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Svietlana

Also called: 斯维特拉那 · Светлана · Swietlana Beta

U.S.S.R. · Tier III · CL Cruiser · Tech Tree: Early Soviet Cruisers

HE fire-spam cruiserAn HE damage-farmer with Sonar to clear islands and smoke before committing the hull.

Playstyle

Sit 10-13 km from a contested cap where an island shadows you from the opposite battleship line
Avoid: Pushing in blind because the kit says brawler

Key characteristics

SonarThickest plateEasily spotted

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Playstyle

Overview

Svietlana is a Tier III Soviet light cruiser whose 130mm guns farm HE fires and sustained DPM, with Sonar as her vision tool: Hydro lets her contest islands and smoke without exposing the hull. Her sonar reaches 3.5 km, which is the range at which she can commit to a contest without guessing. Standout traits: best armor plate in T3 CAs (125 mm) and end-plate armor (25 mm).

Positioning

Sit 10-13 km from a contested cap where an island shadows you from the opposite battleship line. Hydro (3.5 km on ships, 2.5 km on torpedoes) lights up DDs and incoming torpedoes inside its bubble, so you can push the cap edge from cover without taking the spotting cycle; prefer cover positions over open-water flanks. 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. With 7.2 s on the rudder she starts turning late, so the angle has to be set before you are shot at.

Potato Avoidance

Pushing in blind because the kit says brawler

3.5-km Sonar is what makes the close fight winnable, and it only helps once you are already committed; it does not tell you what is waiting two islands over. Push when a destroyer is lit or a teammate holds vision, not to find out who is there.

Signature Traits

ELITE ARMOR ↗

Thickest plate · 125 mm
Thick end plates · 25 mm
Thick bow plate · 25 mm

ELITE TORPEDOES ↗

Stealthy torps · 0.8 km
Fast torp reload · 39 s
Short torpedo warning · 5.7 s

Slow acceleration ↗

~25.2 s to 90% of top speed, worst of T3 CAs. Sluggish rebuild after a turn or stop; the engine power-boost fades early, so the mid-range crawls.

Easily spotted ↗

10.9 km surface detect, worst of T3 CAs. Visible before you can react; position early.

Acquisition

How to get Svietlana

Svietlana is available in the Early Soviet Cruisers branch of the U.S.S.R. Tech Tree for 85,000 credits after researching it in the branch. Known module upgrades cost up to 21,240 credits.

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U.S.S.R. Tech Tree

Svietlana sits in the Early Soviet Cruisers branch. The highlighted path shows the local branch context inside the full U.S.S.R. tree.

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Builds

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Commanders frequently paired with this ship AL Avrora AL Chapayev AL Tallinn

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Cohort position

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Where Svietlana sits among Tier III CAs (11 ships). Notable standouts are shown first; the rest of the cohort-ranked stats are in the expand below. Acquisition variants (Black Friday, Founders Edition) are counted once with their base ship, not as separate peers.

BestTorpedo reaction time5.7 s (1/11) BestTorpedo reload39 s (1/11) BestMax armor125 mm (1/12) BestEnd plates25 mm (1/12 / 1/12) Top 10%AP arming threshold22 mm (2/12) Top 25%Hit points24,600 HP (4/12) Top 25%Main battery range13.11 km (3/12) Bottom 25%Max speed29 kt (11/12) Bottom 25%Rudder shift7.2 s (10/12) Bottom 25%HE fire chance9% (10/11) Bottom 25%Main dispersion123.4 m (10/12) Bottom 25%AP fuse timer0.01 s (11/12) Bottom 25%Displacement8,170 t (10/12) Bottom 25%Power-to-weight6.12 hp/t (11/12) Bottom 25%AA DPS25 (11/12) Bottom 25%AA threat75 (11/12) Bottom 25%Torpedo speed52 kt (10/11) WorstStealth profile10.93 km / 6.56 km (12/12 / 12/12) WorstMain battery caliber130 mm (12/12) WorstAP shell damage2,500 (1 of 3 tied) WorstNo secondaries (8 of 12 in cohort) WorstAcceleration25.2 s (1 of 2 tied) WorstAP pen at 10 km49 mm (12/12) WorstFlak per wave (expected)180 (1 of 2 tied) WorstTorpedo range5.01 km (11/11) WorstTorpedo damage≈6,633 (11/11)

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Not standouts for Svietlana -- 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 bloom4.62 km(8/12) Turning circle590 m(7/12) Traverse-to-turn ratio4.83 ×(9/12) Main battery reload8.5 s(9/12) HE shell damage1,900(9/11) Fires per minute5.08(5/11) HE DPM107,294(4/11) AP DPM141,176(5/12) AP velocity861 m/s(5/12) HE velocity861 m/s(6/11) Engine power50,000 hp(9/12) Turn-speed retention84.7 hp/m(9/12) Effective HE DPM (incl. fire)140,624(4/11) AA range3 km(9/12) Citadel belt75 mm(5/12) Deck armor25 mm(9/12) NormSigma2(11 of 12 tied at this value) NormAP ricochet start45°(11 of 12 tied at this value) NormAP auto-bounce angle60°(11 of 12 tied at this value) NormTurn speed retained81%(11 of 12 tied at this value)

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Stats & specs

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Survivability

Hit PointsInitial: 22,100 → 24,600

Displacement8,170 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.

154.8 x 15.36 m

Armor range6–125 mm

Plate armor thicknesses6, 10, 11, 15, 20, 25, 50, 75, 125 mm

Armor material/layer entries41

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: 6.7% → 10%

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 (2,214 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 (2,460 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.

12,300

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.

7,400

Repairable: penetration50%

Repairable: citadel10%

Repairable: steering gear50%

Main Battery

ModuleArtillery: 130 mm/55 Model 1913

Mounts / barrels15 mounts / 15 barrels

Reload time8.5 s

Firing range (base)11.9 km

Firing range (top fire control)13.1 km

Turret traverseInitial: 5 °/s → 7 °/s

Turret armor25 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.

161° starboard-only, 161° port-only, 3x 120° starboard-only, 3x 120° port-only, 2x 242° arc, 2x 155° arc, 166.5° port-only, 166.5° starboard-only

HE fire DPM vs T3 BB33345

Effective HE DPM vs T3 BB140639

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{13106.5}{30} \cdot \frac{8 - 1.1}{1000} + 1.1) \cdot 30 = 123.4 m

123.4 m at 13.1 km

Max Vert Disp

Vertical dispersion ellipse height at max range:

σ_{V} = σ_{H} \cdot radiusOnMax

= 123.4 \cdot 0.6 = 74.1 m

74.1 m at 13.1 km

Med Horiz Disp

50%-hit horizontal radius:

σ_{H, 50} = σ_{H} \cdot \frac{0.6}{σ}

= 123.4 \cdot \frac{0.6}{2} = 37 m

37 m at 13.1 km

Med Vert Disp

50%-hit vertical radius:

σ_{V, 50} = σ_{V} \cdot \frac{0.6}{σ}

= 74.1 \cdot \frac{0.6}{2} = 22.2 m

22.2 m at 13.1 km

Turret turn time

180 degrees / 5 deg/s traverse speed = 36 s.

36 s

Shells/min

8 broadside guns x 60 / 8.5 s base reload = 56.5.

56.5

HE shells

HE Damage1,900

HE Velocity823 m/s → 861 m/s

Fire Chance9%

HE penetration

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

22 mm

HE full-salvo alpha

1,900 HE damage x 8 broadside guns = 15,200.

15,200

HE DPM

15,200 HE full-salvo alpha x 60 / 8.5 s base reload = 107,294.

107,294

Fires/min

56.5 shells/min x 9% fire chance = 5.08.

5.08

AP shells

AP Damage2,400 → 2,500

AP Velocity823 m/s → 861 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 (13.1 km), where the shell has slowed to 287.8 m/s:

P = 10^{- 7} \cdot 1652 \cdot {33.5}^{0.69} \cdot {0.13}^{- 1.07} \cdot {287.8}^{1.38} = 40.9 mm

40.9 mm at 13.1 km

AP full-salvo alpha

Zero upgrades: 2,400 AP damage x 8 broadside guns = 19,200. All upgrades (no reload/shell upgrades): 2,500 AP damage x 8 broadside guns = 20,000.

Initial: 19,200 → 20,000

AP DPM

Zero upgrades: 19,200 AP full-salvo alpha x 60 / 8.5 s base reload = 135,529. All upgrades (no reload/shell upgrades): 20,000 AP full-salvo alpha x 60 / 8.5 s all-upgrades reload = 141,176.

Initial: 135,529 → 141,176

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

ModuleTorpedo Model 1912

Launchers / tubes4 launchers × 3 tubes = 12 tubes

Reload time39 s

Projectile speed52 kt

Range5.01 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 = 19, 900 \cdot 0.333 = 6, 633

≈ 6,633

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.

7,233

Torpedo detectability0.8 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{0.8 km}{52 kt \times 2.6855} = 5.7 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.

5.7 s

Flooding chance

Read straight from the game's own data: this torpedo carries a flooding-chance value of 1.15 per hit, shown as

1.15 \times 100 = 115 %

. 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.

115%

Torpedo launcher traverse25 °/s

Launch arcs153°, 157° per side

Torp Turn

Time to rotate the launchers 180 deg:

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

7.2 s

Torp Arming170 m

Per-side salvo damage

One side firing, all torpedoes hitting: per-side tubes x per-torpedo simulated damage = 6 x 6,633 = 39,798.

39,798

AA Defense

AA mount pointsInitial: 4 → 9

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.

3 km

76.2 mm Lender gun (upgraded hull only)9×1 76mm

63.3 mm Model 1916 (stock hull only)4×1 63mm

Guns76.2 mm Lender gun

Continuous DPS

Effective DPS: 8 raw aura damage × 3.5 × 0.9 hit probability = 25 - the same in-game units as the Close-range AA DPS headline.

Initial: 6 → 25

Range3 km

Bursts

Each ~2 s wave fires 2 quick salvos of 1 clouds ahead of the attacking squadron - up to 2 clouds per wave × 100 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 × 1 clouds

Cloud damage

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

100

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.

90%

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

Aa mounts

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 3 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.

2.5-3 km

See the AA layers diagram ↓

Maneuverability

Engine power50,000 hp

Maximum speed29 kt

Turning circle radius590 m

Rudder shift time7.2 s

Engine power-boost threshold7 kt

Engine spool-up time15.3 s

Reverse spool-up time7.7 s

Reverse speed

top speed / 4 + 4.9 = 29 / 4 + 4.9 = 12.2 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.

12.2 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.

25.8 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).

8.6 kt

Acceleration 0-90%

Time to reach 90% of top speed (26.1 kt of 29 kt), from our in-house acceleration model.

25.2 s

Acceleration 0-99%

Time to reach 99% of top speed (28.7 kt of 29 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.

41.1 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{29.0 \cdot 0.5144}{590} = 1.45 ° / s

, so

ratio = \frac{ω_{turret}}{ω_{hull}} = \frac{5}{1.45} = 3.5 \times

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

3.5× drags

See the full acceleration curve ↓

Concealment

Detectability by sea10.93 km

Detectability by air6.56 km

Smoke firing penalty4.62 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.

13.11 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.

9.16 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.

12.93 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.

9.56 km

Guaranteed Detect2 km

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Consumables

Damage Control Party∞ charges · 60 s reload · 5 s active

Sonar Hull B only2 charges · 180 s reload · 90 s active · 3.48 km ship detect
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Derived from the consumable's 30 m grid-unit range (km = grid units x 30 / 1000): $\frac{116 \times 30}{1000} = 3.48 km$
· 2.52 km torpedo detect
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Derived from the consumable's 30 m grid-unit range (km = grid units x 30 / 1000): $\frac{84 \times 30}{1000} = 2.52 km$

Module options (2)

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

HullUpgrade

Hit points22,100 → 24,600
Rudder shift13.1 → 9.4 s
AA mounts4 → 9
Close-range AA DPS2 → 8
Turret traverse5 → 7 °/s

Fire controlUpgrade

Main battery range11,915 → 13106.5 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)2

Max Horiz Disp123.4 m at 13.1 km

Horizontal dispersion ellipse width at max range, from the verified WoWS dispersion model:  $σ_{H} = (\frac{R}{30} \cdot \frac{idealRadius - minRadius}{idealDistance} + minRadius) \cdot 30$   $= (\frac{13106.5}{30} \cdot \frac{8 - 1.1}{1000} + 1.1) \cdot 30 = 123.4 m$

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.

Max Vert Disp74.1 m at 13.1 km

Vertical dispersion ellipse height at max range: $σ_{V} = σ_{H} \cdot radiusOnMax$ $= 123.4 \cdot 0.6 = 74.1 m$

Shell scatter height @ 10 km56.4 m

How tall the same scatter ellipse is at 10 km. Comparable from ship to ship for the same reason as the width value above. The height/width ratio is a piecewise-linear curve through three points from the ship's own dispersion data:  $radiusOnZero = 0.2$  at 0 m,  $radiusOnDelim = 0.5$  at  $delim \cdot R_{m a x} = 0.5 \cdot 13106.5 = 6553$  m, and  $radiusOnMax = 0.6$  at 13106.5 m. Above the kink:  $k = 0.5 + (0.6 - 0.5) \cdot \frac{10000 - 6553}{13106.5 - 6553} = 0.5526$ , so  $σ_{V} = σ_{H} \cdot k = 102 \cdot 0.5526 = 56.4 m$ .

Med Horiz Disp37 m at 13.1 km

50%-hit horizontal radius: $σ_{H, 50} = σ_{H} \cdot \frac{0.6}{σ}$ $= 123.4 \cdot \frac{0.6}{2} = 37 m$

Med Vert Disp22.2 m at 13.1 km

50%-hit vertical radius: $σ_{V, 50} = σ_{V} \cdot \frac{0.6}{σ}$ $= 74.1 \cdot \frac{0.6}{2} = 22.2 m$

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 Far40.9 mm at 13.1 km

Same formula at the ship's max firing range (13.1 km), where the shell has slowed to 287.8 m/s:  $P = 10^{- 7} \cdot 1652 \cdot {33.5}^{0.69} \cdot {0.13}^{- 1.07} \cdot {287.8}^{1.38} = 40.9 mm$ .

AP pen 5 km87 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 km49 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 km7.15 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:  $k = \frac{π C_{d} d^{2}}{8 m} = \frac{π \cdot 0.4143 \cdot {0.13}^{2}}{8 \cdot 36.86} = 7.46 \times 10^{- 5}$ . That runs from a 823 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 km7.15 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:  $k = \frac{π C_{d} d^{2}}{8 m} = \frac{π \cdot 0.4143 \cdot {0.13}^{2}}{8 \cdot 36.86} = 7.46 \times 10^{- 5}$ . That runs from a 823 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 alpha8

Barrels that can bear on one beam (8 of 15); casemate/wing mounts only fire one side.

Turret turn time36 s

180 degrees / 5 deg/s traverse speed = 36 s.

HE full-salvo alpha15,200

1,900 HE damage x 8 broadside guns = 15,200.

AP full-salvo alphaInitial: 19,200 → 20,000

Zero upgrades: 2,400 AP damage x 8 broadside guns = 19,200. All upgrades (no reload/shell upgrades): 2,500 AP damage x 8 broadside guns = 20,000.

HE DPM107,294

15,200 HE full-salvo alpha x 60 / 8.5 s base reload = 107,294.

AP DPMInitial: 135,529 → 141,176

Zero upgrades: 19,200 AP full-salvo alpha x 60 / 8.5 s base reload = 135,529. All upgrades (no reload/shell upgrades): 20,000 AP full-salvo alpha x 60 / 8.5 s all-upgrades reload = 141,176.

Shells/min56.5

8 broadside guns x 60 / 8.5 s base reload = 56.5.

Fires/min5.08

56.5 shells/min x 9% fire chance = 5.08.

Torpedoes

Torpedo detectability0.8 km

Estimated torpedo reaction time5.7 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 speed52 kt

Travel time to max range35.9 s

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

Torpedo module damage600

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 count12

4 launchers x 3 tubes.

Per-side salvo6 torpedoes

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

Full-salvo damage79,596

All tubes hitting one target: tubes x per-torpedo simulated damage = 12 x 6,633 = 79,596.

Per-side salvo damage39,798

One side firing, all torpedoes hitting: per-side tubes x per-torpedo simulated damage = 6 x 6,633 = 39,798.

AA defense

AA DPS at max range25

Only families that reach 3 km contribute at the outer edge of the AA bubble. In-game families: 76 2mm 30 Lender 8 K 9x1 -> 25 DPS @ 3 km.

Maximum AA range3 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 range25 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-blank25

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

AA threat index75

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 22,100 → 24,600 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 & stern25 mm

Nothing in its bracket overmatches it. Angled, every AP shell in matchmaking bounces.

Belt / citadel75 mm

Thin belt: battleship AP citadels straight through it broadside. Rely on angle, speed and concealment, never sit flat.

Farming10 mm

Superstructure and extremities take HE pens and AP overpens from nearly any gun: steady chip damage. Fire resistance 10%, fires burn 30s. Range-by-range in the Compare tool →

Section	Plates	HP cap	Threats	Tactic
Bow	25 mm primary (range 10–125 mm)	2,700 (11% of HP)	Overmatch not possible in its bracketAngle bounces 356mm25 mm: HE pens from 150mm+	Bow-tank fits behind this exterior plate. Saturation is FAST here; the cap is often only a few thousand HP.
Hull (midship)	25 mm primary (range 25–50 mm)	18,500 (75% of HP)	Overmatch not possible in its bracketAngle bounces 356mm25 mm: HE pens from 150mm+	Largest HP pool. Citadel sits behind these plates; thinner deck and side plating absorb the rest.
Stern	25 mm primary (range 15–75 mm)	1,000 (4% of HP)	Overmatch not possible in its bracketAngle bounces 356mm25 mm: HE pens from 150mm+	Mirror of bow. Same fast saturation.
Citadel	75 mm primary (range 6–75 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 10–25 mm)	1,000 (4% 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	12,300 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 (76 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	7,400 module HP	Incapacitated at 0 HP	When module HP reaches 0 the rudder locks at its current angle until DCP repairs it. Repair via Damage Control Party.

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

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Buff ×1

2026-07-30

Ministry of Balance: Anniversary Tune-Up

credit and XP earnings increased by 2.11%.

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