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Split

Also called: 斯普利特 Beta

Pan-Europe · Tier VII · Destroyer · Tech Tree: Contesting Destroyers

Gunboat destroyerDamage from sustained main-battery pressure, not torpedo dumps.

Playstyle

Hold mid-cap distance and lean into gunboat trades from cover where the peer destroyer cannot match your fires-per-minute
Avoid: Trading guns in open water against peer DDs

Key characteristics

Radar (8 km)SmokeEngine BoostDefensive AAQuick acceleration

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Playstyle

Overview

Split is a Tier VII European gunboat destroyer: her damage comes from sustained main battery pressure on caps and open-water trades. Torpedoes are a secondary threat for closing lanes, not her main damage. Surveillance Radar is what sets her apart here: she can open a cap fight by revealing the defender instead of trading blind. AA (246 AA DPS at 3.5 km, +300% Defensive AA flak burst) ranks 9 of 40 in T7 DDs: heavy enough to make a careless strike expensive, though not the umbrella that shuts a carrier out of her grid. Standout traits: top-decile quick acceleration in T7 DDs (7.6 s) and top-decile top speed in T7 DDs (41.5 kt).

Positioning

Hold mid-cap distance and lean into gunboat trades from cover where the peer destroyer cannot match your fires-per-minute. Avoid open-water duels with ships running smoke or radar; the torpedoes are a closer, not the plan, so gunfire from cover wins more than from blue water. Concretely: 10.8 km of reach against 7 km of detection leaves about 3.9 km in which you can shoot before the answer arrives. With only HE, aim at superstructures and upper-hull sections where it does full damage instead of shattering on heavy belt armor. Shooting from the cloud gives you away at 2.8 km, and a destroyer here is spotted at about 7 km, so you see it coming with roughly 4.1 km to spare. Vision is mutual: past the 2 km guaranteed ring you cannot see out either, but your own Radar (8 km) reads through it, so you can find targets instead of borrowing them. Enemy sonar (about 4.4 km) and radar (about 9.5 km) read straight in regardless.

Potato Avoidance

Trading guns in open water against peer DDs

Your damage is sustained main-battery pressure from cover (the torpedoes are a secondary threat), so open-water duels just stack incoming HE on you while you fire back. You are visible from 7 km with 16,600 HP to spend, so the second ship to join the trade decides it.

Signature Traits

Improved HE penetration

HE pen at the 1/4 caliber ratio instead of the standard 1/6. HE-spam is a real damage option here, not just a fire-starter, shared by 6/40 T7 DDs.

Surveillance Radar

8 km range, 10 s duration. Detects all enemy ships within a fixed radius regardless of line-of-sight. A short scan - long enough to break a smoke camp or call a target for the team, not to hold a cap.

Engine Boost

+5% speed (about +2.1 kt), 90 s duration. Engine Boost consumable gives a small speed nudge - useful for closing a gap or steadying a torpedo run, not for running anything down.

Heavy Defensive AA flak ↗

+300% Defensive AA flak damage, best of T7 DDs. Each activated burst deletes more aircraft.

ELITE MOBILITY ↗

Quick acceleration
Fast for the class · 41.5 kt

Radar DD

Radar on a DD is rare. Punish smoke-firing DDs and locked caps with no line-of-sight needed.

Acquisition

How to get Split

Split is available in the Contesting Destroyers branch of the Pan-Europe Tech Tree for 18,000,000 credits after researching it in the branch. Known module upgrades cost up to 4,500,000 credits. Official source cards below may also show its temporary Early Access window before it became a normal Tech Tree unlock. Container chances are shown as the listed odds of receiving this exact ship, dividing grouped ship-pool odds across the resolved ships and including nested container paths when a crate can drop another crate.

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

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Pan-Europe Tech Tree

Split sits in the Contesting Destroyers branch. The highlighted path shows the local branch context inside the full Pan-Europe tree.

6 ships in highlighted branch · scroll to inspect all Pan-Europe lines.

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Destroyer

Destroyer Split

Cruiser

Tier VIIISmålandPWSD610 Tier ★GdańskPWSD210 Tier VIIILambros KatsonisPWSD209 Tier VIISplitPWSD208 Tier VIGromPWSD207 Tier VStordPWSD206 Tier IVMuavenetPWSD205 Tier ★HallandPWSD110 Tier VIIÖstergötlandPWSD109 Tier VISkånePWSD107 Tier VVästeråsPWSD106 Tier IVVisbyPWSD105 Tier IIIKlas HornPWSD104 Tier IIRomulusPWSD103 Tier IGryfPWSC101

Best listed chance for this ship

Anniversary '25 Pan‑Eu. crate 1% VII Split Event · Anniversary '25 Pan‑Eu. crate
Pan-Eu. Destroyer Big Crate 1% VII Split Archived · Pan-Eu. Destroyer Big Crate
Pan-Eu. Destroyer Crate 0.01% VII Split Archived · Pan-Eu. Destroyer Crate

Official WG availability sources

Continental Voyage: Pan-European Destroyers in Early Access, a New Collection, and More Early Access Start: 2024-09-09 · End: 2024-10-09 Official early-access or tech-tree-line article. Tech-tree ships are temporary crate drops during Early Access, then move to the Tech Tree.
Official WoWS Legends container odds Containers Official container drop rows linked below include direct and nested effective ship odds.
September Update: Breeze of Inspiration 12,500 Doubloons 2024-09-05 Tier VII default; exact price not in source

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Anniversary '25 Pan‑Eu. crate 1% · VII Split
Pan-Eu. Destroyer Big Crate 1% · VII Split
Pan-Eu. Destroyer Crate 0.01% · VII Split

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

Builds

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Cohort position

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Where Split sits among Tier VII DDs (39 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.

BestTurn speed retained94.9% (1/40) Top 10%Max speed41.5 kt (5/40) Top 10%Acceleration7.6 s (2/40) Top 25%Main battery caliber140 mm (6/35) Top 25%Fires per minute8.33 (5/34) Top 25%Effective HE DPM (incl. fire)228,457 (7/34) Top 25%AA DPS246 (9/40) Top 25%Torpedo speed76 kt (5/36) Top 25%Torpedo reload75 s (5/36) Bottom 25%Hit points16,600 HP (31/40) Bottom 10%Torpedo damage≈9,800 (34/36) WorstNo secondaries (33 of 40 in cohort)

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Not standouts for Split -- here's where she sits on every other ranked stat in the cohort.

Concealment6.98 km(24/40) Smoke fire bloom2.83 km(29/40) Air detection3.49 km(25/40) Rudder shift3.8 s(17/40) Turning circle640 m(24/40) Traverse-to-turn ratio6.28 ×(25/35) Main battery range10.84 km(23/35) Main battery reload3.6 s(13/35) HE shell damage2,000(10/34) HE DPM166,667(12/34) Main dispersion96.3 m(15/35) HE velocity840 m/s(17/34) Engine power55,000 hp(20/40) Turn-speed retention85.9 hp/m(22/40) Displacement2,900 t(13/40) Power-to-weight18.97 hp/t(25/40) AA range3.5 km(23/40) AA threat776(12/40) Torpedo range8.49 km(21/36) Torpedo reaction time7.8 s(17/36) Max armor20 mm(25/40) Citadel belt20 mm(25/40) Bow armor19 mm(21/40) Stern armor19 mm(21/40) Deck armor19 mm(16/33)

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Stats & specs

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Survivability

Hit PointsInitial: 15,500 → 16,600

Displacement2,900 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.

119.8 x 11.26 m

Armor range6–20 mm

Plate armor thicknesses6, 13, 19, 20 mm

Armor material/layer entries20

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: 33.3% → 36.6%

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 (1,494 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 (1,660 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.

8,300

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.

5,000

Repairable: penetration50%

Repairable: steering gear50%

Main Battery

ModuleArtillery: 140 mm/56 Škoda shielded

Mounts / barrels5 mounts / 5 barrels

Reload timeInitial: 4.5 s → 4 s

Firing range (base)9.8 km

Firing range (top fire control)10.8 km

Turret traverseInitial: 10 °/s → 12 °/s

Turret armor13 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.

4x ±145°

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.

35° off bow / 35° off stern

See the firing-arcs diagram ↓

HE fire DPM vs T7 BB55634

Effective HE DPM vs T7 BB205634

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{10835}{30} \cdot \frac{8 - 0.5}{1000} + 0.5) \cdot 30 = 96.3 m

96.3 m at 10.8 km

Max Vert Disp

Vertical dispersion ellipse height at max range:

σ_{V} = σ_{H} \cdot radiusOnMax

= 96.3 \cdot 0.6 = 57.8 m

57.8 m at 10.8 km

Med Horiz Disp

50%-hit horizontal radius:

σ_{H, 50} = σ_{H} \cdot \frac{0.6}{σ}

= 96.3 \cdot \frac{0.6}{2} = 28.9 m

28.9 m at 10.8 km

Med Vert Disp

50%-hit vertical radius:

σ_{V, 50} = σ_{V} \cdot \frac{0.6}{σ}

= 57.8 \cdot \frac{0.6}{2} = 17.3 m

17.3 m at 10.8 km

Turret turn time

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

18 s

Shells/min

Zero upgrades: 5 broadside guns x 60 / 4.5 s base reload = 66.7. All upgrades (top gun + Main Battery Mod. 3 = -10% reload): 5 broadside guns x 60 / 3.6 s all-upgrades reload = 83.3.

Initial: 66.7 → 83.3

HE shells

HE Damage2,000

HE Velocity840 m/s

Fire Chance10%

HE penetration

35 mm ≈ 140 mm caliber / 4 (improved HE penetration: German BBs, Yamato-class, and a handful of others).

35 mm

HE full-salvo alpha

2,000 HE damage x 5 broadside guns = 10,000.

10,000

HE DPM

Zero upgrades: 10,000 HE full-salvo alpha x 60 / 4.5 s base reload = 133,333. All upgrades (top gun + Main Battery Mod. 3 = -10% reload): 10,000 HE full-salvo alpha x 60 / 3.6 s all-upgrades reload = 166,667.

Initial: 133,333 → 166,667

Fires/min

Zero upgrades: 66.7 shells/min x 10% fire chance = 6.67. All upgrades (top gun + Main Battery Mod. 3 = -10% reload): 83.3 shells/min x 10% fire chance = 8.33.

Initial: 6.67 → 8.33

Torpedoes

ModuleTorpedoes: 533 mm TR Mk IV

Launchers / tubes2 launchers × 3 tubes = 6 tubes

Reload time75 s

Projectile speed76 kt

Range8.49 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 = 29, 400 \cdot 0.333 = 9, 800

≈ 9,800

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.

10,700

Torpedo detectability1.6 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{1.6 km}{76 kt \times 2.6855} = 7.8 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.

7.8 s

Flooding chance

Read straight from the game's own data: this torpedo carries a flooding-chance value of 1.73 per hit, shown as

1.73 \times 100 = 173 %

. 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.

173%

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 Arming234 m

Per-side salvo damage

One side firing, all torpedoes hitting: per-side tubes x per-torpedo simulated damage = 6 x 9,800 = 58,800.

58,800

AA Defense

AA mount points14

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.

3.5 km

40 mm Bofors wz. 36Initial: 40 mm/60 Bofors M1936 (8×1) → 40 mm Bofors wz. 36 (8×2)

15 mm ZB-60 VZ-35 (upgraded hull only)6×1 15mm

13.2 mm Hotchkiss wz. 30 (stock hull only)6×2 13mm

Guns40 mm Bofors wz. 36

Continuous DPS

Effective DPS: 54 raw aura damage × 3.5 × 1 hit probability = 189 - the same in-game units as the Close-range AA DPS headline.

Initial: 144 → 189

Range3.5 km

Guns15 mm ZB-60 VZ-35

Continuous DPS

Effective DPS: 17 raw aura damage × 3.5 × 0.95 hit probability = 57 - the same in-game units as the Close-range AA DPS headline.

Range2 km

Total DPS in Aura

Medium 189 + Near 57 = 246

246

See the AA layers diagram ↓

Maneuverability

Engine power55,000 hp

Maximum speed41.5 kt

Turning circle radius640 m

Rudder shift time3.8 s

Engine power-boost threshold39.4 kt

Engine spool-up time7.7 s

Reverse spool-up time3.8 s

Reverse speed

top speed / 4 + 4.9 = 41.5 / 4 + 4.9 = 15.3 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.

15.3 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.

22.4 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).

14.5 kt

Acceleration 0-90%

Time to reach 90% of top speed (37.4 kt of 41.5 kt), from our in-house acceleration model.

7.6 s

Acceleration 0-99%

Time to reach 99% of top speed (41.1 kt of 41.5 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.

18 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{41.5 \cdot 0.5144}{640} = 1.91 ° / s

, so

ratio = \frac{ω_{turret}}{ω_{hull}} = \frac{10}{1.91} = 5.2 \times

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

5.2× slow

See the full acceleration curve ↓

Concealment

Detectability by sea6.98 km

Detectability by air3.49 km

Smoke firing penalty2.83 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.

10.84 km

Detect when firing (air)

Air detectability plus the gun-firing bloom (2.8 km, which tracks main-battery caliber x 0.020). Matches the in-game 'Detect Firing Air' value on every captured ship.

6.29 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.

8.98 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.

6.49 km

Guaranteed Detect2 km

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Consumables

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

Smoke Generator2 charges · 240 s reload · 20 s emit / 89 s cloud active · 450 m radius

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Engine Boost3 charges · 120 s reload · 90 s active · +5% speed bonus

Defensive AA Fire4 charges · 120 s reload · 25 s active · ×4 flak burst boost
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Repeats the flak burst pattern ×4 within each wave - more clouds in the air over the wave, at the same spots.

Surveillance Radar3 charges · 90 s reload · 10 s active · 8 km radar range
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Derived from the consumable's 30 m grid-unit range (km = grid units x 30 / 1000): $\frac{267 \times 30}{1000} = 8 km$

Module options (3)

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

HullUpgrade

Hit points15,500 → 16,600
Rudder shift6.8 → 4.9 s
Close-range AA DPS58 → 71
Turret traverse10 → 12 °/s

Fire controlUpgrade

Main battery range9,850 → 10,835 m

ArtilleryUpgrade

Base reload4.5 → 4 s

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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 Disp96.3 m at 10.8 km

Horizontal dispersion ellipse width at max range, from the verified WoWS dispersion model:  $σ_{H} = (\frac{R}{30} \cdot \frac{idealRadius - minRadius}{idealDistance} + minRadius) \cdot 30$   $= (\frac{10835}{30} \cdot \frac{8 - 0.5}{1000} + 0.5) \cdot 30 = 96.3 m$

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 Disp57.8 m at 10.8 km

Vertical dispersion ellipse height at max range: $σ_{V} = σ_{H} \cdot radiusOnMax$ $= 96.3 \cdot 0.6 = 57.8 m$

Shell scatter height @ 10 km52.6 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  $delim \cdot R_{m a x} = 0.5 \cdot 10835 = 5418$  m, and  $radiusOnMax = 0.6$  at 10835 m. Above the kink:  $k = 0.5 + (0.6 - 0.5) \cdot \frac{10000 - 5418}{10835 - 5418} = 0.5846$ , so  $σ_{V} = σ_{H} \cdot k = 90 \cdot 0.5846 = 52.6 m$ .

Med Horiz Disp28.9 m at 10.8 km

50%-hit horizontal radius: $σ_{H, 50} = σ_{H} \cdot \frac{0.6}{σ}$ $= 96.3 \cdot \frac{0.6}{2} = 28.9 m$

Med Vert Disp17.3 m at 10.8 km

50%-hit vertical radius: $σ_{V, 50} = σ_{V} \cdot \frac{0.6}{σ}$ $= 57.8 \cdot \frac{0.6}{2} = 17.3 m$

HE flight time @ 10 km5.74 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:  $k = \frac{π C_{d} d^{2}}{8 m} = \frac{π \cdot 0.234 \cdot {0.14}^{2}}{8 \cdot 39.9} = 4.51 \times 10^{- 5}$ . That runs from a 840 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 penetration35 mm

35 mm ≈ 140 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) - 0.25 in this case. Lets HE pen ~35mm armor instead of ~23mm. Hits every German cruiser (150mm CL, 203mm CA) and BB (350mm+), British heavy cruisers / Lion / Nelson, a handful of other premiums.

Broadside guns used for alpha5

All 5 barrels bear on the broadside.

Turret turn time18 s

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

HE full-salvo alpha10,000

2,000 HE damage x 5 broadside guns = 10,000.

HE DPMInitial: 133,333 → 166,667

Zero upgrades: 10,000 HE full-salvo alpha x 60 / 4.5 s base reload = 133,333. All upgrades (top gun + Main Battery Mod. 3 = -10% reload): 10,000 HE full-salvo alpha x 60 / 3.6 s all-upgrades reload = 166,667.

Shells/minInitial: 66.7 → 83.3

Zero upgrades: 5 broadside guns x 60 / 4.5 s base reload = 66.7. All upgrades (top gun + Main Battery Mod. 3 = -10% reload): 5 broadside guns x 60 / 3.6 s all-upgrades reload = 83.3.

Fires/minInitial: 6.67 → 8.33

Zero upgrades: 66.7 shells/min x 10% fire chance = 6.67. All upgrades (top gun + Main Battery Mod. 3 = -10% reload): 83.3 shells/min x 10% fire chance = 8.33.

Torpedoes

Torpedo detectability1.6 km

Estimated torpedo reaction time7.8 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 speed76 kt

Travel time to max range41.6 s

range / (speed kt x 2.6855 game-speed factor, m/s per knot, calibrated from in-game measurement).

Torpedo module damage900

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 damage58,800

All tubes hitting one target: tubes x per-torpedo simulated damage = 6 x 9,800 = 58,800.

Per-side salvo damage58,800

One side firing, all torpedoes hitting: per-side tubes x per-torpedo simulated damage = 6 x 9,800 = 58,800.

AA defense

AA DPS at max range189

Only families that reach 3.5 km contribute at the outer edge of the AA bubble. In-game families: 40mm Bofors Mk1 8x2 -> 189 DPS @ 3.5 km; 15mm Zbrojevka ZB60 vz35 6x1 -> 57 DPS @ 2 km.

Maximum AA range3.5 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 range189 DPS @ 3.5 km, 246 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-blank246

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

AA threat index776

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 15,500 → 16,600 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 136+ 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 37%, fires burn 30s. Range-by-range in the Compare tool →

Section	Plates	HP cap	Threats	Tactic
Bow	19 mm primary (range 19–20 mm)	2,400 (14% of HP)	Overmatched by 283mm+ AP (Scharnhorst, Scharnhorst '43)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	12,500 (75% of HP)	Overmatched by 283mm+ AP (Scharnhorst, Scharnhorst '43)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 6–20 mm)	1,600 (10% of HP)	Overmatched by 283mm+ AP (Scharnhorst, Scharnhorst '43)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	1,000 (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	8,300 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 (40 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	5,000 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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2026-07-30

Ministry of Balance: Anniversary Tune-Up

credit earnings reduced by 5%; XP earnings reduced by 3%.

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2025-06-26

Ministry of Balance: Declaration of Changes

Stock main battery reload time increased from 4 to 4.5 seconds.
Upgraded main battery reload time increased from 3.6 to 4 seconds.
Stock main battery 180 turn time increased from 15 to 18 seconds.
Upgraded main battery 180 turn time increased from 12.9 to 15 seconds.

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