Main battery formulas
Shell Grouping (σ)2.05
Max Horiz Disp142.5 m at 15.9 km
Horizontal dispersion ellipse width at max range, from the verified WoWS dispersion model:
Shell scatter width @ 5 km67.5 m
Horizontal scatter at a fixed 5 km, from the same verified dispersion model as the rows below - a knife-fight-range anchor comparable across ships.
Shell scatter width @ 10 km102 m
How wide your shells scatter at 10 km, from the same dispersion model as the max-range figure above. Picking a fixed range makes this number directly comparable from ship to ship: max-range dispersion makes a longer-range gun look worse even when it's tighter at any common range. The interactive Dispersion tab on the Charts card plots the full curve from 0 to max range.
Shell scatter width @ 15 km136.5 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 Disp85.5 m at 15.9 km
Vertical dispersion ellipse height at max range:
Shell scatter height @ 10 km53.7 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: at 0 m, at m, and at 15863.1 m. Above the kink: , so .
Med Horiz Disp41.7 m at 15.9 km
50%-hit horizontal radius:
Med Vert Disp25 m at 15.9 km
50%-hit vertical radius:
Dispersion familyCruiser Disp.
Standard cruiser dispersion baseline.
AP Pen Close452.6 mm point-blank
Canonical community AP formula (jcw780/wows_shell), evaluated at muzzle velocity: . Matches the in-game spec card.
AP Pen Far169 mm at 15.9 km
Same formula at the ship's max firing range (15.9 km), where the shell has slowed to 453.1 m/s: .
AP pen 5 km324 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 . Fixed anchors make ships directly comparable at the same fighting distance; the Charts card plots the full curve.
AP pen 10 km235 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 . Fixed anchors make ships directly comparable at the same fighting distance; the Charts card plots the full curve.
AP pen 15 km177 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 . Fixed anchors make ships directly comparable at the same fighting distance; the Charts card plots the full curve.
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, , where is air density from a standard-atmosphere profile and bundles the shell's drag coefficient, caliber and mass: . That runs from a 925 m/s muzzle velocity in 0.02 s steps under gravity 9.8 m/s² until the shell lands, then divides by 2.77: the game clock runs faster than real time, and that factor was measured against stopwatch runs in the Training Room. Lower is better, since a faster shell is harder to dodge and needs less lead.
HE flight time @ 10 km5.02 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, , where is air density from a standard-atmosphere profile and bundles the shell's drag coefficient, caliber and mass: . That runs from a 925 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 penetration51 mm
51 mm ≈ 203 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) - 0.251 in this case. Lets HE pen ~50mm armor instead of ~33mm. Hits every German cruiser (150mm CL, 203mm CA) and BB (350mm+), British heavy cruisers / Lion / Nelson, a handful of other premiums.
AP overmatch14 mm
floor(203 mm caliber / 14.3) = 14 mm (AP auto-penetrates plating this thick or less).
AP AOE Radius30
AP shell over-penetration splash radius; scales with shell mass. Wickes 102mm = 3, standard 152mm CL ~ 20, Iowa 406mm ~ 270, Yamato 460mm = 400, Incomparable 650mm = 550 (max). Larger value = bigger splash damage area when AP over-pens.
Broadside guns used for alpha9
All 9 barrels bear on the broadside.
Turret turn time16.4 s
180 degrees / 11 deg/s traverse speed = 16.4 s.
HE full-salvo alpha27,000
3,000 HE damage x 9 broadside guns = 27,000.
AP full-salvo alpha54,000
6,000 AP damage x 9 broadside guns = 54,000.
HE DPMInitial: 147,273 → 188,372
Zero upgrades: 27,000 HE full-salvo alpha x 60 / 11 s base reload = 147,273. All upgrades (top gun + Main Battery Mod. 3 = -10% reload): 27,000 HE full-salvo alpha x 60 / 8.6 s all-upgrades reload = 188,372.
AP DPMInitial: 294,545 → 376,744
Zero upgrades: 54,000 AP full-salvo alpha x 60 / 11 s base reload = 294,545. All upgrades (top gun + Main Battery Mod. 3 = -10% reload): 54,000 AP full-salvo alpha x 60 / 8.6 s all-upgrades reload = 376,744.
Shells/minInitial: 49.1 → 62.8
Zero upgrades: 9 broadside guns x 60 / 11 s base reload = 49.1. All upgrades (top gun + Main Battery Mod. 3 = -10% reload): 9 broadside guns x 60 / 8.6 s all-upgrades reload = 62.8.
Fires/minInitial: 6.38 → 8.16
Zero upgrades: 49.1 shells/min x 13% fire chance = 6.38. All upgrades (top gun + Main Battery Mod. 3 = -10% reload): 62.8 shells/min x 13% fire chance = 8.16.
Torpedoes
Torpedo detectability1.3 km
Estimated torpedo reaction time7.6 s
detectability / (speed kt x 2.6855 game-speed factor, m/s per knot, calibrated from in-game measurement; the community's traditional 2.6 reads about 3% slower).
Torpedo speed64 kt
Travel time to max range34.9 s
range / (speed kt x 2.6855 game-speed factor, m/s per knot, calibrated from in-game measurement).
Torpedo module damage1,000
Per-torpedo module/blast damage parameter from in-game data. Most torpedoes carry 500 to 2,000; ships announced by WG as dealing increased module damage carry 9,000 to 12,000, so their hits knock out engines, rudders, and turrets far more often. Comparative figure; the exact module-HP conversion is not published.
Tube count8
2 launchers x 4 tubes.
Per-side salvo4 torpedoes
tube count / 2 (symmetric port/starboard launcher layout; common on cruisers and battleships with deck torpedoes).
Full-salvo damage101,600
All tubes hitting one target: tubes x per-torpedo simulated damage = 8 x 12,700 = 101,600.
Per-side salvo damage50,800
One side firing, all torpedoes hitting: per-side tubes x per-torpedo simulated damage = 4 x 12,700 = 50,800.
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