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Podvoisky

Also called: 巴铎夫斯基 · Подвойский · Podwojskij Beta

U.S.S.R. · Tier IV · Destroyer · Tech Tree: Fiery Destroyers

Long-range gunboatOut-range peer DDs and kite cruisers; HE spam from open water.

Playstyle

Sit in open water at the edge of 11.2 km where peer DDs cannot return fire and most cruisers have to push to engage
Avoid: Idling beam-on in an obvious torpedo lane

Key characteristics

11 km gun rangeSmokeEngine BoostFast for the classStiff AP fuse

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Playstyle

Overview

Podvoisky is a Tier IV Soviet long-range gunboat destroyer reaching 11.2 km: her guns out-reach peer DDs and most cruisers can be kited at the edge of her range. The kit is gun pressure from open water rather than cap contesting; the torpedoes are a backup, not the primary threat. Standout traits: best top speed in T4 DDs (42 kt) and best engine power in T4 DDs (66,000 HP).

Positioning

Sit in open water at the edge of 11.2 km where peer DDs cannot return fire and most cruisers have to push to engage. The kit is HE pressure from distance, not cap contesting; let your peer DDs take the cap while you kite the rotating cruisers and BBs that come to support it. 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 6 km, so you see it coming with roughly 3.5 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 3.7 km) reads straight in regardless. A 700 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

Idling beam-on in an obvious torpedo lane

Unspotted is not unseen: once the enemy has reason to think a destroyer is holding this cap they will put torpedoes into the water you are probably in, and one fish the size of your own (13,400 damage against 12,700 HP) is more than your whole health bar. Keep way on, cross lanes bow or stern first, and never sit still beam-on to a chokepoint you would torpedo yourself.

Signature Traits

Engine Boost

+8% speed (about +3.4 kt), 120 s duration. Engine Boost consumable lifts top speed enough to open or close a gap deliberately, though not to outrun a committed chase.

ELITE MAIN BATTERY ↗

Long gun range · 11.2 km
Big-caliber AP overmatch · 9 mm

ELITE MOBILITY ↗

Fast for the class · 42 kt
Heavy powerplant · 66000 hp
Holds speed in turns · 94.3 hp
Nimble for the tonnage · 31.43 hp

Stiff AP fuse ↗

22 mm AP arming threshold, worst of T4 DDs. Over-pens thin plates; the trade-off pays off when most targets are battleship belt armor.

Acquisition

How to get Podvoisky

Podvoisky is available in the Fiery Destroyers branch of the U.S.S.R. Tech Tree for 500,000 credits after researching it in the branch. Known module upgrades cost up to 125,000 credits.

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U.S.S.R. Tech Tree

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Builds

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Commanders frequently paired with this ship Anton Gurin Rumble Sergio Splendento

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Cohort position

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Where Podvoisky sits among Tier IV DDs (20 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 speed42 kt (1/21) BestMain battery caliber130 mm (1 of 8 tied) BestMain battery range11.18 km (1/21) BestAP shell damage2,500 (1 of 4 tied) BestEngine power66,000 hp (1/21) BestTurn-speed retention94.3 hp/m (1/21) BestPower-to-weight31.43 hp/t (1/21) Top 10%Torpedo speed70 kt (3/21) Top 25%AP velocity861 m/s (5/19) Top 25%HE velocity861 m/s (5/21) Top 25%Torpedo reaction time6.9 s (5/21) Bottom 25%Main battery reload8.1 s (17/21) Bottom 10%Concealment6.54 km (20/21) Bottom 10%Turning circle700 m (20/21) WorstSmoke fire bloom2.5 km (21/21) WorstAir detection3.27 km (21/21) WorstMain dispersion98.8 m (21/21) WorstAP arming threshold22 mm (1 of 8 tied) WorstTorpedo range4.02 km (21/21)

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Not standouts for Podvoisky -- 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 points12,700 HP(7/21) Rudder shift2.9 s(10/21) Traverse-to-turn ratio4.52 ×(14/21) HE shell damage1,900(8/21) HE fire chance8%(11/21) Fires per minute2.96(16/21) HE DPM70,370(13/21) AP DPM92,593(11/19) Acceleration16.9 s(8/21) Displacement2,100 t(15/21) AP pen at 10 km72 mm(4/9) Effective HE DPM (incl. fire)91,788(13/21) AA DPS81(9/21) AA range3.2 km(7/21) AA threat259(8/21) Torpedo damage≈13,400(7/21) Torpedo reload70 s(12/21) Max armor13 mm(11/21) Citadel belt13 mm(11/21) Deck armor13 mm(9/20) NormSigma2(20 of 21 tied at this value) NormAP fuse timer0.01 s(15 of 19 tied at this value) NormTurn speed retained81%(19 of 21 tied at this value)

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Stats & specs

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Survivability

Hit PointsInitial: 11,700 → 12,700

Displacement2,100 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.

129.8 x 11.9 m (measured from the ship model)

Armor range10–13 mm

Plate armor thicknesses10, 13 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.

Initial: 13.3% → 16.6%

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 (1,143 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 (1,270 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.

6,400

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.

3,800

Repairable: penetration50%

Repairable: steering gear50%

Main Battery

ModuleArtillery: 130 mm/55 B-7

Mounts / barrels5 mounts / 5 barrels

Reload time8.1 s

Firing range (base)10.2 km

Firing range (top fire control)11.2 km

Turret traverse8 °/s

Turret armor13 mm

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.

23° off bow / 30° off stern

See the firing-arcs diagram ↓

HE fire DPM vs T4 BB21439

Effective HE DPM vs T4 BB91810

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{11178.2}{30} \cdot \frac{8 - 0.5}{1000} + 0.5) \cdot 30 = 98.8 m

98.8 m at 11.2 km

Max Vert Disp

Vertical dispersion ellipse height at max range:

σ_{V} = σ_{H} \cdot radiusOnMax

= 98.8 \cdot 0.6 = 59.3 m

59.3 m at 11.2 km

Med Horiz Disp

50%-hit horizontal radius:

σ_{H, 50} = σ_{H} \cdot \frac{0.6}{σ}

= 98.8 \cdot \frac{0.6}{2} = 29.7 m

29.7 m at 11.2 km

Med Vert Disp

50%-hit vertical radius:

σ_{V, 50} = σ_{V} \cdot \frac{0.6}{σ}

= 59.3 \cdot \frac{0.6}{2} = 17.8 m

17.8 m at 11.2 km

Turret turn time

180 degrees / 8 deg/s traverse speed = 22.5 s.

22.5 s

Shells/min

5 broadside guns x 60 / 8.1 s base reload = 37.

HE shells

HE Damage1,900

HE Velocity861 m/s

Fire Chance8%

HE penetration

22 mm ≈ 130 mm caliber / 6 (standard HE penetration ratio).

22 mm

HE full-salvo alpha

1,900 HE damage x 5 broadside guns = 9,500.

9,500

HE DPM

9,500 HE full-salvo alpha x 60 / 8.1 s base reload = 70,370.

70,370

Fires/min

37 shells/min x 8% fire chance = 2.96.

2.96

AP shells

AP Damage2,500

AP Velocity861 m/s

Min Ricochet45 deg

Guaranteed Ricochet60 deg

Fuse Timer0.01 s

Fuse Threshold22 mm

AP overmatch

floor(130 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 1652 \cdot {33.5}^{0.69} \cdot {0.13}^{- 1.07} \cdot 861^{1.38} = 185.6 mm

. Matches the in-game spec card.

185.6 mm point-blank

AP Pen Far

Same formula at the ship's max firing range (11.2 km), where the shell has slowed to 404.8 m/s:

P = 10^{- 7} \cdot 1652 \cdot {33.5}^{0.69} \cdot {0.13}^{- 1.07} \cdot {404.8}^{1.38} = 65.5 mm

65.5 mm at 11.2 km

AP full-salvo alpha

2,500 AP damage x 5 broadside guns = 12,500.

12,500

AP DPM

12,500 AP full-salvo alpha x 60 / 8.1 s base reload = 92,593.

92,593

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: 53-38

Launchers / tubes2 launchers × 3 tubes = 6 tubes

Reload time70 s

Projectile speed

Speed of the top torpedo module (all-upgrades configuration, 70 kt); the stock torpedo module runs 69 kt. Site stats assume the full-upgrades fit unless a row shows a stock → top pair.

70 kt

Range4.02 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, 200 \cdot 0.333 = 13, 400

≈ 13,400

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.

14,400

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}{70 kt \times 2.6855} = 6.9 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.

6.9 s

Flooding chance

Read straight from the game's own data: this torpedo carries a flooding-chance value of 2.4 per hit, shown as

2.4 \times 100 = 240 %

. 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.

240%

Torpedo launcher traverse25 °/s

Torp Turn

Time to rotate the launchers 180 deg:

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

7.2 s

Torp Arming218 m

Per-side salvo damage

One side firing, all torpedoes hitting: per-side tubes x per-torpedo simulated damage = 6 x 13,400 = 80,400.

80,400

AA Defense

AA mount points5

Maximum AA range

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

3.2 km

37 mm 70-K (upgraded hull only)5×1 37mm

45 mm 21-K (stock hull only)3×1 45mm

12.7 mm DShK (stock hull only)2×1 13mm

Guns37 mm 70-K

Continuous DPS

Effective DPS: 23 raw aura damage × 3.5 × 1 hit probability = 80 - the same in-game units as the Close-range AA DPS headline.

Range3.2 km

See the AA layers diagram ↓

Maneuverability

Engine power66,000 hp

Maximum speed42 kt

Turning circle radius700 m

Rudder shift time2.9 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 = 42 / 4 + 4.9 = 15.4 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.

15.4 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.

14.1 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).

10.9 kt

Acceleration 0-90%

Time to reach 90% of top speed (37.8 kt of 42 kt), from our in-house acceleration model.

16.9 s

Acceleration 0-99%

Time to reach 99% of top speed (41.6 kt of 42 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.

28.5 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{42.0 \cdot 0.5144}{700} = 1.77 ° / s

, so

ratio = \frac{ω_{turret}}{ω_{hull}} = \frac{8}{1.77} = 4.5 \times

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

4.5× drags

See the full acceleration curve ↓

Concealment

Detectability by sea6.54 km

Detectability by air3.27 km

Smoke firing penalty2.5 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.

11.18 km

Detect when firing (air)

Air detectability plus the gun-firing bloom (2.6 km, which tracks main-battery caliber x 0.020). Matches the in-game 'Detect Firing Air' value on every captured ship.

5.87 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.

8.54 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.

6.27 km

Guaranteed Detect2 km

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Consumables

Damage Control Party∞ charges · 40 s reload · 10 s active

Smoke Generator2 charges · 240 s reload · 20 s emit / 77 s cloud active · 450 m radius

Engine Boost2 charges · 180 s reload · 120 s active · +8% speed bonus

Module options (3)

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

HullUpgrade

Hit points11,700 → 12,700
Rudder shift5.3 → 3.8 s
Close-range AA DPS12 → 23
Maximum AA range2.5 → 3.2 km

Fire controlUpgrade

Main battery range10,162 → 11178.2 m

TorpedoesUpgrade

Speed69 → 70 kt

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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 Disp98.8 m at 11.2 km

Horizontal dispersion ellipse width at max range, from the verified WoWS dispersion model:  $σ_{H} = (\frac{R}{30} \cdot \frac{idealRadius - minRadius}{idealDistance} + minRadius) \cdot 30$   $= (\frac{11178.2}{30} \cdot \frac{8 - 0.5}{1000} + 0.5) \cdot 30 = 98.8 m$

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 Disp59.3 m at 11.2 km

Vertical dispersion ellipse height at max range: $σ_{V} = σ_{H} \cdot radiusOnMax$ $= 98.8 \cdot 0.6 = 59.3 m$

Shell scatter height @ 10 km52.1 m

How tall the same scatter ellipse is at 10 km. Comparable from ship to ship for the same reason as the width value above. The height/width ratio is a piecewise-linear curve through three points from the ship's own dispersion data:  $radiusOnZero = 0.2$  at 0 m,  $radiusOnDelim = 0.5$  at  $delim \cdot R_{m a x} = 0.5 \cdot 11178.2 = 5589$  m, and  $radiusOnMax = 0.6$  at 11178.2 m. Above the kink:  $k = 0.5 + (0.6 - 0.5) \cdot \frac{10000 - 5589}{11178.2 - 5589} = 0.5789$ , so  $σ_{V} = σ_{H} \cdot k = 90 \cdot 0.5789 = 52.1 m$ .

Med Horiz Disp29.7 m at 11.2 km

50%-hit horizontal radius: $σ_{H, 50} = σ_{H} \cdot \frac{0.6}{σ}$ $= 98.8 \cdot \frac{0.6}{2} = 29.7 m$

Med Vert Disp17.8 m at 11.2 km

50%-hit vertical radius: $σ_{V, 50} = σ_{V} \cdot \frac{0.6}{σ}$ $= 59.3 \cdot \frac{0.6}{2} = 17.8 m$

Dispersion familyDD Disp.

Standard destroyer dispersion baseline.

AP Pen Close185.6 mm point-blank

Canonical community AP formula (jcw780/wows_shell), evaluated at muzzle velocity:  $P = 10^{- 7} \cdot K \cdot m^{0.69} \cdot d^{- 1.07} \cdot v_{0}^{1.38}$   $= 10^{- 7} \cdot 1652 \cdot {33.5}^{0.69} \cdot {0.13}^{- 1.07} \cdot 861^{1.38} = 185.6 mm$ . Matches the in-game spec card.

AP Pen Far65.5 mm at 11.2 km

Same formula at the ship's max firing range (11.2 km), where the shell has slowed to 404.8 m/s:  $P = 10^{- 7} \cdot 1652 \cdot {33.5}^{0.69} \cdot {0.13}^{- 1.07} \cdot {404.8}^{1.38} = 65.5 mm$ .

AP pen 5 km114 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 km72 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 km6.09 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:  $k = \frac{π C_{d} d^{2}}{8 m} = \frac{π \cdot 0.291 \cdot {0.13}^{2}}{8 \cdot 33.4} = 5.78 \times 10^{- 5}$ . That runs from a 861 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 km6.09 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:  $k = \frac{π C_{d} d^{2}}{8 m} = \frac{π \cdot 0.291 \cdot {0.13}^{2}}{8 \cdot 33.5} = 5.76 \times 10^{- 5}$ . That runs from a 861 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 penetration22 mm

22 mm ≈ 130 mm caliber / 6 (standard HE penetration ratio).

AP overmatch9 mm

floor(130 mm caliber / 14.3) = 9 mm (AP auto-penetrates plating this thick or less).

AP AOE Radius9

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 alpha5

All 5 barrels bear on the broadside.

Turret turn time22.5 s

180 degrees / 8 deg/s traverse speed = 22.5 s.

HE full-salvo alpha9,500

1,900 HE damage x 5 broadside guns = 9,500.

AP full-salvo alpha12,500

2,500 AP damage x 5 broadside guns = 12,500.

HE DPM70,370

9,500 HE full-salvo alpha x 60 / 8.1 s base reload = 70,370.

AP DPM92,593

12,500 AP full-salvo alpha x 60 / 8.1 s base reload = 92,593.

Shells/min37

5 broadside guns x 60 / 8.1 s base reload = 37.

Fires/min2.96

37 shells/min x 8% fire chance = 2.96.

Torpedoes

Torpedo detectability1.3 km

Estimated torpedo reaction time6.9 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 speed70 kt

Travel time to max range21.4 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 salvo6 torpedoes

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

Full-salvo damage80,400

All tubes hitting one target: tubes x per-torpedo simulated damage = 6 x 13,400 = 80,400.

Per-side salvo damage80,400

One side firing, all torpedoes hitting: per-side tubes x per-torpedo simulated damage = 6 x 13,400 = 80,400.

AA defense

AA DPS at max range81

Only families that reach 3.2 km contribute at the outer edge of the AA bubble. In-game families: 70K 37mm 5x1 -> 81 DPS @ 3.2 km.

Maximum AA range3.2 km

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

AA DPS layered by range81 DPS @ 3.2 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-blank81

Sum of every family's average DPS, achievable only inside the closest-range family (3.2 km).

AA threat index259

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 11,700 → 12,700 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 & stern10 mm

Overmatched by 134+ AP guns across the bracket. Can’t reliably bow-tank; gets bow-citadelled and overpenned.

Farming10 mm

Superstructure and extremities take HE pens and AP overpens from nearly any gun: steady chip damage. Fire resistance 17%, fires burn 30s. Range-by-range in the Compare tool →

Section	Plates	HP cap	Threats	Tactic
Bow	10 mm primary (range 10–13 mm)	2,100 (17% of HP)	Overmatched by 150mm+ AP (De Ruyter, Karlsruhe)Angle bounces 127mm10 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.
Stern	10 mm primary (range 10–13 mm)	900 (7% of HP)	Overmatched by 150mm+ AP (De Ruyter, Karlsruhe)Angle bounces 127mm10 mm: HE pens from 127mm+	Mirror of bow. Same fast saturation.
Citadel	13 mm primary (range 10–13 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	10 mm primary (range 10–13 mm)	800 (6% 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	6,400 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 (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	3,800 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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