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Makarov

Also called: 马卡罗夫海军上将 · Адмирал Макаров · Admiral Makarov Beta

U.S.S.R. · Tier V · CL Cruiser · Premium

HE fire-spam cruiserAn HE damage-farmer with Sonar to clear islands and smoke before committing the hull.

Playstyle

Sit 12-15 km from a contested cap where an island shadows you from the opposite battleship line
Avoid: Pushing in blind because the kit says brawler

Key characteristics

15 km gun rangeHigh HE DPMImproved HE penHigh AP DPMLobs over islandsFragile

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Playstyle

Overview

Makarov is a Tier V Soviet light cruiser whose 150mm guns farm HE fires and sustained DPM, with Sonar as her vision tool: Hydro lets her contest islands and smoke without exposing the hull. Her sonar reaches 4 km, which is the range at which she can commit to a contest without guessing. Both shells run cohort-strong (cohort-best AP at 351,000 AP DPM and top-decile HE at 153,000 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 flat arc HE shells in T5 CAs (960) and top-decile AP shell velocity in T5 CAs (960).

Positioning

Sit 12-15 km from a contested cap where an island shadows you from the opposite battleship line. Hydro (4 km on ships, 2.8 km on torpedoes) lights up DDs and incoming torpedoes inside its bubble, so you can push the cap edge from cover without taking the spotting cycle; prefer cover positions over open-water flanks. Your guns lose penetration at range, so aim AP at broadsides you can still citadel and put HE into superstructures and upper-hull sections, rather than the bow-in or belt armor your shells bounce and shatter on. A 720 m turning circle is wide for her cohort, so a committed turn gives up a lot of water; plan course changes a salvo ahead.

Potato Avoidance

Pushing in blind because the kit says brawler

4-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

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 3/28 T5 CAs.

ELITE MAIN BATTERY ↗

Flat arc HE shells · 960 m
AP DPM machine · 351000 AP
Flat AP shells · 960 m
Fast reload · 6 s
HE DPM machine · 153000 HE

Small-caliber secondaries ↗

1100 max HE alpha per secondary shell, bottom decile of T5 CAs. Per-shell damage runs below peers'.

Low fire chance ↗

8% fire chance per HE shell, bottom quartile of T5 CAs. AP carries more weight.

Acquisition

How to get Makarov

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

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

Best listed chance for this ship

Super V crate 4.166667% One of the Tier V Premium ships Event · Super V crate · 1 of 24 ships
Santa Level 4 0.272727% Tier V Premium ship Archived · Santa Level 4 · 1 of 22 ships
Santa Level 3 0.261364% Tier V Premium ship Archived · Santa Level 3 · 2 paths combined · 1 of 22 ships
Show 2 paths
- Santa Level 30.220455%
- Santa Level 3 → Santa Level 40.040909%

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Spectral Vault 4.0 0.26087% Tier V Premium ship Archived · Spectral Vault 4.0 · 1 of 23 ships
Super Santa '22 0.25% Tier IV or V Premium ship Archived · Super Santa '22 · 1 of 28 ships
Super Santa '23 0.242273% Tier V Premium ship Archived · Super Santa '23 · 1 of 22 ships
Spectral Vault 3.0 0.239565% Tier V Premium ship Archived · Spectral Vault 3.0 · 2 paths combined · 1 of 23 ships
Show 2 paths
- Spectral Vault 3.00.21087%
- Spectral Vault 3.0 → Spectral Vault 4.00.028696%
Mystic Lantern 0.2% Tier V Premium ship Event · Mystic Lantern · 1 of 25 ships
Mega Santa '23 0.143955% Tier V Premium ship Archived · Mega Santa '23 · 1 of 22 ships
Santa Level 2 0.116477% Tier V Premium ship Archived · Santa Level 2 · 4 paths combined · 1 of 22 ships
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- Santa Level 20.063636%
- Santa Level 2 → Santa Level 30.033068%
- Santa Level 2 → Santa Level 40.013636%
- Santa Level 2 → Santa Level 3 → Santa Level 40.006136%
Spectral Vault 2.0 0.090043% Tier V Premium ship Archived · Spectral Vault 2.0 · 4 paths combined · 1 of 23 ships
Show 4 paths
- Spectral Vault 2.00.06087%
- Spectral Vault 2.0 → Spectral Vault 3.00.021087%
- Spectral Vault 2.0 → Spectral Vault 4.00.005217%
- Spectral Vault 2.0 → Spectral Vault 3.0 → Spectral Vault 4.00.00287%
Champion's Box 0.052273% Tier V Premium ship Archived · Champion's Box · 2 paths combined · 1 of 22 ships
Show 2 paths
- Champion's Box → Santa Level 30.044091%
- Champion's Box → Santa Level 3 → Santa Level 40.008182%
Santa Level 1 0.037494% Tier V Premium ship Archived · Santa Level 1 · 6 paths combined · 1 of 22 ships
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- Santa Level 1 → Santa Level 30.011023%
- Santa Level 1 → Santa Level 20.009545%
- Santa Level 10.009%
- Santa Level 1 → Santa Level 2 → Santa Level 30.00496%
- Santa Level 1 → Santa Level 2 → Santa Level 40.002045%
- Santa Level 1 → Santa Level 2 → Santa Level 3 → Santa Level 40.00092%
Ultimate Crate 0.024227% Tier V Premium ship Archived · Ultimate Crate → Super Santa '23 · 1 of 22 ships
Spectral Vault 1.0 0.019108% Tier V Premium ship Archived · Spectral Vault 1.0 · 7 paths combined · 1 of 23 ships
Show 7 paths
- Spectral Vault 1.00.008609%
- Spectral Vault 1.0 → Spectral Vault 2.00.005478%
- Spectral Vault 1.0 → Spectral Vault 3.00.002109%
- Spectral Vault 1.0 → Spectral Vault 2.0 → Spectral Vault 3.00.001898%
- Spectral Vault 1.0 → Spectral Vault 2.0 → Spectral Vault 4.00.00047%
- Spectral Vault 1.0 → Spectral Vault 3.0 → Spectral Vault 4.00.000287%
- Spectral Vault 1.0 → Spectral Vault 2.0 → Spectral Vault 3.0 → Spectral Vault 4.00.000258%
Mystic Box 0.012% Tier V Premium ship Event · Mystic Box · 1 of 25 ships
Secret Santa '23 0.0009% Tier V Premium ship Archived · Secret Santa '23 · 1 of 22 ships

Official WG availability sources

Official WoWS Legends container odds Containers Official container drop rows linked below include direct and nested effective ship odds.

Show direct source rows

Mega Santa '23 0.143955% · Tier V Premium ship
Mystic Box 0.012% · Tier V Premium ship
Mystic Lantern 0.2% · Tier V Premium ship
Santa Level 1 0.009% · Tier V Premium ship
Santa Level 2 0.063636% · Tier V Premium ship

Want the full picture? Each container page charts the odds as you open more crates - including ~~pity~~ guaranteed-reward timers and, for GD Supporters, pack math personalized to your port.

Builds

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Commanders frequently paired with this ship Stepan Makarov AL Avrora AL Chapayev

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Cohort position

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Where Makarov sits among Tier V CAs (27 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.

BestMain battery reload6 s (1 of 2 tied) BestAP DPM351,000 (1 of 2 tied) BestHE velocity960 m/s (1 of 2 tied) Top 10%HE DPM153,000 (3/24) Top 10%AP velocity960 m/s (3/28) Top 10%Torpedo reload68 s (3/24) Top 25%Main battery range14.88 km (5/28) Top 25%Fires per minute7.2 (6/24) Top 25%Secondary fire chance7% (5/25) Top 25%Displacement8,897 t (5/28) Top 25%Effective HE DPM (incl. fire)207,224 (5/24) Top 25%Torpedo speed64 kt (5/24) Bottom 25%Hit points27,000 HP (25/28) Bottom 25%Max speed32 kt (22/28) Bottom 25%Stealth profile12.88 km / 7.73 km (25/28 / 25/28) Bottom 25%Turning circle720 m (23/28) Bottom 25%Main battery caliber150 mm (25/28) Bottom 25%Main dispersion135.7 m (24/28) Bottom 25%Secondary HE pen15 mm (23/25) Bottom 25%AP pen at 10 km90 mm (25/28) Bottom 25%Torpedo range6 km (21/24) Bottom 25%Torpedo damage≈12,700 (19/24) Bottom 10%Secondary HE alpha1,100 (24/25) Bottom 10%Engine power60,000 hp (27/28) Bottom 10%Turn-speed retention83.3 hp/m (27/28) WorstSecondary range4 km (1 of 9 tied)

See 23 mid-pack stats

Not standouts for Makarov -- 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.

Smoke fire bloom6.34 km(21/28) Rudder shift7.6 s(10/28) Traverse-to-turn ratio5.8 ×(13/28) Sigma2(15/28) AP shell damage3,900(13/28) Secondary DPM (per side)66,000(15/25) Acceleration26.4 s(21/28) AP fuse timer0.03 s(17/28) AP arming threshold25 mm(11/28) Power-to-weight6.74 hp/t(21/28) AA DPS235(12/28) AA range4 km(21/28) AA threat807(11/28) Flak per wave (expected)288(18/26) Torpedo reaction time7.6 s(11/24) Max armor100 mm(18/28) Citadel belt84 mm(19/28) Bow armor16 mm(14/28) Stern armor16 mm(14/28) Deck armor50 mm(16/28) 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)

Peers in this cohort

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Stats & specs

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Survivability

Hit Points27,000

Displacement8,897 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.

181.5 x 17.1 m (measured from the ship model)

Armor range13–100 mm

Plate armor thicknesses13, 16, 19, 20, 25, 30, 35, 50, 70, 84, 100 mm

Armor material/layer entries45

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 duration30 s

Fire damage

Each fire ticks 0.3% of max HP per second for the full 30 s, so one unattended fire burns 9% of the pool (2,430 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 (2,700 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.

13,500

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.

8,100

Repairable: penetration50%

Repairable: citadel10%

Repairable: steering gear50%

Main Battery

ModuleArtillery: 150 mm L/60 SK C/25

Mounts / barrels3 mounts / 9 barrels

Reload time6 s

Firing range14.9 km

Turret traverse7.6 °/s

Turret armor80 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.

±141°

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.

20° off bow / 39° off stern

See the firing-arcs diagram ↓

HE fire DPM vs T5 BB54224

Effective HE DPM vs T5 BB207224

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{14885}{30} \cdot \frac{8 - 1.1}{1000} + 1.1) \cdot 30 = 135.7 m

135.7 m at 14.9 km

Max Vert Disp

Vertical dispersion ellipse height at max range:

σ_{V} = σ_{H} \cdot radiusOnMax

= 135.7 \cdot 0.6 = 81.4 m

81.4 m at 14.9 km

Med Horiz Disp

50%-hit horizontal radius:

σ_{H, 50} = σ_{H} \cdot \frac{0.6}{σ}

= 135.7 \cdot \frac{0.6}{2} = 40.7 m

40.7 m at 14.9 km

Med Vert Disp

50%-hit vertical radius:

σ_{V, 50} = σ_{V} \cdot \frac{0.6}{σ}

= 81.4 \cdot \frac{0.6}{2} = 24.4 m

24.4 m at 14.9 km

Turret turn time

180 degrees / 7.6 deg/s traverse speed = 23.7 s.

23.7 s

Shells/min

9 broadside guns x 60 / 6 s base reload = 90.

HE shells

HE Damage1,700

HE Velocity960 m/s

Fire Chance8%

HE penetration

38 mm ≈ 150 mm caliber / 4 (improved HE penetration: German BBs, Yamato-class, and a handful of others).

38 mm

HE full-salvo alpha

1,700 HE damage x 9 broadside guns = 15,300.

15,300

HE DPM

15,300 HE full-salvo alpha x 60 / 6 s base reload = 153,000.

153,000

Fires/min

90 shells/min x 8% fire chance = 7.2.

7.2

AP shells

AP Damage3,900

AP Velocity960 m/s

Min Ricochet45 deg

Guaranteed Ricochet60 deg

Fuse Timer0.025 s

Fuse Threshold25 mm

AP overmatch

floor(150 mm caliber / 14.3) = 10 mm (AP auto-penetrates plating this thick or less).

10 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 1862 \cdot {45.5}^{0.69} \cdot {0.15}^{- 1.07} \cdot 960^{1.38} = 257.7 mm

. Matches the in-game spec card.

257.7 mm point-blank

AP Pen Far

Same formula at the ship's max firing range (14.9 km), where the shell has slowed to 334.2 m/s:

P = 10^{- 7} \cdot 1862 \cdot {45.5}^{0.69} \cdot {0.15}^{- 1.07} \cdot {334.2}^{1.38} = 60.1 mm

60.1 mm at 14.9 km

AP full-salvo alpha

3,900 AP damage x 9 broadside guns = 35,100.

35,100

AP DPM

35,100 AP full-salvo alpha x 60 / 6 s base reload = 351,000.

351,000

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.

Torpedoes

ModuleTorpedoes: G7a T1

Launchers / tubes2 launchers × 3 tubes = 6 tubes

Reload time68 s

Projectile speed64 kt

Range6 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}{64 kt \times 2.6855} = 7.6 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.

7.6 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 arcs153° per side

Torp Turn

Time to rotate the launchers 180 deg:

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

7.2 s

Torp Arming202 m

Per-side salvo damage

One side firing, all torpedoes hitting: per-side tubes x per-torpedo simulated damage = 3 x 12,700 = 38,100.

38,100

AA Defense

AA mount points12

Maximum AA range

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

4 km

37 mm V-1110×2 37mm

20 mm Flakvierling 382×4 20mm

88 mm L/76 Dop. L. C/32 (DP)

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

4×2 88mm

Guns88 mm L/76 Dop. L. C/32 (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 41 from dual-purpose secondaries firing as AA in this range band.

Range4 km

Guns37 mm V-11

Continuous DPS

Effective DPS: 54 raw aura damage × 3.5 × 0.9 hit probability = 170 - the same in-game units as the Close-range AA DPS headline.

170

Range3.5 km

Total DPS in Aura

Far 41 + Medium 170 = 211

211

Guns20 mm Flakvierling 38

Continuous DPS

Effective DPS: 8 raw aura damage × 3.5 × 0.85 hit probability = 24 - the same in-game units as the Close-range AA DPS headline.

Range2 km

Total DPS in Aura

Far 41 + Medium 170 + Near 24 = 235

235

Bursts

Each ~2 s wave fires 2 quick salvos of 1 clouds ahead of the attacking squadron - up to 2 clouds per wave × 160 damage each. Planes that fly into a cloud take its damage; clouds dissipate before the next wave lands. Defensive AA Fire, where fitted, multiplies the salvo repeats within each wave.

2 salvos × 1 clouds

Cloud damage

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

160

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

2.5-4 km

See the AA layers diagram ↓

Secondary Battery

Mounts4

Firing range4.0 km

Shell Grouping (σ)1

88 mm L/76 Dop. L. C/32 (DP)

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

4×2 88mm

Caliber88 mm

Reload time4 s

HE Damage1,100

Muzzle Velocity950 m/s

Fire Chance7%

Armor Pen15 mm

Secondary dispersion type

Max dispersion = range (km) × 57 + 30. Each dispersion type sets its own slope; this is not a percentage applied to a standard baseline.

Standard

Max secondary dispersion @ 4 km

4 km × 57 + 30 = 258 m.

258 m

Maneuverability

Engine power60,000 hp

Maximum speed32 kt

Turning circle radius720 m

Rudder shift time7.6 s

Engine power-boost threshold7 kt

Engine spool-up time15.3 s

Reverse spool-up time7.7 s

Reverse speed

top speed / 4 + 4.9 = 32 / 4 + 4.9 = 12.9 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.

12.9 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.

27.3 s

Engine boost threshold (reverse)

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

11.2 kt

Acceleration 0-90%

Time to reach 90% of top speed (28.8 kt of 32 kt), from our in-house acceleration model.

26.4 s

Acceleration 0-99%

Time to reach 99% of top speed (31.7 kt of 32 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.

43.2 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{32.0 \cdot 0.5144}{720} = 1.31 ° / s

, so

ratio = \frac{ω_{turret}}{ω_{hull}} = \frac{7.6}{1.31} = 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 sea12.88 km

Detectability by air7.73 km

Smoke firing penalty6.34 km

Detect when firing (sea)

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

14.88 km

Detect when firing (air)

Air detectability plus the gun-firing bloom (3 km, which tracks main-battery caliber x 0.020). Matches the in-game 'Detect Firing Air' value on every captured ship.

10.73 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.

14.88 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.

10.73 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 · 92 s active · 3.96 km ship detect
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Derived from the consumable's 30 m grid-unit range (km = grid units x 30 / 1000): $\frac{132 \times 30}{1000} = 3.96 km$
· 2.82 km torpedo detect
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Derived from the consumable's 30 m grid-unit range (km = grid units x 30 / 1000): $\frac{94 \times 30}{1000} = 2.82 km$

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.

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All values are ship base stats with modifications and upgrade changes denoted inline.

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 Disp135.7 m at 14.9 km

Horizontal dispersion ellipse width at max range, from the verified WoWS dispersion model:  $σ_{H} = (\frac{R}{30} \cdot \frac{idealRadius - minRadius}{idealDistance} + minRadius) \cdot 30$   $= (\frac{14885}{30} \cdot \frac{8 - 1.1}{1000} + 1.1) \cdot 30 = 135.7 m$

Shell scatter width @ 5 km67.5 m

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

Shell scatter width @ 10 km102 m

How wide your shells scatter at 10 km, from the same dispersion model as the max-range figure above. Picking a fixed range makes this number directly comparable from ship to ship: max-range dispersion makes a longer-range gun look worse even when it's tighter at any common range. The interactive Dispersion tab on the Charts card plots the full curve from 0 to max range.

Max Vert Disp81.4 m at 14.9 km

Vertical dispersion ellipse height at max range: $σ_{V} = σ_{H} \cdot radiusOnMax$ $= 135.7 \cdot 0.6 = 81.4 m$

Shell scatter height @ 10 km54.5 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  $delim \cdot R_{m a x} = 0.5 \cdot 14885 = 7442$  m, and  $radiusOnMax = 0.6$  at 14885 m. Above the kink:  $k = 0.5 + (0.6 - 0.5) \cdot \frac{10000 - 7442}{14885 - 7442} = 0.5344$ , so  $σ_{V} = σ_{H} \cdot k = 102 \cdot 0.5344 = 54.5 m$ .

Med Horiz Disp40.7 m at 14.9 km

50%-hit horizontal radius: $σ_{H, 50} = σ_{H} \cdot \frac{0.6}{σ}$ $= 135.7 \cdot \frac{0.6}{2} = 40.7 m$

Med Vert Disp24.4 m at 14.9 km

50%-hit vertical radius: $σ_{V, 50} = σ_{V} \cdot \frac{0.6}{σ}$ $= 81.4 \cdot \frac{0.6}{2} = 24.4 m$

AP Pen Close257.7 mm point-blank

Canonical community AP formula (jcw780/wows_shell), evaluated at muzzle velocity:  $P = 10^{- 7} \cdot K \cdot m^{0.69} \cdot d^{- 1.07} \cdot v_{0}^{1.38}$   $= 10^{- 7} \cdot 1862 \cdot {45.5}^{0.69} \cdot {0.15}^{- 1.07} \cdot 960^{1.38} = 257.7 mm$ . Matches the in-game spec card.

AP Pen Far60.1 mm at 14.9 km

Same formula at the ship's max firing range (14.9 km), where the shell has slowed to 334.2 m/s:  $P = 10^{- 7} \cdot 1862 \cdot {45.5}^{0.69} \cdot {0.15}^{- 1.07} \cdot {334.2}^{1.38} = 60.1 mm$ .

AP pen 5 km150 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 km90 mm

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

AP flight time @ 10 km5.7 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:  $k = \frac{π C_{d} d^{2}}{8 m} = \frac{π \cdot 0.3307 \cdot {0.15}^{2}}{8 \cdot 45.5} = 6.42 \times 10^{- 5}$ . That runs from a 960 m/s muzzle velocity in 0.02 s steps under gravity 9.8 m/s² until the shell lands, then divides by 2.77: the game clock runs faster than real time, and that factor was measured against stopwatch runs in the Training Room. Lower is better, since a faster shell is harder to dodge and needs less lead.

HE flight time @ 10 km5.7 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:  $k = \frac{π C_{d} d^{2}}{8 m} = \frac{π \cdot 0.3307 \cdot {0.15}^{2}}{8 \cdot 45.5} = 6.42 \times 10^{- 5}$ . That runs from a 960 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 penetration38 mm

38 mm ≈ 150 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) - 0.253 in this case. Lets HE pen ~37mm armor instead of ~25mm. Hits every German cruiser (150mm CL, 203mm CA) and BB (350mm+), British heavy cruisers / Lion / Nelson, a handful of other premiums.

AP overmatch10 mm

floor(150 mm caliber / 14.3) = 10 mm (AP auto-penetrates plating this thick or less).

AP AOE Radius15

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 alpha9

All 9 barrels bear on the broadside.

Turret turn time23.7 s

180 degrees / 7.6 deg/s traverse speed = 23.7 s.

HE full-salvo alpha15,300

1,700 HE damage x 9 broadside guns = 15,300.

AP full-salvo alpha35,100

3,900 AP damage x 9 broadside guns = 35,100.

HE DPM153,000

15,300 HE full-salvo alpha x 60 / 6 s base reload = 153,000.

AP DPM351,000

35,100 AP full-salvo alpha x 60 / 6 s base reload = 351,000.

Shells/min90

9 broadside guns x 60 / 6 s base reload = 90.

Fires/min7.2

90 shells/min x 8% fire chance = 7.2.

Torpedoes

Torpedo detectability1.3 km

Estimated torpedo reaction time7.6 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 speed64 kt

Travel time to max range34.9 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 count6

2 launchers x 3 tubes.

Per-side salvo3 torpedoes

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

Full-salvo damage76,200

All tubes hitting one target: tubes x per-torpedo simulated damage = 6 x 12,700 = 76,200.

Per-side salvo damage38,100

One side firing, all torpedoes hitting: per-side tubes x per-torpedo simulated damage = 3 x 12,700 = 38,100.

AA defense

AA DPS at max range41

Only families that reach 4 km contribute at the outer edge of the AA bubble. In-game families: 37mm 67 V21 10x2 -> 170 DPS @ 3.5 km; 20mm Flack 38 quad 2x4 -> 24 DPS @ 2 km; 88mm ZwillingsFlak 4x2 -> 41 DPS @ 4 km.

Maximum AA range4 km

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

AA DPS layered by range41 DPS @ 4 km, 211 DPS @ 3.5 km, 235 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-blank235

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

AA threat index807

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)66,000

Sum across all secondary families of (per-side barrels × 60 / reload_s × alpha), where per-side barrels = mounts × barrels-per-mount / 2 (the guns that bear on one broadside target). Per-family: 4×2 88 mm (4/side) × 60/4 × 1100 = 66,000. Assumes every shell hits (real hit rate is lower; the Brawl matchup tool on the Compare page folds in dispersion + target armor).

Max HE alpha1100

Maximum HE damage per shell across secondary HE families. Best on this ship: 1100 from the 88 mm family.

Max HE fire chance7%

Maximum per-shell fire chance across secondary HE families (before target fire resistance is applied). Best on this ship: 7% from the 88 mm family.

Max HE pen15 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: 15 mm from the 88 mm family.

Armor Beta

Hull HP 27,000, distributed across 5 hull zones, each with its own plate thicknesses, saturation cap, and pen thresholds. HP caps are the exact in-game values, not estimated.

Bow & stern16 mm

Overmatched by 92+ AP guns across the bracket. Can’t reliably bow-tank; gets bow-citadelled and overpenned.

Belt / citadel50 mm

Thin belt: battleship AP citadels straight through it broadside. Rely on angle, speed and concealment, never sit flat.

Farming16 mm

Superstructure and extremities take HE pens and AP overpens from nearly any gun: steady chip damage. Fire resistance 23%, fires burn 30s. Range-by-range in the Compare tool →

Section	Plates	HP cap	Threats	Tactic
Bow	16 mm primary (range 16–30 mm)	800 (3% of HP)	Overmatched by 283mm+ AP (Moltke, Graf Spee)Angle bounces 203mm16 mm: HE pens from 127mm+	Bow-tank fits behind this exterior plate. Saturation is FAST here; the cap is often only a few thousand HP.
Hull (midship)	100 mm primary (range 16–100 mm)	20,300 (75% of HP)	No common AP caliber overmatches100 mm: standard HE shatters; improved HE (DE / FR BB) pens from 406mm+	Largest HP pool. Citadel sits behind these plates; thinner deck and side plating absorb the rest.
Stern	16 mm primary (range 16–35 mm)	600 (2% of HP)	Overmatched by 283mm+ AP (Moltke, Graf Spee)Angle bounces 203mm16 mm: HE pens from 127mm+	Mirror of bow. Same fast saturation.
Citadel	50 mm primary (range 13–84 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.
Turret (module, per magazine)	separate HP pool, does not drain ship HP	13,500 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 (88 mm mount)	separate HP pool, does not drain ship HP	800 per-mount HP	Destroyed at 0 HP	Per-mount HP for the heaviest secondary on this ship. A mount destroyed at 0 HP is out for the rest of the battle; DCP does not repair destroyed mounts. Smaller (lighter-caliber) secondaries typically share the same HP value.
AA mount (37 mm mount)	separate HP pool, does not drain ship HP	200 per-mount HP	Destroyed at 0 HP	Per-mount HP for the heaviest AA on this ship. An AA mount destroyed at 0 HP stops shooting down planes for the rest of the battle; DCP does not repair destroyed mounts. HE shells specifically target AA mounts since the small-caliber HP pool falls fast.
Rudder (module)	separate HP pool, does not drain ship HP	8,100 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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