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Graf Spee B

Also called: 施佩伯爵海军上将 B · Admiral Graf Spee B · Admiral Graf Spee B Beta

Germany · Tier V · CB Cruiser · Premium · Graf Spee Variant

Super-cruiserBattleship-caliber guns on a cruiser hull; overmatch broadside cruisers with AP, don't brawl battleships.

Playstyle

Hold 12-15 km from a contested cap with an island close enough to shadow back into, and bow toward the closest BB
Avoid: Pushing in blind because the kit says brawler

Key characteristics

283 mm AP overmatchHeavy AP pen15 km gun rangeHeavy HE shellsSonarSlow

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Playstyle

Overview

Graf Spee B is a Tier V German super-cruiser: a battleship-sized hull with a 283mm main battery on a cruiser frame. She is built to overmatch broadside cruisers with AP, not to brawl with battleships. Sonar (5.3 km on ships and 3.7 km on torpedoes, 114 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. HE pen sits at the 1/4 caliber ratio instead of the standard 1/6, so HE spam is a real damage option here. Standout traits: best AP overmatch threshold in T5 CAs (19.7 mm) and best close-range AP pen in T5 CAs (500.2 mm).

Positioning

Hold 12-15 km from a contested cap with an island close enough to shadow back into, and bow toward the closest BB. The heavy bow plate lets you hold the angle against same-tier guns, which is the protection the citadel needs; the hull does not tank battleship volleys broadside even if it can absorb them bow-on. The big guns reach for full AP citadels at that distance. With 10.3 s on the rudder she starts turning late, so the angle has to be set before you are shot at.

Potato Avoidance

Pushing in blind because the kit says brawler

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

Signature Traits

ELITE MAIN BATTERY ↗

Big-caliber AP overmatch · 19.7 mm
Close-range AP brick · 500.2 mm
Long-range AP brick · 236.18 mm

High HP pool ↗

39400 HP, best of T5 CAs.

ELITE ARMOR ↗

Strong torpedo belt · 22%
Thickest plate · 150 mm

MIXED MAIN BATTERY ↗

Stiff AP fuse · 47 mm
Pattern widens fast with range

Acquisition

How to get Graf Spee B

Graf Spee B is a Premium ship and not available to unlock in the Tech Tree. Acquisition path: Premium/Event.

Premium/EventAvailability usually depends on store rotations, event reruns, collaborations, coupons, or special offers.

Official WG availability sources

5 Years Strong: Loyalty Reward for All Captains! Event/store source Start: 2024-03-25 · End: open/unknown end Official ship/event post that can indicate store, collaboration, event, return, or limited availability.

Builds

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Cohort position

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Where Graf Spee B sits among Tier V CAs (28 ships). Notable standouts are shown first; the rest of the cohort-ranked stats are in the expand below. Acquisition variants (Black Friday, Founders Edition) are counted once with their base ship, not as separate peers.

BestHit points39,400 HP (1/28) BestMain battery caliber283 mm (1/28) BestSecondary HE pen38 mm (1/25) BestAP pen at 10 km306 mm (1/28) BestTorpedo speed65 kt (1 of 3 tied) BestMax armor150 mm (1 of 3 tied) Top 10%Main battery range15.03 km (2/28) Top 10%Secondary fire chance8% (3/25) Top 10%End plates19 mm (3/28 / 3/28) Top 25%Secondary HE alpha1,700 (5/25) Top 25%Flak per wave (expected)684 (7/26) Top 25%Torpedo reaction time7.4 s (7/24) Bottom 25%Stealth profile12.38 km / 7.43 km (22/28 / 22/28) Bottom 25%AP DPM151,200 (25/28) Bottom 25%AP fuse timer0.01 s (25/28) Bottom 25%AA DPS166 (22/28) Bottom 25%Torpedo damage≈12,700 (19/24) Bottom 10%Main battery reload20 s (27/28) WorstMax speed28.5 kt (28/28) WorstSmoke fire bloom8.89 km (28/28) WorstRudder shift10.3 s (28/28) WorstSigma1.9 (28/28) WorstFires per minute3.6 (24/24) WorstHE DPM57,600 (24/24) WorstMain dispersion174.3 m (28/28) WorstAcceleration29.5 s (28/28) WorstAP arming threshold47 mm (28/28) WorstEngine power54,000 hp (28/28) WorstTurn-speed retention79.4 hp/m (28/28) WorstDisplacement16,275 t (28/28) WorstPower-to-weight3.32 hp/t (28/28) WorstEffective HE DPM (incl. fire)84,712 (24/24) WorstSecondary range4 km (1 of 9 tied)

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Not standouts for Graf Spee B -- 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.

Turning circle680 m(13/28) Traverse-to-turn ratio5.83 ×(12/28) Secondary DPM (per side)118,878(9/25) AP velocity910 m/s(10/28) HE velocity910 m/s(9/24) AA range4.5 km(14/28) AA threat545(20/28) Torpedo range8.01 km(13/24) Torpedo reload90 s(16/24) Citadel belt100 mm(13/28) Deck armor70 mm(9/28) NormAP ricochet start45°(25 of 28 tied at this value) NormAP auto-bounce angle60°(25 of 28 tied at this value) NormTurn speed retained81%(25 of 28 tied at this value) NormRepair heal rate0.5 %/s(5 of 7 tied at this value)

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Stats & specs

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Survivability

Hit Points39,400

Displacement16,275 t

Armor range13–150 mm

Plate armor thicknesses13, 16, 19, 20, 25, 30, 40, 45, 50, 70, 100, 125, 150 mm

Armor material/layer entries55

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.

23.3%

Fire duration45 s

Fire damage

Each fire ticks 0.3% of max HP per second for the full 45 s, so one unattended fire burns 13.5% of the pool (5,319 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 (3,940 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.

22%

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.

19,700

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.

11,800

Effective HP

Base 39,400 HP plus everything Repair Party can restore: 0.5%/s x 28 s = 5,516 HP per charge, x2 charges = 11,032 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.

50,432

Repairable: penetration50%

Repairable: citadel10%

Repairable: steering gear50%

Main Battery

ModuleArtillery: 283 mm L/52 Drh LC/28

Mounts / barrels2 mounts / 6 barrels

Reload time20 s

Firing range15 km

Turret traverse7.2 °/s

Turret armor170 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.

±143°, ±147°

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.

37° off bow / 33° off stern

See the firing-arcs diagram ↓

AP pen max range237 mm

HE fire DPM vs T5 BB27112

Effective HE DPM vs T5 BB84712

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{15030}{30} \cdot \frac{10 - 1.6}{1000} + 1.6) \cdot 30 = 174.3 m

174.3 m at 15 km

Max Vert Disp

Vertical dispersion ellipse height at max range:

σ_{V} = σ_{H} \cdot radiusOnMax

= 174.3 \cdot 0.6 = 104.6 m

104.6 m at 15 km

Med Horiz Disp

50%-hit horizontal radius:

σ_{H, 50} = σ_{H} \cdot \frac{0.6}{σ}

= 174.3 \cdot \frac{0.6}{1.9} = 55 m

55 m at 15 km

Med Vert Disp

50%-hit vertical radius:

σ_{V, 50} = σ_{V} \cdot \frac{0.6}{σ}

= 104.6 \cdot \frac{0.6}{1.9} = 33 m

33 m at 15 km

Turret turn time

180 degrees / 7.2 deg/s traverse speed = 25 s.

25 s

Shells/min

6 broadside guns x 60 / 20 s base reload = 18.

HE shells

HE Damage3,200

HE Velocity910 m/s

Fire Chance20%

HE penetration

71 mm ≈ 283 mm caliber / 4 (improved HE penetration: German BBs, Yamato-class, and a handful of others).

71 mm

HE full-salvo alpha

3,200 HE damage x 6 broadside guns = 19,200.

19,200

HE DPM

19,200 HE full-salvo alpha x 60 / 20 s base reload = 57,600.

57,600

Fires/min

18 shells/min x 20% fire chance = 3.6.

3.6

AP shells

AP Damage8,400

AP Velocity910 m/s

Min Ricochet45 deg

Guaranteed Ricochet60 deg

Fuse Timer0.01 s

Fuse Threshold47 mm

AP overmatch

floor(283 mm caliber / 14.3) = 19 mm (AP auto-penetrates plating this thick or less).

19 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 2282 \cdot 300^{0.69} \cdot {0.283}^{- 1.07} \cdot 910^{1.38} = 546.5 mm

. Matches the in-game spec card.

546.5 mm point-blank

AP Pen Far

Same formula at the ship's max firing range (15 km), where the shell has slowed to 495.4 m/s:

P = 10^{- 7} \cdot 2282 \cdot 300^{0.69} \cdot {0.283}^{- 1.07} \cdot {495.4}^{1.38} = 236.1 mm

236.1 mm at 15 km

AP full-salvo alpha

8,400 AP damage x 6 broadside guns = 50,400.

50,400

AP DPM

50,400 AP full-salvo alpha x 60 / 20 s base reload = 151,200.

151,200

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 Vierling

Launchers / tubes2 launchers × 4 tubes = 8 tubes

Reload time90 s

Projectile speed65 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 = 38, 100 \cdot 0.333 = 12, 700

≈ 12,700

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.

13,700

Torpedo detectability1.3 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{1.3 km}{65 kt \times 2.6855} = 7.4 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.

7.4 s

Flooding chance

Read straight from the game's own data: this torpedo carries a flooding-chance value of 2.27 per hit, shown as

2.27 \times 100 = 227 %

. 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.

227%

Torpedo launcher traverse25 °/s

Launch arcs155° per side

Torp Turn

Time to rotate the launchers 180 deg:

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

7.2 s

Torp Arming205 m

Per-side salvo damage

One side firing, all torpedoes hitting: per-side tubes x per-torpedo simulated damage = 4 x 12,700 = 50,800.

50,800

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.

4.5 km

37 mm Flakzwilling 304×2 37mm

20 mm Flak 384×1 20mm

20 mm Flak 386×1 20mm

105 mm L/65 Dop. L. C/31 (DP)

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

3×2 105mm

Guns105 mm L/65 Dop. L. C/31 (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 72 from dual-purpose secondaries firing as AA in this range band.

Range4.5 km

Guns37 mm Flakzwilling 30

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.

Range3.5 km

Total DPS in Aura

Far 72 + Medium 22 = 94

Guns20 mm Flak 38

Continuous DPS

Effective DPS: 24 raw aura damage × 3.5 × 0.85 hit probability = 71 - the same in-game units as the Close-range AA DPS headline.

Range2 km

Total DPS in Aura

Far 72 + Medium 22 + Near 71 = 165

165

Bursts

Each ~2 s wave fires 2 quick salvos of 2 clouds ahead of the attacking squadron - up to 4 clouds per wave × 190 damage each. Planes that fly into a cloud take its damage; clouds dissipate before the next wave lands. Defensive AA Fire, where fitted, multiplies the salvo repeats within each wave.

2 salvos × 2 clouds

Cloud damage

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

190

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 4.5 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.

2.5-4.5 km

See the AA layers diagram ↓

Secondary Battery

Mounts11

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

Caliber105 mm

Reload time3.35 s

HE Damage1,200

Muzzle Velocity900 m/s

Fire Chance5%

Armor Pen20 mm

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Caliber150 mm

Reload time7.5 s

HE Damage1,700

Muzzle Velocity875 m/s

Fire Chance8%

Armor Pen38 mm

Maneuverability

Engine power54,000 hp

Maximum speed28.5 kt

Turning circle radius680 m

Rudder shift time10.3 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 = 28.5 / 4 + 4.9 = 12 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.

12 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.

32.4 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).

8.5 kt

Acceleration 0-90%

Time to reach 90% of top speed (25.7 kt of 28.5 kt), from our in-house acceleration model.

29.5 s

Acceleration 0-99%

Time to reach 99% of top speed (28.2 kt of 28.5 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.

49.7 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{28.5 \cdot 0.5144}{680} = 1.24 ° / s

, so

ratio = \frac{ω_{turret}}{ω_{hull}} = \frac{7.2}{1.24} = 5.8 \times

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

5.8× slow

See the full acceleration curve ↓

Concealment

Detectability by sea12.38 km

Detectability by air7.43 km

Smoke firing penalty8.89 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.

15.03 km

Detect when firing (air)

Air detectability plus the gun-firing bloom (5.66 km, which tracks main-battery caliber x 0.020). Matches the in-game 'Detect Firing Air' value on every captured ship.

13.09 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.

14.38 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.

10.43 km

Guaranteed Detect2 km

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Consumables

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

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Sonar2 charges · 180 s reload · 114 s active · 5.28 km ship detect
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Derived from the consumable's 30 m grid-unit range (km = grid units x 30 / 1000): $\frac{176 \times 30}{1000} = 5.28 km$
· 3.66 km torpedo detect
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Derived from the consumable's 30 m grid-unit range (km = grid units x 30 / 1000): $\frac{122 \times 30}{1000} = 3.66 km$

Defensive AA Fire3 charges · 140 s reload · 25 s active · ×2 flak burst boost
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Repeats the flak burst pattern ×2 within each wave - more clouds in the air over the wave, at the same spots.

Catapult Fighter2 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

Repair Party2 charges · 80 s reload · 28 s active · 5,516 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.
· 11,032 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.
· 197 HP/s (0.5% of max HP) heal per second
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0.5% of max HP (39,400 HP) per second = 197 HP/s. WoWS heals a flat percent of MAX HP each second, so this rate holds at any health level.

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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 Disp174.3 m at 15 km

Horizontal dispersion ellipse width at max range, from the verified WoWS dispersion model:  $σ_{H} = (\frac{R}{30} \cdot \frac{idealRadius - minRadius}{idealDistance} + minRadius) \cdot 30$   $= (\frac{15030}{30} \cdot \frac{10 - 1.6}{1000} + 1.6) \cdot 30 = 174.3 m$

Shell scatter width @ 5 km90 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 km132 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.

Shell scatter width @ 15 km174 m

Horizontal scatter at a fixed 15 km, from the same verified dispersion model - the long-range anchor. Only shown when the ship's guns reach 15 km.

Max Vert Disp104.6 m at 15 km

Vertical dispersion ellipse height at max range: $σ_{V} = σ_{H} \cdot radiusOnMax$ $= 174.3 \cdot 0.6 = 104.6 m$

Shell scatter height @ 10 km70.4 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  $delim \cdot R_{m a x} = 0.5 \cdot 15030 = 7515$  m, and  $radiusOnMax = 0.6$  at 15030 m. Above the kink:  $k = 0.5 + (0.6 - 0.5) \cdot \frac{10000 - 7515}{15030 - 7515} = 0.5331$ , so  $σ_{V} = σ_{H} \cdot k = 132 \cdot 0.5331 = 70.4 m$ .

Med Horiz Disp55 m at 15 km

50%-hit horizontal radius: $σ_{H, 50} = σ_{H} \cdot \frac{0.6}{σ}$ $= 174.3 \cdot \frac{0.6}{1.9} = 55 m$

Med Vert Disp33 m at 15 km

50%-hit vertical radius: $σ_{V, 50} = σ_{V} \cdot \frac{0.6}{σ}$ $= 104.6 \cdot \frac{0.6}{1.9} = 33 m$

AP Pen Close546.5 mm point-blank

Canonical community AP formula (jcw780/wows_shell), evaluated at muzzle velocity:  $P = 10^{- 7} \cdot K \cdot m^{0.69} \cdot d^{- 1.07} \cdot v_{0}^{1.38}$   $= 10^{- 7} \cdot 2282 \cdot 300^{0.69} \cdot {0.283}^{- 1.07} \cdot 910^{1.38} = 546.5 mm$ . Matches the in-game spec card.

AP Pen Far236.1 mm at 15 km

Same formula at the ship's max firing range (15 km), where the shell has slowed to 495.4 m/s:  $P = 10^{- 7} \cdot 2282 \cdot 300^{0.69} \cdot {0.283}^{- 1.07} \cdot {495.4}^{1.38} = 236.1 mm$ .

AP pen 5 km407 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 km306 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 pen 15 km237 mm

AP penetration at a fixed 15 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 km4.95 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:  $k = \frac{π C_{d} d^{2}}{8 m} = \frac{π \cdot 0.3333 \cdot {0.283}^{2}}{8 \cdot 300} = 3.49 \times 10^{- 5}$ . That runs from a 910 m/s muzzle velocity in 0.02 s steps under gravity 9.8 m/s² until the shell lands, then divides by 2.77: the game clock runs faster than real time, and that factor was measured against stopwatch runs in the Training Room. Lower is better, since a faster shell is harder to dodge and needs less lead.

HE flight time @ 10 km4.95 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:  $k = \frac{π C_{d} d^{2}}{8 m} = \frac{π \cdot 0.3333 \cdot {0.283}^{2}}{8 \cdot 300} = 3.49 \times 10^{- 5}$ . That runs from a 910 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 penetration71 mm

71 mm ≈ 283 mm caliber / 4 (improved HE penetration: German BBs, Yamato-class, and a handful of others).

Improved HE PenYes

This ship's HE shells use a 1/4 (~0.25) caliber-to-pen ratio instead of the standard 1/6 (~0.167) - 0.251 in this case. Lets HE pen ~70mm armor instead of ~47mm. Hits every German cruiser (150mm CL, 203mm CA) and BB (350mm+), British heavy cruisers / Lion / Nelson, a handful of other premiums.

AP overmatch19 mm

floor(283 mm caliber / 14.3) = 19 mm (AP auto-penetrates plating this thick or less).

AP AOE Radius60

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

Broadside guns used for alpha6

All 6 barrels bear on the broadside.

Turret turn time25 s

180 degrees / 7.2 deg/s traverse speed = 25 s.

HE full-salvo alpha19,200

3,200 HE damage x 6 broadside guns = 19,200.

AP full-salvo alpha50,400

8,400 AP damage x 6 broadside guns = 50,400.

HE DPM57,600

19,200 HE full-salvo alpha x 60 / 20 s base reload = 57,600.

AP DPM151,200

50,400 AP full-salvo alpha x 60 / 20 s base reload = 151,200.

Shells/min18

6 broadside guns x 60 / 20 s base reload = 18.

Fires/min3.6

18 shells/min x 20% fire chance = 3.6.

Torpedoes

Torpedo detectability1.3 km

Estimated torpedo reaction time7.4 s

detectability / (speed kt x 2.6855 game-speed factor, m/s per knot, calibrated from in-game measurement; the community's traditional 2.6 reads about 3% slower).

Torpedo speed65 kt

Travel time to max range45.9 s

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

Torpedo module damage1,000

Per-torpedo module/blast damage parameter from in-game data. Most torpedoes carry 500 to 2,000; ships announced by WG as dealing increased module damage carry 9,000 to 12,000, so their hits knock out engines, rudders, and turrets far more often. Comparative figure; the exact module-HP conversion is not published.

Tube count8

2 launchers x 4 tubes.

Per-side salvo4 torpedoes

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

Full-salvo damage101,600

All tubes hitting one target: tubes x per-torpedo simulated damage = 8 x 12,700 = 101,600.

Per-side salvo damage50,800

One side firing, all torpedoes hitting: per-side tubes x per-torpedo simulated damage = 4 x 12,700 = 50,800.

AA defense

AA DPS at max range72

Only families that reach 4.5 km contribute at the outer edge of the AA bubble. In-game families: 37mm SKC 30 twin 4x2 -> 22 DPS @ 3.5 km; 20mm Flak 38 4x1 -> 29 DPS @ 2 km; 20mm Flak 38 6x1 -> 43 DPS @ 2 km; 105mm SKC 33 3x2 -> 72 DPS @ 4.5 km.

Maximum AA range4.5 km

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

AA DPS layered by range72 DPS @ 4.5 km, 94 DPS @ 3.5 km, 166 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-blank166

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

AA threat index545

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)118,878

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: 3×2 105 mm (3/side) × 60/3.35 × 1200 = 64,478 + 8×1 150 mm (4/side) × 60/7.5 × 1700 = 54,400. 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 150 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 150 mm family.

Max HE pen38 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: 38 mm from the 150 mm family.

Armor Beta

Hull HP 39,400, distributed across 5 hull zones, each with its own plate thicknesses, saturation cap, and pen thresholds. HP caps are estimated from the standard WoWs damage-allocation model.

Bow & stern19 mm

Overmatched by 90+ AP guns across the bracket. Can’t reliably bow-tank; gets bow-citadelled and overpenned.

Belt / citadel100 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 23%, fires burn 45s. Range-by-range in the Compare tool →

Section	Plates	HP cap	Threats	Tactic
Bow	19 mm primary (range 19–30 mm)	≈ 1,970 (~5% of HP)	Overmatched by 283mm+ AP (Moltke, Graf Spee)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)	45 mm primary (range 16–100 mm)	≈ 29,550 (~75% of HP)	No common AP caliber overmatches45 mm: most HE shatters, standard pen from 283mm+	Largest HP pool. Citadel sits behind these plates; thinner deck and side plating absorb the rest.
Stern	19 mm primary (range 19–50 mm)	≈ 1,970 (~5% of HP)	Overmatched by 283mm+ AP (Moltke, Graf Spee)Angle bounces 203mm19 mm: HE pens from 127mm+	Mirror of bow. Same fast saturation.
Citadel	100 mm primary (range 16–100 mm)	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 13–150 mm)	no cap	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).

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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