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Elbing

Also called: 埃尔宾 Beta
Germany · Tier VIII · Destroyer · Premium
Gunboat destroyerDamage from sustained main-battery pressure, not torpedo dumps.
Playstyle
  • Hold mid-cap distance and lean into gunboat trades from cover where the peer destroyer cannot match your fires-per-minute
  • Avoid: Trading guns in open water against peer DDs
Key characteristics
Long torps (14 km)Heavy AP penWide always-pen zoneStrong AASmokeStiff AP fuse
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Playstyle

Overview

Elbing is a Tier VIII German gunboat destroyer: her damage comes from sustained main battery pressure on caps and open-water trades. Torpedoes are a secondary threat for closing lanes, not her main damage. Her 150mm guns hit harder per shell than the 120-130mm most of the cohort brings, and a 6.8 s reload means straight trades favour her. AA (419 AA DPS at 6 km, +100% Defensive AA flak burst) ranks 2 of 27 in T8 DDs: heavy enough to make a careless strike expensive, though not the umbrella that shuts a carrier out of her grid. Standout traits: best AP overmatch threshold in T8 DDs (10.4 mm) and best close-range AP pen in T8 DDs (398.2 mm).

Positioning

Hold mid-cap distance and lean into gunboat trades from cover where the peer destroyer cannot match your fires-per-minute. Avoid open-water duels with ships running smoke or radar; the torpedoes are a closer, not the plan, so gunfire from cover wins more than from blue water. Concretely: 11.1 km of reach against 6.9 km of detection leaves about 4.2 km in which you can shoot before the answer arrives. Shooting from the cloud gives you away at 3 km, and a destroyer here is spotted at about 7 km, so you see it coming with roughly 4.1 km to spare. Vision is mutual: past the 2 km guaranteed ring you cannot see out either, and nothing in her kit sees through it, so pop the smoke where someone is already lighting the enemy or you will sit in it with nothing to shoot. Enemy sonar (about 4.7 km) and radar (about 9 km) read straight in regardless. Both phases of a turn are slow (6.4 s on the rudder, a 890 m circle), so course changes are a plan rather than a reaction: set the angle before you are shot at.

Potato Avoidance

Trading guns in open water against peer DDs

Your damage is sustained main-battery pressure from cover (the torpedoes are a secondary threat), so open-water duels just stack incoming HE on you while you fire back. You are visible from 6.9 km with 30,900 HP to spend, so the second ship to join the trade decides it.

Signature Traits

Engine Boost

+15% speed (about +5.4 kt), 180 s duration. Engine Boost consumable lifts top speed enough to open or close a gap deliberately, though not to outrun a committed chase.

ELITE MAIN BATTERY ↗
  • Big-caliber AP overmatch · 10.4 mm
  • Close-range AP brick · 398.2 mm
  • Long-range AP brick · 208.5 mm
  • Deep-fuse AP · 0.03 s
  • Wide always-pen zone · 60°
High HP pool ↗

30900 HP, best of T8 DDs.

Stiff AP fuse ↗

25 mm AP arming threshold, worst of T8 DDs. Over-pens thin plates; the trade-off pays off when most targets are battleship belt armor.

Acquisition

How to get Elbing

Elbing is a Premium ship and not available to unlock in the Tech Tree. Acquisition paths: Containers and Global XP. WG has listed Elbing in the Store for 1,400,000 Global XP (most recently 2022-12-17), so it can be bought without spending doubloons; Store stock rotates, so check in game for current availability. 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.

Best listed chance for this ship

  • Super VIII crate 5% One of the Tier VIII Premium ships Event · Super VIII crate · 1 of 20 ships
  • Spectral Vault 5.0 0.657895% Tier VIII Premium ship Archived · Spectral Vault 5.0 · 1 of 19 ships
  • Spectral Vault 4.0 0.256579% Tier VIII Premium ship Archived · Spectral Vault 4.0 · 2 paths combined · 1 of 19 ships
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    • Spectral Vault 4.00.157895%
    • Spectral Vault 4.0 → Spectral Vault 5.00.098684%
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  • Spectral Vault 3.0 0.053224% Tier VIII Premium ship Archived · Spectral Vault 3.0 · 4 paths combined · 1 of 19 ships
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    • Spectral Vault 3.0 → Spectral Vault 5.00.019737%
    • Spectral Vault 3.0 → Spectral Vault 4.00.017368%
    • Spectral Vault 3.0 → Spectral Vault 4.0 → Spectral Vault 5.00.010855%
    • Spectral Vault 3.00.005263%
  • Mystic Lantern 0.045455% Tier VIII Premium ship Event · Mystic Lantern · 1 of 22 ships
  • Spectral Vault 2.0 0.010454% Tier VIII Premium ship Archived · Spectral Vault 2.0 · 6 paths combined · 1 of 19 ships
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    • Spectral Vault 2.0 → Spectral Vault 4.00.003158%
    • Spectral Vault 2.0 → Spectral Vault 3.0 → Spectral Vault 5.00.001974%
    • Spectral Vault 2.0 → Spectral Vault 4.0 → Spectral Vault 5.00.001974%
    • Spectral Vault 2.0 → Spectral Vault 3.0 → Spectral Vault 4.00.001737%
    • Spectral Vault 2.0 → Spectral Vault 3.0 → Spectral Vault 4.0 → Spectral Vault 5.00.001086%
    • Spectral Vault 2.0 → Spectral Vault 3.00.000526%
  • Spectral Vault 1.0 0.001295% Tier VIII Premium ship Archived · Spectral Vault 1.0 · 9 paths combined · 1 of 19 ships
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    • Spectral Vault 1.0 → Spectral Vault 2.0 → Spectral Vault 4.00.000284%
    • Spectral Vault 1.0 → Spectral Vault 3.0 → Spectral Vault 5.00.000197%
    • Spectral Vault 1.0 → Spectral Vault 2.0 → Spectral Vault 3.0 → Spectral Vault 5.00.000178%
    • Spectral Vault 1.0 → Spectral Vault 3.0 → Spectral Vault 4.00.000174%
    • Spectral Vault 1.0 → Spectral Vault 2.0 → Spectral Vault 3.0 → Spectral Vault 4.00.000156%
    • Spectral Vault 1.0 → Spectral Vault 3.0 → Spectral Vault 4.0 → Spectral Vault 5.00.000109%
    • Spectral Vault 1.0 → Spectral Vault 2.0 → Spectral Vault 3.0 → Spectral Vault 4.0 → Spectral Vault 5.00.000098%
    • Spectral Vault 1.0 → Spectral Vault 3.00.000053%
    • Spectral Vault 1.0 → Spectral Vault 2.0 → Spectral Vault 3.00.000047%
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Cohort position

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Where Elbing sits among Tier VIII DDs (26 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.

BestHit points30,900 HP (1/27) BestMain battery caliber150 mm (1 of 2 tied) BestAP shell damage4,100 (1/25) BestMain dispersion53.8 m (1/27) BestAP fuse timer0.03 s (1 of 3 tied) BestAP ricochet start60° (1 of 6 tied) BestAP pen at 10 km224 mm (1/25) BestAA range6 km (1 of 2 tied) BestTorpedo range13.5 km (1 of 3 tied) BestDeck armor25 mm (1 of 2 tied) Top 10%AP velocity960 m/s (3/25) Top 10%HE velocity960 m/s (3/26) Top 10%Engine power110,000 hp (3/27) Top 10%AA DPS419 (2/27) Top 10%AA threat1,559 (2/27) Top 10%Max armor25 mm (3/27) Top 10%Citadel belt25 mm (3/27) Top 25%AP auto-bounce angle67.5° (4/25) Top 25%Turn-speed retention123.6 hp/m (7/27) Top 25%Torpedo reaction time6.9 s (7/26) Top 25%Torpedo reload85 s (7/26) Bottom 25%Traverse-to-turn ratio8.34 × (22/27) Bottom 25%Acceleration18.2 s (22/27) Bottom 10%Smoke fire bloom2.98 km (26/27) Bottom 10%Main battery reload6.8 s (26/27) Bottom 10%Fires per minute4.24 (25/26) WorstRudder shift6.4 s (27/27) WorstTurning circle890 m (27/27) WorstHE DPM90,000 (26/26) WorstAP arming threshold25 mm (1 of 2 tied) WorstDisplacement6,508 t (27/27) WorstEffective HE DPM (incl. fire)124,756 (26/26)
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Not standouts for Elbing -- 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.

Max speed36.2 kt(15/27) Concealment6.9 km(11/27) Air detection3.45 km(11/27) Main battery range11.1 km(8/27) HE shell damage1,700(20/26) HE fire chance8%(11/26) AP DPM217,059(19/25) Power-to-weight16.9 hp/t(21/27) Flak per wave (expected)1,040(13/22) Torpedo damage≈15,533(13/26) Torpedo speed65 kt(16/26) NormTurn speed retained81%(23 of 27 tied at this value) NormBow armor19 mm(26 of 27 tied at this value)

Stats & specs

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Survivability
Hit Points30,900
Displacement6,508 t
Hull dimensions
ƒLength 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.
169 x 15.77 m
Armor range13–25 mm
Plate armor thicknesses13, 19, 20, 25 mm
Armor material/layer entries36
Fire resistance
ƒDoes 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.
40%
Fire duration30 s
Fire damage
ƒEach fire ticks 0.3% of max HP per second for the full 30 s, so one unattended fire burns 9% of the pool (2,781 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
ƒA flood ticks 0.25% of max HP per second for the 40 s duration, so one unattended flood costs 10% of the pool (3,090 HP on this ship). Verified against measured flood ticks in replay data.
0.25% of HP per second
Torp Reduction
ƒReduces 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.
0%
Magazine HP
ƒPer-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.
15,500
Steering gear HP
ƒDurability 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.
9,300
Repairable: penetration50%
Repairable: steering gear50%
Main Battery
These main guns are dual-purpose: they also fire at aircraft and feed the AA Defense card.
ModuleArtillery: 6×150 mm
Mounts / barrels3 mounts / 6 barrels
Reload time7.5 s
Firing range11.1 km
Turret traverse10 °/s
Turret armor100 mm
Turret traverse arcs
ƒHow 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.
±147°, ±150°, ±146°
Guns to bear
ƒHow 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.
33° off bow / 34° off stern
See the firing-arcs diagram ↓
HE fire DPM vs T8 BB31477
Effective HE DPM vs T8 BB113077
Shell Grouping (σ)2
Max Horiz Disp
ƒHorizontal dispersion ellipse width at max range, from the verified WoWS dispersion model: σH=(R30·idealRadius−minRadiusidealDistance+minRadius)·30 =(1110030·4−0.51000+0.5)·30=53.8m
53.8 m at 11.1 km
Max Vert Disp
ƒVertical dispersion ellipse height at max range: σV=σH·radiusOnMax =53.8·0.6=32.3m
32.3 m at 11.1 km
Med Horiz Disp
ƒ50%-hit horizontal radius: σH,50=σH·0.6σ =53.8·0.62=16.2m
16.2 m at 11.1 km
Med Vert Disp
ƒ50%-hit vertical radius: σV,50=σV·0.6σ =32.3·0.62=9.7m
9.7 m at 11.1 km
Turret turn time
ƒ180 degrees / 10 deg/s traverse speed = 18 s.
18 s
Shells/min
ƒZero upgrades: 6 broadside guns x 60 / 7.5 s base reload = 48. All upgrades (Main Battery Mod. 3 = -10% reload): 6 broadside guns x 60 / 6.8 s all-upgrades reload = 52.9.
Initial: 48 → 52.9
HE shells
HE Damage1,700
HE Velocity960 m/s
Fire Chance8%
HE penetration
ƒ38 mm ≈ 150 mm caliber / 4 (improved HE penetration: German BBs, Yamato-class, and a handful of others).
38 mm
HE full-salvo alpha
ƒ1,700 HE damage x 6 broadside guns = 10,200.
10,200
HE DPM
ƒZero upgrades: 10,200 HE full-salvo alpha x 60 / 7.5 s base reload = 81,600. All upgrades (Main Battery Mod. 3 = -10% reload): 10,200 HE full-salvo alpha x 60 / 6.8 s all-upgrades reload = 90,000.
Initial: 81,600 → 90,000
Fires/min
ƒZero upgrades: 48 shells/min x 8% fire chance = 3.84. All upgrades (Main Battery Mod. 3 = -10% reload): 52.9 shells/min x 8% fire chance = 4.24.
Initial: 3.84 → 4.24
AP shells
AP Damage4,100
AP Velocity960 m/s
Min Ricochet60 deg
Guaranteed Ricochet67.5 deg
Fuse Timer0.025 s
Fuse Threshold25 mm
AP overmatch
ƒfloor(150 mm caliber / 14.3) = 10 mm (AP auto-penetrates plating this thick or less).
10 mm
AP Pen Close
ƒCanonical community AP formula (jcw780/wows_shell), evaluated at muzzle velocity: P=10−7·K·m0.69·d−1.07·v01.38 =10−7·2950·510.69·0.15−1.07·9601.38=441.7mm. Matches the in-game spec card.
441.7 mm point-blank
AP Pen Far
ƒSame formula at the ship's max firing range (11.1 km), where the shell has slowed to 557.2 m/s: P=10−7·2950·510.69·0.15−1.07·557.21.38=208.5mm.
208.5 mm at 11.1 km
AP full-salvo alpha
ƒ4,100 AP damage x 6 broadside guns = 24,600.
24,600
AP DPM
ƒZero upgrades: 24,600 AP full-salvo alpha x 60 / 7.5 s base reload = 196,800. All upgrades (Main Battery Mod. 3 = -10% reload): 24,600 AP full-salvo alpha x 60 / 6.8 s all-upgrades reload = 217,059.
Initial: 196,800 → 217,059
AP AOE Radius
ƒAP 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.
15
Torpedoes
ModuleTorpedoes: 533 mm Fünfling
Launchers / tubes2 launchers × 5 tubes = 10 tubes
Reload time85 s
Projectile speed65 kt
Range13.5 km
Maximum simulated damage
ƒEstimate 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: Dsim=α·c=46,600·0.333=15,533.
≈ 15,533
Maximum damage (ammunition)
ƒThe 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.
16,533
Torpedo detectability1.2 km
Reaction time
ƒHow long a target has to dodge after your torpedo is spotted at its detectability range (lower means less warning): treact=1.2 km65 kt×2.6855=6.9 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.
6.9 s
Flooding chance
ƒRead straight from the game's own data: this torpedo carries a flooding-chance value of 2.79 per hit, shown as 2.79×100=279%. 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.
279%
Torpedo launcher traverse25 °/s
Torp Turn
ƒTime to rotate the launchers 180 deg: tturn=180°25°/s=7.2s.
7.2 s
Torp Arming205 m
Per-side salvo damage
ƒOne side firing, all torpedoes hitting: per-side tubes x per-torpedo simulated damage = 10 x 15,533 = 155,330.
155,330
AA Defense
AA mount points12
Maximum AA range
ƒLongest-reaching family on the in-game AA card. Base AirDefense aura max range is 5 km; dual-purpose mount auras extend it.
6 km
55 mm L/77 Gerät 58 Zwilling2×2 55mm
30 mm Flak 3810×4 30mm
Far aura
Gunsmain battery (DP)
Continuous DPS
ƒEffective 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 42 from dual-purpose main battery firing as AA in this range band.
42
Range6 km
Medium aura
Guns55 mm L/77 Gerät 58 Zwilling
Continuous DPS
ƒEffective DPS: 25 raw aura damage × 3.5 × 1 hit probability = 88 - the same in-game units as the Close-range AA DPS headline.
88
Range5 km
Total DPS in Aura
ƒFar 42 + Medium 88 = 130
130
Near aura
Guns30 mm Flak 38
Continuous DPS
ƒEffective DPS: 87 raw aura damage × 3.5 × 0.95 hit probability = 289 - the same in-game units as the Close-range AA DPS headline.
289
Range3 km
Total DPS in Aura
ƒFar 42 + Medium 88 + Near 289 = 419
419
Flak bursts
Bursts
ƒEach ~2 s wave fires 2 quick salvos of 2 clouds ahead of the attacking squadron - up to 4 clouds per wave × 260 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
ƒDamage a plane takes for flying into one flak cloud, before any reductions.
260
Cloud spawn chance
ƒEvery potential cloud spawns - the full pattern, every wave. Often called flak 'hit chance', but spawned clouds always damage planes that fly into them - the roll is on spawning.
100%
Wave rate
ƒA flak wave spawns roughly every 2 s - timed frame-by-frame from gameplay footage and consistent across ships.
every ~2 s
Fired by
ƒFlak 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
ƒThe 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 power110,000 hp
Maximum speed36.2 kt
Turning circle radius890 m
Rudder shift time6.4 s
Engine power-boost threshold7 kt
Engine spool-up time7.7 s
Reverse spool-up time3.8 s
Reverse speed
ƒtop speed / 4 + 4.9 = 36.2 / 4 + 4.9 = 14 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.
14 kt
Crash stop
ƒSeconds 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.
15.7 s
Engine boost threshold (reverse)
ƒSpeed 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).
10.9 kt
Acceleration 0-90%
ƒTime to reach 90% of top speed (32.6 kt of 36.2 kt), from our in-house acceleration model.
18.2 s
Acceleration 0-99%
ƒTime to reach 99% of top speed (35.8 kt of 36.2 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.
31.1 s
Traverse-to-turn ratio
ƒHow many degrees the turret can swing for each degree the hull turns. Turn rate ωhull=180π·Vmax(m/s)Rturn=180π·36.2·0.5144890=1.20°/s, so ratio=ωturretωhull=101.20=8.3×. Below 5 the turrets drag in a turning fight; 25+ keeps up with any rudder.
8.3× ok
See the full acceleration curve ↓
Concealment
Detectability by sea6.9 km
Detectability by air3.45 km
Smoke firing penalty2.98 km
Detect when firing (sea)
ƒEqual 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.
11.1 km
Detect when firing (air)
ƒAir detectability plus the gun-firing bloom (3 km, which tracks main-battery caliber x 0.020). Matches the in-game 'Detect Firing Air' value on every captured ship.
6.45 km
Detect when on fire (sea)
ƒBase sea detectability + 2.0 km while burning; matches the in-game 'Detect Fire Sea' value on every captured ship.
8.9 km
Detect when on fire (air)
ƒBase air detectability + 3.0 km while burning; matches the in-game 'Detect Fire Air' value on every captured ship.
6.45 km
Guaranteed Detect2 km
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Consumables
Damage Control Party∞ charges · 40 s reload · 5 s active
Smoke Generator2 charges · 240 s reload · 20 s emit / 97 s cloud active · 450 m radius
Defensive AA Fire3 charges · 140 s reload · 25 s active · ×2 flak burst boost
ƒRepeats the flak burst pattern ×2 within each wave - more clouds in the air over the wave, at the same spots.
Engine Boost2 charges · 90 s reload · 180 s active · +15% speed bonus

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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 Disp53.8 m at 11.1 km
Horizontal dispersion ellipse width at max range, from the verified WoWS dispersion model: σH=(R30·idealRadius−minRadiusidealDistance+minRadius)·30 =(1110030·4−0.51000+0.5)·30=53.8m
Shell scatter width @ 5 km32.5 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 km50 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 Disp32.3 m at 11.1 km
Vertical dispersion ellipse height at max range: σV=σH·radiusOnMax =53.8·0.6=32.3m
Shell scatter height @ 10 km29 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·Rmax=0.5·11100=5550 m, and radiusOnMax=0.6 at 11100 m. Above the kink: k=0.5+(0.6−0.5)·10000−555011100−5550=0.5802, so σV=σH·k=50·0.5802=29m.
Med Horiz Disp16.2 m at 11.1 km
50%-hit horizontal radius: σH,50=σH·0.6σ =53.8·0.62=16.2m
Med Vert Disp9.7 m at 11.1 km
50%-hit vertical radius: σV,50=σV·0.6σ =32.3·0.62=9.7m
AP Pen Close441.7 mm point-blank
Canonical community AP formula (jcw780/wows_shell), evaluated at muzzle velocity: P=10−7·K·m0.69·d−1.07·v01.38 =10−7·2950·510.69·0.15−1.07·9601.38=441.7mm. Matches the in-game spec card.
AP Pen Far208.5 mm at 11.1 km
Same formula at the ship's max firing range (11.1 km), where the shell has slowed to 557.2 m/s: P=10−7·2950·510.69·0.15−1.07·557.21.38=208.5mm.
AP pen 5 km312 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·K·m0.69·d−1.07·v1.38. Fixed anchors make ships directly comparable at the same fighting distance; the Charts card plots the full curve.
AP pen 10 km224 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·K·m0.69·d−1.07·v1.38. Fixed anchors make ships directly comparable at the same fighting distance; the Charts card plots the full curve.
AP flight time @ 10 km4.88 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, adrag=kρv2, where ρ is air density from a standard-atmosphere profile and k bundles the shell's drag coefficient, caliber and mass: k=πCdd28m=π·0.2365·0.1528·51=4.1×10−5. That runs from a 960 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 km4.88 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, adrag=kρv2, where ρ is air density from a standard-atmosphere profile and k bundles the shell's drag coefficient, caliber and mass: k=πCdd28m=π·0.2365·0.1528·51=4.1×10−5. That runs from a 960 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 penetration38 mm
38 mm ≈ 150 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) - 0.253 in this case. Lets HE pen ~37mm armor instead of ~25mm. Hits every German cruiser (150mm CL, 203mm CA) and BB (350mm+), British heavy cruisers / Lion / Nelson, a handful of other premiums.
AP overmatch10 mm
floor(150 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 alpha6
All 6 barrels bear on the broadside.
Turret turn time18 s
180 degrees / 10 deg/s traverse speed = 18 s.
HE full-salvo alpha10,200
1,700 HE damage x 6 broadside guns = 10,200.
AP full-salvo alpha24,600
4,100 AP damage x 6 broadside guns = 24,600.
HE DPMInitial: 81,600 → 90,000
Zero upgrades: 10,200 HE full-salvo alpha x 60 / 7.5 s base reload = 81,600. All upgrades (Main Battery Mod. 3 = -10% reload): 10,200 HE full-salvo alpha x 60 / 6.8 s all-upgrades reload = 90,000.
AP DPMInitial: 196,800 → 217,059
Zero upgrades: 24,600 AP full-salvo alpha x 60 / 7.5 s base reload = 196,800. All upgrades (Main Battery Mod. 3 = -10% reload): 24,600 AP full-salvo alpha x 60 / 6.8 s all-upgrades reload = 217,059.
Shells/minInitial: 48 → 52.9
Zero upgrades: 6 broadside guns x 60 / 7.5 s base reload = 48. All upgrades (Main Battery Mod. 3 = -10% reload): 6 broadside guns x 60 / 6.8 s all-upgrades reload = 52.9.
Fires/minInitial: 3.84 → 4.24
Zero upgrades: 48 shells/min x 8% fire chance = 3.84. All upgrades (Main Battery Mod. 3 = -10% reload): 52.9 shells/min x 8% fire chance = 4.24.

Torpedoes

Torpedo detectability1.2 km
Estimated torpedo reaction time6.9 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 speed65 kt
Travel time to max range77.3 s
range / (speed kt x 2.6855 game-speed factor, m/s per knot, calibrated from in-game measurement).
Torpedo module damage1,000
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 count10
2 launchers x 5 tubes.
Per-side salvo10 torpedoes
10 (centerline launchers train across - full salvo to either side).
Full-salvo damage155,330
All tubes hitting one target: tubes x per-torpedo simulated damage = 10 x 15,533 = 155,330.
Per-side salvo damage155,330
One side firing, all torpedoes hitting: per-side tubes x per-torpedo simulated damage = 10 x 15,533 = 155,330.

AA defense

AA DPS at max range42
Only families that reach 6 km contribute at the outer edge of the AA bubble. In-game families: 55mm Gerat twin 2x2 -> 88 DPS @ 5 km; 30mm Flak 38 10x4 -> 289 DPS @ 3 km; Far AA (?) -> 42 DPS @ 6 km.
Maximum AA range6 km
Longest-reaching family on the in-game AA card. Base AirDefense aura max range is 5 km; dual-purpose mount auras extend it.
AA DPS layered by range42 DPS @ 6 km, 130 DPS @ 5 km, 419 DPS @ 3 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-blank419
Sum of every family's average DPS, achievable only inside the closest-range family (3 km).
AA threat index1559
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 range3 km

Armor Beta

Hull HP 30,900, 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 & stern19 mm

Overmatched by 132+ AP guns across the bracket. Can’t reliably bow-tank; gets bow-citadelled and overpenned.

Farming19 mm

Superstructure and extremities take HE pens and AP overpens from nearly any gun: steady chip damage. Fire resistance 40%, fires burn 30s. Range-by-range in the Compare tool →

Section Plates HP cap Threats Tactic
Bow19 mm primary (range 19–20 mm)2,800 (9% of HP)
Overmatched by 283mm+ AP (Scharnhorst '43, Schill)Angle bounces 203mm19 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)19 mm23,200 (75% of HP)
Overmatched by 283mm+ AP (Scharnhorst '43, Schill)Angle bounces 203mm19 mm: HE pens from 127mm+
Largest HP pool. Citadel sits behind these plates; thinner deck and side plating absorb the rest.
Stern19 mm primary (range 19–20 mm)2,700 (9% of HP)
Overmatched by 283mm+ AP (Scharnhorst '43, Schill)Angle bounces 203mm19 mm: HE pens from 127mm+
Mirror of bow. Same fast saturation.
Citadel25 mm primary (range 13–25 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.
Superstructure19 mm primary (range 19–25 mm)3,700 (12% 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 HP15,500 magazine HPTurret knocked outPer-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 (55 mm mount)separate HP pool, does not drain ship HP200 per-mount HPDestroyed at 0 HPPer-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 HP9,300 module HPIncapacitated at 0 HPWhen 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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Balance History

Balance updates affecting Elbing. Cards are condensed; use each source link for full context.

Buff ×5Main Battery ×3Torpedo ×1Consumable ×4
2026-06-25

Ministry of Balance: Skillful Adjustments

  • We wanted to make Elbing feel more distinct from the alternative German destroyers while also giving her a buff. To achieve this, we've improved her torpedo armament, given her a long-awaited increase to main battery range, and added Engine Boost.
  • Main battery firing range increased from 10.8 to 11.1 km.
  • Torpedo reload time reduced from 90 to 85 s.
  • Torpedo speed increased from 50 to 65 kts.
  • Added Engine Boost to Slot 4:
  • Number of charges: 2.
  • Cooldown time: 90 s.
  • Duration: 180 s.
  • Speed boost: 15%.
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Exteriors

Skins & permanent camouflages

Every custom exterior Elbing can equip, from in-game data.

  • Elbing default exterior
    DefaultThe ship’s standard exterior

Primary official WG sources

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