ 10 km102 m

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

Max Vert Disp78.8 m at 14.3 km

Vertical dispersion ellipse height at max range: $σ_{V} = σ_{H} \cdot radiusOnMax$ $= 131.4 \cdot 0.6 = 78.8 m$

Shell scatter height @ 10 km55.1 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  $delim \cdot R_{m a x} = 0.5 \cdot 14255 = 7128$  m, and  $radiusOnMax = 0.6$  at 14255 m. Above the kink:  $k = 0.5 + (0.6 - 0.5) \cdot \frac{10000 - 7128}{14255 - 7128} = 0.5403$ , so  $σ_{V} = σ_{H} \cdot k = 102 \cdot 0.5403 = 55.1 m$ .

Med Horiz Disp39.4 m at 14.3 km

50%-hit horizontal radius: $σ_{H, 50} = σ_{H} \cdot \frac{0.6}{σ}$ $= 131.4 \cdot \frac{0.6}{2} = 39.4 m$

Med Vert Disp23.6 m at 14.3 km

50%-hit vertical radius: $σ_{V, 50} = σ_{V} \cdot \frac{0.6}{σ}$ $= 78.8 \cdot \frac{0.6}{2} = 23.6 m$

AP Pen Close297.7 mm point-blank

Canonical community AP formula (jcw780/wows_shell), evaluated at muzzle velocity:  $P = 10^{- 7} \cdot K \cdot m^{0.69} \cdot d^{- 1.07} \cdot v_{0}^{1.38}$   $= 10^{- 7} \cdot 2882 \cdot {36.3}^{0.69} \cdot {0.133}^{- 1.07} \cdot 792^{1.38} = 297.7 mm$ . Matches the in-game spec card.

AP Pen Far82.2 mm at 14.3 km

Same formula at the ship's max firing range (14.3 km), where the shell has slowed to 311.7 m/s:  $P = 10^{- 7} \cdot 2882 \cdot {36.3}^{0.69} \cdot {0.133}^{- 1.07} \cdot {311.7}^{1.38} = 82.2 mm$ .

AP pen 5 km178 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 km110 mm

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

HE flight time @ 10 km6.8 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:  $k = \frac{π C_{d} d^{2}}{8 m} = \frac{π \cdot 0.3209 \cdot {0.133}^{2}}{8 \cdot 36.3} = 6.14 \times 10^{- 5}$ . That runs from a 792 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 km6.8 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:  $k = \frac{π C_{d} d^{2}}{8 m} = \frac{π \cdot 0.3209 \cdot {0.133}^{2}}{8 \cdot 36.3} = 6.14 \times 10^{- 5}$ . That runs from a 792 m/s muzzle velocity in 0.02 s steps under gravity 9.8 m/s² until the shell lands, then divides by 2.77: the game clock runs faster than real time, and that factor was measured against stopwatch runs in the Training Room. Lower is better, since a faster shell is harder to dodge and needs less lead.

HE penetration25 mm

In-game data: 25 mm = 133 mm caliber / 5.32 (non-standard HE penetration ratio).

AP overmatch9 mm

floor(133 mm caliber / 14.3) = 9 mm (AP auto-penetrates plating this thick or less).

AP AOE Radius10

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

Broadside guns used for alpha10

All 10 barrels bear on the broadside.

Turret turn time18 s

180 degrees / 10 deg/s traverse speed = 18 s.

HE full-salvo alpha19,000

1,900 HE damage x 10 broadside guns = 19,000.

AP full-salvo alpha25,500

2,550 AP damage x 10 broadside guns = 25,500.

HE DPM142,500

19,000 HE full-salvo alpha x 60 / 8 s base reload = 142,500.

AP DPM191,250

25,500 AP full-salvo alpha x 60 / 8 s base reload = 191,250.

Shells/min75

10 broadside guns x 60 / 8 s base reload = 75.

Fires/min6

75 shells/min x 8% fire chance = 6.

Torpedoes

Torpedo detectability1.3 km

Estimated torpedo reaction time7.9 s

detectability / (speed kt x 2.6855 game-speed factor, m/s per knot, calibrated from in-game measurement; the community's traditional 2.6 reads about 3% slower).

Torpedo speed61 kt

Travel time to max range48.9 s

range / (speed kt x 2.6855 game-speed factor, m/s per knot, calibrated from in-game measurement).

Torpedo module damage1,100

Per-torpedo module/blast damage parameter from in-game data. Most torpedoes carry 500 to 2,000; ships announced by WG as dealing increased module damage carry 9,000 to 12,000, so their hits knock out engines, rudders, and turrets far more often. Comparative figure; the exact module-HP conversion is not published.

Tube count6

2 launchers x 3 tubes.

Per-side salvo3 torpedoes

tube count / 2 (symmetric port/starboard launcher layout; common on cruisers and battleships with deck torpedoes).

Full-salvo damage88,602

All tubes hitting one target: tubes x per-torpedo simulated damage = 6 x 14,767 = 88,602.

Per-side salvo damage44,301

One side firing, all torpedoes hitting: per-side tubes x per-torpedo simulated damage = 3 x 14,767 = 44,301.

AA defense

AA DPS at max range60

Only families that reach 4.5 km contribute at the outer edge of the AA bubble. In-game families: 2 pdr MkVII Quad 2x4 -> 60 DPS @ 2.5 km; 20mm Oerlikon MK4 2x1 -> 24 DPS @ 2 km; 20mm Oerlikon MK V 4x2 -> 48 DPS @ 2 km; 20mm Oerlikon MK4 1x1 -> 12 DPS @ 2 km; Far AA (?) -> 60 DPS @ 4.5 km.

Maximum AA range4.5 km

Longest-reaching family on the in-game AA card. Base AirDefense aura max range is 2.5 km; dual-purpose mount auras extend it.

AA DPS layered by range60 DPS @ 4.5 km, 120 DPS @ 2.5 km, 204 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-blank204

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

AA threat index588

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

Armor Beta

Hull HP 29,500, distributed across 5 hull zones, each with its own plate thicknesses, saturation cap, and pen thresholds. HP caps are the exact in-game values, not estimated.

Bow & stern13 mm

Overmatched by 125+ AP guns across the bracket. Can’t reliably bow-tank; gets bow-citadelled and overpenned.

Belt / citadel89 mm

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

Farming10 mm

Superstructure and extremities take HE pens and AP overpens from nearly any gun: steady chip damage. Fire resistance 23%, fires burn 30s. Range-by-range in the Compare tool →

Section	Plates	HP cap	Threats	Tactic
Bow	13 mm primary (range 13–30 mm)	4,000 (14% of HP)	Overmatched by 203mm+ AP (Desert Falcon, Baleares)Angle bounces 152mm13 mm: HE pens from 127mm+	Bow-tank fits behind this exterior plate. Saturation is FAST here; the cap is often only a few thousand HP.
Hull (midship)	25 mm primary (range 13–38 mm)	22,100 (75% of HP)	Overmatched by 380mm+ AP (Bayern, Gneisenau)Angle bounces 356mm25 mm: HE pens from 150mm+	Largest HP pool. Citadel sits behind these plates; thinner deck and side plating absorb the rest.
Stern	13 mm primary (range 13–30 mm)	1,700 (6% of HP)	Overmatched by 203mm+ AP (Desert Falcon, Baleares)Angle bounces 152mm13 mm: HE pens from 127mm+	Mirror of bow. Same fast saturation.
Citadel	89 mm primary (range 13–89 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	10 mm primary (range 10–89 mm)	1,900 (6% 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	11,800 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 (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.
Rudder (module)	separate HP pool, does not drain ship HP	8,900 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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