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Genova

Also called: 热那亚 Beta

SAP cruiserPunish broadsides and superstructures with high-alpha SAP; angle to survive return fire and pick targets your SAP won't shatter on.

Playstyle

Sit 10-13 km from a contested cap where an island shadows you from the opposite battleship line
Avoid: Pouring SAP into bow-in or heavily armored targets

Key characteristics

55 mm SAP penStealthy (9.4 km)SonarHeavy secondary DPMHeavy powerplantSlow reload

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Playstyle

Overview

Genova is a Tier IV Italian SAP cruiser: her 203mm main battery fires semi-armor-piercing shells (54.9mm of fixed penetration) in place of HE once the gun upgrade is researched. SAP lands one big guaranteed hit instead of fishing for fires, and it pens reliably without the angle checks AP lives or dies on, so she punishes broadsides, soft cruisers, and superstructures hard. The catch is that SAP shatters on heavy belt armor, so the kit is picking targets it bites rather than trading into a bow-in battleship. Sonar (3.7 km on ships and 2.7 km on torpedoes, 90 s active, 180 s reload, long uptime) lights up DDs and torpedoes inside its bubble, which lets her contest the cap edge without taking the spotting cycle. Standout traits: best AP overmatch threshold in T4 CAs (14.1 mm) and best heavy secondary DPM in T4 CAs (130,500).

Positioning

Sit 10-13 km from a contested cap where an island shadows you from the opposite battleship line. Hydro (3.7 km on ships, 2.7 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. With 8.6 s on the rudder she starts turning late, so the angle has to be set before you are shot at.

Potato Avoidance

Pouring SAP into bow-in or heavily armored targets

SAP shatters on the belt armor AP would pen, so salvos into an angled battleship are wasted damage. Her 30,100-HP hull does not recover from a punished salvo, so hunt the broadsides, soft cruisers, and exposed superstructures SAP bites cleanly, and angle to survive the return fire while you wait for them.

Signature Traits

Big-caliber AP overmatch ↗

14.1 mm AP overmatch threshold, best of T4 CAs. Punishes bow-tanking ships peers can't crack.

Heavy secondary DPM ↗

130500 secondary DPM per side, best of T4 CAs. Per-side barrels × shots/min × alpha across every secondary family; real damage scales with hit rate against the target.

ELITE MOBILITY ↗

Heavy powerplant · 150000 hp
Holds speed in turns · 227.3 hp

Thick bow plate ↗

16 mm bow, best of T4 CAs. Harder for same-tier AP to overmatch.

Best-in-class stealth ↗

9.4 km surface detect, top decile of T4 CAs. Stays dark longer.

MIXED MAIN BATTERY ↗

Slow reload · 20 s
Stiff AP fuse · 34 mm

Acquisition

How to get Genova

Genova is a Premium ship and not available to unlock in the Tech Tree. Acquisition path: Containers. Container chances are shown as the listed odds of receiving this exact ship, dividing grouped ship-pool odds across the resolved ships and including nested container paths when a crate can drop another crate.

ContainersAppears in official container odds below; availability depends on the container being sold or awarded.

Best listed chance for this ship

Santa Level 2 0.166667% Tier IV Premium ship Archived · Santa Level 2 · 1 of 15 ships
Santa Level 1 0.078333% Tier IV Premium ship Archived · Santa Level 1 · 2 paths combined · 1 of 15 ships
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- Santa Level 10.053333%
- Santa Level 1 → Santa Level 20.025%
Secret Santa '23 0.053333% Tier IV Premium ship Archived · Secret Santa '23 · 1 of 15 ships

Official WG availability sources

Official WoWS Legends container odds Containers Official container drop rows linked below include direct and nested effective ship odds.
Darkness & Light: a tale of two Halloween events Event/store source Start: 2021-10-01 · End: open/unknown end Official ship/event post that can indicate store, collaboration, event, return, or limited availability.
WoWS PC and Legends: Cross-Benefit Program Returns Event/store source Start: 2024-05-20 · End: open/unknown end Official ship/event post that can indicate store, collaboration, event, return, or limited availability.

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Santa Level 1 0.053333% · Tier IV Premium ship
Santa Level 2 0.166667% · Tier IV Premium ship
Secret Santa '23 0.053333% · Tier IV Premium ship

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

Pair with a commander whose unique skill complements her main armament; check the build tool for current recommendations.

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Commanders frequently paired with this ship AL Zara Francesco Mimbelli Luigi Sansonetti

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Cohort position

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Where Genova 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.

BestStealth profile9.4 km / 5.64 km (1/22 / 1/22) BestMain battery caliber203 mm (1 of 2 tied) BestSecondary DPM (per side)130,500 (1/16) BestAP fuse timer0.03 s (1 of 5 tied) BestEngine power150,000 hp (1/22) BestTurn-speed retention227.3 hp/m (1/22) BestEnd plates16 mm (1 of 2 tied / 3/22) Top 10%Main dispersion124.1 m (3/22) Top 10%Acceleration23.1 s (3/22) Top 10%Power-to-weight13.52 hp/t (3/22) Top 10%AP pen at 10 km187 mm (3/22) Top 10%Torpedo reload47 s (3/21) Top 25%Hit points30,100 HP (4/22) Top 25%Torpedo reaction time7.3 s (4/21) Bottom 25%Main battery range13.2 km (20/22) Bottom 25%AP velocity840 m/s (20/22) Bottom 25%Displacement11,095 t (19/22) Bottom 25%AA DPS85 (18/22) Bottom 25%AA threat286 (18/22) Bottom 25%Torpedo damage≈8,267 (19/21) Bottom 10%Rudder shift8.6 s (21/22) Bottom 10%AP DPM112,800 (21/22) Bottom 10%Torpedo speed51 kt (20/21) WorstMain battery reload20 s (22/22) WorstAP arming threshold34 mm (1 of 3 tied)

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Not standouts for Genova -- 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 speed34.5 kt(9/22) Smoke fire bloom5.14 km(7/22) Turning circle660 m(11/22) Traverse-to-turn ratio4.54 ×(15/22) Secondary HE alpha1,450(7/16) Secondary fire chance6%(7/16) Secondary HE pen17 mm(7/16) AA range3.5 km(16/22) Flak per wave (expected)252(9/17) Torpedo range8.01 km(9/21) Max armor100 mm(8/22) Citadel belt70 mm(15/22) Deck armor50 mm(7/22) NormSigma2(20 of 22 tied at this value) 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) NormSecondary range4 km(12 of 16 tied at this value)

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Stats & specs

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Survivability

Hit Points30,100

Displacement11,095 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.

194 x 20.1 m (measured from the ship model)

Armor range13–100 mm

Plate armor thicknesses13, 16, 20, 25, 30, 40, 50, 60, 70, 100 mm

Armor material/layer entries35

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.

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 (2,709 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 (3,010 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.

15,100

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.

9,000

Repairable: penetration50%

Repairable: citadel10%

Repairable: steering gear50%

Main Battery

ModuleArtillery: 203 mm/50 Ansaldo 1924

Mounts / barrels4 mounts / 8 barrels

Reload time20 s

Firing range13.2 km

Turret traverse7 °/s

Turret armor150 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 ±150°, ±161°

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.

30° off bow / 30° off stern

See the firing-arcs diagram ↓

HE fire DPM vs T4 BB24312

Effective HE DPM vs T4 BB91512

Shell Grouping (σ)2

Max Horiz Disp

Horizontal dispersion ellipse width at max range, from the verified WoWS dispersion model:

σ_{H} = (\frac{R}{30} \cdot \frac{idealRadius - minRadius}{idealDistance} + minRadius) \cdot 30

= (\frac{13197}{30} \cdot \frac{8 - 1.1}{1000} + 1.1) \cdot 30 = 124.1 m

124.1 m at 13.2 km

Max Vert Disp

Vertical dispersion ellipse height at max range:

σ_{V} = σ_{H} \cdot radiusOnMax

= 124.1 \cdot 0.6 = 74.4 m

74.4 m at 13.2 km

Med Horiz Disp

50%-hit horizontal radius:

σ_{H, 50} = σ_{H} \cdot \frac{0.6}{σ}

= 124.1 \cdot \frac{0.6}{2} = 37.2 m

37.2 m at 13.2 km

Med Vert Disp

50%-hit vertical radius:

σ_{V, 50} = σ_{V} \cdot \frac{0.6}{σ}

= 74.4 \cdot \frac{0.6}{2} = 22.3 m

22.3 m at 13.2 km

Turret turn time

180 degrees / 7 deg/s traverse speed = 25.7 s.

25.7 s

Shells/min

8 broadside guns x 60 / 20 s base reload = 24.

HE shells

HE Damage2,800 (stock hull only)

HE Velocity823 m/s

Fire Chance14%

HE penetration

34 mm ≈ 203 mm caliber / 6 (standard HE penetration ratio).

34 mm

HE full-salvo alpha

2,800 HE damage x 8 broadside guns = 22,400.

22,400

HE DPM

22,400 HE full-salvo alpha x 60 / 20 s base reload = 67,200.

67,200

Fires/min

24 shells/min x 14% fire chance = 3.36.

3.36

SAP shells

SAP Damage4,850 (top hull)

SAP Velocity840 m/s (top hull)

SAP Pen (mm)54.9 (top hull)

SAP Fragment Radius

SAP shell fragment splash radius; the area over which a SAP hit scatters fragment damage. Scales with shell mass (90mm ~ 5, 203mm CA ~ 20-30, 320mm = 175, 406mm = 250, 457mm = 400, max) and is tuned per ship, so two ships with the same SAP caliber can differ (135mm ranges 5-24). Larger value = wider fragment spread per hit.

20 (top hull)

AP shells

AP Damage4,700

AP Velocity840 m/s

Min Ricochet45 deg

Guaranteed Ricochet60 deg

Fuse Timer0.033 s

Fuse Threshold34 mm

AP overmatch

floor(203 mm caliber / 14.3) = 14 mm (AP auto-penetrates plating this thick or less).

14 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 2400 \cdot {125.3}^{0.69} \cdot {0.203}^{- 1.07} \cdot 840^{1.38} = 402.1 mm

. Matches the in-game spec card.

402.1 mm point-blank

AP Pen Far

Same formula at the ship's max firing range (13.2 km), where the shell has slowed to 413.6 m/s:

P = 10^{- 7} \cdot 2400 \cdot {125.3}^{0.69} \cdot {0.203}^{- 1.07} \cdot {413.6}^{1.38} = 151.2 mm

151.2 mm at 13.2 km

AP full-salvo alpha

4,700 AP damage x 8 broadside guns = 37,600.

37,600

AP DPM

37,600 AP full-salvo alpha x 60 / 20 s base reload = 112,800.

112,800

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 tubo lanciasiluri

Launchers / tubes4 launchers × 2 tubes = 8 tubes

Reload time47 s

Projectile speed51 kt

Range8.01 km

Maximum simulated damage

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

D_{sim} = α \cdot c = 24, 800 \cdot 0.333 = 8, 267

≈ 8,267

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.

9,067

Torpedo detectability1 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 km}{51 kt \times 2.6855} = 7.3 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.

7.3 s

Flooding chance

Read straight from the game's own data: this torpedo carries a flooding-chance value of 1.45 per hit, shown as

1.45 \times 100 = 145 %

. 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.

145%

Torpedo launcher traverse25 °/s

Launch arcs154° per side

Torp Turn

Time to rotate the launchers 180 deg:

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

7.2 s

Torp Arming167 m

Per-side salvo damage

One side firing, all torpedoes hitting: per-side tubes x per-torpedo simulated damage = 4 x 8,267 = 33,068.

33,068

AA Defense

AA mount points4

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.

3.5 km

76.2 mm/40 Ansaldo 19174×1 76mm

102 mm/35 OTO 1933 (DP)

Dual-purpose: your secondaries doing double duty against aircraft. The same mounts appear on the Secondary Battery card - shared guns, not extra hardware.

12×1 102mm

Guns102 mm/35 OTO 1933 (DP)

Continuous DPS

Effective DPS in in-game units (raw aura damage × 3.5 × hit probability, summed per contributing aura) - matches the Close-range AA DPS headline's currency. Includes 63 from dual-purpose secondaries firing as AA in this range band.

Range3.5 km

Guns76.2 mm/40 Ansaldo 1917

Continuous DPS

Effective DPS: 7 raw aura damage × 3.5 × 0.9 hit probability = 22 - the same in-game units as the Close-range AA DPS headline.

Range3 km

Total DPS in Aura

Far 63 + Medium 22 = 85

Bursts

Each ~2 s wave fires 2 quick salvos of 1 clouds ahead of the attacking squadron - up to 2 clouds per wave × 140 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 × 1 clouds

Cloud damage

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

140

Cloud spawn chance

Each cloud in the pattern rolls this chance to spawn, so waves average fewer clouds than the maximum. Often called flak 'hit chance', but spawned clouds always damage planes that fly into them - the roll is on spawning.

90%

Wave rate

A flak wave spawns roughly every 2 s - timed frame-by-frame from gameplay footage and consistent across ships.

every ~2 s

Fired by

Flak keeps firing while at least one secondary battery mount is operational - even losing every other AA mount does not stop it.

Secondary battery

Flak zone

The activation band: flak fires while attacking planes are inside it. Clouds are placed ahead of the planes' path, so bursts can land short of 2.5 km or past 3.5 km - once planes get inside the band, new waves stop. AA range bonuses push the outer edge out; the 2.5 km inner edge does not move.

2.5-3.5 km

See the AA layers diagram ↓

Secondary Battery

Mounts12

Firing range4.0 km

Shell Grouping (σ)1

102 mm/35 OTO 1933 (DP)

Dual-purpose: the same mounts also fire at aircraft, so they appear on the AA Defense card too - shared guns, not extra hardware.

12×1 102mm

Caliber102 mm

Reload time4 s

HE Damage1,450

Muzzle Velocity811 m/s

Fire Chance6%

Armor Pen17 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 @ 4 km

4 km × 57 + 30 = 258 m.

258 m

Maneuverability

Engine power150,000 hp

Maximum speed34.5 kt

Turning circle radius660 m

Rudder shift time8.6 s

Engine power-boost threshold7 kt

Engine spool-up time15.3 s

Reverse spool-up time7.7 s

Reverse speed

top speed / 4 + 4.9 = 34.5 / 4 + 4.9 = 13.5 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.

13.5 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.

22.3 s

Engine boost threshold (reverse)

Speed below which the engine's built-in power boost applies in reverse. Matches the in-game maneuverability card's reverse threshold (Vampire II reads 10.5 here and the card shows 11; the card rounds half up).

10.4 kt

Acceleration 0-90%

Time to reach 90% of top speed (31.1 kt of 34.5 kt), from our in-house acceleration model.

23.1 s

Acceleration 0-99%

Time to reach 99% of top speed (34.2 kt of 34.5 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.

36.7 s

Traverse-to-turn ratio

How many degrees the turret can swing for each degree the hull turns. Turn rate

ω_{hull} = \frac{180}{π} \cdot \frac{V_{max} (m/s)}{R_{turn}} = \frac{180}{π} \cdot \frac{34.5 \cdot 0.5144}{660} = 1.54 ° / s

, so

ratio = \frac{ω_{turret}}{ω_{hull}} = \frac{7}{1.54} = 4.5 \times

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

4.5× drags

See the full acceleration curve ↓

Concealment

Detectability by sea9.4 km

Detectability by air5.64 km

Smoke firing penalty5.14 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.

13.2 km

Detect when firing (air)

Air detectability plus the gun-firing bloom (4.06 km, which tracks main-battery caliber x 0.020). Matches the in-game 'Detect Firing Air' value on every captured ship.

9.7 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.

11.4 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.

8.64 km

Guaranteed Detect2 km

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Consumables

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

Catapult Fighter3 charges · 80 s reload · 90 s active · 5 km patrol radius
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Derived from the consumable's 30 m grid-unit range (km = grid units x 30 / 1000): $\frac{167 \times 30}{1000} = 5 km$
· 1 squadron size

Sonar2 charges · 180 s reload · 90 s active · 3.72 km ship detect
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Derived from the consumable's 30 m grid-unit range (km = grid units x 30 / 1000): $\frac{124 \times 30}{1000} = 3.72 km$
· 2.67 km torpedo detect
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Derived from the consumable's 30 m grid-unit range (km = grid units x 30 / 1000): $\frac{89 \times 30}{1000} = 2.67 km$

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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 Disp124.1 m at 13.2 km

Horizontal dispersion ellipse width at max range, from the verified WoWS dispersion model:  $σ_{H} = (\frac{R}{30} \cdot \frac{idealRadius - minRadius}{idealDistance} + minRadius) \cdot 30$   $= (\frac{13197}{30} \cdot \frac{8 - 1.1}{1000} + 1.1) \cdot 30 = 124.1 m$

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 Disp74.4 m at 13.2 km

Vertical dispersion ellipse height at max range: $σ_{V} = σ_{H} \cdot radiusOnMax$ $= 124.1 \cdot 0.6 = 74.4 m$

Shell scatter height @ 10 km56.3 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:  $radiusOnZero = 0.2$  at 0 m,  $radiusOnDelim = 0.5$  at  $delim \cdot R_{m a x} = 0.5 \cdot 13197 = 6598$  m, and  $radiusOnMax = 0.6$  at 13197 m. Above the kink:  $k = 0.5 + (0.6 - 0.5) \cdot \frac{10000 - 6598}{13197 - 6598} = 0.5515$ , so  $σ_{V} = σ_{H} \cdot k = 102 \cdot 0.5515 = 56.3 m$ .

Med Horiz Disp37.2 m at 13.2 km

50%-hit horizontal radius: $σ_{H, 50} = σ_{H} \cdot \frac{0.6}{σ}$ $= 124.1 \cdot \frac{0.6}{2} = 37.2 m$

Med Vert Disp22.3 m at 13.2 km

50%-hit vertical radius: $σ_{V, 50} = σ_{V} \cdot \frac{0.6}{σ}$ $= 74.4 \cdot \frac{0.6}{2} = 22.3 m$

AP Pen Close402.1 mm point-blank

Canonical community AP formula (jcw780/wows_shell), evaluated at muzzle velocity:  $P = 10^{- 7} \cdot K \cdot m^{0.69} \cdot d^{- 1.07} \cdot v_{0}^{1.38}$   $= 10^{- 7} \cdot 2400 \cdot {125.3}^{0.69} \cdot {0.203}^{- 1.07} \cdot 840^{1.38} = 402.1 mm$ . Matches the in-game spec card.

AP Pen Far151.2 mm at 13.2 km

Same formula at the ship's max firing range (13.2 km), where the shell has slowed to 413.6 m/s:  $P = 10^{- 7} \cdot 2400 \cdot {125.3}^{0.69} \cdot {0.203}^{- 1.07} \cdot {413.6}^{1.38} = 151.2 mm$ .

AP pen 5 km271 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 km187 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 km5.9 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:  $k = \frac{π C_{d} d^{2}}{8 m} = \frac{π \cdot 0.337 \cdot {0.203}^{2}}{8 \cdot 118} = 4.62 \times 10^{- 5}$ . That runs from a 823 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 km5.8 s

How long an AP shell takes to reach a target at a fixed 10 km, from the same numerically integrated trajectory the Charts card plots. The shell slows under quadratic air drag,  $a_{drag} = k ρ v^{2}$ , where  $ρ$  is air density from a standard-atmosphere profile and  $k$  bundles the shell's drag coefficient, caliber and mass:  $k = \frac{π C_{d} d^{2}}{8 m} = \frac{π \cdot 0.3615 \cdot {0.203}^{2}}{8 \cdot 125.3} = 4.67 \times 10^{- 5}$ . That runs from a 840 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 penetration34 mm

34 mm ≈ 203 mm caliber / 6 (standard HE penetration ratio).

AP overmatch14 mm

floor(203 mm caliber / 14.3) = 14 mm (AP auto-penetrates plating this thick or less).

AP AOE Radius20

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.

SAP Fragment Radius20 (top hull)

SAP shell fragment splash radius; the area over which a SAP hit scatters fragment damage. Scales with shell mass (90mm ~ 5, 203mm CA ~ 20-30, 320mm = 175, 406mm = 250, 457mm = 400, max) and is tuned per ship, so two ships with the same SAP caliber can differ (135mm ranges 5-24). Larger value = wider fragment spread per hit.

Broadside guns used for alpha8

All 8 barrels bear on the broadside.

Turret turn time25.7 s

180 degrees / 7 deg/s traverse speed = 25.7 s.

HE full-salvo alpha22,400

2,800 HE damage x 8 broadside guns = 22,400.

AP full-salvo alpha37,600

4,700 AP damage x 8 broadside guns = 37,600.

HE DPM67,200

22,400 HE full-salvo alpha x 60 / 20 s base reload = 67,200.

AP DPM112,800

37,600 AP full-salvo alpha x 60 / 20 s base reload = 112,800.

Shells/min24

8 broadside guns x 60 / 20 s base reload = 24.

Fires/min3.36

24 shells/min x 14% fire chance = 3.36.

Torpedoes

Torpedo detectability1 km

Estimated torpedo reaction time7.3 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 speed51 kt

Travel time to max range58.5 s

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

Torpedo module damage800

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 count8

4 launchers x 2 tubes.

Per-side salvo4 torpedoes

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

Full-salvo damage66,136

All tubes hitting one target: tubes x per-torpedo simulated damage = 8 x 8,267 = 66,136.

Per-side salvo damage33,068

One side firing, all torpedoes hitting: per-side tubes x per-torpedo simulated damage = 4 x 8,267 = 33,068.

AA defense

AA DPS at max range63

Only families that reach 3.5 km contribute at the outer edge of the AA bubble. In-game families: 76mm 40 4x1 -> 22 DPS @ 3 km; 102 35 OTO 1933 12x1 -> 63 DPS @ 3.5 km.

Maximum AA range3.5 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 range63 DPS @ 3.5 km, 85 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-blank85

Sum of every family's average DPS, achievable only inside the closest-range family (3 km).

AA threat index286

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.

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 @ 4 km258 m

4 km × 57 + 30 = 258 m.

Secondary battery firepower

Secondary DPM (per side)130,500

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: 12×1 102 mm (6/side) × 60/4 × 1450 = 130,500. Assumes every shell hits (real hit rate is lower; the Brawl matchup tool on the Compare page folds in dispersion + target armor).

Max HE alpha1450

Maximum HE damage per shell across secondary HE families. Best on this ship: 1450 from the 102 mm family.

Max HE fire chance6%

Maximum per-shell fire chance across secondary HE families (before target fire resistance is applied). Best on this ship: 6% from the 102 mm family.

Max HE pen17 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: 17 mm from the 102 mm family.

Armor Beta

Hull HP 30,100, 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 & stern16 mm

Overmatched by 76+ AP guns across the bracket. Can’t reliably bow-tank; gets bow-citadelled and overpenned.

Belt / citadel70 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	16 mm primary (range 16–30 mm)	1,800 (6% of HP)	Overmatched by 283mm+ AP (Nassau, Von Der Tann)Angle bounces 203mm16 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)	13 mm primary (range 13–60 mm)	22,600 (75% of HP)	Overmatched by 203mm+ AP (Desert Falcon, Baleares)Angle bounces 152mm13 mm: HE pens from 127mm+	Largest HP pool. Citadel sits behind these plates; thinner deck and side plating absorb the rest.
Stern	16 mm primary (range 16–30 mm)	2,600 (9% of HP)	Overmatched by 283mm+ AP (Nassau, Von Der Tann)Angle bounces 203mm16 mm: HE pens from 127mm+	Mirror of bow. Same fast saturation.
Citadel	70 mm primary (range 13–70 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 13–100 mm)	1,200 (4% 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	15,100 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 (102 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 (76 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	9,000 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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Buff ×1Main Battery ×1

2022-06-16

Summer Update: The High Roll

An optional artillery module has been added for the following Italian cruisers: Tier IV Genova, Tier V Duca d'Aosta, Tier VI Abruzzi, and Tier VI Gorizia. It replaces HE shells with SAP shells, while for Abruzzi, it also increases the main battery reload time.

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2022-12-12 · Official ship feature / stats Holiday Content: Jingle Ships Official source 2021-09-30 · Patch notes Halloween Update: Double the Fun, Double the Trouble Patch notes 2022-06-16 · Patch notes Summer Update: The High Roll Patch notes 2023-03-02 · Patch notes March Update: Seeing Green Patch notes

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