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Kléber

Also called: 克莱贝尔 Beta

France · Tier ★ · Destroyer · Premium

Gunboat destroyerWins cap trades with gun output; the torpedoes are a bonus, not the core threat.

Playstyle

Hold mid-cap distance and lean into gunboat trades from cover where the peer destroyer cannot match your fires-per-minute
Avoid: Burning Main Battery Reload Booster on a hopeful salvo

Key characteristics

Heavy AP penReload BoosterEngine BoostHigh fire chance (HE sidearm)Deep-fuse APSlow reload

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Playstyle

Overview

Kléber is a Legendary French gunboat destroyer: her damage comes from sustained main battery pressure on caps and open-water trades. Torpedoes are a secondary threat for closing lanes, not her main damage. With no smoke to reset a bad trade, her positioning has to do the work the consumable would. Her 139mm guns reload in 6.3 s. Standout traits: best AP overmatch threshold in Legendary DDs (9.7 mm) and best long-range AP brick in Legendary DDs (122.8 mm).

Positioning

Hold mid-cap distance and lean into gunboat trades from cover where the peer destroyer cannot match your fires-per-minute. Avoid open-water duels with ships running smoke or radar; the torpedoes are a closer, not the plan, so gunfire from cover wins more than from blue water. Concretely: 11 km of reach against 7.3 km of detection leaves about 3.7 km in which you can shoot before the answer arrives.

Potato Avoidance

Burning Main Battery Reload Booster on a hopeful salvo

With only 2 charges it is a finisher rather than an opener: spend it on a target that cannot turn away, a broadside battleship or a cruiser already committed to its own attack, where the extra salvo lands as damage instead of splashes. A booster pressed on a maybe is one you will not have when the certainty shows up.

Signature Traits

Engine Boost

+20% speed (about +8.8 kt), 120 s duration. Engine Boost consumable temporarily raises top speed. Mobility on demand to reposition, chase a kill, or break contact.

ELITE MAIN BATTERY ↗

Big-caliber AP overmatch · 9.7 mm
Long-range AP brick · 122.75 mm
Close-range AP brick · 244.6 mm
High fire chance · 10%
Deep-fuse AP · 0.03 s

MIXED MAIN BATTERY ↗

Slow reload · 6.3 s
Stiff AP fuse · 23 mm

Acquisition

How to get Kléber

Kléber 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.

Builds

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Cohort position

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Where Kléber sits among Legendary DDs (11 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.

BestMax speed44 kt (1/12) BestMain battery caliber139 mm (1 of 2 tied) BestHE fire chance10% (1 of 2 tied) BestAP fuse timer0.03 s (1/10) BestAP pen at 10 km132 mm (1/10) Top 25%HE shell damage2,000 (3/12) Top 25%Engine power96,842 hp (3/11) Top 25%Turn-speed retention130.9 hp/m (3/11) Top 25%Power-to-weight23.57 hp/t (3/11) Top 25%Torpedo speed75 kt (3/12) Top 25%Torpedo reload85 s (3/12) Bottom 25%Stealth profile7.3 km / 3.65 km (10/12 / 10/12) Bottom 25%Smoke fire bloom2.94 km (11/12) Bottom 25%Traverse-to-turn ratio5.71 × (11/12) Bottom 25%AP DPM205,714 (9/10) Bottom 25%AA DPS200 (10/12) Bottom 25%AA range4.5 km (10/12) Bottom 25%Torpedo range6.03 km (11/12) Bottom 25%Torpedo reaction time8.9 s (11/12) WorstMain battery reload6.3 s (1 of 2 tied) WorstAcceleration19.3 s (11/11) WorstAP arming threshold23 mm (1 of 2 tied)

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Not standouts for Kléber -- 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 points21,900 HP(5/12) Rudder shift4.8 s(9/12) Turning circle740 m(9/12) Main battery range11.04 km(8/12) Fires per minute7.62(6/12) HE DPM152,381(7/12) AP shell damage2,700(4/10) Main dispersion97.8 m(6/12) AP velocity840 m/s(4/10) HE velocity840 m/s(5/12) Displacement4,108 t(8/12) Effective HE DPM (incl. fire)214,844(7/12) AA threat900(7/12) Torpedo damage≈16,000(6/12) NormSigma2(11 of 12 tied at this value) NormAP ricochet start45°(7 of 10 tied at this value) NormAP auto-bounce angle60°(7 of 10 tied at this value) NormTurn speed retained81%(9 of 12 tied at this value) NormMax armor20 mm(10 of 12 tied at this value) NormCitadel belt20 mm(10 of 12 tied at this value) NormDeck armor19 mm(8 of 10 tied at this value)

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Stats & specs

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Survivability

Hit Points21,900

Displacement4,108 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.

141 x 13.2 m

Armor range13–20 mm

Plate armor thicknesses13, 19, 20 mm

Armor material/layer entries24

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.

40%

Fire duration30 s

Fire damage

Each fire ticks 0.3% of max HP per second for the full 30 s, so one unattended fire burns 9% of the pool (1,971 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 (2,190 HP on this ship). Verified against measured flood ticks in replay data.

0.25% of HP per second

Torp Reduction

Reduces torpedo hit damage. Replay data shows no effect on floods: flood ticks run at the full rate and flood frequency does not decline with protection.

Magazine HP

Per-turret powder-magazine HP, a separate pool from the ship's. Penetrating hits wear it down and the turret is likelier to be knocked out as it falls, so a larger pool keeps the guns firing through punishment that silences a peer's.

11,000

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.

6,600

Repairable: penetration50%

Repairable: steering gear50%

Main Battery

ModuleArtillery: 139 mm/50 Mle 1929

Mounts / barrels4 mounts / 8 barrels

Reload time7 s

Firing range11 km

Turret traverse10 °/s

Turret armor10 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 ±156°

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.

24° off bow / 24° off stern

See the firing-arcs diagram ↓

HE fire DPM vs T8 BB56209

Effective HE DPM vs T8 BB193352

Shell Grouping (σ)2

Max Horiz Disp

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

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

= (\frac{11045}{30} \cdot \frac{8 - 0.5}{1000} + 0.5) \cdot 30 = 97.8 m

97.8 m at 11 km

Max Vert Disp

Vertical dispersion ellipse height at max range:

σ_{V} = σ_{H} \cdot radiusOnMax

= 97.8 \cdot 0.6 = 58.7 m

58.7 m at 11 km

Med Horiz Disp

50%-hit horizontal radius:

σ_{H, 50} = σ_{H} \cdot \frac{0.6}{σ}

= 97.8 \cdot \frac{0.6}{2} = 29.4 m

29.4 m at 11 km

Med Vert Disp

50%-hit vertical radius:

σ_{V, 50} = σ_{V} \cdot \frac{0.6}{σ}

= 58.7 \cdot \frac{0.6}{2} = 17.6 m

17.6 m at 11 km

Turret turn time

180 degrees / 10 deg/s traverse speed = 18 s.

18 s

Shells/min

Zero upgrades: 8 broadside guns x 60 / 7 s base reload = 68.6. All upgrades (Main Battery Mod. 3 = -10% reload): 8 broadside guns x 60 / 6.3 s all-upgrades reload = 76.2.

Initial: 68.6 → 76.2

HE shells

HE Damage2,000

HE Velocity840 m/s

Fire Chance10%

HE penetration

23 mm ≈ 139 mm caliber / 6 (standard HE penetration ratio).

23 mm

HE full-salvo alpha

2,000 HE damage x 8 broadside guns = 16,000.

16,000

HE DPM

Zero upgrades: 16,000 HE full-salvo alpha x 60 / 7 s base reload = 137,143. All upgrades (Main Battery Mod. 3 = -10% reload): 16,000 HE full-salvo alpha x 60 / 6.3 s all-upgrades reload = 152,381.

Initial: 137,143 → 152,381

Fires/min

Zero upgrades: 68.6 shells/min x 10% fire chance = 6.86. All upgrades (Main Battery Mod. 3 = -10% reload): 76.2 shells/min x 10% fire chance = 7.62.

Initial: 6.86 → 7.62

AP shells

AP Damage2,700

AP Velocity840 m/s

Min Ricochet45 deg

Guaranteed Ricochet60 deg

Fuse Timer0.025 s

Fuse Threshold23 mm

AP overmatch

floor(139 mm caliber / 14.3) = 9 mm (AP auto-penetrates plating this thick or less).

9 mm

AP Pen Close

Canonical community AP formula (jcw780/wows_shell), evaluated at muzzle velocity:

P = 10^{- 7} \cdot K \cdot m^{0.69} \cdot d^{- 1.07} \cdot v_{0}^{1.38}

= 10^{- 7} \cdot 2400 \cdot {39.9}^{0.69} \cdot {0.139}^{- 1.07} \cdot 840^{1.38} = 273.8 mm

. Matches the in-game spec card.

273.8 mm point-blank

AP Pen Far

Same formula at the ship's max firing range (11 km), where the shell has slowed to 469.8 m/s:

P = 10^{- 7} \cdot 2400 \cdot {39.9}^{0.69} \cdot {0.139}^{- 1.07} \cdot {469.8}^{1.38} = 122.8 mm

122.8 mm at 11 km

AP full-salvo alpha

2,700 AP damage x 8 broadside guns = 21,600.

21,600

AP DPM

Zero upgrades: 21,600 AP full-salvo alpha x 60 / 7 s base reload = 185,143. All upgrades (Main Battery Mod. 3 = -10% reload): 21,600 AP full-salvo alpha x 60 / 6.3 s all-upgrades reload = 205,714.

Initial: 185,143 → 205,714

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: 550 mm lance-torpilles

Launchers / tubes4 launchers × 3 tubes = 12 tubes

Reload time85 s

Projectile speed75 kt

Range6.03 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 = 48, 000 \cdot 0.333 = 16, 000

≈ 16,000

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.

17,200

Torpedo detectability1.8 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{1.8 km}{75 kt \times 2.6855} = 8.9 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.

8.9 s

Flooding chance

Read straight from the game's own data: this torpedo carries a flooding-chance value of 3.11 per hit, shown as

3.11 \times 100 = 311 %

. 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.

311%

Torpedo launcher traverse25 °/s

Launch arcsstarboard 161°, 161°, 156°, 162°

Torp Turn

Time to rotate the launchers 180 deg:

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

7.2 s

Torp Arming231 m

Per-side salvo damage

One side firing, all torpedoes hitting: per-side tubes x per-torpedo simulated damage = 12 x 16,000 = 192,000.

192,000

AA Defense

AA mount points4

Maximum AA range

Longest-reaching family on the in-game AA card. Base AirDefense aura max range is 4.5 km; dual-purpose mount auras extend it.

4.5 km

57 mm/60 ACAD Mle 19514×2 57mm

Guns57 mm/60 ACAD Mle 1951

Continuous DPS

Effective DPS: 57 raw aura damage × 3.5 × 1 hit probability = 200 - the same in-game units as the Close-range AA DPS headline.

200

Range4.5 km

See the AA layers diagram ↓

Maneuverability

Engine power96,842 hp

Maximum speed44 kt

Turning circle radius740 m

Rudder shift time4.8 s

Engine power-boost threshold7 kt

Engine spool-up time7.7 s

Reverse spool-up time3.8 s

Reverse speed

top speed / 4 + 4.9 = 44 / 4 + 4.9 = 15.9 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.

15.9 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.

16.5 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).

13.2 kt

Acceleration 0-90%

Time to reach 90% of top speed (39.6 kt of 44 kt), from our in-house acceleration model.

19.3 s

Acceleration 0-99%

Time to reach 99% of top speed (43.6 kt of 44 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.

33 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{44.0 \cdot 0.5144}{740} = 1.75 ° / s

, so

ratio = \frac{ω_{turret}}{ω_{hull}} = \frac{10}{1.75} = 5.7 \times

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

5.7× slow

See the full acceleration curve ↓

Concealment

Detectability by sea7.3 km

Detectability by air3.65 km

Smoke firing penalty2.94 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.

11.04 km

Detect when firing (air)

Air detectability plus the gun-firing bloom (2.78 km, which tracks main-battery caliber x 0.020). Matches the in-game 'Detect Firing Air' value on every captured ship.

6.43 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.

9.3 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.

6.65 km

Guaranteed Detect2 km

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Consumables

Damage Control Party∞ charges · 40 s reload · 5 s active

Main Battery Reload Booster2 charges · 150 s reload · 20 s active · +50% reload boost

Engine Boost2 charges · 180 s reload · 120 s active · +20% speed bonus

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

Main battery formulas

Shell Grouping (σ)2

Max Horiz Disp97.8 m at 11 km

Horizontal dispersion ellipse width at max range, from the verified WoWS dispersion model:  $σ_{H} = (\frac{R}{30} \cdot \frac{idealRadius - minRadius}{idealDistance} + minRadius) \cdot 30$   $= (\frac{11045}{30} \cdot \frac{8 - 0.5}{1000} + 0.5) \cdot 30 = 97.8 m$

Shell scatter width @ 5 km52.5 m

Horizontal scatter at a fixed 5 km, from the same verified dispersion model as the rows below - a knife-fight-range anchor comparable across ships.

Shell scatter width @ 10 km90 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 Disp58.7 m at 11 km

Vertical dispersion ellipse height at max range: $σ_{V} = σ_{H} \cdot radiusOnMax$ $= 97.8 \cdot 0.6 = 58.7 m$

Shell scatter height @ 10 km52.3 m

How tall the same scatter ellipse is at 10 km. Comparable from ship to ship for the same reason as the width value above. The height/width ratio is a piecewise-linear curve through three points from the ship's own dispersion data:  $radiusOnZero = 0.2$  at 0 m,  $radiusOnDelim = 0.5$  at  $delim \cdot R_{m a x} = 0.5 \cdot 11045 = 5522$  m, and  $radiusOnMax = 0.6$  at 11045 m. Above the kink:  $k = 0.5 + (0.6 - 0.5) \cdot \frac{10000 - 5522}{11045 - 5522} = 0.5811$ , so  $σ_{V} = σ_{H} \cdot k = 90 \cdot 0.5811 = 52.3 m$ .

Med Horiz Disp29.4 m at 11 km

50%-hit horizontal radius: $σ_{H, 50} = σ_{H} \cdot \frac{0.6}{σ}$ $= 97.8 \cdot \frac{0.6}{2} = 29.4 m$

Med Vert Disp17.6 m at 11 km

50%-hit vertical radius: $σ_{V, 50} = σ_{V} \cdot \frac{0.6}{σ}$ $= 58.7 \cdot \frac{0.6}{2} = 17.6 m$

Dispersion familyDD Disp.

Standard destroyer dispersion baseline.

AP Pen Close273.8 mm point-blank

Canonical community AP formula (jcw780/wows_shell), evaluated at muzzle velocity:  $P = 10^{- 7} \cdot K \cdot m^{0.69} \cdot d^{- 1.07} \cdot v_{0}^{1.38}$   $= 10^{- 7} \cdot 2400 \cdot {39.9}^{0.69} \cdot {0.139}^{- 1.07} \cdot 840^{1.38} = 273.8 mm$ . Matches the in-game spec card.

AP Pen Far122.8 mm at 11 km

Same formula at the ship's max firing range (11 km), where the shell has slowed to 469.8 m/s:  $P = 10^{- 7} \cdot 2400 \cdot {39.9}^{0.69} \cdot {0.139}^{- 1.07} \cdot {469.8}^{1.38} = 122.8 mm$ .

AP pen 5 km188 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 km132 mm

AP penetration at a fixed 10 km, read off the same PC-validated ballistic curve as AP Pen Close/Far: the shell's impact velocity at that range fed through the canonical community AP formula  $P = 10^{- 7} \cdot K \cdot m^{0.69} \cdot d^{- 1.07} \cdot v^{1.38}$ . Fixed anchors make ships directly comparable at the same fighting distance; the Charts card plots the full curve.

HE flight time @ 10 km5.7 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:  $k = \frac{π C_{d} d^{2}}{8 m} = \frac{π \cdot 0.234 \cdot {0.139}^{2}}{8 \cdot 40.2} = 4.42 \times 10^{- 5}$ . That runs from a 840 m/s muzzle velocity in 0.02 s steps under gravity 9.8 m/s² until the shell lands, then divides by 2.77: the game clock runs faster than real time, and that factor was measured against stopwatch runs in the Training Room. Lower is better, since a faster shell is harder to dodge and needs less lead.

AP flight time @ 10 km5.72 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:  $k = \frac{π C_{d} d^{2}}{8 m} = \frac{π \cdot 0.234 \cdot {0.139}^{2}}{8 \cdot 39.9} = 4.45 \times 10^{- 5}$ . That runs from a 840 m/s muzzle velocity in 0.02 s steps under gravity 9.8 m/s² until the shell lands, then divides by 2.77: the game clock runs faster than real time, and that factor was measured against stopwatch runs in the Training Room. Lower is better, since a faster shell is harder to dodge and needs less lead.

HE penetration23 mm

23 mm ≈ 139 mm caliber / 6 (standard HE penetration ratio).

AP overmatch9 mm

floor(139 mm caliber / 14.3) = 9 mm (AP auto-penetrates plating this thick or less).

AP AOE Radius12

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 alpha8

All 8 barrels bear on the broadside.

Turret turn time18 s

180 degrees / 10 deg/s traverse speed = 18 s.

HE full-salvo alpha16,000

2,000 HE damage x 8 broadside guns = 16,000.

AP full-salvo alpha21,600

2,700 AP damage x 8 broadside guns = 21,600.

HE DPMInitial: 137,143 → 152,381

Zero upgrades: 16,000 HE full-salvo alpha x 60 / 7 s base reload = 137,143. All upgrades (Main Battery Mod. 3 = -10% reload): 16,000 HE full-salvo alpha x 60 / 6.3 s all-upgrades reload = 152,381.

AP DPMInitial: 185,143 → 205,714

Zero upgrades: 21,600 AP full-salvo alpha x 60 / 7 s base reload = 185,143. All upgrades (Main Battery Mod. 3 = -10% reload): 21,600 AP full-salvo alpha x 60 / 6.3 s all-upgrades reload = 205,714.

Shells/minInitial: 68.6 → 76.2

Zero upgrades: 8 broadside guns x 60 / 7 s base reload = 68.6. All upgrades (Main Battery Mod. 3 = -10% reload): 8 broadside guns x 60 / 6.3 s all-upgrades reload = 76.2.

Fires/minInitial: 6.86 → 7.62

Zero upgrades: 68.6 shells/min x 10% fire chance = 6.86. All upgrades (Main Battery Mod. 3 = -10% reload): 76.2 shells/min x 10% fire chance = 7.62.

Torpedoes

Torpedo detectability1.8 km

Estimated torpedo reaction time8.9 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 speed75 kt

Travel time to max range29.9 s

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

Torpedo module damage1,200

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 count12

4 launchers x 3 tubes.

Per-side salvo12 torpedoes

12 (centerline launchers train across - full salvo to either side).

Full-salvo damage192,000

All tubes hitting one target: tubes x per-torpedo simulated damage = 12 x 16,000 = 192,000.

Per-side salvo damage192,000

One side firing, all torpedoes hitting: per-side tubes x per-torpedo simulated damage = 12 x 16,000 = 192,000.

AA defense

AA DPS at max range200

Only families that reach 4.5 km contribute at the outer edge of the AA bubble. In-game families: 57mm 60 2 25 1951 4x2 -> 200 DPS @ 4.5 km.

Maximum AA range4.5 km

Longest-reaching family on the in-game AA card. Base AirDefense aura max range is 4.5 km; dual-purpose mount auras extend it.

AA DPS layered by range200 DPS @ 4.5 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-blank200

Sum of every family's average DPS, achievable only inside the closest-range family (4.5 km).

AA threat index900

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.

Armor Beta

Hull HP 21,900, 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 74+ AP guns across the bracket. Can’t reliably bow-tank; gets bow-citadelled and overpenned.

Farming19 mm

Superstructure and extremities take HE pens and AP overpens from nearly any gun: steady chip damage. Fire resistance 40%, fires burn 30s. Range-by-range in the Compare tool →

Section	Plates	HP cap	Threats	Tactic
Bow	19 mm primary (range 19–20 mm)	2,550 (12% of HP)	Overmatched by 283mm+ AP (Gouden Leeuw)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)	19 mm	16,400 (75% of HP)	Overmatched by 283mm+ AP (Gouden Leeuw)Angle bounces 203mm19 mm: HE pens from 127mm+	Largest HP pool. Citadel sits behind these plates; thinner deck and side plating absorb the rest.
Stern	19 mm primary (range 19–20 mm)	1,800 (8% of HP)	Overmatched by 283mm+ AP (Gouden Leeuw)Angle bounces 203mm19 mm: HE pens from 127mm+	Mirror of bow. Same fast saturation.
Citadel	20 mm primary (range 13–20 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	19 mm	800 (4% of HP)	Any HE ≥16 mm pens at full damage	Any HE ≥16 mm pens at full damage. HE-spam target, and the section saturates fast (often only a few thousand HP).
Turret (module, per magazine)	separate HP pool, does not drain ship HP	11,000 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.
AA mount (57 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	6,600 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 Kléber. Cards are condensed; use each source link for full context.

Nerf ×5Buff ×4Rework ×1Main Battery ×5Torpedo ×4

2025-11-27

Holiday Update: Christmas on the Waves

Detectability by sea increased from 6.95 to 7.3 km.
Detectability by air increased from 3.48 to 3.65 km.
Detectability after firing in smoke increased from 2.8 to 2.94 km.

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2023-01-12

Ministry of Balance Reports: Big Small Changes!

Main battery armament.
Main Battery Reload Booster charges increased from 1 to 2.
Main Battery Reload Booster duration increased from 15 to 20 s.
Torpedo armament.
Torpedo reload speed reduced from 77 to 85 s.
Torpedo damage decreased from 18,400 to 17,200.
Tier IV Premium Siroco, Royal Navy Tier VII Premium Caprice, and German Tier VII Premium ZF-6 have also received the following changes to their Main Battery Reload booster:
• Main Battery Reload Booster cooldown time decreased from 150 to 120 s.

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2021-11-04

November update: Fury on the wings of wisdom

The maximum torpedo range for Legendary Tier Kléber was decreased from 8 to 6 km.
The Evasive Maneuver (Tier VII aircraft carriers) consumable was changed. Instead of granting invulnerability, it now decreases incoming damage to planes by 50%.

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Exteriors

Skins & permanent camouflages

Every custom exterior Kléber can equip, from in-game data.

DefaultThe ship’s standard exterior
Battle-Hardened
Battle-Hardened skin for KléberBattle-Hardened

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2021-05-13 · Patch notes May Update: Things Are Heating Up! Patch notes 2021-11-04 · Patch notes November update: Fury on the wings of wisdom Patch notes 2021-12-16 · Patch notes Holiday Update: Chilling With the Beasts Patch notes 2022-09-29 · Patch notes Halloween Update: New Friends, Old Foes Patch notes 2023-01-12 · Patch notes January Update: Fighting Spirit Patch notes 2023-05-11 · Patch notes May Update: Sea Giants Patch notes

Kléber

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Holiday Update: Christmas on the Waves

Ministry of Balance Reports: Big Small Changes!

November update: Fury on the wings of wisdom

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