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Vauquelin

Also called: 沃克兰 Beta

France · Tier VI · Destroyer · Tech Tree: Ambush Destroyers

Gunboat destroyerWins cap trades with gun output; the torpedoes are a bonus, not the core threat.

Playstyle

Hold mid-cap distance and lean into gunboat trades from cover where the peer destroyer cannot match your fires-per-minute
Avoid: Burning Main Battery Reload Booster on a hopeful salvo

Key characteristics

Heavy AP penHeavy HE shellsReload BoosterEngine BoostHigh fire chance (HE sidearm)Slow AP shells

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Playstyle

Overview

Vauquelin is a Tier VI French 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. With no smoke to reset a bad trade, her positioning has to do the work the consumable would. Her 138mm guns reload in 5 s. Standout traits: top-decile AP overmatch threshold in T6 DDs (9.6 mm) and best HE alpha in T6 DDs (2,200).

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 3.8 km in which you can shoot before the answer arrives. 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. A 670 m turning circle is wide for her cohort, so a committed turn gives up a lot of water; plan course changes a salvo ahead.

Potato Avoidance

Burning Main Battery Reload Booster on a hopeful salvo

With only 2 charges it is a finisher rather than an opener: spend it on a target that cannot turn away, a broadside battleship or a cruiser already committed to its own attack, where the extra salvo lands as damage instead of splashes. A booster pressed on a maybe is one you will not have when the certainty shows up.

Signature Traits

Engine Boost

+20% speed (about +7.2 kt), 120 s duration. Engine Boost consumable temporarily raises top speed. Mobility on demand to reposition, chase a kill, or break contact.

ELITE MAIN BATTERY ↗

Big-caliber AP overmatch · 9.6 mm
Heavy HE shells · 2200 damage
Deep-fuse AP · 0.03 s
Flat AP trajectory

Saturates bow fast ↗

1500 HP bow pool, top decile of T6 DDs. A small pool saturates quickly, after which bow-on penetrations do about a tenth -- angle and they stop mattering.

MIXED MAIN BATTERY ↗

Slow AP shells · 700 m
Slow HE shells · 700 m

Acquisition

How to get Vauquelin

Vauquelin is available in the Ambush Destroyers branch of the France Tech Tree for 9,000,000 credits after researching it in the branch. Known module upgrades cost up to 2,250,000 credits.

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France Tech Tree

Vauquelin sits in the Ambush Destroyers branch. The highlighted path shows the local branch context inside the full France tree.

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Builds

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Commanders frequently paired with this ship Charles Bléry Louis Violette Philippe Auboyneau

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Cohort position

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Where Vauquelin sits among Tier VI DDs (40 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.

BestHE shell damage2,200 (1 of 3 tied) BestAP fuse timer0.03 s (1 of 4 tied) Top 10%Main battery caliber138 mm (5/41) Top 25%Hit points18,100 HP (9/41) Top 25%Main battery range10.8 km (8/41) Top 25%HE fire chance9% (9/41) Top 25%AP shell damage2,850 (8/37) Top 25%AP pen at 10 km77 mm (5/35) Top 25%Torpedo speed68 kt (11/41) Bottom 25%Smoke fire bloom2.81 km (33/41) Bottom 25%Turning circle670 m (32/41) Bottom 25%Main dispersion96 m (36/41) Bottom 25%AA range3 km (37/41) Bottom 25%Torpedo range6.99 km (36/41) Bottom 10%AP arming threshold23 mm (35/37) Bottom 10%AA threat213 (38/41) WorstNo secondaries (37 of 41 in cohort) WorstAP velocity700 m/s (37/37) WorstHE velocity700 m/s (1 of 2 tied)

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Not standouts for Vauquelin -- 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.

Max speed36 kt(28/41) Concealment6.98 km(28/41) Air detection3.49 km(27/41) Rudder shift4.1 s(29/41) Traverse-to-turn ratio6.31 ×(13/41) Main battery reload5 s(23/41) Fires per minute5.4(17/41) HE DPM132,000(14/41) AP DPM171,000(16/37) Acceleration16.9 s(14/41) Engine power64,000 hp(13/41) Turn-speed retention95.5 hp/m(15/41) Displacement3,062 t(28/41) Power-to-weight20.9 hp/t(14/41) Effective HE DPM (incl. fire)172,382(14/41) AA DPS125(30/41) Torpedo damage≈13,733(23/41) Torpedo reaction time7.7 s(23/41) Torpedo reload90 s(22/41) Deck armor16 mm(14/29) NormAP ricochet start45°(34 of 37 tied at this value) NormAP auto-bounce angle60°(34 of 37 tied at this value) NormTurn speed retained81%(37 of 41 tied at this value) NormMax armor16 mm(26 of 41 tied at this value) NormCitadel belt16 mm(30 of 41 tied at this value) NormBow armor16 mm(34 of 41 tied at this value) NormStern armor16 mm(34 of 41 tied at this value)

Peers in this cohort

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Stats & specs

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Survivability

Hit PointsInitial: 15,100 → 18,100

Displacement3,062 t

Hull dimensions

Length x beam at the waterline, with the hull's draft where the client carries one. Ships whose client entry holds only the 260 x 20 m placeholder use a curated real-world figure instead, and any ship we have no trustworthy size for omits this row rather than print the placeholder. Length matters when dodging torpedoes; beam and draft shape how hard the ship is to hit.

129.3 x 11.78 m

Armor range10–16 mm

Plate armor thicknesses10, 15, 16 mm

Armor material/layer entries24

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: 26.6% → 30%

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 (1,629 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 (1,810 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.

9,100

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.

5,400

Repairable: penetration50%

Repairable: steering gear50%

Main Battery

ModuleArtillery: 139 mm/40 Mle 1927

Mounts / barrels5 mounts / 5 barrels

Reload time5 s

Firing range (base)9.8 km

Firing range (top fire control)10.8 km

Turret traverse10 °/s

Turret armor3 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.

2x ±148°, ±140°, ±144°, ±132°

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.

40° off bow / 48° off stern

See the firing-arcs diagram ↓

HE fire DPM vs T6 BB40382

Effective HE DPM vs T6 BB172382

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{10796.5}{30} \cdot \frac{8 - 0.5}{1000} + 0.5) \cdot 30 = 96 m

96 m at 10.8 km

Max Vert Disp

Vertical dispersion ellipse height at max range:

σ_{V} = σ_{H} \cdot radiusOnMax

= 96 \cdot 0.6 = 57.6 m

57.6 m at 10.8 km

Med Horiz Disp

50%-hit horizontal radius:

σ_{H, 50} = σ_{H} \cdot \frac{0.6}{σ}

= 96 \cdot \frac{0.6}{2} = 28.8 m

28.8 m at 10.8 km

Med Vert Disp

50%-hit vertical radius:

σ_{V, 50} = σ_{V} \cdot \frac{0.6}{σ}

= 57.6 \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

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

HE shells

HE Damage2,200

HE Velocity700 m/s

Fire Chance9%

HE penetration

23 mm ≈ 138 mm caliber / 6 (standard HE penetration ratio).

23 mm

HE full-salvo alpha

2,200 HE damage x 5 broadside guns = 11,000.

11,000

HE DPM

11,000 HE full-salvo alpha x 60 / 5 s base reload = 132,000.

132,000

Fires/min

60 shells/min x 9% fire chance = 5.4.

5.4

AP shells

AP Damage2,850

AP Velocity700 m/s

Min Ricochet45 deg

Guaranteed Ricochet60 deg

Fuse Timer0.025 s

Fuse Threshold23 mm

AP overmatch

floor(138 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 2124 \cdot {40.4}^{0.69} \cdot {0.139}^{- 1.07} \cdot 700^{1.38} = 190 mm

. Matches the in-game spec card.

190 mm point-blank

AP Pen Far

Same formula at the ship's max firing range (10.8 km), where the shell has slowed to 349.6 m/s:

P = 10^{- 7} \cdot 2124 \cdot {40.4}^{0.69} \cdot {0.139}^{- 1.07} \cdot {349.6}^{1.38} = 72.9 mm

72.9 mm at 10.8 km

AP full-salvo alpha

2,850 AP damage x 5 broadside guns = 14,250.

14,250

AP DPM

14,250 AP full-salvo alpha x 60 / 5 s base reload = 171,000.

171,000

AP AOE Radius

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

Torpedoes

ModuleTorpedoes: 550 mm lance-torpilles

Launchers / tubes3 launchers × 3 tubes = 9 tubes

Reload time

Base reload of the top torpedo module (all-upgrades configuration); the stock module reloads in 95 s. In-game port tooltips additionally fold in your installed modernizations and commander effects - e.g. Torpedo Launchers Mod. 3 alone is x0.85:

90 \times 0.85 = 76.5

90 s

Projectile speed

Speed of the top torpedo module (all-upgrades configuration, 68 kt); the stock torpedo module runs 66 kt. Site stats assume the full-upgrades fit unless a row shows a stock → top pair.

68 kt

Range6.99 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 = 41, 200 \cdot 0.333 = 13, 733

≈ 13,733

Maximum damage (ammunition)

The ammunition card's 'Maximum Damage' stat, exact: warhead alpha / 3 plus the blast addend. This is the per-torpedo number most references quote; the 'Maximum simulated damage' row above is WG's separate geometry-sim stat from the launcher spec panel.

14,833

Torpedo detectability1.4 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{1.4 km}{68 kt \times 2.6855} = 7.7 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.

7.7 s

Flooding chance

Read straight from the game's own data: this torpedo carries a flooding-chance value of 2.46 per hit, shown as

2.46 \times 100 = 246 %

. 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.

246%

Torpedo launcher traverse25 °/s

Launch arcsstarboard 125°, 160°

Torp Turn

Time to rotate the launchers 180 deg:

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

7.2 s

Torp Arming213 m

Per-side salvo damage

One side firing, all torpedoes hitting: per-side tubes x per-torpedo simulated damage = 9 x 13,733 = 123,597.

123,597

AA Defense

AA mount pointsInitial: 6 → 10

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

37 mm/50 Mle 1933Initial: 37 mm/50 CA Mle 1925 (4×1) → 37 mm/50 Mle 1933 (4×2)

13.2 mm/76 CAD Mle 1929Initial: 2×2 → 6×2 13mm

Guns37 mm/50 Mle 1933

Continuous DPS

Effective DPS: 10 raw aura damage × 3.5 × 1 hit probability = 35 - the same in-game units as the Close-range AA DPS headline.

Initial: 18 → 35

Range3 km

Guns13.2 mm/76 CAD Mle 1929

Continuous DPS

Effective DPS: 27 raw aura damage × 3.5 × 0.95 hit probability = 90 - the same in-game units as the Close-range AA DPS headline.

Initial: 20 → 90

Range1.2 km

Total DPS in Aura

Medium 35 + Near 90 = 125

125

See the AA layers diagram ↓

Maneuverability

Engine power64,000 hp

Maximum speed36 kt

Turning circle radius670 m

Rudder shift time4.1 s

Engine power-boost threshold7 kt

Engine spool-up time7.7 s

Reverse spool-up time3.8 s

Reverse speed

top speed / 4 + 4.9 = 36 / 4 + 4.9 = 13.9 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.

13.9 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.

18.8 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).

10.8 kt

Acceleration 0-90%

Time to reach 90% of top speed (32.4 kt of 36 kt), from our in-house acceleration model.

16.9 s

Acceleration 0-99%

Time to reach 99% of top speed (35.6 kt of 36 kt). 99% rather than 100% because true top speed is asymptotic (thrust meets drag), so the last fraction of a knot is never quite gained.

28.7 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{36.0 \cdot 0.5144}{670} = 1.58 ° / s

, so

ratio = \frac{ω_{turret}}{ω_{hull}} = \frac{10}{1.58} = 6.3 \times

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

6.3× slow

See the full acceleration curve ↓

Concealment

Detectability by sea6.98 km

Detectability by air3.49 km

Smoke firing penalty2.81 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.

10.8 km

Detect when firing (air)

Air detectability plus the gun-firing bloom (2.78 km, which tracks main-battery caliber x 0.020). Matches the in-game 'Detect Firing Air' value on every captured ship.

6.27 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

Main Battery Reload Booster2 charges · 120 s reload · 15 s active · +50% reload boost

Engine Boost2 charges · 180 s reload · 120 s active · +20% speed bonus

Module options (3)

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

HullUpgrade

Hit points15,100 → 18,100
Rudder shift7.4 → 5.3 s
AA mounts6 → 10
Close-range AA DPS11 → 37

Fire controlUpgrade

Main battery range9,815 → 10796.5 m

TorpedoesUpgrade

Reload95 → 90 s
Speed66 → 68 kt

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

Main battery formulas

Shell Grouping (σ)2

Max Horiz Disp96 m at 10.8 km

Horizontal dispersion ellipse width at max range, from the verified WoWS dispersion model:  $σ_{H} = (\frac{R}{30} \cdot \frac{idealRadius - minRadius}{idealDistance} + minRadius) \cdot 30$   $= (\frac{10796.5}{30} \cdot \frac{8 - 0.5}{1000} + 0.5) \cdot 30 = 96 m$

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 Disp57.6 m at 10.8 km

Vertical dispersion ellipse height at max range: $σ_{V} = σ_{H} \cdot radiusOnMax$ $= 96 \cdot 0.6 = 57.6 m$

Shell scatter height @ 10 km52.7 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:  $radiusOnZero = 0.2$  at 0 m,  $radiusOnDelim = 0.5$  at  $delim \cdot R_{m a x} = 0.5 \cdot 10796.5 = 5398$  m, and  $radiusOnMax = 0.6$  at 10796.5 m. Above the kink:  $k = 0.5 + (0.6 - 0.5) \cdot \frac{10000 - 5398}{10796.5 - 5398} = 0.5852$ , so  $σ_{V} = σ_{H} \cdot k = 90 \cdot 0.5852 = 52.7 m$ .

Med Horiz Disp28.8 m at 10.8 km

50%-hit horizontal radius: $σ_{H, 50} = σ_{H} \cdot \frac{0.6}{σ}$ $= 96 \cdot \frac{0.6}{2} = 28.8 m$

Med Vert Disp17.3 m at 10.8 km

50%-hit vertical radius: $σ_{V, 50} = σ_{V} \cdot \frac{0.6}{σ}$ $= 57.6 \cdot \frac{0.6}{2} = 17.3 m$

Dispersion familyDD Disp.

Standard destroyer dispersion baseline.

AP Pen Close190 mm point-blank

Canonical community AP formula (jcw780/wows_shell), evaluated at muzzle velocity:  $P = 10^{- 7} \cdot K \cdot m^{0.69} \cdot d^{- 1.07} \cdot v_{0}^{1.38}$   $= 10^{- 7} \cdot 2124 \cdot {40.4}^{0.69} \cdot {0.139}^{- 1.07} \cdot 700^{1.38} = 190 mm$ . Matches the in-game spec card.

AP Pen Far72.9 mm at 10.8 km

Same formula at the ship's max firing range (10.8 km), where the shell has slowed to 349.6 m/s:  $P = 10^{- 7} \cdot 2124 \cdot {40.4}^{0.69} \cdot {0.139}^{- 1.07} \cdot {349.6}^{1.38} = 72.9 mm$ .

AP pen 5 km118 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 km77 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 flight time @ 10 km7.46 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:  $k = \frac{π C_{d} d^{2}}{8 m} = \frac{π \cdot 0.2998 \cdot {0.139}^{2}}{8 \cdot 40.4} = 5.63 \times 10^{- 5}$ . That runs from a 700 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 km7.47 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:  $k = \frac{π C_{d} d^{2}}{8 m} = \frac{π \cdot 0.2998 \cdot {0.139}^{2}}{8 \cdot 40.2} = 5.66 \times 10^{- 5}$ . That runs from a 700 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 penetration23 mm

23 mm ≈ 138 mm caliber / 6 (standard HE penetration ratio).

AP overmatch9 mm

floor(138 mm caliber / 14.3) = 9 mm (AP auto-penetrates plating this thick or less).

AP AOE Radius12

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

Broadside guns used for alpha5

All 5 barrels bear on the broadside.

Turret turn time18 s

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

HE full-salvo alpha11,000

2,200 HE damage x 5 broadside guns = 11,000.

AP full-salvo alpha14,250

2,850 AP damage x 5 broadside guns = 14,250.

HE DPM132,000

11,000 HE full-salvo alpha x 60 / 5 s base reload = 132,000.

AP DPM171,000

14,250 AP full-salvo alpha x 60 / 5 s base reload = 171,000.

Shells/min60

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

Fires/min5.4

60 shells/min x 9% fire chance = 5.4.

Torpedoes

Torpedo detectability1.4 km

Estimated torpedo reaction time7.7 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 speed68 kt

Travel time to max range38.3 s

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

Torpedo module damage1,100

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 count9

3 launchers x 3 tubes.

Per-side salvo9 torpedoes

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

Full-salvo damage123,597

All tubes hitting one target: tubes x per-torpedo simulated damage = 9 x 13,733 = 123,597.

Per-side salvo damage123,597

One side firing, all torpedoes hitting: per-side tubes x per-torpedo simulated damage = 9 x 13,733 = 123,597.

AA defense

AA DPS at max range35

Only families that reach 3 km contribute at the outer edge of the AA bubble. In-game families: 37 50 CAD Mle 1933 4x2 -> 35 DPS @ 3 km; 13 2 76 Hotchkiss CAQ Mle 1929 twin 6x2 -> 90 DPS @ 1.2 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 range35 DPS @ 3 km, 125 DPS @ 1.2 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-blank125

Sum of every family's average DPS, achievable only inside the closest-range family (1.2 km).

AA threat index213

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 range1.2 km

Armor Beta

Hull HP 15,100 → 18,100 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 & stern16 mm

Overmatched by 125+ AP guns across the bracket. Can’t reliably bow-tank; gets bow-citadelled and overpenned.

Farming16 mm

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

Section	Plates	HP cap	Threats	Tactic
Bow	16 mm primary (range 15–16 mm)	1,500 (8% of HP)	Overmatched by 283mm+ AP (Graf Spee, Scharnhorst)Angle bounces 203mm16 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)	16 mm	13,600 (75% of HP)	Overmatched by 283mm+ AP (Graf Spee, Scharnhorst)Angle bounces 203mm16 mm: HE pens from 127mm+	Largest HP pool. Citadel sits behind these plates; thinner deck and side plating absorb the rest.
Stern	16 mm primary (range 15–16 mm)	900 (5% of HP)	Overmatched by 283mm+ AP (Graf Spee, Scharnhorst)Angle bounces 203mm16 mm: HE pens from 127mm+	Mirror of bow. Same fast saturation.
Citadel	16 mm primary (range 10–16 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	16 mm	600 (3% 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	9,100 magazine HP	Turret knocked out	Per-turret powder-magazine HP, a separate pool that does not drain ship HP. As it is worn down the turret is likelier to be knocked out, and a smaller pool gets there faster.
AA mount (37 mm mount)	separate HP pool, does not drain ship HP	200 per-mount HP	Destroyed at 0 HP	Per-mount HP for the heaviest AA on this ship. An AA mount destroyed at 0 HP stops shooting down planes for the rest of the battle; DCP does not repair destroyed mounts. HE shells specifically target AA mounts since the small-caliber HP pool falls fast.
Rudder (module)	separate HP pool, does not drain ship HP	5,400 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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Balance History

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

Nerf ×2Buff ×8Main Battery ×5Torpedo ×2Concealment ×1

2023-01-12

Ministry of Balance Reports: Big Small Changes!

Main battery armament.
HE shell damage increased from 2,000 to 2,200.
AP shell damage increased from 2,600 to 2,850.
Main Battery Reload Booster charges increased from 1 to 2.
Main Battery Reload Booster cooldown time decreased from 150 to 120 s.
Torpedo armament.
Reload speed reduced from 90 to 95 s.
Speed increased from 59 to 66 knots.
Torpedo detectability range increased from 1.2 to 1.4 km.
Torpedo damage decreased from 18,400 to 14,833.
+2 more official change lines in the source post.

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