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Gangut

Also called: 甘古特 · Гангут Beta

U.S.S.R. · Tier III · Battleship · Tech Tree: Juggernaut Battleships

All-rounder battleshipNo single dominant trait; flex mid-range anchor, brawl support, or sniper by team comp.

Playstyle

Anchor a flank at 10-13 km with bow toward the closest threat
Avoid: Taking the long way round the map edge to flank

Key characteristics

Heavy AP penHigh fire chance (HE sidearm)Fast heal cycleThick deck armorSlow reload

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Playstyle

Overview

Gangut is a Tier III Soviet all-rounder battleship with 305mm guns at 13.3 km: she has no single dominant kit trait but is competent across the board. The role flexes by team comp - mid-range AP anchor by default, brawl support when the team commits, sniper when the line sits back. Versatility is the value, not specialization. Standout traits: top-decile close-range AP pen in T3 BBs (566.9 mm) and best fast heal cycle in T3 BBs (5,002 HP).

Positioning

Anchor a flank at 10-13 km with bow toward the closest threat. Rotate one or two map cells with the team rather than holding solo; a battleship alone on a flank is a free focus target for the enemy. At 23 kn you are among the quicker hulls in the cohort, so a flank that collapses is one you can still leave - commit harder than the speed-limited battleships around you. The helm answers fast (10.2 s) but the circle is wide (660 m): weave to spoil aim rather than committing to turns, because a committed turn gives up more water than the quick rudder saves you.

Potato Avoidance

Taking the long way round the map edge to flank

At 23 kn five minutes of sailing buys about 3.5 km, so a border run costs most of the mid-game and arrives after the fight it was meant to decide. She wins by holding a lane and trading from it: pick the flank before the first salvo, then let the guns do the travelling.

Signature Traits

ELITE MAIN BATTERY ↗

Close-range AP brick · 566.9 mm
High fire chance · 33%

Fast heal cycle ↗

5002 HP restored per minute of cycling, best of T3 BBs. Gets you back into the fight sooner rather than healing more overall.

ELITE ARMOR ↗

Thick deck · 120 mm
Heavy armor deck

Fast DCP cycle ↗

40 s Damage Control reload, top quartile of T3 BBs. Fire / flood stacks come off cooldown sooner.

MIXED MAIN BATTERY ↗

Slow reload · 36 s
Loose grouping

Acquisition

How to get Gangut

Gangut is available in the Juggernaut Battleships branch of the U.S.S.R. Tech Tree for 85,000 credits after researching it in the branch. Known module upgrades cost up to 21,240 credits.

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U.S.S.R. Tech Tree

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Official WG availability sources

Update: April 2020 1,500 Doubloons 2020-04-09 Tier III default; exact price not in source

Builds

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Commanders frequently paired with this ship AL Sov. Rossiya Kosaka Wakamo Lev Galler

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Cohort position

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Where Gangut sits among Tier III BBs (17 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.

BestAP pen at 10 km346 mm (1 of 2 tied) BestDeck armor120 mm (1/18) Top 25%Max speed23 kt (5/18) Top 25%Stealth profile12.02 km / 9.62 km (5/18 / 5/18) Top 25%Smoke fire bloom9.19 km (5/18) Top 25%Rudder shift10.2 s (3/18) Top 25%Fires per minute6.6 (4/18) Top 25%AP shell damage8,600 (3/18) Top 25%Main dispersion190.8 m (4/18) Top 25%Engine power42,000 hp (5/17) Top 25%Turn-speed retention63.6 hp/m (5/17) Top 25%Power-to-weight1.67 hp/t (5/17) Bottom 25%Turning circle660 m (16/18) Bottom 25%Main battery range13.26 km (15/18) Bottom 25%Max armor250 mm (17/18) WorstMain battery reload36 s (1 of 2 tied) WorstSigma1.4 (1 of 2 tied) WorstAP velocity762 m/s (1 of 2 tied) WorstHE velocity762 m/s (1 of 2 tied) WorstSecondary range3.5 km (1 of 7 tied) WorstRepair charges2 (1 of 2 tied)

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Not standouts for Gangut -- 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 points40,500 HP(10/18) Traverse-to-turn ratio3.12 ×(9/18) Main battery caliber305 mm(9/18) HE shell damage4,500(6/18) HE DPM90,000(7/18) AP DPM172,000(9/18) Secondary DPM (per side)95,216(14/18) Secondary HE alpha1,700(13/17) Secondary fire chance8%(10/17) Secondary HE pen20 mm(13/17) Acceleration34.8 s(7/17) AP arming threshold51 mm(10/18) Displacement25,200 t(10/18) Effective HE DPM (incl. fire)133,303(7/18) AA DPS62(10/15) AA range3 km(9/15) AA threat146(9/15) Citadel belt250 mm(11/18) Bow armor19 mm(9/18) Stern armor19 mm(10/18) NormSecondary dispersion bracket57(15 of 18 tied at this value) NormAP fuse timer0.01 s(13 of 18 tied at this value)

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Stats & specs

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Survivability

Hit PointsInitial: 37,600 → 40,500

Displacement25,200 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.

180.8 x 28 m (measured from the ship model)

Armor range12–250 mm

Plate armor thicknesses12, 13, 19, 25, 30, 32, 38, 44, 50, 70, 75, 100, 120, 125, 225, 250 mm

Armor material/layer entries63

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: 6.7% → 10%

Fire duration60 s

Fire damage

Each fire ticks 0.3% of max HP per second for the full 60 s, so one unattended fire burns 18% of the pool (7,290 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 0.5% of max HP per second for the 40 s duration, so one unattended flood costs 20% of the pool (8,100 HP on this ship). Verified against measured flood ticks in replay data.

0.5% 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.

20,300

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.

12,200

Effective HP

Base 40,500 HP plus everything Repair Party can restore: 0.5%/s x 28 s = 5,670 HP per charge, x2 charges = 11,340 HP. Ceiling, not a prediction: a charge only restores damage actually taken, and only the regeneratable share of it. Across 1,826 players in our replay corpus the median ship realized about half of this, mostly because half the charges go unspent — when Repair Party IS pressed it returns ~97% of the per-charge figure above.

51,840

Repairable: penetration50%

Repairable: citadel10%

Repairable: steering gear50%

Main Battery

ModuleArtillery: 305 mm/52 Model 1907

Mounts / barrels4 mounts / 12 barrels

Reload time36 s

Firing range (base)12.1 km

Firing range (top fire control)13.3 km

Turret traverse3.2 °/s

Turret armor305 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.

±155°, ±150°, ±145°, ±134°

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 / 35° off stern

See the firing-arcs diagram ↓

HE fire DPM vs T3 BB43303

Effective HE DPM vs T3 BB133303

Shell Grouping (σ)1.4

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{13258.3}{30} \cdot \frac{13 - 1.1}{1000} + 1.1) \cdot 30 = 190.8 m

190.8 m at 13.3 km

Max Vert Disp

Vertical dispersion ellipse height at max range:

σ_{V} = σ_{H} \cdot radiusOnMax

= 190.8 \cdot 0.75 = 143.1 m

143.1 m at 13.3 km

Med Horiz Disp

50%-hit horizontal radius:

σ_{H, 50} = σ_{H} \cdot \frac{0.6}{σ}

= 190.8 \cdot \frac{0.6}{1.4} = 81.8 m

81.8 m at 13.3 km

Med Vert Disp

50%-hit vertical radius:

σ_{V, 50} = σ_{V} \cdot \frac{0.6}{σ}

= 143.1 \cdot \frac{0.6}{1.4} = 61.3 m

61.3 m at 13.3 km

Turret turn time

180 degrees / 3.2 deg/s traverse speed = 56.2 s.

56.2 s

Shells/min

12 broadside guns x 60 / 36 s base reload = 20.

HE shells

HE Damage4,500

HE Velocity762 m/s

Fire Chance33%

HE penetration

51 mm ≈ 305 mm caliber / 6 (standard HE penetration ratio).

51 mm

HE full-salvo alpha

4,500 HE damage x 12 broadside guns = 54,000.

54,000

HE DPM

54,000 HE full-salvo alpha x 60 / 36 s base reload = 90,000.

90,000

Fires/min

20 shells/min x 33% fire chance = 6.6.

6.6

AP shells

AP Damage8,600

AP Velocity762 m/s

Min Ricochet45 deg

Guaranteed Ricochet60 deg

Fuse Timer0.01 s

Fuse Threshold51 mm

AP overmatch

floor(305 mm caliber / 14.3) = 21 mm (AP auto-penetrates plating this thick or less).

21 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 2627 \cdot {470.9}^{0.69} \cdot {0.305}^{- 1.07} \cdot 762^{1.38} = 620.4 mm

. Matches the in-game spec card.

620.4 mm point-blank

AP Pen Far

Same formula at the ship's max firing range (13.3 km), where the shell has slowed to 442.8 m/s:

P = 10^{- 7} \cdot 2627 \cdot {470.9}^{0.69} \cdot {0.305}^{- 1.07} \cdot {442.8}^{1.38} = 293.3 mm

293.3 mm at 13.3 km

AP full-salvo alpha

8,600 AP damage x 12 broadside guns = 103,200.

103,200

AP DPM

103,200 AP full-salvo alpha x 60 / 36 s base reload = 172,000.

172,000

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.

AA Defense

AA mount pointsInitial: 8 → 12

Maximum AA range

Longest-reaching family on the in-game AA card. Base AirDefense aura max range is 3 km; dual-purpose mount auras extend it.

3 km

75 mm Canet naval gun8×1 75mm

7.62 mm Maxim machine gun (upgraded hull only)4×1 8mm

Guns75 mm Canet naval gun

Continuous DPS

Effective DPS: 16 raw aura damage × 3.5 × 0.75 hit probability = 42 - the same in-game units as the Close-range AA DPS headline.

Initial: 34 → 42

Range3 km

Guns7.62 mm Maxim machine gun

Continuous DPS

Effective DPS: 8 raw aura damage × 3.5 × 0.7 hit probability = 20 - the same in-game units as the Close-range AA DPS headline.

Range1 km

Total DPS in Aura

Medium 42 + Near 20 = 62

See the AA layers diagram ↓

Secondary Battery

Mounts16

Firing range3.5 km

Shell Grouping (σ)1

120 mm/50 Model 190516×1 120mm

Caliber120 mm

Reload time8.57 s

HE Damage1,700

Muzzle Velocity823 m/s

Fire Chance8%

Armor Pen20 mm

Secondary dispersion type

Max dispersion = range (km) × 57 + 30. Each dispersion type sets its own slope; this is not a percentage applied to a standard baseline.

Standard

Max secondary dispersion @ 3.5 km

3.5 km × 57 + 30 = 229.5 m.

229.5 m

Maneuverability

Engine power42,000 hp

Maximum speed23 kt

Turning circle radius660 m

Rudder shift time10.2 s

Engine power-boost threshold7 kt

Engine spool-up time23 s

Reverse spool-up time11.5 s

Reverse speed

top speed / 4 + 4.9 = 23 / 4 + 4.9 = 10.7 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.

10.7 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.

42.7 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).

6.9 kt

Acceleration 0-90%

Time to reach 90% of top speed (20.7 kt of 23 kt), from our in-house acceleration model.

34.8 s

Acceleration 0-99%

Time to reach 99% of top speed (22.8 kt of 23 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.

56.6 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{23.0 \cdot 0.5144}{660} = 1.03 ° / s

, so

ratio = \frac{ω_{turret}}{ω_{hull}} = \frac{3.2}{1.03} = 3.1 \times

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

3.1× drags

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Concealment

Detectability by sea12.02 km

Detectability by air9.62 km

Smoke firing penalty9.19 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.

13.26 km

Detect when firing (air)

Air detectability plus the gun-firing bloom (6.1 km, which tracks main-battery caliber x 0.020). Matches the in-game 'Detect Firing Air' value on every captured ship.

15.72 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.

14.02 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.

12.62 km

Guaranteed Detect2 km

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Consumables

Damage Control Party3 charges · 40 s reload · 10 s active

Repair Party2 charges · 80 s reload · 28 s active · 5,670 HP (14% of max HP) total heal (per charge)
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Heal per second (0.5%) x effective active time (28 s) = up to 14% of max HP restored per charge.
· 11,340 HP (28% of max HP) total heal (all charges)
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14% per charge x 2 charges = up to 28% of max HP if the whole Repair Party loadout is used.
· 202 HP/s (0.5% of max HP) heal per second
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0.5% of max HP (40,500 HP) per second = 202 HP/s. WoWS heals a flat percent of MAX HP each second, so this rate holds at any health level.

Secondary Battery Booster3 charges · 160 s reload · 30 s active · +100% grouping · -50% dispersion

Module options (2)

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

HullUpgrade

Hit points37,600 → 40,500
Rudder shift18.6 → 13.3 s
AA mounts8 → 12
Close-range AA DPS13 → 24

Fire controlUpgrade

Main battery range12,053 → 13258.3 m

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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)1.4

Max Horiz Disp190.8 m at 13.3 km

Horizontal dispersion ellipse width at max range, from the verified WoWS dispersion model:  $σ_{H} = (\frac{R}{30} \cdot \frac{idealRadius - minRadius}{idealDistance} + minRadius) \cdot 30$   $= (\frac{13258.3}{30} \cdot \frac{13 - 1.1}{1000} + 1.1) \cdot 30 = 190.8 m$

Shell scatter width @ 5 km92.5 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 km152 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 Disp143.1 m at 13.3 km

Vertical dispersion ellipse height at max range: $σ_{V} = σ_{H} \cdot radiusOnMax$ $= 190.8 \cdot 0.75 = 143.1 m$

Shell scatter height @ 10 km81.3 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:  $radiusOnZero = 0.25$  at 0 m,  $radiusOnDelim = 0.4$  at  $delim \cdot R_{m a x} = 0.6 \cdot 13258.3 = 7955$  m, and  $radiusOnMax = 0.75$  at 13258.3 m. Above the kink:  $k = 0.4 + (0.75 - 0.4) \cdot \frac{10000 - 7955}{13258.3 - 7955} = 0.535$ , so  $σ_{V} = σ_{H} \cdot k = 152 \cdot 0.535 = 81.3 m$ .

Med Horiz Disp81.8 m at 13.3 km

50%-hit horizontal radius: $σ_{H, 50} = σ_{H} \cdot \frac{0.6}{σ}$ $= 190.8 \cdot \frac{0.6}{1.4} = 81.8 m$

Med Vert Disp61.3 m at 13.3 km

50%-hit vertical radius: $σ_{V, 50} = σ_{V} \cdot \frac{0.6}{σ}$ $= 143.1 \cdot \frac{0.6}{1.4} = 61.3 m$

AP Pen Close620.4 mm point-blank

Canonical community AP formula (jcw780/wows_shell), evaluated at muzzle velocity:  $P = 10^{- 7} \cdot K \cdot m^{0.69} \cdot d^{- 1.07} \cdot v_{0}^{1.38}$   $= 10^{- 7} \cdot 2627 \cdot {470.9}^{0.69} \cdot {0.305}^{- 1.07} \cdot 762^{1.38} = 620.4 mm$ . Matches the in-game spec card.

AP Pen Far293.3 mm at 13.3 km

Same formula at the ship's max firing range (13.3 km), where the shell has slowed to 442.8 m/s:  $P = 10^{- 7} \cdot 2627 \cdot {470.9}^{0.69} \cdot {0.305}^{- 1.07} \cdot {442.8}^{1.38} = 293.3 mm$ .

AP pen 5 km459 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 km346 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 km5.95 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:  $k = \frac{π C_{d} d^{2}}{8 m} = \frac{π \cdot 0.4595 \cdot {0.305}^{2}}{8 \cdot 470.9} = 3.56 \times 10^{- 5}$ . That runs from a 762 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 km5.95 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:  $k = \frac{π C_{d} d^{2}}{8 m} = \frac{π \cdot 0.4595 \cdot {0.305}^{2}}{8 \cdot 470.9} = 3.56 \times 10^{- 5}$ . That runs from a 762 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 penetration51 mm

51 mm ≈ 305 mm caliber / 6 (standard HE penetration ratio).

AP overmatch21 mm

floor(305 mm caliber / 14.3) = 21 mm (AP auto-penetrates plating this thick or less).

AP AOE Radius40

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 alpha12

All 12 barrels bear on the broadside.

Turret turn time56.2 s

180 degrees / 3.2 deg/s traverse speed = 56.2 s.

HE full-salvo alpha54,000

4,500 HE damage x 12 broadside guns = 54,000.

AP full-salvo alpha103,200

8,600 AP damage x 12 broadside guns = 103,200.

HE DPM90,000

54,000 HE full-salvo alpha x 60 / 36 s base reload = 90,000.

AP DPM172,000

103,200 AP full-salvo alpha x 60 / 36 s base reload = 172,000.

Shells/min20

12 broadside guns x 60 / 36 s base reload = 20.

Fires/min6.6

20 shells/min x 33% fire chance = 6.6.

AA defense

AA DPS at max range42

Only families that reach 3 km contribute at the outer edge of the AA bubble. In-game families: 75mm Cane 8x1 -> 42 DPS @ 3 km; MachineGunMaxim 7 62 4x1 -> 20 DPS @ 1 km.

Maximum AA range3 km

Longest-reaching family on the in-game AA card. Base AirDefense aura max range is 3 km; dual-purpose mount auras extend it.

AA DPS layered by range42 DPS @ 3 km, 62 DPS @ 1 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-blank62

Sum of every family's average DPS, achievable only inside the closest-range family (1 km).

AA threat index146

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 range1 km

Secondary battery dispersion

Secondary dispersion typeStandard

Max dispersion = range (km) × 57 + 30. Each dispersion type sets its own slope; this is not a percentage applied to a standard baseline.

Max secondary dispersion @ 3.5 km229.5 m

3.5 km × 57 + 30 = 229.5 m.

Secondary battery firepower

Secondary DPM (per side)95,216

Sum across all secondary families of (per-side barrels × 60 / reload_s × alpha), where per-side barrels = mounts × barrels-per-mount / 2 (the guns that bear on one broadside target). Per-family: 16×1 120 mm (8/side) × 60/8.57 × 1700 = 95,216. Assumes every shell hits (real hit rate is lower; the Brawl matchup tool on the Compare page folds in dispersion + target armor).

Max HE alpha1700

Maximum HE damage per shell across secondary HE families. Best on this ship: 1700 from the 120 mm family.

Max HE fire chance8%

Maximum per-shell fire chance across secondary HE families (before target fire resistance is applied). Best on this ship: 8% from the 120 mm family.

Max HE pen20 mm

Maximum HE armor penetration across secondary HE families (caliber × 1/6 for most nations; 1/4 for German/UK BBs). Shells whose pen falls under a plate's armor thickness shatter for 0 hull damage though fire chance still applies. Best on this ship: 20 mm from the 120 mm family.

Armor Beta

Hull HP 37,600 → 40,500 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 & stern19 mm

Overmatched by 47+ AP guns across the bracket. Can’t reliably bow-tank; gets bow-citadelled and overpenned.

Belt / citadel250 mm

Citadels come from a flat broadside at close range; held past ~30° of angle, AP shatters or bounces.

Farming19 mm

Superstructure and extremities take HE pens and AP overpens from nearly any gun: steady chip damage. Fire resistance 10%, fires burn 60s. Range-by-range in the Compare tool →

Section	Plates	HP cap	Threats	Tactic
Bow	19 mm primary (range 19–225 mm)	1,500 (4% of HP)	Overmatched by 283mm+ AP (Nassau, Von Der Tann)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)	125 mm primary (range 19–125 mm)	30,400 (75% of HP)	No common AP caliber overmatches125 mm: no common HE pens	Largest HP pool. Citadel sits behind these plates; thinner deck and side plating absorb the rest.
Stern	19 mm primary (range 19–125 mm)	1,400 (3% of HP)	Overmatched by 283mm+ AP (Nassau, Von Der Tann)Angle bounces 203mm19 mm: HE pens from 127mm+	Mirror of bow. Same fast saturation.
Citadel	250 mm primary (range 12–250 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.
Turret (module, per magazine)	separate HP pool, does not drain ship HP	20,300 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.
Secondary mount (120 mm mount)	separate HP pool, does not drain ship HP	800 per-mount HP	Destroyed at 0 HP	Per-mount HP for the heaviest secondary on this ship. A mount destroyed at 0 HP is out for the rest of the battle; DCP does not repair destroyed mounts. Smaller (lighter-caliber) secondaries typically share the same HP value.
AA mount (75 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.
Engine (module, research)	engine coefficient (unconfirmed)	-0.100 research estimate	Largest on BB/BC; zero on destroyers	Engine durability isn't a per-ship value in the game data. This small negative coefficient is non-zero only on battleships, battlecruisers, and the heaviest cruisers, and is exactly zero on every destroyer, so it scales with hull displacement rather than any commander skill. Most likely an engine drag or power term in the same family as the deceleration stats; its exact meaning is not yet confirmed.
Rudder (module)	separate HP pool, does not drain ship HP	12,200 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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