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Galicia

Also called: 加利西亚 Beta

Spain · Tier IV · CL Cruiser · Tech Tree: Early Spanish Cruisers

Hydro cruiserLean on Sonar to win vision around cover, then farm where the team needs it.

Playstyle

Sit 10-13 km from a contested cap where an island shadows you from the opposite battleship line
Avoid: Pushing in blind because the kit says brawler

Key characteristics

2.15 sigma accuracySonarFast turret traverseHeavy beltSluggish rudder

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How to get Galicia
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Cohort position
Stats and specs
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Balance history
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Playstyle

Overview

Galicia is a Tier IV Spanish light cruiser with Sonar as her vision tool. Hydro lets her contest islands and smoke without exposing the hull to vision cycles, which shapes how she pressures caps. Her sonar reaches 4 km, which is the range at which she can commit to a contest without guessing. Standout traits: best sigma in T4 CAs (2.1) and top-decile Sonar ship range in T4 CAs (4 km).

Positioning

Sit 10-13 km from a contested cap where an island shadows you from the opposite battleship line. Hydro (4 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. With 8 s on the rudder she starts turning late, so the angle has to be set before you are shot at.

Potato Avoidance

Pushing in blind because the kit says brawler

4-km Sonar is what makes the close fight winnable, and it only helps once you are already committed; it does not tell you what is waiting two islands over. Push when a destroyer is lit or a teammate holds vision, not to find out who is there.

Signature Traits

ELITE MAIN BATTERY ↗

Tight grouping
Fast turret traverse · 10°

ELITE SONAR ↗

Long-range sonar · 4 km
Long-duration sonar · 100 s

Heavy belt ↗

Citadel belt in the top bracket. Incoming AP rarely citadels through angle.

Sluggish rudder ↗

8 s rudder shift, bottom decile of T4 CAs. Hard to dodge incoming AP; lean on island cover.

Low fire chance ↗

8% fire chance per HE shell, bottom quartile of T4 CAs. AP carries more weight.

Acquisition

How to get Galicia

Galicia is available in the Early Spanish Cruisers branch of the Spain Tech Tree for 500,000 credits after researching it in the branch. Known module upgrades cost up to 125,000 credits. Official source cards below may also show its temporary Early Access window before it became a normal Tech Tree unlock. 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.

Early AccessOfficial WG line/source notes indicate a temporary Early Access window before normal acquisition.

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Spain Tech Tree

Galicia sits in the Early Spanish Cruisers branch. The highlighted path shows the local branch context inside the full Spain tree.

3 ships in highlighted branch · scroll to inspect all Spain lines.

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Cruiser

Tier ★CastillaPSSC110 Tier VIIIAndalucíaPSSC109 Tier VIICataluñaPSSC108 Tier VIAsturiasPSSC107 Tier VBalearesPSSC106 Tier IVGaliciaPSSC105 Tier IIIAlmirante CerveraPSSC104 Tier IINavarraPSSC103 Tier IJúpiterPSSC101

Best listed chance for this ship

Anniversary '26 Spanish crate 10% IV Galicia New · Anniversary '26 Spanish crate
Spanish Cruiser Big Crate 5% IV Galicia Early access · Spanish Cruiser Big Crate
Spanish Cruiser crate 3.001% IV Galicia Early access · Spanish Cruiser crate

Official WG availability sources

Spanish Wave: Early Access Cruisers, Calendar, and Collection Early Access Start: 2025-09-05 · End: 2025-10-01 Official early-access or tech-tree-line article. Tech-tree ships are temporary crate drops during Early Access, then move to the Tech Tree.
Official WoWS Legends container odds Containers Official container drop rows linked below include direct and nested effective ship odds.

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Anniversary '26 Spanish crate 10% · IV Galicia
Spanish Cruiser Big Crate 5% · IV Galicia
Spanish Cruiser crate 3.001% · IV Galicia

Want the full picture? Each container page charts the odds as you open more crates - including ~~pity~~ guaranteed-reward timers and, for GD Supporters, pack math personalized to your port.

Builds

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Cohort position

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Where Galicia sits among Tier IV CAs (21 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.

BestSigma2.15 (1/22) Top 10%Traverse-to-turn ratio6.99 × (3/22) Top 25%Hit points27,800 HP (5/22) Top 25%Stealth profile10.52 km / 6.31 km (5/22 / 5/22) Top 25%Smoke fire bloom4.76 km (4/22) Bottom 25%Rudder shift8 s (20/22) Bottom 25%Fires per minute4.27 (17/19) Bottom 25%AP shell damage2,900 (19/22) Bottom 25%Acceleration25.6 s (18/22) Bottom 25%Displacement9,748 t (18/22) Bottom 25%Power-to-weight8.21 hp/t (18/22) Bottom 25%Torpedo damage≈11,067 (17/21) WorstNo secondaries (6 of 22 in cohort)

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Not standouts for Galicia -- 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 speed33 kt(15/22) Turning circle680 m(15/22) Main battery caliber152 mm(13/22) Main battery range13.59 km(11/22) Main battery reload9 s(13/22) HE shell damage2,200(11/19) HE DPM117,333(8/19) AP DPM154,667(11/22) Main dispersion126.8 m(12/22) AP velocity900 m/s(9/22) HE velocity900 m/s(7/19) AP fuse timer0.03 s(13/22) AP arming threshold25 mm(9/22) Engine power80,000 hp(15/22) Turn-speed retention117.6 hp/m(17/22) AP pen at 10 km99 mm(13/22) Effective HE DPM (incl. fire)148,230(10/19) AA DPS127(16/22) AA range3.5 km(16/22) AA threat316(17/22) Torpedo range6 km(15/21) Torpedo speed59 kt(12/21) Torpedo reaction time7.6 s(11/21) Torpedo reload88 s(15/21) Max armor76 mm(15/22) Citadel belt76 mm(8/22) Bow armor13 mm(11/22) Stern armor13 mm(11/22) Deck armor26 mm(13/22) NormAP ricochet start45°(20 of 22 tied at this value) NormAP auto-bounce angle60°(20 of 22 tied at this value) NormTurn speed retained81%(21 of 22 tied at this value)

Peers in this cohort

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Stats & specs

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Survivability

Hit PointsInitial: 24,900 → 27,800

Displacement9,748 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.

176.7 x 16.6 m

Armor range10–76 mm

Plate armor thicknesses10, 13, 16, 20, 25, 26, 38, 57, 76 mm

Armor material/layer entries40

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.

Initial: 13.3% → 16.6%

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 (2,502 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 (2,780 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.

13,900

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.

8,300

Repairable: penetration50%

Repairable: citadel10%

Repairable: steering gear50%

Main Battery

ModuleArtillery: 152 mm/50 Vickers-Carraca

Mounts / barrels4 mounts / 8 barrels

Reload timeInitial: 10 s → 9 s

Firing range (base)12.4 km

Firing range (top fire control)13.6 km

Turret traverse10 °/s

Turret armor16 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 ±138°

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.

42° off bow / 42° off stern

See the firing-arcs diagram ↓

HE fire DPM vs T4 BB30873

Effective HE DPM vs T4 BB148206

Shell Grouping (σ)2.15

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{13590.5}{30} \cdot \frac{8 - 1.1}{1000} + 1.1) \cdot 30 = 126.8 m

126.8 m at 13.6 km

Max Vert Disp

Vertical dispersion ellipse height at max range:

σ_{V} = σ_{H} \cdot radiusOnMax

= 126.8 \cdot 0.6 = 76.1 m

76.1 m at 13.6 km

Med Horiz Disp

50%-hit horizontal radius:

σ_{H, 50} = σ_{H} \cdot \frac{0.6}{σ}

= 126.8 \cdot \frac{0.6}{2.15} = 35.4 m

35.4 m at 13.6 km

Med Vert Disp

50%-hit vertical radius:

σ_{V, 50} = σ_{V} \cdot \frac{0.6}{σ}

= 76.1 \cdot \frac{0.6}{2.15} = 21.2 m

21.2 m at 13.6 km

Turret turn time

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

18 s

Shells/min

Zero upgrades: 8 broadside guns x 60 / 10 s base reload = 48. All upgrades (top gun): 8 broadside guns x 60 / 9 s all-upgrades reload = 53.3.

Initial: 48 → 53.3

HE shells

HE Damage2,200

HE Velocity900 m/s

Fire Chance8%

HE penetration

25 mm ≈ 152 mm caliber / 6 (standard HE penetration ratio).

25 mm

HE full-salvo alpha

2,200 HE damage x 8 broadside guns = 17,600.

17,600

HE DPM

Zero upgrades: 17,600 HE full-salvo alpha x 60 / 10 s base reload = 105,600. All upgrades (top gun): 17,600 HE full-salvo alpha x 60 / 9 s all-upgrades reload = 117,333.

Initial: 105,600 → 117,333

Fires/min

Zero upgrades: 48 shells/min x 8% fire chance = 3.84. All upgrades (top gun): 53.3 shells/min x 8% fire chance = 4.27.

Initial: 3.84 → 4.27

AP shells

AP Damage2,900

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 2100 \cdot {45.4}^{0.69} \cdot {0.152}^{- 1.07} \cdot 900^{1.38} = 261.7 mm

. Matches the in-game spec card.

261.7 mm point-blank

AP Pen Far

Same formula at the ship's max firing range (13.6 km), where the shell has slowed to 363.1 m/s:

P = 10^{- 7} \cdot 2100 \cdot {45.4}^{0.69} \cdot {0.152}^{- 1.07} \cdot {363.1}^{1.38} = 74.8 mm

74.8 mm at 13.6 km

AP full-salvo alpha

2,900 AP damage x 8 broadside guns = 23,200.

23,200

AP DPM

Zero upgrades: 23,200 AP full-salvo alpha x 60 / 10 s base reload = 139,200. All upgrades (top gun): 23,200 AP full-salvo alpha x 60 / 9 s all-upgrades reload = 154,667.

Initial: 139,200 → 154,667

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 Triple

Launchers / tubes2 launchers × 3 tubes = 6 tubes

Reload time88 s

Projectile speed59 kt

Range6 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 = 33, 200 \cdot 0.333 = 11, 067

≈ 11,067

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.

11,967

Torpedo detectability1.2 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{1.2 km}{59 kt \times 2.6855} = 7.6 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.

7.6 s

Flooding chance

Read straight from the game's own data: this torpedo carries a flooding-chance value of 1.96 per hit, shown as

1.96 \times 100 = 196 %

. 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.

196%

Torpedo launcher traverse25 °/s

Launch arcs150° per side

Torp Turn

Time to rotate the launchers 180 deg:

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

7.2 s

Torp Arming188 m

Per-side salvo damage

One side firing, all torpedoes hitting: per-side tubes x per-torpedo simulated damage = 3 x 11,067 = 33,201.

33,201

AA Defense

AA mount pointsInitial: 12 → 13

Maximum AA range

Longest-reaching family on the in-game AA card. Base AirDefense aura max range is 3.5 km; dual-purpose mount auras extend it.

3.5 km

20 mm/65 C/38 Flak 35 Vierling L/38Initial: 20 mm/65 C/38 L/30 (4×1) → 20 mm/65 C/38 Flak 35 Vierling L/38 (5×4)

37 mm/83 SK Dopp LC/308×2 37mm

Guns37 mm/83 SK Dopp LC/30

Continuous DPS

Effective DPS: 13 raw aura damage × 3.5 × 0.9 hit probability = 41 - the same in-game units as the Close-range AA DPS headline.

Range3.5 km

Guns20 mm/65 C/38 Flak 35 Vierling L/38

Continuous DPS

Effective DPS: 29 raw aura damage × 3.5 × 0.85 hit probability = 86 - the same in-game units as the Close-range AA DPS headline.

Initial: 36 → 86

Range2 km

Total DPS in Aura

Medium 41 + Near 86 = 127

127

See the AA layers diagram ↓

Maneuverability

Engine power80,000 hp

Maximum speed33 kt

Turning circle radius680 m

Rudder shift time8 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 = 33 / 4 + 4.9 = 13.2 kt. The community reverse-speed model from the WoWs ShipBuilder project, the same source as the acceleration model on this card. Base value; speed modifiers scale it. Not shown on the in-game card.

13.2 kt

Crash stop

Seconds from top speed to a dead stop after ordering full reverse: reverse power winds in over the reverse spool-up while water drag does most of the braking. Same community-model simulation as the acceleration times, using the ship's own reverse-power ratio from in-game data. The full curve is on the acceleration chart.

26 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).

10.5 kt

Acceleration 0-90%

Time to reach 90% of top speed (29.7 kt of 33 kt), from our in-house acceleration model.

25.6 s

Acceleration 0-99%

Time to reach 99% of top speed (32.7 kt of 33 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.

41.6 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{33.0 \cdot 0.5144}{680} = 1.43 ° / s

, so

ratio = \frac{ω_{turret}}{ω_{hull}} = \frac{10}{1.43} = 7.0 \times

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

7.0× slow

See the full acceleration curve ↓

Concealment

Detectability by sea10.52 km

Detectability by air6.31 km

Smoke firing penalty4.76 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.

13.59 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.

9.35 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.

12.52 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.

9.31 km

Guaranteed Detect2 km

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Consumables

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

Sonar2 charges · 180 s reload · 100 s active · 4 km ship detect
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Derived from the consumable's 30 m grid-unit range (km = grid units x 30 / 1000): $\frac{133 \times 30}{1000} = 4 km$
· 3 km torpedo detect
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Derived from the consumable's 30 m grid-unit range (km = grid units x 30 / 1000): $\frac{100 \times 30}{1000} = 3 km$

Module options (3)

Stats above use the fully-upgraded modules. These are the research-tree alternatives; trade-offs are flagged.

HullUpgrade

Hit points24,900 → 27,800
Rudder shift14.6 → 10.4 s
AA mounts12 → 13
Close-range AA DPS25 → 42

Fire controlUpgrade

Main battery range12,355 → 13590.5 m

ArtilleryUpgrade

Base reload10 → 9 s

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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)2.15

Max Horiz Disp126.8 m at 13.6 km

Horizontal dispersion ellipse width at max range, from the verified WoWS dispersion model:  $σ_{H} = (\frac{R}{30} \cdot \frac{idealRadius - minRadius}{idealDistance} + minRadius) \cdot 30$   $= (\frac{13590.5}{30} \cdot \frac{8 - 1.1}{1000} + 1.1) \cdot 30 = 126.8 m$

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.

Max Vert Disp76.1 m at 13.6 km

Vertical dispersion ellipse height at max range: $σ_{V} = σ_{H} \cdot radiusOnMax$ $= 126.8 \cdot 0.6 = 76.1 m$

Shell scatter height @ 10 km55.8 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  $delim \cdot R_{m a x} = 0.5 \cdot 13590.5 = 6795$  m, and  $radiusOnMax = 0.6$  at 13590.5 m. Above the kink:  $k = 0.5 + (0.6 - 0.5) \cdot \frac{10000 - 6795}{13590.5 - 6795} = 0.5472$ , so  $σ_{V} = σ_{H} \cdot k = 102 \cdot 0.5472 = 55.8 m$ .

Med Horiz Disp35.4 m at 13.6 km

50%-hit horizontal radius: $σ_{H, 50} = σ_{H} \cdot \frac{0.6}{σ}$ $= 126.8 \cdot \frac{0.6}{2.15} = 35.4 m$

Med Vert Disp21.2 m at 13.6 km

50%-hit vertical radius: $σ_{V, 50} = σ_{V} \cdot \frac{0.6}{σ}$ $= 76.1 \cdot \frac{0.6}{2.15} = 21.2 m$

Dispersion familyCruiser Disp.

Standard cruiser dispersion baseline.

AP Pen Close261.7 mm point-blank

Canonical community AP formula (jcw780/wows_shell), evaluated at muzzle velocity:  $P = 10^{- 7} \cdot K \cdot m^{0.69} \cdot d^{- 1.07} \cdot v_{0}^{1.38}$   $= 10^{- 7} \cdot 2100 \cdot {45.4}^{0.69} \cdot {0.152}^{- 1.07} \cdot 900^{1.38} = 261.7 mm$ . Matches the in-game spec card.

AP Pen Far74.8 mm at 13.6 km

Same formula at the ship's max firing range (13.6 km), where the shell has slowed to 363.1 m/s:  $P = 10^{- 7} \cdot 2100 \cdot {45.4}^{0.69} \cdot {0.152}^{- 1.07} \cdot {363.1}^{1.38} = 74.8 mm$ .

AP pen 5 km159 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 km99 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 km5.87 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:  $k = \frac{π C_{d} d^{2}}{8 m} = \frac{π \cdot 0.295 \cdot {0.152}^{2}}{8 \cdot 45.4} = 5.9 \times 10^{- 5}$ . 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 km5.87 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:  $k = \frac{π C_{d} d^{2}}{8 m} = \frac{π \cdot 0.295 \cdot {0.152}^{2}}{8 \cdot 45.4} = 5.9 \times 10^{- 5}$ . 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 penetration25 mm

25 mm ≈ 152 mm caliber / 6 (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 time18 s

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

HE full-salvo alpha17,600

2,200 HE damage x 8 broadside guns = 17,600.

AP full-salvo alpha23,200

2,900 AP damage x 8 broadside guns = 23,200.

HE DPMInitial: 105,600 → 117,333

Zero upgrades: 17,600 HE full-salvo alpha x 60 / 10 s base reload = 105,600. All upgrades (top gun): 17,600 HE full-salvo alpha x 60 / 9 s all-upgrades reload = 117,333.

AP DPMInitial: 139,200 → 154,667

Zero upgrades: 23,200 AP full-salvo alpha x 60 / 10 s base reload = 139,200. All upgrades (top gun): 23,200 AP full-salvo alpha x 60 / 9 s all-upgrades reload = 154,667.

Shells/minInitial: 48 → 53.3

Zero upgrades: 8 broadside guns x 60 / 10 s base reload = 48. All upgrades (top gun): 8 broadside guns x 60 / 9 s all-upgrades reload = 53.3.

Fires/minInitial: 3.84 → 4.27

Zero upgrades: 48 shells/min x 8% fire chance = 3.84. All upgrades (top gun): 53.3 shells/min x 8% fire chance = 4.27.

Torpedoes

Torpedo detectability1.2 km

Estimated torpedo reaction time7.6 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 speed59 kt

Travel time to max range37.9 s

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

Torpedo module damage900

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 damage66,402

All tubes hitting one target: tubes x per-torpedo simulated damage = 6 x 11,067 = 66,402.

Per-side salvo damage33,201

One side firing, all torpedoes hitting: per-side tubes x per-torpedo simulated damage = 3 x 11,067 = 33,201.

AA defense

AA DPS at max range41

Only families that reach 3.5 km contribute at the outer edge of the AA bubble. In-game families: 37mm SKC 30 twin 8x2 -> 41 DPS @ 3.5 km; 20mm Flack 38 quad 5x4 -> 86 DPS @ 2 km.

Maximum AA range3.5 km

Longest-reaching family on the in-game AA card. Base AirDefense aura max range is 3.5 km; dual-purpose mount auras extend it.

AA DPS layered by range41 DPS @ 3.5 km, 127 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-blank127

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

AA threat index316

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 24,900 → 27,800 with hull upgrade, 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 89+ AP guns across the bracket. Can’t reliably bow-tank; gets bow-citadelled and overpenned.

Belt / citadel76 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 17%, fires burn 30s. Range-by-range in the Compare tool →

Section	Plates	HP cap	Threats	Tactic
Bow	13 mm primary (range 13–76 mm)	3,700 (13% 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 16–25 mm)	20,900 (75% of HP)	Overmatched by 380mm+ AP (Bayern)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 13–76 mm)	2,100 (8% of HP)	Overmatched by 203mm+ AP (Desert Falcon, Baleares)Angle bounces 152mm13 mm: HE pens from 127mm+	Mirror of bow. Same fast saturation.
Citadel	76 mm primary (range 10–76 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 13–26 mm)	2,500 (9% 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	13,900 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 (37 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	8,300 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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Balance History

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Buff ×2

2026-03-26

Ministry of Balance: Spring Renewal

Thickness of stock hull external citadel plating increased from 25 to 26 mm.
Thickness of upgraded hull external citadel plating increased from 25 to 26 mm.

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Galicia

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