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King George V

Also called: 英王乔治五世 Beta

U.K. · Tier VI · Battleship · Tech Tree: Flamethrowing Battleships

AP-DPM battleshipWins on AP volume; prioritise uptime and punish the line shot after shot.

Playstyle

Hold 12-15 km on a flank with firing arcs into rotating cruisers and broadside BBs
Avoid: Idle reloads

Key characteristics

High HE / fire outputImproved HE penHigh AP DPMSpotter planeHeavy citadel beltHeavy belt

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Playstyle

Overview

King George V is a Tier VI British AP-DPM battleship (252,000 AP DPM): her main battery throughput is top-decile, so the kit pays out by punishing every broadside she catches rather than waiting for a perfect alpha salvo. Keep the guns reloading on targets, not on cover. She also puts out top-decile HE (146,400 HE DPM), making her a dual-threat gunship: keep AP up against broadsides and citadels, and switch to HE against bow-in ships, superstructures, and the thin or angled targets AP over-penetrates or bounces off. 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 fires per minute in T6 BBs (9.8) and top-decile heavy citadel belt in T6 BBs (381 mm).

Positioning

Hold 12-15 km on a flank with firing arcs into rotating cruisers and broadside BBs. The kit's value is salvo cycle count, so prioritize a position where the next reload always has a target; bow on between salvos and trade angles rather than holding broadside for a single shot. With 15 s on the rudder she starts turning late, so the angle has to be set before you are shot at.

Potato Avoidance

Idle reloads

The kit pays for itself when the guns are cycling on targets; a 25-second window between salvos because no broadside is available is the kit doing nothing. Pre-rotate turrets toward likely-broadside ships before you need the shot.

Signature Traits

Improved HE penetration

HE pen at the 1/4 caliber ratio instead of the standard 1/6. HE-spam is a real damage option here, not just a fire-starter, shared by 9/32 T6 BBs.

ELITE MAIN BATTERY ↗

High fire pressure · 9.84 fires
AP DPM machine · 252000 AP
HE DPM machine · 146400 HE

ELITE ARMOR ↗

Heavy citadel belt · 381 mm
Heavy belt

All-Weather

No stat falls into the cohort's bottom decile across T6 BBs. Stable baseline in every category, no glaring weakness to play around.

Acquisition

How to get King George V

King George V is available in the Flamethrowing Battleships branch of the U.K. Tech Tree for 9,000,000 credits after researching it in the branch. Known module upgrades cost up to 2,250,000 credits.

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U.K. Tech Tree

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Cohort position

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Where King George V sits among Tier VI BBs (31 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.

BestFires per minute9.84 (1/31) Top 10%HE DPM146,400 (3/31) Top 10%AP DPM252,000 (3/32) Top 10%Effective HE DPM (incl. fire)219,985 (2/31) Top 10%Citadel belt381 mm (3/32) Top 25%Main battery reload25 s (5/32) Top 25%AP arming threshold59 mm (7/32) Bottom 25%Rudder shift15 s (25/32) Bottom 25%Main battery caliber356 mm (25/32) Bottom 25%Secondary DPM (per side)136,732 (27/32) Bottom 25%AP velocity757 m/s (25/32) Bottom 25%HE velocity757 m/s (27/31) Bottom 25%AP fuse timer0.01 s (27/32) Bottom 25%AP pen at 10 km427 mm (27/32) Bottom 25%AA range4.5 km (25/32) WorstNo torpedoes (26 of 32 in cohort)

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Not standouts for King George V -- 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 points60,500 HP(10/32) Max speed28 kt(15/32) Concealment14.48 km(13/32) Smoke fire bloom12.54 km(11/32) Air detection11.58 km(14/32) Turning circle790 m(20/32) Traverse-to-turn ratio3.83 ×(21/32) Main battery range15.94 km(19/32) Sigma1.8(19/32) Main dispersion219.4 m(15/32) Secondary HE alpha1,900(16/31) Secondary fire chance8%(19/31) Secondary HE pen22 mm(19/31) Acceleration35.6 s(17/32) Engine power111,700 hp(13/32) Turn-speed retention141.4 hp/m(15/32) Displacement42,076 t(21/32) Power-to-weight2.65 hp/t(16/32) Secondary range5 km(16/32) AA DPS385(17/32) AA threat1,030(22/32) Flak per wave (expected)788(17/32) Repair charges3(15/32) Max armor381 mm(11/32) Bow armor26 mm(12/32) Stern armor26 mm(13/32) Deck armor51 mm(17/32) NormSecondary dispersion bracket57(25 of 32 tied at this value) NormAP ricochet start45°(28 of 32 tied at this value) NormAP auto-bounce angle60°(28 of 32 tied at this value) NormTurn speed retained81%(31 of 32 tied at this value) NormRepair heal rate0.5 %/s(19 of 32 tied at this value)

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Stats & specs

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Survivability

Hit PointsInitial: 53,900 → 60,500

Displacement42,076 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.

227.1 x 31.4 m (published figure)

Armor range13–381 mm

Plate armor thicknesses13, 16, 25, 26, 32, 40, 44, 51, 64, 76, 80, 102, 114, 120, 127, 152, 235, 260, 280, 310, 320, 325, 356, 381 mm

Armor material/layer entries68

Fire resistance

Does not reduce the damage a burning fire does per second: replay-measured burn ticks run at the full rate on every ship. By elimination it lowers how often hits set you on fire; ignition-rate replay data is consistent with that but too confounded by attacker mix to measure the reduction directly.

Initial: 26.6% → 30%

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 (10,890 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 (12,100 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.

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.

30,300

Steering gear HP

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

18,200

Effective HP

Base 60,500 HP plus everything Repair Party can restore: 0.5%/s x 28 s = 8,470 HP per charge, x3 charges = 25,410 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.

85,910

Repairable: penetration60%

Repairable: citadel10%

Repairable: steering gear50%

Main Battery

ModuleArtillery: 356 mm/45 Mk VII

Mounts / barrels3 mounts / 10 barrels

Reload time25 s

Firing range (base)14.5 km

Firing range (top fire control)15.9 km

Turret traverse4 °/s

Turret armor330 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°, ±138°, ±142°

Guns to bear

How far off the bow (or stern) the ship must angle before every main turret can fire: the widest blind wedge among the rear-facing (or forward-facing) mounts, from each mount's trainable arc. Mount facing is inferred from turret stations and verified against known layouts, including Izumo's aft-facing forward turret.

42° off bow / 38° off stern

See the firing-arcs diagram ↓

AP pen max range355 mm

HE fire DPM vs T6 BB73585

Effective HE DPM vs T6 BB219985

Shell Grouping (σ)1.8

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{15943.4}{30} \cdot \frac{12 - 2}{1000} + 2) \cdot 30 = 219.4 m

219.4 m at 15.9 km

Max Vert Disp

Vertical dispersion ellipse height at max range:

σ_{V} = σ_{H} \cdot radiusOnMax

= 219.4 \cdot 0.6 = 131.7 m

131.7 m at 15.9 km

Med Horiz Disp

50%-hit horizontal radius:

σ_{H, 50} = σ_{H} \cdot \frac{0.6}{σ}

= 219.4 \cdot \frac{0.6}{1.8} = 73.1 m

73.1 m at 15.9 km

Med Vert Disp

50%-hit vertical radius:

σ_{V, 50} = σ_{V} \cdot \frac{0.6}{σ}

= 131.7 \cdot \frac{0.6}{1.8} = 43.9 m

43.9 m at 15.9 km

Turret turn time

180 degrees / 4 deg/s traverse speed = 45 s.

45 s

Shells/min

10 broadside guns x 60 / 25 s base reload = 24.

HE shells

HE Damage6,100

HE Velocity757 m/s

Fire Chance41%

HE penetration

89 mm ≈ 356 mm caliber / 4 (improved HE penetration: German BBs, Yamato-class, and a handful of others).

89 mm

HE full-salvo alpha

6,100 HE damage x 10 broadside guns = 61,000.

61,000

HE DPM

61,000 HE full-salvo alpha x 60 / 25 s base reload = 146,400.

146,400

Fires/min

24 shells/min x 41% fire chance = 9.84.

9.84

AP shells

AP Damage10,500

AP Velocity757 m/s

Min Ricochet45 deg

Guaranteed Ricochet60 deg

Fuse Timer0.015 s

Fuse Threshold59 mm

AP overmatch

floor(356 mm caliber / 14.3) = 24 mm (AP auto-penetrates plating this thick or less).

24 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 2295 \cdot 721^{0.69} \cdot {0.356}^{- 1.07} \cdot 757^{1.38} = 610.7 mm

. Matches the in-game spec card.

610.7 mm point-blank

AP Pen Far

Same formula at the ship's max firing range (15.9 km), where the shell has slowed to 511.3 m/s:

P = 10^{- 7} \cdot 2295 \cdot 721^{0.69} \cdot {0.356}^{- 1.07} \cdot {511.3}^{1.38} = 355.4 mm

355.4 mm at 15.9 km

AP full-salvo alpha

10,500 AP damage x 10 broadside guns = 105,000.

105,000

AP DPM

105,000 AP full-salvo alpha x 60 / 25 s base reload = 252,000.

252,000

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 points26

Maximum AA range

Longest-reaching family on the in-game AA card. Base AirDefense aura max range is 2.5 km; dual-purpose mount auras extend it.

4.5 km

40 mm/39 QF Mark VIIInitial: 3×4 → 2×4 40mm

40 mm/39 QF Mark VIIIInitial: 5×8 → 6×8 40mm

20 mm Oerlikon Mk IVInitial: 18×1 → 14×1 20mm

20 mm Oerlikon Mk V (upgraded hull only)4×2 20mm

134 mm/50 QF Mk I (DP)

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

8×2 134mm

Guns134 mm/50 QF Mk I (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.

Range4.5 km

Guns40 mm/39 QF Mark VII + 40 mm/39 QF Mark VIII

Continuous DPS

Effective DPS: 78 raw aura damage × 3.5 × 0.75 hit probability = 205 - the same in-game units as the Close-range AA DPS headline.

Initial: 197 → 205

Range2.5 km

Total DPS in Aura

Far 63 + Medium 205 = 268

268

Guns20 mm Oerlikon Mk IV + 20 mm Oerlikon Mk V

Continuous DPS

Effective DPS: 48 raw aura damage × 3.5 × 0.7 hit probability = 118 - the same in-game units as the Close-range AA DPS headline.

Initial: 103 → 118

Range2 km

Total DPS in Aura

Far 63 + Medium 205 + Near 118 = 386

386

Bursts

Each ~2 s wave fires 2 quick salvos of 2 clouds ahead of the attacking squadron, plus 1 stray cloud farther out that appear off-beat between waves - up to 5 clouds per wave × 210 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 + 1 outer

Cloud damage

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

210

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 4.5 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

Mounts8

Firing range5.0 km

Shell Grouping (σ)1

134 mm/50 QF Mk I (DP)

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

8×2 134mm

Caliber134 mm

Reload time6.67 s

HE Damage1,900

Muzzle Velocity792 m/s

Fire Chance8%

Armor Pen22 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 @ 5 km

5 km × 57 + 30 = 315 m.

315 m

Maneuverability

Engine power111,700 hp

Maximum speed28 kt

Turning circle radius790 m

Rudder shift time15 s

Engine power-boost threshold7 kt

Engine spool-up time23 s

Reverse spool-up time11.5 s

Reverse speed

top speed / 4 + 4.9 = 28 / 4 + 4.9 = 11.9 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.

11.9 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.

35.6 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).

8.4 kt

Acceleration 0-90%

Time to reach 90% of top speed (25.2 kt of 28 kt), from our in-house acceleration model.

35.6 s

Acceleration 0-99%

Time to reach 99% of top speed (27.7 kt of 28 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.

57.4 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{28.0 \cdot 0.5144}{790} = 1.04 ° / s

, so

ratio = \frac{ω_{turret}}{ω_{hull}} = \frac{4}{1.04} = 3.8 \times

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

3.8× drags

See the full acceleration curve ↓

Concealment

Detectability by sea14.48 km

Detectability by air11.58 km

Smoke firing penalty12.54 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.

15.94 km

Detect when firing (air)

Air detectability plus the gun-firing bloom (7.12 km, which tracks main-battery caliber x 0.020). Matches the in-game 'Detect Firing Air' value on every captured ship.

18.7 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.

16.48 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.

14.58 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 · 8,470 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.
· 25,410 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.
· 302 HP/s (0.5% of max HP) heal per second
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0.5% of max HP (60,500 HP) per second = 302 HP/s. WoWS heals a flat percent of MAX HP each second, so this rate holds at any health level.

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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

Observation Seaplane3 charges · 200 s reload · 30 s active · 1 squadron size · Tightens main-battery shell grouping

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

Module options (2)

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

HullUpgrade

Hit points53,900 → 60,500
Rudder shift27.4 → 19.6 s
Close-range AA DPS117 → 126

Fire controlUpgrade

Main battery range14,494 → 15943.4 m

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Numbers the spec table cannot show directly: alpha-strike math, DPM, dispersion, AP penetration. Click the formula chip on any row to reveal how it is calculated.

Main battery formulas

Shell Grouping (σ)1.8

Max Horiz Disp219.4 m at 15.9 km

Horizontal dispersion ellipse width at max range, from the verified WoWS dispersion model:  $σ_{H} = (\frac{R}{30} \cdot \frac{idealRadius - minRadius}{idealDistance} + minRadius) \cdot 30$   $= (\frac{15943.4}{30} \cdot \frac{12 - 2}{1000} + 2) \cdot 30 = 219.4 m$

Shell scatter width @ 5 km110 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 km160 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 km210 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 Disp131.7 m at 15.9 km

Vertical dispersion ellipse height at max range: $σ_{V} = σ_{H} \cdot radiusOnMax$ $= 219.4 \cdot 0.6 = 131.7 m$

Shell scatter height @ 10 km84.1 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  $delim \cdot R_{m a x} = 0.5 \cdot 15943.4 = 7972$  m, and  $radiusOnMax = 0.6$  at 15943.4 m. Above the kink:  $k = 0.5 + (0.6 - 0.5) \cdot \frac{10000 - 7972}{15943.4 - 7972} = 0.5254$ , so  $σ_{V} = σ_{H} \cdot k = 160 \cdot 0.5254 = 84.1 m$ .

Med Horiz Disp73.1 m at 15.9 km

50%-hit horizontal radius: $σ_{H, 50} = σ_{H} \cdot \frac{0.6}{σ}$ $= 219.4 \cdot \frac{0.6}{1.8} = 73.1 m$

Med Vert Disp43.9 m at 15.9 km

50%-hit vertical radius: $σ_{V, 50} = σ_{V} \cdot \frac{0.6}{σ}$ $= 131.7 \cdot \frac{0.6}{1.8} = 43.9 m$

AP Pen Close610.7 mm point-blank

Canonical community AP formula (jcw780/wows_shell), evaluated at muzzle velocity:  $P = 10^{- 7} \cdot K \cdot m^{0.69} \cdot d^{- 1.07} \cdot v_{0}^{1.38}$   $= 10^{- 7} \cdot 2295 \cdot 721^{0.69} \cdot {0.356}^{- 1.07} \cdot 757^{1.38} = 610.7 mm$ . Matches the in-game spec card.

AP Pen Far355.4 mm at 15.9 km

Same formula at the ship's max firing range (15.9 km), where the shell has slowed to 511.3 m/s:  $P = 10^{- 7} \cdot 2295 \cdot 721^{0.69} \cdot {0.356}^{- 1.07} \cdot {511.3}^{1.38} = 355.4 mm$ .

AP pen 5 km509 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 km427 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 km365 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.

HE flight time @ 10 km5.48 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:  $k = \frac{π C_{d} d^{2}}{8 m} = \frac{π \cdot 0.3142 \cdot {0.356}^{2}}{8 \cdot 721} = 2.17 \times 10^{- 5}$ . That runs from a 757 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 km5.48 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:  $k = \frac{π C_{d} d^{2}}{8 m} = \frac{π \cdot 0.3142 \cdot {0.356}^{2}}{8 \cdot 721} = 2.17 \times 10^{- 5}$ . That runs from a 757 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 penetration89 mm

89 mm ≈ 356 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) - 0.25 in this case. Lets HE pen ~89mm armor instead of ~59mm. Hits every German cruiser (150mm CL, 203mm CA) and BB (350mm+), British heavy cruisers / Lion / Nelson, a handful of other premiums.

AP overmatch24 mm

floor(356 mm caliber / 14.3) = 24 mm (AP auto-penetrates plating this thick or less).

AP AOE Radius90

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 time45 s

180 degrees / 4 deg/s traverse speed = 45 s.

HE full-salvo alpha61,000

6,100 HE damage x 10 broadside guns = 61,000.

AP full-salvo alpha105,000

10,500 AP damage x 10 broadside guns = 105,000.

HE DPM146,400

61,000 HE full-salvo alpha x 60 / 25 s base reload = 146,400.

AP DPM252,000

105,000 AP full-salvo alpha x 60 / 25 s base reload = 252,000.

Shells/min24

10 broadside guns x 60 / 25 s base reload = 24.

Fires/min9.84

24 shells/min x 41% fire chance = 9.84.

AA defense

AA DPS at max range63

Only families that reach 4.5 km contribute at the outer edge of the AA bubble. In-game families: 2 pdr MkVII Quad 2x4 -> 51 DPS @ 2.5 km; 2 pdr MkVIII 8barrel 6x8 -> 154 DPS @ 2.5 km; 20mm Oerlikon MK4 14x1 -> 91 DPS @ 2 km; 20mm Oerlikon MK V 4x2 -> 26 DPS @ 2 km; 5 25in 50 QF MK I 8x2 -> 63 DPS @ 4.5 km.

Maximum AA range4.5 km

Longest-reaching family on the in-game AA card. Base AirDefense aura max range is 2.5 km; dual-purpose mount auras extend it.

AA DPS layered by range63 DPS @ 4.5 km, 268 DPS @ 2.5 km, 385 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-blank385

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

AA threat index1030

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 @ 5 km315 m

5 km × 57 + 30 = 315 m.

Secondary battery firepower

Secondary DPM (per side)136,732

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: 8×2 134 mm (8/side) × 60/6.67 × 1900 = 136,732. Assumes every shell hits (real hit rate is lower; the Brawl matchup tool on the Compare page folds in dispersion + target armor).

Max HE alpha1900

Maximum HE damage per shell across secondary HE families. Best on this ship: 1900 from the 134 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 134 mm family.

Max HE pen22 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: 22 mm from the 134 mm family.

Armor Beta

Hull HP 53,900 → 60,500 with hull upgrade, distributed across 5 hull zones, each with its own plate thicknesses, saturation cap, and pen thresholds. HP caps are the exact in-game values, not estimated.

Bow & stern26 mm

Overmatched by 80+ AP guns across the bracket. Can’t reliably bow-tank; gets bow-citadelled and overpenned.

Belt / citadel381 mm

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

Farming16 mm

Superstructure and extremities take HE pens and AP overpens from nearly any gun: steady chip damage. Fire resistance 30%, fires burn 60s. Range-by-range in the Compare tool →

Section	Plates	HP cap	Threats	Tactic
Bow	26 mm primary (range 26–325 mm)	3,500 (6% of HP)	Overmatched by 380mm+ AP (Bayern, Richelieu)Angle bounces 356mm26 mm: HE pens from 203mm+	Bow-tank fits behind this exterior plate. Saturation is FAST here; the cap is often only a few thousand HP.
Hull (midship)	320 mm primary (range 13–320 mm)	45,400 (75% of HP)	No common AP caliber overmatches320 mm: no common HE pens	Largest HP pool. Citadel sits behind these plates; thinner deck and side plating absorb the rest.
Stern	26 mm primary (range 26–310 mm)	3,000 (5% of HP)	Overmatched by 380mm+ AP (Bayern, Richelieu)Angle bounces 356mm26 mm: HE pens from 203mm+	Mirror of bow. Same fast saturation.
Citadel	381 mm primary (range 32–381 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	16 mm	3,000 (5% of HP)	Any HE ≥16 mm pens at full damageDamage multiplier ×0.6	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	30,300 magazine HP	Turret knocked out	Per-turret powder-magazine HP, a separate pool that does not drain ship HP. As it is worn down the turret is likelier to be knocked out, and a smaller pool gets there faster.
Secondary mount (134 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 (40 mm mount)	separate HP pool, does not drain ship HP	200 per-mount HP	Destroyed at 0 HP	Per-mount HP for the heaviest AA on this ship. An AA mount destroyed at 0 HP stops shooting down planes for the rest of the battle; DCP does not repair destroyed mounts. HE shells specifically target AA mounts since the small-caliber HP pool falls fast.
Engine (module, research)	engine coefficient (unconfirmed)	-0.050 research estimate	Largest on BB/BC; zero on destroyers	Engine durability isn't a per-ship value in the game data. This small negative coefficient is non-zero only on battleships, battlecruisers, and the heaviest cruisers, and is exactly zero on every destroyer, so it scales with hull displacement rather than any commander skill. Most likely an engine drag or power term in the same family as the deceleration stats; its exact meaning is not yet confirmed.
Rudder (module)	separate HP pool, does not drain ship HP	18,200 module HP	Incapacitated at 0 HP	When module HP reaches 0 the rudder locks at its current angle until DCP repairs it. Repair via Damage Control Party.

Saturation cap = HP a section can absorb before further damage to it is reduced (the "bow-tank" effect). Citadel pool is ~165k on every ship (effectively no cap); damage is gated by pen/over-pen multipliers instead. Superstructure saturates fast but HE always pens regardless of the plate thickness. Rudder (and other module HPs) are a separate pool from ship HP: damaging a module doesn't drain ship HP. Incapacitated modules like the rudder and engine are restored by DCP, but secondary and AA mounts destroyed at 0 HP stay out for the rest of the battle.

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Balance History

Balance updates affecting King George V. Cards are condensed; use each source link for full context.

Buff ×7Main Battery ×1Consumable ×4

2023-06-15

Ministry of Balance: Italian Concerto

After much investigation, we were able to move the citadel locations on these ships back to their original locations while keeping the updated turret model. Their armor should now perform as it used to.
King George V's Repair Party has been reverted to the original consumable.

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2023-04-06

Ministry of Balance Reports: German Commander Refit & More

Due to updates that were required to fix holes in their turret armor, King George V and Duke of York became more vulnerable. They have received an improved Repair Party to balance this:
Repair Party cooldown reduced from 80 to 60 seconds.
HP restoration per second increased by ~25%.
Ship parts have more HP restored, making them a little harder to saturate after Repair Party is used compared to the old consumable.
, we’ve improved the duration of Black and Orkan's radars.
Orkan's Radar duration increased from 15 to 20 seconds.
Black's Radar duration increased from 13 to 19 seconds.
The following ships have received minor updates to their armor models:

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2023-03-02

Ministry of Balance Reports: Buffs, Nerfs, and Commanders

As part of the bugfix to prevent Turret incapacitation from low caliber shells, the armor models of King George V, Duke of York, and Marlborough have been updated. For King George V and Duke of York, this also increases the HE resistance of the ships through thicker 26mm plating but the Citadel has been increased in size. Additional armor models may be updated in the future.

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