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Orage

Also called: 暴风雨 Beta

France · Tier VIII · Destroyer · Tech Tree: French Torpedo Destroyers

Torpedo destroyerLives on its torpedoes; deal damage from concealment rather than the gun duel.

Playstyle

Sit at the edge of a contested cap from concealment and cycle torpedo waves into lanes the enemy has to use - 12 km reach at 95 kt means the wall arrives before targets can react
Avoid: Holding 12-km torpedoes for a perfect shot

Key characteristics

Long, fast torpedoes (12 km)SmokeEngine BoostLong-reach AASlow

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Playstyle

Overview

Orage is a Tier VIII French torpedo destroyer reaching 12 km. The torpedoes travel at 95 kt, so target reaction time is shorter than peer DDs; this is a torpedo-spam kit, not a gun trade kit. Standout traits: top-decile short torpedo warning in T8 DDs (3.9 s) and top-decile AA reach in T8 DDs (5.2 km).

Positioning

Sit at the edge of a contested cap from concealment and cycle torpedo waves into lanes the enemy has to use - 12 km reach at 95 kt means the wall arrives before targets can react. Drop on probable lanes from cover, stay unspotted between waves, and let the wall do the work. 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. Shooting from the cloud gives you away at 2.5 km, and a destroyer here is spotted at about 7 km, so you see it coming with roughly 4.5 km to spare. Vision is mutual: past the 2 km guaranteed ring you cannot see out either, and nothing in her kit sees through it, so pop the smoke where someone is already lighting the enemy or you will sit in it with nothing to shoot. Enemy sonar (about 4.7 km) and radar (about 9 km) read straight in regardless. At 600 m the screen is wider than standard, so it can cover a teammate holding the same line as well as your own hull. Once the rudder is over she turns tightly for her cohort (620 m), so a committed turn costs less water than most of what she is fighting.

Potato Avoidance

Holding 12-km torpedoes for a perfect shot

The kit pays out by saturating lanes, not by waiting for guaranteed broadsides; missed waves still force rotations and protect your team's flank. Idle torpedo tubes are the worst output state.

Signature Traits

Engine Boost

+20% speed (about +6.8 kt), 120 s duration. Engine Boost consumable temporarily raises top speed. Mobility on demand to reposition, chase a kill, or break contact.

ELITE TORPEDOES ↗

Accelerating torpedoes
Short torpedo warning · 3.9 s

Long-reach AA ↗

5.2 km AA reach, top decile of T8 DDs.

Low AP DPM ↗

163333 AP DPM, bottom decile of T8 DDs. Citadel windows matter more than spam.

Slow for the class ↗

34 kt, bottom quartile of T8 DDs. Hard to rotate flanks or disengage; commit positioning early.

Acquisition

How to get Orage

Orage is available in the French Torpedo Destroyers branch of the France Tech Tree for 25,000,000 credits after researching it in the branch. Known module upgrades cost up to 6,250,000 credits.

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France Tech Tree

Orage sits in the French Torpedo Destroyers branch. The highlighted path shows the local branch context inside the full France tree.

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Builds

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Cohort position

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Where Orage sits among Tier VIII DDs (26 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.

BestTorpedo speed95 kt (1/26) BestTorpedo reaction time3.9 s (1/26) Top 25%Stealth profile6.74 km / 3.37 km (5/27 / 4/27) Top 25%Smoke fire bloom2.51 km (7/27) Top 25%Turning circle620 m (5/27) Top 25%Acceleration16.3 s (5/27) Top 25%Displacement3,202 t (5/27) Top 25%AA range5.2 km (5/27) Top 25%Torpedo range12 km (6/26) Bottom 25%Hit points18,100 HP (22/27) Bottom 25%Main battery reload5.4 s (23/27) Bottom 25%Fires per minute4.67 (24/26) Bottom 25%HE DPM126,667 (24/26) Bottom 25%AP velocity808 m/s (20/25) Bottom 25%HE velocity808 m/s (21/26) Bottom 25%Effective HE DPM (incl. fire)164,948 (24/26) Bottom 10%AP DPM163,333 (24/25) WorstMax speed34 kt (1 of 3 tied)

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Not standouts for Orage -- 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.

Rudder shift4.2 s(8/27) Traverse-to-turn ratio11.14 ×(15/27) Main battery caliber127 mm(18/27) Main battery range10.96 km(17/27) HE shell damage1,900(13/26) HE fire chance7%(15/26) AP shell damage2,450(10/25) Main dispersion97.2 m(15/27) AP fuse timer0.01 s(14/25) AP arming threshold21 mm(11/25) Engine power65,000 hp(14/27) Turn-speed retention104.8 hp/m(10/27) Power-to-weight20.3 hp/t(11/27) AP pen at 10 km75 mm(10/25) AA DPS209(18/27) AA threat910(11/27) Flak per wave (expected)1,200(7/22) Torpedo damage≈13,500(18/26) Torpedo reload100 s(13/26) Deck armor19 mm(11/21) NormAP ricochet start45°(19 of 25 tied at this value) NormAP auto-bounce angle60°(19 of 25 tied at this value) NormTurn speed retained81%(23 of 27 tied at this value) NormMax armor20 mm(23 of 27 tied at this value) NormCitadel belt20 mm(23 of 27 tied at this value) NormBow armor19 mm(26 of 27 tied at this value)

Peers in this cohort

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Stats & specs

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Survivability

Hit PointsInitial: 16,800 → 18,100

Displacement3,202 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.

122.8 x 12.49 m

Armor range13–20 mm

Plate armor thicknesses13, 19, 20 mm

Armor material/layer entries23

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 (1,629 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 (1,810 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.

9,100

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.

5,400

Repairable: penetration50%

Repairable: steering gear50%

Main Battery

These main guns are dual-purpose: they also fire at aircraft and feed the AA Defense card.

ModuleArtillery: 6×127 mm

Mounts / barrels3 mounts / 6 barrels

Reload time6 s

Firing range (base)10 km

Firing range (top fire control)11 km

Turret traverse18 °/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.

±135°, ±147°, ±140°

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.

40° off bow / 45° off stern

See the firing-arcs diagram ↓

HE fire DPM vs T8 BB34428

Effective HE DPM vs T8 BB148428

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{10956}{30} \cdot \frac{8 - 0.5}{1000} + 0.5) \cdot 30 = 97.2 m

97.2 m at 11 km

Max Vert Disp

Vertical dispersion ellipse height at max range:

σ_{V} = σ_{H} \cdot radiusOnMax

= 97.2 \cdot 0.6 = 58.3 m

58.3 m at 11 km

Med Horiz Disp

50%-hit horizontal radius:

σ_{H, 50} = σ_{H} \cdot \frac{0.6}{σ}

= 97.2 \cdot \frac{0.6}{2} = 29.2 m

29.2 m at 11 km

Med Vert Disp

50%-hit vertical radius:

σ_{V, 50} = σ_{V} \cdot \frac{0.6}{σ}

= 58.3 \cdot \frac{0.6}{2} = 17.5 m

17.5 m at 11 km

Turret turn time

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

10 s

Shells/min

Zero upgrades: 6 broadside guns x 60 / 6 s base reload = 60. All upgrades (Main Battery Mod. 3 = -10% reload): 6 broadside guns x 60 / 5.4 s all-upgrades reload = 66.7.

Initial: 60 → 66.7

HE shells

HE Damage1,900

HE Velocity808 m/s

Fire Chance7%

HE penetration

21 mm ≈ 127 mm caliber / 6 (standard HE penetration ratio).

21 mm

HE full-salvo alpha

1,900 HE damage x 6 broadside guns = 11,400.

11,400

HE DPM

Zero upgrades: 11,400 HE full-salvo alpha x 60 / 6 s base reload = 114,000. All upgrades (Main Battery Mod. 3 = -10% reload): 11,400 HE full-salvo alpha x 60 / 5.4 s all-upgrades reload = 126,667.

Initial: 114,000 → 126,667

Fires/min

Zero upgrades: 60 shells/min x 7% fire chance = 4.2. All upgrades (Main Battery Mod. 3 = -10% reload): 66.7 shells/min x 7% fire chance = 4.67.

Initial: 4.2 → 4.67

AP shells

AP Damage2,450

AP Velocity808 m/s

Min Ricochet45 deg

Guaranteed Ricochet60 deg

Fuse Timer0.01 s

Fuse Threshold21 mm

AP overmatch

floor(127 mm caliber / 14.3) = 8 mm (AP auto-penetrates plating this thick or less).

8 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 2200 \cdot {32.5}^{0.69} \cdot {0.127}^{- 1.07} \cdot 808^{1.38} = 227.4 mm

. Matches the in-game spec card.

227.4 mm point-blank

AP Pen Far

Same formula at the ship's max firing range (11 km), where the shell has slowed to 338 m/s:

P = 10^{- 7} \cdot 2200 \cdot {32.5}^{0.69} \cdot {0.127}^{- 1.07} \cdot 338^{1.38} = 68.3 mm

68.3 mm at 11 km

AP full-salvo alpha

2,450 AP damage x 6 broadside guns = 14,700.

14,700

AP DPM

Zero upgrades: 14,700 AP full-salvo alpha x 60 / 6 s base reload = 147,000. All upgrades (Main Battery Mod. 3 = -10% reload): 14,700 AP full-salvo alpha x 60 / 5.4 s all-upgrades reload = 163,333.

Initial: 147,000 → 163,333

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 tube lance-torpilles

Launchers / tubes3 launchers × 3 tubes = 9 tubes

Reload time

Base reload of the top torpedo module (all-upgrades configuration); the stock module reloads in 110 s. In-game port tooltips additionally fold in your installed modernizations and commander effects - e.g. Torpedo Launchers Mod. 3 alone is x0.85:

100 \times 0.85 = 85

100 s

Projectile speed (at launch)40 kt

Range12 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 = 40, 500 \cdot 0.333 = 13, 500

≈ 13,500

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.

14,800

Torpedo detectability1 km

Reaction time

How long a target has to dodge after your torpedo is spotted at its 1 km detectability range. These torpedoes accelerate, so the warning depends on where in the run they are spotted: they leave the tubes at 60 kt (6.2 s of warning if spotted immediately) and build to 95 kt over the first 9 km, so fish spotted later in the run, including every max-range shot, give only 3.9 s. Uses the 2.6855 m/s-per-knot game-speed factor, calibrated from in-game measurement. Base values; commander torpedo-concealment skills lower them further. Community torpedo-reaction calculator by u/LorenDovah and u/The_ColorOutofSpace.

3.9 to 6.2 s

Accelerating torpedoes60 kt launching, 95 kt terminal

Incendiary torpedoesfire chance x1 to x5 over the run

Flooding chance

Read straight from the game's own data: this torpedo carries a flooding-chance value of 0.8 per hit, shown as

0.8 \times 100 = 80 %

. 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.

80%

Torpedo launcher traverse25 °/s

Launch arcs150° per side

Torp Turn

Time to rotate the launchers 180 deg:

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

7.2 s

Torp Arming137 m

Per-side salvo damage

One side firing, all torpedoes hitting: per-side tubes x per-torpedo simulated damage = 9 x 13,500 = 121,500.

121,500

AA Defense

AA mount points6

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.

5.2 km

57 mm/60 ACAD Mle 1951 (upgraded hull only)2×2 57mm

20 mm/70 Mk44×1 20mm

40 mm/56 Bofors Mk1 (stock hull only)2×2 40mm

Gunsmain battery (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 74 from dual-purpose main battery firing as AA in this range band.

Range5.2 km

Guns57 mm/60 ACAD Mle 1951

Continuous DPS

Effective DPS: 29 raw aura damage × 3.5 × 1 hit probability = 102 - the same in-game units as the Close-range AA DPS headline.

102

Range4.5 km

Total DPS in Aura

Far 74 + Medium 102 = 176

176

Guns20 mm/70 Mk4

Continuous DPS

Effective DPS: 10 raw aura damage × 3.5 × 0.95 hit probability = 33 - the same in-game units as the Close-range AA DPS headline.

Initial: 37 → 33

Range2 km

Total DPS in Aura

Far 74 + Medium 102 + Near 33 = 209

209

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 × 240 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.

240

Cloud spawn chance

Every potential cloud spawns - the full pattern, every wave. Often called flak 'hit chance', but spawned clouds always damage planes that fly into them - the roll is on spawning.

100%

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 main battery mount is operational - even losing every other AA mount does not stop it.

Main 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 5.2 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.

2.5-5.2 km

See the AA layers diagram ↓

Maneuverability

Engine power65,000 hp

Maximum speed34 kt

Turning circle radius620 m

Rudder shift time4.2 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 = 34 / 4 + 4.9 = 13.4 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.

13.4 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.

13.7 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).

11.9 kt

Acceleration 0-90%

Time to reach 90% of top speed (30.6 kt of 34 kt), from our in-house acceleration model.

16.3 s

Acceleration 0-99%

Time to reach 99% of top speed (33.7 kt of 34 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.

27.5 s

Traverse-to-turn ratio

How many degrees the turret can swing for each degree the hull turns. Turn rate

ω_{hull} = \frac{180}{π} \cdot \frac{V_{max} (m/s)}{R_{turn}} = \frac{180}{π} \cdot \frac{34.0 \cdot 0.5144}{620} = 1.62 ° / s

, so

ratio = \frac{ω_{turret}}{ω_{hull}} = \frac{18}{1.62} = 11.1 \times

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

11.1× ok

See the full acceleration curve ↓

Concealment

Detectability by sea6.74 km

Detectability by air3.37 km

Smoke firing penalty2.51 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.

10.96 km

Detect when firing (air)

Air detectability plus the gun-firing bloom (2.54 km, which tracks main-battery caliber x 0.020). Matches the in-game 'Detect Firing Air' value on every captured ship.

5.91 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.

8.74 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.

6.37 km

Guaranteed Detect2 km

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Consumables

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

Smoke Generator4 charges · 90 s reload · 15 s emit / 70 s cloud active · 600 m radius

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

Module options (3)

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

HullUpgrade

Hit points16,800 → 18,100
Close-range AA DPS25 → 39
Maximum AA range3.5 → 4.5 km

Fire controlUpgrade

Main battery range9,960 → 10,956 m

TorpedoesUpgrade

Range11 → 12 km
Reload110 → 100 s
Alpha damage38,000 → 40,500
Display damage12,667 → 13,500

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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 Disp97.2 m at 11 km

Horizontal dispersion ellipse width at max range, from the verified WoWS dispersion model:  $σ_{H} = (\frac{R}{30} \cdot \frac{idealRadius - minRadius}{idealDistance} + minRadius) \cdot 30$   $= (\frac{10956}{30} \cdot \frac{8 - 0.5}{1000} + 0.5) \cdot 30 = 97.2 m$

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 Disp58.3 m at 11 km

Vertical dispersion ellipse height at max range: $σ_{V} = σ_{H} \cdot radiusOnMax$ $= 97.2 \cdot 0.6 = 58.3 m$

Shell scatter height @ 10 km52.4 m

How tall the same scatter ellipse is at 10 km. Comparable from ship to ship for the same reason as the width value above. The height/width ratio is a piecewise-linear curve through three points from the ship's own dispersion data:  $radiusOnZero = 0.2$  at 0 m,  $radiusOnDelim = 0.5$  at  $delim \cdot R_{m a x} = 0.5 \cdot 10956 = 5478$  m, and  $radiusOnMax = 0.6$  at 10956 m. Above the kink:  $k = 0.5 + (0.6 - 0.5) \cdot \frac{10000 - 5478}{10956 - 5478} = 0.5825$ , so  $σ_{V} = σ_{H} \cdot k = 90 \cdot 0.5825 = 52.4 m$ .

Med Horiz Disp29.2 m at 11 km

50%-hit horizontal radius: $σ_{H, 50} = σ_{H} \cdot \frac{0.6}{σ}$ $= 97.2 \cdot \frac{0.6}{2} = 29.2 m$

Med Vert Disp17.5 m at 11 km

50%-hit vertical radius: $σ_{V, 50} = σ_{V} \cdot \frac{0.6}{σ}$ $= 58.3 \cdot \frac{0.6}{2} = 17.5 m$

Dispersion familyDD Disp.

Standard destroyer dispersion baseline.

AP Pen Close227.4 mm point-blank

Canonical community AP formula (jcw780/wows_shell), evaluated at muzzle velocity:  $P = 10^{- 7} \cdot K \cdot m^{0.69} \cdot d^{- 1.07} \cdot v_{0}^{1.38}$   $= 10^{- 7} \cdot 2200 \cdot {32.5}^{0.69} \cdot {0.127}^{- 1.07} \cdot 808^{1.38} = 227.4 mm$ . Matches the in-game spec card.

AP Pen Far68.3 mm at 11 km

Same formula at the ship's max firing range (11 km), where the shell has slowed to 338 m/s:  $P = 10^{- 7} \cdot 2200 \cdot {32.5}^{0.69} \cdot {0.127}^{- 1.07} \cdot 338^{1.38} = 68.3 mm$ .

AP pen 5 km127 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 km75 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 km7.02 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:  $k = \frac{π C_{d} d^{2}}{8 m} = \frac{π \cdot 0.3552 \cdot {0.127}^{2}}{8 \cdot 32.5} = 6.92 \times 10^{- 5}$ . That runs from a 808 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 km7.13 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:  $k = \frac{π C_{d} d^{2}}{8 m} = \frac{π \cdot 0.3552 \cdot {0.127}^{2}}{8 \cdot 31.5} = 7.14 \times 10^{- 5}$ . That runs from a 808 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 penetration21 mm

21 mm ≈ 127 mm caliber / 6 (standard HE penetration ratio).

AP overmatch8 mm

floor(127 mm caliber / 14.3) = 8 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 alpha6

All 6 barrels bear on the broadside.

Turret turn time10 s

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

HE full-salvo alpha11,400

1,900 HE damage x 6 broadside guns = 11,400.

AP full-salvo alpha14,700

2,450 AP damage x 6 broadside guns = 14,700.

HE DPMInitial: 114,000 → 126,667

Zero upgrades: 11,400 HE full-salvo alpha x 60 / 6 s base reload = 114,000. All upgrades (Main Battery Mod. 3 = -10% reload): 11,400 HE full-salvo alpha x 60 / 5.4 s all-upgrades reload = 126,667.

AP DPMInitial: 147,000 → 163,333

Zero upgrades: 14,700 AP full-salvo alpha x 60 / 6 s base reload = 147,000. All upgrades (Main Battery Mod. 3 = -10% reload): 14,700 AP full-salvo alpha x 60 / 5.4 s all-upgrades reload = 163,333.

Shells/minInitial: 60 → 66.7

Zero upgrades: 6 broadside guns x 60 / 6 s base reload = 60. All upgrades (Main Battery Mod. 3 = -10% reload): 6 broadside guns x 60 / 5.4 s all-upgrades reload = 66.7.

Fires/minInitial: 4.2 → 4.67

Zero upgrades: 60 shells/min x 7% fire chance = 4.2. All upgrades (Main Battery Mod. 3 = -10% reload): 66.7 shells/min x 7% fire chance = 4.67.

Torpedoes

Torpedo detectability1 km

Estimated torpedo reaction time3.9 to 6.2 s

A range because these torpedoes accelerate: spotted right at launch they are still at launch speed (the high end, most warning); spotted past the short front-loaded ramp, including at max range, they are at terminal speed (the low end). detectability / (speed kt x 2.6855 game-speed factor), evaluated at both speeds.

Torpedo speed (listed; see curve)40 kt

Terminal torpedo speed95 kt

Decoded from the in-game data's speed-curve field: these torpedoes leave the tubes at 60 kt and build to this over the first 9 km of the run. Corroborated by velocity telemetry (late-run readings approach this value) and by stopwatch timing a max-range run in game.

Travel time to max range55 s

Ramp model: 60 to 95 kt over the first 9 km, then terminal speed for the rest, at 2.6855 m/s per knot.

Torpedo module damage1,300

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 count9

3 launchers x 3 tubes.

Per-side salvo9 torpedoes

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

Full-salvo damage121,500

All tubes hitting one target: tubes x per-torpedo simulated damage = 9 x 13,500 = 121,500.

Per-side salvo damage121,500

One side firing, all torpedoes hitting: per-side tubes x per-torpedo simulated damage = 9 x 13,500 = 121,500.

AA defense

AA DPS at max range74

Only families that reach 5.2 km contribute at the outer edge of the AA bubble. In-game families: 57mm 60 2 25 1951 2x2 -> 102 DPS @ 4.5 km; 20mm Oerlikon MK4 4x1 -> 33 DPS @ 2 km; Far AA (?) -> 74 DPS @ 5.2 km.

Maximum AA range5.2 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 range74 DPS @ 5.2 km, 176 DPS @ 4.5 km, 209 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-blank209

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

AA threat index910

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

Armor Beta

Hull HP 16,800 → 18,100 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 & stern19 mm

Overmatched by 132+ 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)	2,500 (14% of HP)	Overmatched by 283mm+ AP (Scharnhorst '43, Schill)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	13,600 (75% of HP)	Overmatched by 283mm+ AP (Scharnhorst '43, Schill)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)	1,700 (9% of HP)	Overmatched by 283mm+ AP (Scharnhorst '43, Schill)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	no cap	Any HE ≥16 mm pens at full damage	Any HE ≥16 mm pens at full damage. HE-spam target, and the section saturates fast (often only a few thousand HP).
Turret (module, per magazine)	separate HP pool, does not drain ship HP	9,100 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	5,400 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 Orage. Cards are condensed; use each source link for full context.

Buff ×4Main Battery ×2Torpedo ×2

2026-06-25

Ministry of Balance: Skillful Adjustments

Stock torpedo reload time reduced from 115 to 110 s.
Upgraded torpedo reload time reduced from 105 to 100 s.
Upgraded torpedo maximum fire-setting chance increased from 400 to 500%.
Upgraded torpedo damage increased from 13,600 to 14,800.

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