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Giulio Cesare

Also called: 尤里乌斯-恺撒 Beta

Italy · Tier IV · Battleship · Premium

All-rounder battleshipNo standout trait, so adapt: anchor mid-range, support a brawl, or snipe as the team needs.

Playstyle

Anchor a flank at 12-15 km with bow toward the closest threat
Avoid: Shooting on sight and learning where you are the hard way

Key characteristics

1.9 sigma accuracyFast turret traverseStrong torpedo beltPattern widens fast with range

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Community Data

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Playstyle

Overview

Giulio Cesare is a Tier IV Italian all-rounder battleship with 320mm guns at 14.7 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 sigma in T4 BBs (1.9) and top-decile turret traverse rate in T4 BBs (5).

Positioning

Anchor a flank at 12-15 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. 45,500 HP is what a rotation started too late costs, and it is spent before the guns that punished it come off cooldown.

Potato Avoidance

Shooting on sight and learning where you are the hard way

Guns are what reveal you, not the enemy's luck: the first salvo lights you up at 13.2 km and hands every ship with a firing angle a stationary target worth 45,500 HP. Decide which island or angle you will shoot from before anything spots you, then angle away and keep firing from cover rather than trading in the open because you fired first.

Signature Traits

ELITE MAIN BATTERY ↗

Tight grouping
Fast turret traverse · 5°

ELITE ARMOR ↗

Strong torpedo belt · 30%
Torpedo belt specialist

Pattern widens fast with range ↗

Shell pattern widens about 14.3 m per km of range, bottom decile of T4 BBs. Salvos spread more at any given distance than peers', so bracketing matters (this is range-normalized, so out-ranging peers does not count against her).

Soft superstructure ↗

6 mm superstructure, bottom quartile of T4 BBs. HE farms harder.

Acquisition

How to get Giulio Cesare

Giulio Cesare 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

Italian Battleship Big Crate 1.5% IV Giulio Cesare Archived · Italian Battleship Big Crate
Anniversary '22 Regia Marina crate 1% IV Giulio Cesare Event · Anniversary '22 Regia Marina crate
Super Santa '22 0.25% Tier IV or V Premium ship Archived · Super Santa '22 · 1 of 28 ships

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Spectral Vault 2.0 0.178571% Tier IV Premium ship Archived · Spectral Vault 2.0 · 1 of 14 ships
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%
Spectral Vault 1.0 0.073214% Tier IV Premium ship Archived · Spectral Vault 1.0 · 2 paths combined · 1 of 14 ships
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- Spectral Vault 1.00.057143%
- Spectral Vault 1.0 → Spectral Vault 2.00.016071%
Secret Santa '22 0.055833% Premium Ship Archived · Secret Santa '22 · 1 of 12 ships
Secret Santa '23 0.053333% Tier IV Premium ship Archived · Secret Santa '23 · 1 of 15 ships
Mystic Box 0.05% Tier IV Premium ship Event · Mystic Box · 1 of 16 ships
Italian Battleship Crate 0.03% IV Giulio Cesare Archived · Italian Battleship Crate

Official WG availability sources

Official WoWS Legends container odds Containers Official container drop rows linked below include direct and nested effective ship odds.
Set Sail to the Legendary Roman Empire Event/store source Start: 2026-05-04 · End: 2026-06-01 Official ship/event post that can indicate store, collaboration, event, return, or limited availability.

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Anniversary '22 Regia Marina crate 1% · IV Giulio Cesare
Italian Battleship Big Crate 1.5% · IV Giulio Cesare
Italian Battleship Crate 0.03% · IV Giulio Cesare
Mystic Box 0.05% · Tier IV Premium ship
Santa Level 1 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

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Commanders frequently paired with this ship AL Littorio AL Vittorio Veneto Angelo Iachino

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Cohort position

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Where Giulio Cesare sits among Tier IV BBs (23 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.

Top 10%Sigma1.9 (3/24) Top 25%Traverse-to-turn ratio4.02 × (4/24) Top 25%Fires per minute7 (7/24) Top 25%HE DPM96,000 (7/24) Top 25%AP DPM194,000 (6/24) Top 25%Turn-speed retention117.2 hp/m (6/24) Top 25%Power-to-weight2.53 hp/t (6/24) Top 25%AP pen at 10 km421 mm (6/24) Top 25%Effective HE DPM (incl. fire)146,650 (7/24) Top 25%AA DPS188 (6/23) Top 25%AA threat599 (6/23) Bottom 25%Main dispersion210.5 m (20/24) Bottom 25%Secondary HE alpha1,700 (21/23) Bottom 25%Secondary fire chance7% (19/23) Bottom 25%Secondary HE pen20 mm (21/23) Bottom 25%Citadel belt80 mm (22/24) Bottom 25%Deck armor43 mm (19/24) WorstNo torpedoes (21 of 24 in cohort)

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Not standouts for Giulio Cesare -- 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 points45,500 HP(18/24) Max speed27 kt(9/24) Concealment13.25 km(13/24) Smoke fire bloom10.52 km(11/24) Air detection10.6 km(13/24) Rudder shift13.1 s(11/24) Turning circle640 m(11/24) Main battery caliber320 mm(14/24) Main battery range14.75 km(15/24) Main battery reload30 s(13/24) HE shell damage4,800(15/24) AP shell damage9,700(12/24) Secondary DPM (per side)162,000(9/24) AP velocity830 m/s(8/24) HE velocity830 m/s(12/24) Acceleration35.1 s(11/24) AP arming threshold53 mm(11/24) Engine power75,000 hp(9/24) Displacement29,600 t(8/24) AA range4 km(11/23) Flak per wave (expected)225(7/16) Repair charges3(11/24) Max armor280 mm(15/24) Bow armor19 mm(11/24) Stern armor19 mm(12/24) NormSecondary dispersion bracket57(20 of 24 tied at this value) NormAP fuse timer0.03 s(13 of 24 tied at this value) NormTurn speed retained81%(23 of 24 tied at this value) NormSecondary range4 km(14 of 24 tied at this value) NormRepair heal rate0.5 %/s(20 of 24 tied at this value)

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Stats & specs

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Survivability

Hit Points45,500

Displacement29,600 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.

186.4 x 28 m (published figure)

Armor range6–280 mm

Plate armor thicknesses6, 13, 19, 24, 25, 28, 30, 31, 35, 37, 40, 43, 48, 70, 72, 74, 80, 85, 100, 110, 120, 130, 210, 220, 250, 260, 280 mm

Armor material/layer entries92

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 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 (8,190 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 (9,100 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.

30%

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.

22,800

Steering gear HP

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

13,700

Effective HP

Base 45,500 HP plus everything Repair Party can restore: 0.5%/s x 28 s = 6,370 HP per charge, x3 charges = 19,110 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.

64,610

Repairable: penetration50%

Repairable: citadel10%

Repairable: steering gear50%

Main Battery

ModuleArtillery: 320 mm/44 1934

Mounts / barrels4 mounts / 10 barrels

Reload time30 s

Firing range14.7 km

Turret traverse5 °/s

Turret armor240 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.

4x ±145°

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.

35° off bow / 35° off stern

See the firing-arcs diagram ↓

HE fire DPM vs T4 BB50650

Effective HE DPM vs T4 BB146650

Shell Grouping (σ)1.9

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{14748}{30} \cdot \frac{12 - 2.2}{1000} + 2.2) \cdot 30 = 210.5 m

210.5 m at 14.7 km

Max Vert Disp

Vertical dispersion ellipse height at max range:

σ_{V} = σ_{H} \cdot radiusOnMax

= 210.5 \cdot 0.6 = 126.3 m

126.3 m at 14.7 km

Med Horiz Disp

50%-hit horizontal radius:

σ_{H, 50} = σ_{H} \cdot \frac{0.6}{σ}

= 210.5 \cdot \frac{0.6}{1.9} = 66.5 m

66.5 m at 14.7 km

Med Vert Disp

50%-hit vertical radius:

σ_{V, 50} = σ_{V} \cdot \frac{0.6}{σ}

= 126.3 \cdot \frac{0.6}{1.9} = 39.9 m

39.9 m at 14.7 km

Turret turn time

180 degrees / 5 deg/s traverse speed = 36 s.

36 s

Shells/min

10 broadside guns x 60 / 30 s base reload = 20.

HE shells

HE Damage4,800

HE Velocity830 m/s

Fire Chance35%

HE penetration

In-game data: 55 mm = 320 mm caliber / 5.82 (non-standard HE penetration ratio).

55 mm

HE full-salvo alpha

4,800 HE damage x 10 broadside guns = 48,000.

48,000

HE DPM

48,000 HE full-salvo alpha x 60 / 30 s base reload = 96,000.

96,000

Fires/min

20 shells/min x 35% fire chance = 7.

AP shells

AP Damage9,700

AP Velocity830 m/s

Min Ricochet45 deg

Guaranteed Ricochet60 deg

Fuse Timer0.033 s

Fuse Threshold53 mm

AP overmatch

floor(320 mm caliber / 14.3) = 22 mm (AP auto-penetrates plating this thick or less).

22 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 2600 \cdot 525^{0.69} \cdot {0.32}^{- 1.07} \cdot 830^{1.38} = 707.5 mm

. Matches the in-game spec card.

707.5 mm point-blank

AP Pen Far

Same formula at the ship's max firing range (14.7 km), where the shell has slowed to 487.2 m/s:

P = 10^{- 7} \cdot 2600 \cdot 525^{0.69} \cdot {0.32}^{- 1.07} \cdot {487.2}^{1.38} = 339.2 mm

339.2 mm at 14.7 km

AP full-salvo alpha

9,700 AP damage x 10 broadside guns = 97,000.

97,000

AP DPM

97,000 AP full-salvo alpha x 60 / 30 s base reload = 194,000.

194,000

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 points14

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.

4 km

37 mm/54 Breda 19386×2 37mm

20 mm/65 Breda 19358×2 20mm

100 mm /47 OTO 1928 (DP)

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

4×2 100mm

Guns100 mm /47 OTO 1928 (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 29 from dual-purpose secondaries firing as AA in this range band.

Range4 km

Guns37 mm/54 Breda 1938

Continuous DPS

Effective DPS: 42 raw aura damage × 3.5 × 0.75 hit probability = 110 - the same in-game units as the Close-range AA DPS headline.

110

Range3.5 km

Total DPS in Aura

Far 29 + Medium 110 = 139

139

Guns20 mm/65 Breda 1935

Continuous DPS

Effective DPS: 20 raw aura damage × 3.5 × 0.7 hit probability = 49 - the same in-game units as the Close-range AA DPS headline.

Range2 km

Total DPS in Aura

Far 29 + Medium 110 + Near 49 = 188

188

Bursts

Each ~2 s wave fires 2 quick salvos of 1 clouds ahead of the attacking squadron - up to 2 clouds per wave × 150 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.

150

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.

75%

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 4 km - once planes get inside the band, new waves stop. AA range bonuses push the outer edge out; the 2.5 km inner edge does not move.

2.5-4 km

See the AA layers diagram ↓

Secondary Battery

Mounts10

Firing range4.0 km

Shell Grouping (σ)1

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

Caliber100 mm

Reload time6 s

HE Damage1,500

Muzzle Velocity850 m/s

Fire Chance6%

Armor Pen17 mm

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Caliber120 mm

Reload time6 s

HE Damage1,700

Muzzle Velocity950 m/s

Fire Chance7%

Armor Pen20 mm

Caliber120 mm

Reload time6 s

HE Damage1,700

Muzzle Velocity950 m/s

Fire Chance7%

Armor Pen20 mm

Maneuverability

Engine power75,000 hp

Maximum speed27 kt

Turning circle radius640 m

Rudder shift time13.1 s

Engine power-boost threshold7 kt

Engine spool-up time23 s

Reverse spool-up time11.5 s

Reverse speed

top speed / 4 + 4.9 = 27 / 4 + 4.9 = 11.7 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.

11.7 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 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).

8.3 kt

Acceleration 0-90%

Time to reach 90% of top speed (24.3 kt of 27 kt), from our in-house acceleration model.

35.1 s

Acceleration 0-99%

Time to reach 99% of top speed (26.7 kt of 27 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.

56.5 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{27.0 \cdot 0.5144}{640} = 1.24 ° / s

, so

ratio = \frac{ω_{turret}}{ω_{hull}} = \frac{5}{1.24} = 4.0 \times

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

4.0× drags

See the full acceleration curve ↓

Concealment

Detectability by sea13.25 km

Detectability by air10.6 km

Smoke firing penalty10.52 km

Detect when firing (sea)

Equal to the ship's main battery range (never below base detectability): firing makes you visible to everyone you can reach. Matches the in-game 'Detect Firing Sea' value on all 8 unmodified captures, and range-modified captures track the modified range.

14.75 km

Detect when firing (air)

Air detectability plus the gun-firing bloom (6.4 km, which tracks main-battery caliber x 0.020). Matches the in-game 'Detect Firing Air' value on every captured ship.

17 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.

15.25 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.

13.6 km

Guaranteed Detect2 km

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Consumables

Damage Control Party∞ charges · 80 s reload · 15 s active

Repair Party3 charges · 80 s reload · 28 s active · 6,370 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.
· 19,110 HP (42% of max HP) total heal (all charges)
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14% per charge x 3 charges = up to 42% of max HP if the whole Repair Party loadout is used.
· 228 HP/s (0.5% of max HP) heal per second
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0.5% of max HP (45,500 HP) per second = 228 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

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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)1.9

Max Horiz Disp210.5 m at 14.7 km

Horizontal dispersion ellipse width at max range, from the verified WoWS dispersion model:  $σ_{H} = (\frac{R}{30} \cdot \frac{idealRadius - minRadius}{idealDistance} + minRadius) \cdot 30$   $= (\frac{14748}{30} \cdot \frac{12 - 2.2}{1000} + 2.2) \cdot 30 = 210.5 m$

Shell scatter width @ 5 km115 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 km164 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 Disp126.3 m at 14.7 km

Vertical dispersion ellipse height at max range: $σ_{V} = σ_{H} \cdot radiusOnMax$ $= 210.5 \cdot 0.6 = 126.3 m$

Shell scatter height @ 10 km87.8 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  $delim \cdot R_{m a x} = 0.5 \cdot 14748 = 7374$  m, and  $radiusOnMax = 0.6$  at 14748 m. Above the kink:  $k = 0.5 + (0.6 - 0.5) \cdot \frac{10000 - 7374}{14748 - 7374} = 0.5356$ , so  $σ_{V} = σ_{H} \cdot k = 164 \cdot 0.5356 = 87.8 m$ .

Med Horiz Disp66.5 m at 14.7 km

50%-hit horizontal radius: $σ_{H, 50} = σ_{H} \cdot \frac{0.6}{σ}$ $= 210.5 \cdot \frac{0.6}{1.9} = 66.5 m$

Med Vert Disp39.9 m at 14.7 km

50%-hit vertical radius: $σ_{V, 50} = σ_{V} \cdot \frac{0.6}{σ}$ $= 126.3 \cdot \frac{0.6}{1.9} = 39.9 m$

AP Pen Close707.5 mm point-blank

Canonical community AP formula (jcw780/wows_shell), evaluated at muzzle velocity:  $P = 10^{- 7} \cdot K \cdot m^{0.69} \cdot d^{- 1.07} \cdot v_{0}^{1.38}$   $= 10^{- 7} \cdot 2600 \cdot 525^{0.69} \cdot {0.32}^{- 1.07} \cdot 830^{1.38} = 707.5 mm$ . Matches the in-game spec card.

AP Pen Far339.2 mm at 14.7 km

Same formula at the ship's max firing range (14.7 km), where the shell has slowed to 487.2 m/s:  $P = 10^{- 7} \cdot 2600 \cdot 525^{0.69} \cdot {0.32}^{- 1.07} \cdot {487.2}^{1.38} = 339.2 mm$ .

AP pen 5 km543 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 km421 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.

AP flight time @ 10 km5.31 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:  $k = \frac{π C_{d} d^{2}}{8 m} = \frac{π \cdot 0.4098 \cdot {0.32}^{2}}{8 \cdot 525} = 3.14 \times 10^{- 5}$ . That runs from a 830 m/s muzzle velocity in 0.02 s steps under gravity 9.8 m/s² until the shell lands, then divides by 2.77: the game clock runs faster than real time, and that factor was measured against stopwatch runs in the Training Room. Lower is better, since a faster shell is harder to dodge and needs less lead.

HE flight time @ 10 km5.31 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:  $k = \frac{π C_{d} d^{2}}{8 m} = \frac{π \cdot 0.3786 \cdot {0.32}^{2}}{8 \cdot 485} = 3.14 \times 10^{- 5}$ . That runs from a 830 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 penetration55 mm

In-game data: 55 mm = 320 mm caliber / 5.82 (non-standard HE penetration ratio).

AP overmatch22 mm

floor(320 mm caliber / 14.3) = 22 mm (AP auto-penetrates plating this thick or less).

AP AOE Radius55

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

Broadside guns used for alpha10

All 10 barrels bear on the broadside.

Turret turn time36 s

180 degrees / 5 deg/s traverse speed = 36 s.

HE full-salvo alpha48,000

4,800 HE damage x 10 broadside guns = 48,000.

AP full-salvo alpha97,000

9,700 AP damage x 10 broadside guns = 97,000.

HE DPM96,000

48,000 HE full-salvo alpha x 60 / 30 s base reload = 96,000.

AP DPM194,000

97,000 AP full-salvo alpha x 60 / 30 s base reload = 194,000.

Shells/min20

10 broadside guns x 60 / 30 s base reload = 20.

Fires/min7

20 shells/min x 35% fire chance = 7.

AA defense

AA DPS at max range29

Only families that reach 4 km contribute at the outer edge of the AA bubble. In-game families: Breda 37mm double 6x2 -> 110 DPS @ 3.5 km; 20mm65 Breda M1935 double 8x2 -> 49 DPS @ 2 km; 100mm 50 Mod OTO 4x2 -> 29 DPS @ 4 km.

Maximum AA range4 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 range29 DPS @ 4 km, 139 DPS @ 3.5 km, 188 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-blank188

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

AA threat index599

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

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)162,000

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: 4×2 100 mm (4/side) × 60/6 × 1500 = 60,000 + 4×2 120 mm (4/side) × 60/6 × 1700 = 68,000 + 2×2 120 mm (2/side) × 60/6 × 1700 = 34,000. 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 chance7%

Maximum per-shell fire chance across secondary HE families (before target fire resistance is applied). Best on this ship: 7% 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 45,500, distributed across 5 hull zones, each with its own plate thicknesses, saturation cap, and pen thresholds. HP caps are the exact in-game values, not estimated.

Bow & stern19 mm

Overmatched by 76+ 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.

Farming6 mm

Superstructure and extremities take HE pens and AP overpens from nearly any gun: steady chip damage. Fire resistance 17%, fires burn 60s. Range-by-range in the Compare tool →

Section	Plates	HP cap	Threats	Tactic
Bow	19 mm primary (range 19–130 mm)	2,700 (6% 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)	130 mm primary (range 19–280 mm)	34,100 (75% of HP)	No common AP caliber overmatches130 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 19–130 mm)	1,200 (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 19–80 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	6 mm primary (range 6–280 mm)	900 (2% 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	22,800 magazine HP	Turret knocked out	Per-turret powder-magazine HP, a separate pool that does not drain ship HP. As it is worn down the turret is likelier to be knocked out, and a smaller pool gets there faster.
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 (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	13,700 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

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

Buff ×1Torpedo ×1

2023-06-15

Ministry of Balance: Italian Concerto

The armor model for Giulio Cesare now displays torpedo protection fully in the Armor Viewer.
The small upper ledge of the fore and aft citadel athwartships bulkhead has been increased in thickness from 6 to 70 mm.

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Skins & permanent camouflages

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Virtus et Honor
Virtus et Honor permanent camouflage for Giulio CesareVirtus et Honor

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2022-01-27 · Patch notes February update: fortes fortuna adiuvat Patch notes 2022-12-08 · Patch notes December Update: The Most Wonderful Tide of the Year Patch notes 2023-06-15 · Patch notes Summer Update: Always Courageous Patch notes 2023-08-24 · Patch notes Autumn Update: Risk It And Win Patch notes 2023-09-28 · Patch notes Halloween Update: Spooky Waves Patch notes 2024-10-10 · Patch notes Halloween Update: Crimson Tale Patch notes

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