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Also known as P. Rupprecht

Prinz Rupprecht

Also called: 鲁普雷希特亲王 Beta

Germany · Tier VIII · Battleship · Tech Tree: Breakthrough Battlecruisers

Secondary battleshipA brawler: close the distance and the secondaries work alongside the mains.

Playstyle

Push to within secondary range (~7.5 km) so the secondary battery starts contributing damage
Avoid: Spending damage control on the first fire

Key characteristics

Strong secondaries (8 km)Improved HE penSonarTight turning circleFast turret traverseFragile

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Playstyle

Overview

Prinz Rupprecht is a Tier VIII German secondary battleship with top-decile secondary reach out to 7.5 km: the kit rewards closing inside secondary range and letting the auto-fire battery work alongside the mains, not holding mid-range AP lines. 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: secondary dispersion (277.5 m) and tight turning circle (840 m).

Positioning

Push to within secondary range (~7.5 km) so the secondary battery starts contributing damage. A secondary BB at mid range is wasting half her kit; the geometry that pays out is close enough that the secondaries DPM peer BBs instead of the main battery alone. She is genuinely evasive in both phases of a turn, answering the helm in 15.5 s and carving a 840 m circle, so you can break a salvo and still be where you meant to go.

Potato Avoidance

Spending damage control on the first fire

Almost every ship in the game repairs indefinitely, so the habit is to press it the moment anything catches; she carries 3 charges and no more. Ride a single fire when your health allows and save the charge for a flood or a multi-fire stack, because the salvo after the one you repaired is the one that sinks you.

Signature Traits

ELITE SECONDARIES ↗

Tighter secondary dispersion · 277.5 m
Extended secondary range · 7.5 km
Punch-through secondaries · 38 mm

Tight turning circle ↗

840 m turning circle, top quartile of T8 BBs. Comes around faster to bring the guns to bear or roll away from incoming fire.

Improved HE penetration

HE pen at the 1/4 caliber ratio instead of the standard 1/6. HE-spam is a real damage option here, not just a fire-starter, shared by 9/32 T8 BBs.

Long-duration sonar ↗

120 s Sonar duration, best of T8 BBs.

Fast turret traverse ↗

6°/s turret traverse, top decile of T8 BBs. Tracks fast-rotating targets peers can't keep up with.

Low AP DPM ↗

191667 AP DPM, bottom decile of T8 BBs. Citadel windows matter more than spam.

Acquisition

How to get Prinz Rupprecht

Prinz Rupprecht is available in the Breakthrough Battlecruisers branch of the Germany Tech Tree for 25,000,000 credits after researching it in the branch. Known module upgrades cost up to 6,250,000 credits. Official source cards below may also show its temporary Early Access window before it became a normal Tech Tree unlock.

Early AccessOfficial WG line/source notes indicate a temporary Early Access window before normal acquisition.

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Germany Tech Tree

Prinz Rupprecht sits in the Breakthrough Battlecruisers branch. The highlighted path shows the local branch context inside the full Germany tree.

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Carrier

Tier VIIIFelix SchultzPGSD209 Tier VIIIPrinz RupprechtPGSB209 Tier VIIGustav Julius MaerkerPGSD208 Tier VIIZietenPGSB208 Tier VIZ-31PGSD207 Tier VIPrinz HeinrichPGSB207 Tier VMackensenPGSB206 Tier IVDerfflingerPGSB205 Tier ★Z-52PGSD110 Tier ★Großer KurfürstPGSB110 Tier ★Manfred von RichthofenPGSA110 Tier VIIIZ-46PGSD109 Tier VIIIRoonPGSC109 Tier VIIIFriedrich der GroßePGSB109 Tier VIIZ-23PGSD108 Tier VIIHipperPGSC108 Tier VIIBismarckPGSB108 Tier VIIAugust von ParsevalPGSA108 Tier VIMaassPGSD107 Tier VIYorckPGSC107 Tier VIGneisenauPGSB107 Tier VGaedePGSD106 Tier VNürnbergPGSC106 Tier VBayernPGSB106 Tier VWeserPGSA106 Tier IVT-22PGSD105 Tier IVKönigsbergPGSC105 Tier IVKönigPGSB105 Tier IIIV-170PGSD104 Tier IIIKarlsruhePGSC104 Tier IIIKaiserPGSB104 Tier IIIRheinPGSA104 Tier IIKolbergPGSC103 Tier IIV-25PGSD102 Tier IDresdenPGSC002

Official WG availability sources

Eagles Take-off: German Battleships in Early Access Early Access Start: 2022-08-31 · End: 2022-09-28 Official early-access or tech-tree-line article. Tech-tree ships are temporary crate drops during Early Access, then move to the Tech Tree.

Builds

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Commanders frequently paired with this ship AL Bismarck AL Prinz Heinrich AL Scharnhorst

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Cohort position

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Where Prinz Rupprecht sits among Tier VIII BBs (31 ships). Notable standouts are shown first; the rest of the cohort-ranked stats are in the expand below. Acquisition variants (Black Friday, Founders Edition) are counted once with their base ship, not as separate peers.

BestSecondary HE pen38 mm (1 of 3 tied) BestDisplacement45,000 t (1 of 2 tied) BestSecondary range7.5 km (1 of 2 tied) Top 10%Air detection12.26 km (4/32) Top 10%Main dispersion190.9 m (2/32) Top 10%Secondary dispersion bracket33 (3/32) Top 25%Max speed32 kt (8/32) Top 25%Concealment15.38 km (6/32) Top 25%Rudder shift15.5 s (7/32) Top 25%Turning circle840 m (7/32) Bottom 25%Main battery range17.01 km (25/32) Bottom 25%Fires per minute6.33 (25/30) Bottom 25%AP pen at 10 km578 mm (26/32) Bottom 25%AA DPS400 (28/32) Bottom 25%AA range4.5 km (26/32) Bottom 25%AA threat1,425 (25/32) Bottom 25%Max armor350 mm (28/32) Bottom 10%Bow armor30 mm (29/30) Bottom 10%Stern armor27 mm (29/30) WorstHit points63,900 HP (1 of 2 tied) WorstHE DPM80,000 (30/30) WorstAP DPM191,667 (32/32) WorstSecondary HE alpha1,700 (1 of 4 tied) WorstEffective HE DPM (incl. fire)131,888 (30/30) WorstTorpedo speed56 kt (7/7)

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Not standouts for Prinz Rupprecht -- 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 bloom14.82 km(13/32) Traverse-to-turn ratio5.34 ×(13/32) Main battery caliber406 mm(18/32) Main battery reload28.8 s(21/32) Sigma1.7(22/32) HE fire chance38%(10/30) Secondary DPM (per side)252,000(18/32) Secondary fire chance8%(19/30) AP velocity810 m/s(18/32) HE velocity810 m/s(20/30) Acceleration36.7 s(17/32) AP arming threshold68 mm(17/32) Engine power152,000 hp(19/32) Turn-speed retention181 hp/m(13/32) Power-to-weight3.38 hp/t(11/32) Flak per wave (expected)1,650(13/32) Torpedo range7.5 km(6/7) Torpedo damage≈15,533(4/7) Torpedo reaction time8 s(4/7) Torpedo reload140 s(5/7) Repair charges3(13/32) Citadel belt300 mm(23/30) Deck armor50 mm(17/29) NormAP fuse timer0.03 s(29 of 32 tied at this value) NormAP ricochet start45°(28 of 32 tied at this value) NormAP auto-bounce angle60°(28 of 32 tied at this value) NormTurn speed retained81%(31 of 32 tied at this value) NormRepair heal rate0.5 %/s(23 of 32 tied at this value)

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Stats & specs

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Survivability

Hit PointsInitial: 59,200 → 63,900

Displacement45,000 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.

246 x 33.42 m

Armor range19–350 mm

Plate armor thicknesses19, 20, 27, 30, 32, 40, 50, 60, 90, 100, 150, 200, 220, 235, 250, 300, 350 mm

Armor material/layer entries78

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 duration60 s

Fire damage

Each fire ticks 0.3% of max HP per second for the full 60 s, so one unattended fire burns 18% of the pool (11,502 HP on this ship). 4 fire points can burn at once. Verified against measured burn ticks in replay data.

0.3% of HP per second

Flood duration40 s

Flood damage

A flood ticks 0.5% of max HP per second for the 40 s duration, so one unattended flood costs 20% of the pool (12,780 HP on this ship). Verified against measured flood ticks in replay data.

0.5% of HP per second

Torp Reduction

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

25%

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.

32,000

Steering gear HP

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

19,200

Effective HP

Base 63,900 HP plus everything Repair Party can restore: 0.5%/s x 28 s = 8,946 HP per charge, x3 charges = 26,838 HP. Ceiling, not a prediction: a charge only restores damage actually taken, and only the regeneratable share of it. Across 1,826 players in our replay corpus the median ship realized about half of this, mostly because half the charges go unspent — when Repair Party IS pressed it returns ~97% of the per-charge figure above.

90,738

Repairable: penetration50%

Repairable: citadel10%

Repairable: steering gear50%

Main Battery

ModuleArtillery: 406 mm/52 SK L/52

Mounts / barrels4 mounts / 8 barrels

Reload time32 s

Firing range (base)15.5 km

Firing range (top fire control)17 km

Turret traverse6 °/s

Turret armor380 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.

±150°, 2x ±149°

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.

30° off bow / 31° off stern

See the firing-arcs diagram ↓

AP pen max range477 mm

HE fire DPM vs T8 BB46724

Effective HE DPM vs T8 BB118724

Shell Grouping (σ)1.7

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{17011.5}{30} \cdot \frac{10 - 1.6}{1000} + 1.6) \cdot 30 = 190.9 m

190.9 m at 17 km

Max Vert Disp

Vertical dispersion ellipse height at max range:

σ_{V} = σ_{H} \cdot radiusOnMax

= 190.9 \cdot 0.6 = 114.5 m

114.5 m at 17 km

Med Horiz Disp

50%-hit horizontal radius:

σ_{H, 50} = σ_{H} \cdot \frac{0.6}{σ}

= 190.9 \cdot \frac{0.6}{1.7} = 67.4 m

67.4 m at 17 km

Med Vert Disp

50%-hit vertical radius:

σ_{V, 50} = σ_{V} \cdot \frac{0.6}{σ}

= 114.5 \cdot \frac{0.6}{1.7} = 40.4 m

40.4 m at 17 km

Turret turn time

180 degrees / 6 deg/s traverse speed = 30 s.

30 s

Shells/min

Zero upgrades: 8 broadside guns x 60 / 32 s base reload = 15. All upgrades (Main Battery Mod. 3 = -10% reload): 8 broadside guns x 60 / 28.8 s all-upgrades reload = 16.7.

Initial: 15 → 16.7

HE shells

HE Damage4,800

HE Velocity810 m/s

Fire Chance38%

HE penetration

101 mm ≈ 406 mm caliber / 4 (improved HE penetration: German BBs, Yamato-class, and a handful of others).

101 mm

HE full-salvo alpha

4,800 HE damage x 8 broadside guns = 38,400.

38,400

HE DPM

Zero upgrades: 38,400 HE full-salvo alpha x 60 / 32 s base reload = 72,000. All upgrades (Main Battery Mod. 3 = -10% reload): 38,400 HE full-salvo alpha x 60 / 28.8 s all-upgrades reload = 80,000.

Initial: 72,000 → 80,000

Fires/min

Zero upgrades: 15 shells/min x 38% fire chance = 5.7. All upgrades (Main Battery Mod. 3 = -10% reload): 16.7 shells/min x 38% fire chance = 6.33.

Initial: 5.7 → 6.33

AP shells

AP Damage11,500

AP Velocity810 m/s

Min Ricochet45 deg

Guaranteed Ricochet60 deg

Fuse Timer0.033 s

Fuse Threshold68 mm

AP overmatch

floor(406 mm caliber / 14.3) = 28 mm (AP auto-penetrates plating this thick or less).

28 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 2800 \cdot 840^{0.69} \cdot {0.406}^{- 1.07} \cdot 810^{1.38} = 789.8 mm

. Matches the in-game spec card.

789.8 mm point-blank

AP Pen Far

Same formula at the ship's max firing range (17 km), where the shell has slowed to 561.3 m/s:

P = 10^{- 7} \cdot 2800 \cdot 840^{0.69} \cdot {0.406}^{- 1.07} \cdot {561.3}^{1.38} = 476.1 mm

476.1 mm at 17 km

AP full-salvo alpha

11,500 AP damage x 8 broadside guns = 92,000.

92,000

AP DPM

Zero upgrades: 92,000 AP full-salvo alpha x 60 / 32 s base reload = 172,500. All upgrades (Main Battery Mod. 3 = -10% reload): 92,000 AP full-salvo alpha x 60 / 28.8 s all-upgrades reload = 191,667.

Initial: 172,500 → 191,667

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.

250

Torpedoes

ModuleTorpedoes: 533 mm Vierling

Launchers / tubes4 launchers × 4 tubes = 16 tubes

Reload time140 s

Projectile speed56 kt

Range7.5 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 = 46, 600 \cdot 0.333 = 15, 533

≈ 15,533

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.

16,533

Torpedo detectability1.2 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{1.2 km}{56 kt \times 2.6855} = 8 s

. The 2.6855 m/s-per-knot game-speed factor is calibrated from in-game measurement; the community's traditional 2.6 reads about 3% slower. Base value; commander torpedo-concealment skills lower it further. Community torpedo-reaction calculator by u/LorenDovah and u/The_ColorOutofSpace.

8 s

Flooding chance

Read straight from the game's own data: this torpedo carries a flooding-chance value of 2.79 per hit, shown as

2.79 \times 100 = 279 %

. 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.

279%

Torpedo launcher traverse25 °/s

Launch arcs151°, 150° per side

Torp Turn

Time to rotate the launchers 180 deg:

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

7.2 s

Torp Arming180 m

Per-side salvo damage

One side firing, all torpedoes hitting: per-side tubes x per-torpedo simulated damage = 8 x 15,533 = 124,264.

124,264

AA Defense

AA mount points12

Maximum AA range

Longest-reaching family on the in-game AA card. Base AirDefense aura max range is 3 km; dual-purpose mount auras extend it.

4.5 km

30 mm Flak 38Initial: 30 mm Flak 103/38 (12×2) → 30 mm Flak 38 (12×4)

105 mm L/65 Dop. L. C/31 (DP)

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

10×2 105mm

Guns105 mm L/65 Dop. L. C/31 (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 150 from dual-purpose secondaries firing as AA in this range band.

150

Range4.5 km

Guns30 mm Flak 38

Continuous DPS

Effective DPS: 102 raw aura damage × 3.5 × 0.7 hit probability = 250 - the same in-game units as the Close-range AA DPS headline.

Initial: 181 → 250

Range3 km

Total DPS in Aura

Far 150 + Near 250 = 400

400

Bursts

Each ~2 s wave fires 2 quick salvos of 4 clouds ahead of the attacking squadron, plus 2 stray clouds farther out that appear off-beat between waves - up to 10 clouds per wave × 220 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 × 4 clouds + 2 outer

Cloud damage

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

220

Cloud spawn chance

Each cloud in the pattern rolls this chance to spawn, so waves average fewer clouds than the maximum. Often called flak 'hit chance', but spawned clouds always damage planes that fly into them - the roll is on spawning.

75%

Wave rate

A flak wave spawns roughly every 2 s - timed frame-by-frame from gameplay footage and consistent across ships.

every ~2 s

Fired by

Flak keeps firing while at least one secondary battery mount is operational - even losing every other AA mount does not stop it.

Secondary battery

Flak zone

The activation band: flak fires while attacking planes are inside it. Clouds are placed ahead of the planes' path, so bursts can land short of 2.5 km or past 4.5 km - once planes get inside the band, new waves stop. AA range bonuses push the outer edge out; the 2.5 km inner edge does not move.

2.5-4.5 km

See the AA layers diagram ↓

Secondary Battery

Mounts16

Firing range7.5 km

Shell Grouping (σ)1

Secondary dispersion type

Max dispersion = range (km) × 33 + 30. Each dispersion type sets its own slope; this is not a percentage applied to a standard baseline.

Improved (40%, German battlecruiser type)

Max secondary dispersion @ 7.5 km

7.5 km × 33 + 30 = 277.5 m.

277.5 m

Caliber105 mm

Reload time4 s

HE Damage1,200

Muzzle Velocity900 m/s

Fire Chance5%

Armor Pen20 mm

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Caliber150 mm

Reload time8.5 s

HE Damage1,700

Muzzle Velocity875 m/s

Fire Chance8%

Armor Pen38 mm

Maneuverability

Engine power152,000 hp

Maximum speed32 kt

Turning circle radius840 m

Rudder shift time15.5 s

Engine power-boost threshold7 kt

Engine spool-up time23 s

Reverse spool-up time11.5 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.

44 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).

9.6 kt

Acceleration 0-90%

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

36.7 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.

59.2 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}{840} = 1.12 ° / s

, so

ratio = \frac{ω_{turret}}{ω_{hull}} = \frac{6}{1.12} = 5.3 \times

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

5.3× slow

See the full acceleration curve ↓

Concealment

Detectability by sea15.38 km

Detectability by air12.26 km

Smoke firing penalty14.82 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.

17.01 km

Detect when firing (air)

Air detectability plus the gun-firing bloom (8.12 km, which tracks main-battery caliber x 0.020). Matches the in-game 'Detect Firing Air' value on every captured ship.

20.38 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.

17.38 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.

15.26 km

Guaranteed Detect2 km

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Consumables

Damage Control Party3 charges · 40 s reload · 10 s active

Repair Party3 charges · 80 s reload · 28 s active · 8,946 HP (14% of max HP) total heal (per charge)
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Heal per second (0.5%) x effective active time (28 s) = up to 14% of max HP restored per charge.
· 26,838 HP (42% of max HP) total heal (all charges)
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14% per charge x 3 charges = up to 42% of max HP if the whole Repair Party loadout is used.
· 320 HP/s (0.5% of max HP) heal per second
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0.5% of max HP (63,900 HP) per second = 320 HP/s. WoWS heals a flat percent of MAX HP each second, so this rate holds at any health level.

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

Sonar2 charges · 180 s reload · 120 s active · 5.73 km ship detect
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Derived from the consumable's 30 m grid-unit range (km = grid units x 30 / 1000): $\frac{191 \times 30}{1000} = 5.73 km$
· 3.93 km torpedo detect
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Derived from the consumable's 30 m grid-unit range (km = grid units x 30 / 1000): $\frac{131 \times 30}{1000} = 3.93 km$

Module options (2)

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

HullUpgrade

Hit points59,200 → 63,900
Rudder shift28.1 → 20.1 s
Close-range AA DPS74 → 102

Fire controlUpgrade

Main battery range15,465 → 17011.5 m

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

Main battery formulas

Shell Grouping (σ)1.7

Max Horiz Disp190.9 m at 17 km

Horizontal dispersion ellipse width at max range, from the verified WoWS dispersion model:  $σ_{H} = (\frac{R}{30} \cdot \frac{idealRadius - minRadius}{idealDistance} + minRadius) \cdot 30$   $= (\frac{17011.5}{30} \cdot \frac{10 - 1.6}{1000} + 1.6) \cdot 30 = 190.9 m$

Shell scatter width @ 5 km90 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 km132 m

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

Shell scatter width @ 15 km174 m

Horizontal scatter at a fixed 15 km, from the same verified dispersion model - the long-range anchor. Only shown when the ship's guns reach 15 km.

Max Vert Disp114.5 m at 17 km

Vertical dispersion ellipse height at max range: $σ_{V} = σ_{H} \cdot radiusOnMax$ $= 190.9 \cdot 0.6 = 114.5 m$

Shell scatter height @ 10 km68.3 m

How tall the same scatter ellipse is at 10 km. Comparable from ship to ship for the same reason as the width value above. The height/width ratio is a piecewise-linear curve through three points from the ship's own dispersion data:  $radiusOnZero = 0.2$  at 0 m,  $radiusOnDelim = 0.5$  at  $delim \cdot R_{m a x} = 0.5 \cdot 17011.5 = 8506$  m, and  $radiusOnMax = 0.6$  at 17011.5 m. Above the kink:  $k = 0.5 + (0.6 - 0.5) \cdot \frac{10000 - 8506}{17011.5 - 8506} = 0.5176$ , so  $σ_{V} = σ_{H} \cdot k = 132 \cdot 0.5176 = 68.3 m$ .

Med Horiz Disp67.4 m at 17 km

50%-hit horizontal radius: $σ_{H, 50} = σ_{H} \cdot \frac{0.6}{σ}$ $= 190.9 \cdot \frac{0.6}{1.7} = 67.4 m$

Med Vert Disp40.4 m at 17 km

50%-hit vertical radius: $σ_{V, 50} = σ_{V} \cdot \frac{0.6}{σ}$ $= 114.5 \cdot \frac{0.6}{1.7} = 40.4 m$

AP Pen Close789.8 mm point-blank

Canonical community AP formula (jcw780/wows_shell), evaluated at muzzle velocity:  $P = 10^{- 7} \cdot K \cdot m^{0.69} \cdot d^{- 1.07} \cdot v_{0}^{1.38}$   $= 10^{- 7} \cdot 2800 \cdot 840^{0.69} \cdot {0.406}^{- 1.07} \cdot 810^{1.38} = 789.8 mm$ . Matches the in-game spec card.

AP Pen Far476.1 mm at 17 km

Same formula at the ship's max firing range (17 km), where the shell has slowed to 561.3 m/s:  $P = 10^{- 7} \cdot 2800 \cdot 840^{0.69} \cdot {0.406}^{- 1.07} \cdot {561.3}^{1.38} = 476.1 mm$ .

AP pen 5 km673 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 km578 mm

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

AP pen 15 km501 mm

AP penetration at a fixed 15 km, read off the same PC-validated ballistic curve as AP Pen Close/Far: the shell's impact velocity at that range fed through the canonical community AP formula  $P = 10^{- 7} \cdot K \cdot m^{0.69} \cdot d^{- 1.07} \cdot v^{1.38}$ . Fixed anchors make ships directly comparable at the same fighting distance; the Charts card plots the full curve.

HE flight time @ 10 km5.02 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:  $k = \frac{π C_{d} d^{2}}{8 m} = \frac{π \cdot 0.2994 \cdot {0.406}^{2}}{8 \cdot 1030} = 1.88 \times 10^{- 5}$ . That runs from a 810 m/s muzzle velocity in 0.02 s steps under gravity 9.8 m/s² until the shell lands, then divides by 2.77: the game clock runs faster than real time, and that factor was measured against stopwatch runs in the Training Room. Lower is better, since a faster shell is harder to dodge and needs less lead.

AP flight time @ 10 km5.02 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:  $k = \frac{π C_{d} d^{2}}{8 m} = \frac{π \cdot 0.245 \cdot {0.406}^{2}}{8 \cdot 840} = 1.89 \times 10^{- 5}$ . That runs from a 810 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 penetration101 mm

101 mm ≈ 406 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) - 0.249 in this case. Lets HE pen ~101mm armor instead of ~67mm. Hits every German cruiser (150mm CL, 203mm CA) and BB (350mm+), British heavy cruisers / Lion / Nelson, a handful of other premiums.

AP overmatch28 mm

floor(406 mm caliber / 14.3) = 28 mm (AP auto-penetrates plating this thick or less).

AP AOE Radius250

AP shell over-penetration splash radius; scales with shell mass. Wickes 102mm = 3, standard 152mm CL ~ 20, Iowa 406mm ~ 270, Yamato 460mm = 400, Incomparable 650mm = 550 (max). Larger value = bigger splash damage area when AP over-pens.

Broadside guns used for alpha8

All 8 barrels bear on the broadside.

Turret turn time30 s

180 degrees / 6 deg/s traverse speed = 30 s.

HE full-salvo alpha38,400

4,800 HE damage x 8 broadside guns = 38,400.

AP full-salvo alpha92,000

11,500 AP damage x 8 broadside guns = 92,000.

HE DPMInitial: 72,000 → 80,000

Zero upgrades: 38,400 HE full-salvo alpha x 60 / 32 s base reload = 72,000. All upgrades (Main Battery Mod. 3 = -10% reload): 38,400 HE full-salvo alpha x 60 / 28.8 s all-upgrades reload = 80,000.

AP DPMInitial: 172,500 → 191,667

Zero upgrades: 92,000 AP full-salvo alpha x 60 / 32 s base reload = 172,500. All upgrades (Main Battery Mod. 3 = -10% reload): 92,000 AP full-salvo alpha x 60 / 28.8 s all-upgrades reload = 191,667.

Shells/minInitial: 15 → 16.7

Zero upgrades: 8 broadside guns x 60 / 32 s base reload = 15. All upgrades (Main Battery Mod. 3 = -10% reload): 8 broadside guns x 60 / 28.8 s all-upgrades reload = 16.7.

Fires/minInitial: 5.7 → 6.33

Zero upgrades: 15 shells/min x 38% fire chance = 5.7. All upgrades (Main Battery Mod. 3 = -10% reload): 16.7 shells/min x 38% fire chance = 6.33.

Torpedoes

Torpedo detectability1.2 km

Estimated torpedo reaction time8 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 speed56 kt

Travel time to max range49.9 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 count16

4 launchers x 4 tubes.

Per-side salvo8 torpedoes

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

Full-salvo damage248,528

All tubes hitting one target: tubes x per-torpedo simulated damage = 16 x 15,533 = 248,528.

Per-side salvo damage124,264

One side firing, all torpedoes hitting: per-side tubes x per-torpedo simulated damage = 8 x 15,533 = 124,264.

AA defense

AA DPS at max range150

Only families that reach 4.5 km contribute at the outer edge of the AA bubble. In-game families: 30mm Flak 38 12x4 -> 250 DPS @ 3 km; 105 mm SKC 33 10x2 -> 150 DPS @ 4.5 km.

Maximum AA range4.5 km

Longest-reaching family on the in-game AA card. Base AirDefense aura max range is 3 km; dual-purpose mount auras extend it.

AA DPS layered by range150 DPS @ 4.5 km, 400 DPS @ 3 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-blank400

Sum of every family's average DPS, achievable only inside the closest-range family (3 km).

AA threat index1425

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 range3 km

Secondary battery dispersion

Secondary dispersion typeImproved (40%, German battlecruiser type)

Max dispersion = range (km) × 33 + 30. Each dispersion type sets its own slope; this is not a percentage applied to a standard baseline.

Max secondary dispersion @ 7.5 km277.5 m

7.5 km × 33 + 30 = 277.5 m.

Secondary dispersion @ 5 km195 m

Same per-type line evaluated at a fixed 5 km: 5 km × 33 + 30 = 195 m.

Secondary battery firepower

Secondary DPM (per side)252,000

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: 10×2 105 mm (10/side) × 60/4 × 1200 = 180,000 + 6×2 150 mm (6/side) × 60/8.5 × 1700 = 72,000. Assumes every shell hits (real hit rate is lower; the Brawl matchup tool on the Compare page folds in dispersion + target armor).

Max HE alpha1700

Maximum HE damage per shell across secondary HE families. Best on this ship: 1700 from the 150 mm family.

Max HE fire chance8%

Maximum per-shell fire chance across secondary HE families (before target fire resistance is applied). Best on this ship: 8% from the 150 mm family.

Max HE pen38 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: 38 mm from the 150 mm family.

Armor Beta

Hull HP 59,200 → 63,900 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 & stern30 mm

Overmatched by 17+ AP guns across the bracket. Can’t reliably bow-tank; gets bow-citadelled and overpenned.

Belt / citadel300 mm

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

Farming19 mm

Superstructure and extremities take HE pens and AP overpens from nearly any gun: steady chip damage. Fire resistance 40%, fires burn 60s. Range-by-range in the Compare tool →

Section	Plates	HP cap	Threats	Tactic
Bow	30 mm primary (range 30–350 mm)	2,600 (4% of HP)	Overmatched by 460mm+ AP (Aki, Musashi)Angle bounces 410mm30 mm: HE pens from 203mm+	Bow-tank fits behind this exterior plate. Saturation is FAST here; the cap is often only a few thousand HP.
Hull (midship)	150 mm primary (range 20–350 mm)	47,900 (75% of HP)	No common AP caliber overmatches150 mm: no common HE pens	Largest HP pool. Citadel sits behind these plates; thinner deck and side plating absorb the rest.
Stern	27 mm primary (range 27–100 mm)	2,400 (4% of HP)	Overmatched by 406mm+ AP (Hawke, Iowa)Angle bounces 380mm27 mm: HE pens from 203mm+	Mirror of bow. Same fast saturation.
Citadel	300 mm primary (range 27–300 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	3,200 (5% 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	32,000 magazine HP	Turret knocked out	Per-turret powder-magazine HP, a separate pool that does not drain ship HP. As it is worn down the turret is likelier to be knocked out, and a smaller pool gets there faster.
Secondary mount (150 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 (30 mm mount)	separate HP pool, does not drain ship HP	200 per-mount HP	Destroyed at 0 HP	Per-mount HP for the heaviest AA on this ship. An AA mount destroyed at 0 HP stops shooting down planes for the rest of the battle; DCP does not repair destroyed mounts. HE shells specifically target AA mounts since the small-caliber HP pool falls fast.
Engine (module, research)	engine coefficient (unconfirmed)	-0.090 research estimate	Largest on BB/BC; zero on destroyers	Engine durability isn't a per-ship value in the game data. This small negative coefficient is non-zero only on battleships, battlecruisers, and the heaviest cruisers, and is exactly zero on every destroyer, so it scales with hull displacement rather than any commander skill. Most likely an engine drag or power term in the same family as the deceleration stats; its exact meaning is not yet confirmed.
Rudder (module)	separate HP pool, does not drain ship HP	19,200 module HP	Incapacitated at 0 HP	When module HP reaches 0 the rudder locks at its current angle until DCP repairs it. Repair via Damage Control Party.

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

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Balance History

Balance updates affecting Prinz Rupprecht. Cards are condensed; use each source link for full context.

Nerf ×4Buff ×1Main Battery ×4

2026-07-30

Ministry of Balance: Anniversary Tune-Up

credit earnings increased by 5.56%.

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2023-11-02

MINISTRY OF BALANCE REPORTS: A FLURRY OF CHANGES

Like Schlieffen, Prinz Rupprecht has exceptional burst damage potential and battle impact, so we're toning down her secondary damage output.
Secondary battery 150 mm gun reload time increased from 8.2 to 8.5 s.
Secondary battery 105 mm gun reload time increased from 3.5 to 4.0 s.

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2023-03-02

Ministry of Balance Reports: Buffs, Nerfs, and Commanders

Main battery reload time increased from 30 to 32 s.
Secondary battery reload time increased: 4.1-inch (105 mm) guns from 3.4 to 3.5 s 5.9-inch (150 mm) guns from 7.5 to 8 s.

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Exteriors

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2022-08-31 · Early access / tech tree line Eagles Take-off: German Battleships in Early Access Line source 2022-09-29 · Patch notes Halloween Update: New Friends, Old Foes Patch notes 2023-01-26 · Patch notes February Update: The Dragon Strikes Back Patch notes 2026-07-30 · Patch notes Anniversary Update: Tides of Adventure Patch notes

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Ministry of Balance: Anniversary Tune-Up

MINISTRY OF BALANCE REPORTS: A FLURRY OF CHANGES

Ministry of Balance Reports: Buffs, Nerfs, and Commanders

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