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Bretagne

Also called: 布列塔尼 Beta

France · Tier IV · Battleship · Tech Tree: Fast Battleships

All-rounder battleshipNo single dominant trait; flex mid-range anchor, brawl support, or sniper by team comp.

Playstyle

Sit 12-15 km from the brawl line and exploit the range advantage
Avoid: Treating her like a fast battleship because of the line name

Key characteristics

15.3 km gun rangeLong-reach AAHeavy secondary DPMFlat arc HE shellsFragileEasily spotted

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Community Data

Bretagne Community Stats

Across 5,200+ Standard battles from 310+ players, Bretagne averages a 55% win rate, 43,400 damage and 0.9 kills per battle, and survives 36% of them.

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Playstyle

Overview

Bretagne is a Tier IV French all-rounder battleship with 340mm guns at 15.3 km: she has no single dominant kit trait but is competent across the board. The role flexes by team comp - mid-range AP anchor by default, brawl support when the team commits, sniper when the line sits back. Versatility is the value, not specialization. Standout traits: main battery range in T4 BBs (15.3 km, 2nd of 24) and best AA reach in T4 BBs (5 km, 3rd of 23). The trade is worst surface detection in T4 BBs (14.5 km, 24th of 24).

Positioning

Sit 12-15 km from the brawl line and exploit the range advantage. You do not need to push into peer fire to land damage; rotate one or two map cells back if a flank starts to collapse. Once the rudder is over she turns tightly for her cohort (580 m), so a committed turn costs less water than most of what she is fighting.

Potato Avoidance

Treating her like a fast battleship because of the line name

Despite the Fast Battleships line she is slow for her tier (21 kn), so she cannot reposition or slip focus fire the way her faster line-mates can. Pick your lane early, angle hard, and trade from a spot you can hold rather than expecting to escape on speed.

Signature Traits

ELITE MAIN BATTERY ↗

Long gun range · 15.3 km
Flat arc HE shells · 921 m/s

Long-reach AA ↗

5 km AA reach, best of T4 BBs.

ELITE SECONDARIES ↗

Heavy secondary DPM · 216000 secondary
Secondary fire pressure · 8.88 secondary

Saturates bow fast ↗

1200 HP bow pool, top quartile of T4 BBs. A small pool saturates quickly, after which bow-on penetrations do about a tenth -- angle and they stop mattering.

Easily spotted ↗

14.5 km surface detect, worst of T4 BBs. Visible before you can react; position early.

Fragile HP pool ↗

41700 HP, bottom quartile of T4 BBs. Trade hits sparingly.

Acquisition

How to get Bretagne

Bretagne is available in the Fast Battleships branch of the France Tech Tree for 500,000 credits after researching it in the branch. Known module upgrades cost up to 125,000 credits.

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France Tech Tree

Bretagne sits in the Fast Battleships branch. The highlighted path shows the local branch context inside the full France tree.

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Builds

Pair with a commander whose unique skill complements her main armament; check the build tool for current recommendations.

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Commanders frequently paired with this ship AL Dunkerque AL Richelieu

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Cohort position

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Where Bretagne sits among Tier IV BBs (23 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 velocity921 m/s (1/24) BestAA range5 km (1 of 5 tied) Top 10%Turning circle580 m (2/24) Top 10%Main battery range15.34 km (2/24) Top 10%Secondary DPM (per side)216,000 (3/24) Top 10%AA threat703 (2/23) Top 25%Displacement26,600 t (5/24) Top 25%AA DPS197 (5/23) Bottom 25%Hit points41,700 HP (22/24) Bottom 25%Max speed21 kt (21/24) Bottom 25%AP velocity780 m/s (20/24) Bottom 25%Acceleration (0-12 kt)18.3 s (20/24) Bottom 25%Engine power29,000 hp (19/24) WorstConcealment14.51 km (24/24) WorstMain dispersion216.3 m (24/24) WorstNo torpedoes (21 of 24 in cohort)

See 32 mid-pack stats

Not standouts for Bretagne -- 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 bloom11.25 km(14/24) Air detection10.79 km(17/24) Rudder shift12.5 s(9/24) Main battery caliber340 mm(13/24) Main battery reload30 s(13/24) Sigma1.8(11/24) HE shell damage4,700(16/24) HE fire chance26%(15/24) Fires per minute5.2(17/24) HE DPM94,000(8/24) AP shell damage9,500(13/24) AP DPM190,000(8/24) Secondary HE alpha2,000(9/23) Secondary fire chance8%(17/23) Secondary HE pen23 mm(13/23) Time to 90% speed34.3 s(15/24) AP arming threshold57 mm(13/24) Power / turn radius50 hp/m(18/24) Power-to-weight1.09 hp/t(17/24) AP pen at 10 km355 mm(8/24) Effective HE DPM (incl. fire)131,626(9/24) Flak damage per salvo (expected)225(9/18) Repair charges3(11/24) Max armor300 mm(11/24) Citadel belt250 mm(11/24) Stern armor19 mm(12/24) NormSecondary dispersion bracket57(20 of 24 tied at this value) NormAP fuse timer0.033 s(13 of 24 tied at this value) NormTurn speed retained81%(23 of 24 tied at this value) NormSecondary range4 km(14 of 24 tied at this value) NormRepair heal rate0.5 %/s(20 of 24 tied at this value) NormBow armor19 mm(21 of 24 tied at this value)

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Stats & specs

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Survivability

Hit PointsInitial: 38,300 → 41,700

Displacement26,600 t

Hull dimensions

Length x beam at the waterline, plus draft. Length matters when dodging torpedoes; beam and draft shape how hard the ship is to hit.

166 x 27 m (published figure)

Armor range10–300 mm

Plate armor thicknesses10, 13, 19, 20, 26, 30, 40, 48, 50, 70, 90, 100, 120, 142, 145, 150, 160, 175, 180, 200, 238, 250, 270, 300 mm

Armor material/layer entries92

Fire resistance

stock hull: 1 − 0.8668 fire coefficient = 13.3%; top hull: 1 − 0.8335 fire coefficient = 16.6%. Lowers how often hits set you on fire. It does not reduce the damage a burning fire does per second; fires burn at the full rate on every ship.

Initial: 13.3% → 16.6%

Fire duration60 s

Fire damage

One unattended fire: 0.003 of max HP per second (0.3%) × 60 s = 0.18 of the pool; 0.18 × 41,700 HP = 7,506 HP on this ship. 4 fire points can burn at once.

0.3% of HP per second

Flood duration40 s

Flood damage

One unattended flood: 0.005 of max HP per second (0.5%) × 40 s = 0.2 of the pool; 0.2 × 41,700 HP = 8,340 HP on this ship.

0.5% of HP per second

Torp Reduction

1 − 0.3 hull torpedo-damage coefficient / 0.333 unprotected baseline = 10%. Reduces torpedo hit damage. It does not affect flooding: floods start as often and tick at the full rate.

10%

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.

20,900

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.

12,500

Effective HP

Base 41,700 HP plus everything Repair Party can restore: 0.005 of max HP per second (0.5%) × 28 s × 41,700 HP = 5,838 HP per charge, × 3 charges = 17,514 HP. Ceiling, not a prediction: a charge only restores damage actually taken, and only the regeneratable share of it. In practice ships realize about half of this, mostly because half the charges go unspent; a charge that is used returns about 97% of the per-charge figure above.

46,333–59,214

Repairable: penetration50%

Repairable: citadel10%

Repairable: steering gear50%

Bow section HP

Damage saturation pool for the bow: penetrations here deal their normal share until twice this much penetration damage has landed on the section (2 × 1,200 = 2,400), then further hits on it deal half damage. A penetration deals 0.33 × the shell's max damage; once the section is saturated it deals exactly half of that (0.5 × 0.33 = 0.165 × max damage), so a 3,000-damage shell's pen goes from 990 to 495. Overpens (0.1 × max damage) and citadels (1.0 ×) ignore saturation. Pens on the ship's other, unsaturated sections still deal the normal 0.33 ×. A larger pool keeps that part of the ship taking full damage for longer; a small one saturates fast and protects the ship's HP.

1,200

Casemate section HP

Damage saturation pool for the casemate: penetrations here deal their normal share until twice this much penetration damage has landed on the section (2 × 7,300 = 14,600), then further hits on it deal half damage. A penetration deals 0.33 × the shell's max damage; once the section is saturated it deals exactly half of that (0.5 × 0.33 = 0.165 × max damage), so a 3,000-damage shell's pen goes from 990 to 495. Overpens (0.1 × max damage) and citadels (1.0 ×) ignore saturation. Pens on the ship's other, unsaturated sections still deal the normal 0.33 ×. A larger pool keeps that part of the ship taking full damage for longer; a small one saturates fast and protects the ship's HP.

7,300

Auxiliary section HP

Damage saturation pool for the auxiliary room: penetrations here deal their normal share until twice this much penetration damage has landed on the section (2 × 1,100 = 2,200), then further hits on it deal half damage. A penetration deals 0.33 × the shell's max damage; once the section is saturated it deals exactly half of that (0.5 × 0.33 = 0.165 × max damage), so a 3,000-damage shell's pen goes from 990 to 495. Overpens (0.1 × max damage) and citadels (1.0 ×) ignore saturation. Pens on the ship's other, unsaturated sections still deal the normal 0.33 ×. A larger pool keeps that part of the ship taking full damage for longer; a small one saturates fast and protects the ship's HP.

1,100

Hull section HP

Damage saturation pool for the hull: penetrations here deal their normal share until twice this much penetration damage has landed on the section (2 × 31,300 = 62,600), then further hits on it deal half damage. A penetration deals 0.33 × the shell's max damage; once the section is saturated it deals exactly half of that (0.5 × 0.33 = 0.165 × max damage), so a 3,000-damage shell's pen goes from 990 to 495. Overpens (0.1 × max damage) and citadels (1.0 ×) ignore saturation. Pens on the ship's other, unsaturated sections still deal the normal 0.33 ×. A larger pool keeps that part of the ship taking full damage for longer; a small one saturates fast and protects the ship's HP.

31,300

Superstructure section HP

Damage saturation pool for the superstructure: penetrations here deal their normal share until twice this much penetration damage has landed on the section (2 × 1,400 = 2,800), then further hits on it deal half damage. A penetration deals 0.33 × the shell's max damage; once the section is saturated it deals exactly half of that (0.5 × 0.33 = 0.165 × max damage), so a 3,000-damage shell's pen goes from 990 to 495. Overpens (0.1 × max damage) and citadels (1.0 ×) ignore saturation. Pens on the ship's other, unsaturated sections still deal the normal 0.33 ×. The superstructure is not exempt: it saturates exactly like the bow and stern, so shells aimed at it stop dealing full damage once this pool is used up. A larger pool keeps that part of the ship taking full damage for longer; a small one saturates fast and protects the ship's HP.

1,400

Stern section HP

Damage saturation pool for the stern: penetrations here deal their normal share until twice this much penetration damage has landed on the section (2 × 1,600 = 3,200), then further hits on it deal half damage. A penetration deals 0.33 × the shell's max damage; once the section is saturated it deals exactly half of that (0.5 × 0.33 = 0.165 × max damage), so a 3,000-damage shell's pen goes from 990 to 495. Overpens (0.1 × max damage) and citadels (1.0 ×) ignore saturation. Pens on the ship's other, unsaturated sections still deal the normal 0.33 ×. A larger pool keeps that part of the ship taking full damage for longer; a small one saturates fast and protects the ship's HP.

1,600

Citadel section HP

This section has no practical saturation cap: every hit here keeps dealing its normal share of damage (on most ships the citadel; on many destroyers the casemate).

No saturation cap

Main Battery

ModuleArtillery: 340 mm/45 Mle 1912

Mounts / barrels5 mounts / 10 barrels

Reload time30 s

Firing range (base)13.9 km

Firing range (top fire control)15.3 km

Turret traverse3 °/s

Turret armor400 mm

Turret traverse arcs

How far each mount can train, in degrees to either side of the mount's own facing. 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.

3x ±142°, ±139°, ±140°

Shell Grouping (σ)1.8

Dispersion type

In practice: 1% wider (worse) horizontal dispersion and 1% more vertical spread at max range (15.3 km) than a standard battleship: about 216 m wide × 130 m tall, against 213 m × 128 m. Also on this curve (55): AL Vittorio Veneto, Alsace, Andrea Doria, BA Binah, BA Tirpitz, Bayern, Bismarck, Bismarck B, Brandenburg, Cavour, Centurion, Cristoforo Colombo and 43 more.

European battleship

Max Horiz Disp

Horizontal dispersion ellipse width at max range, from the dispersion model:

σ_{H} = (\frac{R}{30} \cdot \frac{idealRadius - minRadius}{idealDistance} + minRadius) \cdot 30

= (\frac{15336.2}{30} \cdot \frac{12 - 2.2}{1000} + 2.2) \cdot 30 = 216.3 m

216.3 m at 15.3 km

Max Vert Disp

Vertical dispersion ellipse height at max range:

σ_{V} = σ_{H} \cdot radiusOnMax

= 216.3 \cdot 0.6 = 129.8 m

129.8 m at 15.3 km

Med Horiz Disp

50%-hit horizontal radius:

σ_{H, 50} = σ_{H} \cdot \frac{0.6}{σ}

= 216.3 \cdot \frac{0.6}{1.8} = 72.1 m

72.1 m at 15.3 km

Med Vert Disp

50%-hit vertical radius:

σ_{V, 50} = σ_{V} \cdot \frac{0.6}{σ}

= 129.8 \cdot \frac{0.6}{1.8} = 43.3 m

43.3 m at 15.3 km

Turret turn time

180 degrees / 3 deg/s traverse speed = 60 s.

60 s

Shells/min

10 broadside guns x 60 / 30 s base reload = 20.

HE shells

HE alpha4,700

HE Velocity921 m/s

Fire Chance26%

HE fire DPM vs T4 BB37626

Effective HE DPM vs T4 BB131626

HE penetration

57 mm ≈ 340 mm caliber / 6 (standard HE penetration ratio).

57 mm

HE full-salvo alpha

4,700 HE damage x 10 broadside guns = 47,000.

47,000

HE DPM

47,000 HE full-salvo alpha x 60 / 30 s base reload = 94,000.

94,000

Fires/min

20 shells/min × 0.26 (26% fire chance) = 5.2.

5.2

AP shells

AP alpha9,500

AP Velocity780 m/s

Min Ricochet45 deg

Guaranteed Ricochet60 deg

Fuse Timer0.033 s

Fuse Threshold57 mm

AP pen max range282 mm

AP overmatch

floor(340 mm caliber / 14.3) = 23 mm (AP auto-penetrates plating this thick or less).

23 mm

AP Pen Close

AP formula 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 2350 \cdot 585^{0.69} \cdot {0.34}^{- 1.07} \cdot 780^{1.38} = 592.7 mm

592.7 mm point-blank

AP Pen Far

Same formula at the ship's max firing range (15.3 km), where the shell has slowed to 455.1 m/s:

P = 10^{- 7} \cdot 2350 \cdot 585^{0.69} \cdot {0.34}^{- 1.07} \cdot {455.1}^{1.38} = 281.8 mm

281.8 mm at 15.3 km

AP full-salvo alpha

9,500 AP damage x 10 broadside guns = 95,000.

95,000

AP DPM

95,000 AP full-salvo alpha x 60 / 30 s base reload = 190,000.

190,000

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.

AA Defense

AA mount pointsInitial: 18 → 16

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.

5 km

40 mm/56 Bofors Mk3 (upgraded hull only)8×1 40mm

25 mm/60 CAD Mle 1939 (upgraded hull only)8×2 25mm

75 mm/50 Mle 1922 (stock hull only)8×1 75mm

37 mm/50 CA Mle 1925 (stock hull only)8×1 37mm

13.2 mm/76 CAQ Mle 1929 (stock hull only)2×4 13mm

Gunssecondaries (DP)

Continuous DPS

Effective DPS in in-game units (raw aura damage × 3.5 × hit probability, summed per contributing aura) - matches the Close-range AA DPS headline's currency. Includes 29 from dual-purpose secondaries firing as AA in this range band.

Range5 km

Guns40 mm/56 Bofors Mk3

Continuous DPS

Effective DPS: 35 raw aura damage × 3.5 × 0.75 hit probability = 92 - the same in-game units as the Close-range AA DPS headline.

Range3.5 km

Total DPS in Aura

Far 29 + Medium 92 = 121

121

Guns25 mm/60 CAD Mle 1939

Continuous DPS

Effective DPS: 31 raw aura damage × 3.5 × 0.7 hit probability = 76 - the same in-game units as the Close-range AA DPS headline.

Range3.1 km

Total DPS in Aura

Far 29 + Medium 92 + Near 76 = 197

197

AA explosions

Each ~2 s salvo fires 2 AA explosions in quick succession, each leaving 1 cloud ahead of the attacking squadron - up to 2 clouds per salvo × 150 damage each. Planes that fly into a cloud take its damage; clouds dissipate before the next salvo lands. Defensive AA Fire, where fitted, multiplies the AA explosions within each salvo, and commander skills that raise the Number of AA explosions add to it.

2 per salvo, 1 cloud each

Cloud damage

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

150

Cloud spawn chance

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

75%

Salvo interval

A new flak salvo (the AA explosions above) fires roughly every 2 s.

every ~2 s

Fired by

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

Secondary battery

Flak zone

The activation band: flak fires while attacking planes are inside it. Clouds are placed ahead of the planes' path, so clouds can land short of 2.5 km or past 5 km - once planes get inside the band, new salvos stop. AA range bonuses push the outer edge out; the 2.5 km inner edge does not move.

2.5-5 km

See the AA layers diagram ↓

Secondary Battery

Mounts22 → 26

Firing range4.0 km

Shell Grouping (σ)1

Total secondary fires/min (per side)

Sum of each gun family's fires/min (per side). Stock hull: 5.3 = 5.3. Upgraded hull: 3.6 + 5.3 = 8.9. Per side: the barrels that bear on one broadside target (mounts × barrels / 2). A ceiling: assumes every shell hits and ignores the four-fire cap and Fire Prevention.

5.3 → 8.9

Secondary DPM (per side)

Sum across all secondary families of (per-side barrels × 60 / reload_s × alpha), with each reload counted in whole 1/7 s ticks (guns fire on the first tick after the reload), where per-side barrels = mounts × barrels-per-mount / 2 (the guns that bear on one broadside target). Per-family: Initial: 22×1 139 mm (11/side) × 60/10 s × 2000 = 132,000 → 4×2 100 mm (4/side) × 60/4 s × 1400 = 84,000 + 22×1 139 mm (11/side) × 60/10 s × 2000 = 132,000 = 216,000. Assumes every shell hits (real hit rate is lower; the Brawl matchup tool on the Compare page folds in dispersion + target armor).

Initial: 132,000 → 216,000

Secondary fire DPM vs T4 BB (per side)

Fires/min (per side) 8.9 × (1 − 0.166 fire resistance) × 60 s × 0.003 of max HP per second × 48,200 HP = 64,254. Per side: the barrels that bear on one broadside target (mounts × barrels / 2). A ceiling: assumes every shell hits and ignores the four-fire cap and Fire Prevention.

64,254

Total secondary DPM vs T4 BB (per side)

Secondary DPM (per side) 216,000 + secondary fire DPM 64,254 = 280,254: shell damage plus fire damage against one T4 battleship, every shell hitting.

280,254

Secondary dispersion type

Max dispersion = range (km) × 57 + 30. Each dispersion type sets its own slope; this is not a percentage applied to a standard baseline.

Standard

Max secondary dispersion @ 4 km

4 km × 57 + 30 = 258 m.

258 m

Caliber139 mm

Reload time10 s

HE alpha2,000

Muzzle Velocity840 m/s

Fire Chance8%

Secondary fires/min (per side)

22×1 barrels / 2 sides × 60 / 10 s × 0.08 (8% fire chance) = 5.3. Per side: the barrels that bear on one broadside target (mounts × barrels / 2). A ceiling: assumes every shell hits and ignores the four-fire cap and Fire Prevention.

5.3

HE Pen23 mm

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Caliber100 mm

Reload time4 s

HE alpha1,400

Muzzle Velocity780 m/s

Fire Chance6%

Secondary fires/min (per side)

4×2 barrels / 2 sides × 60 / 4 s × 0.06 (6% fire chance) = 3.6. Per side: the barrels that bear on one broadside target (mounts × barrels / 2). A ceiling: assumes every shell hits and ignores the four-fire cap and Fire Prevention.

3.6

HE Pen17 mm

Maneuverability

Engine power29,000 hp

Maximum speed21.0 kt

Turning circle radius580 m

Rudder shift timeInitial: 17.5 s → 12.5 s

Engine power-boost threshold7.0 kt

Engine spool-up time23 s

Reverse spool-up time11.5 s

Reverse speed

top speed / 4 + 4.9 = 21 / 4 + 4.9 = 10.2 kt. Base value; speed modifiers scale it.

10.2 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, using the ship's own reverse-power ratio. The full curve is on the acceleration chart. Full reverse stops about a quarter faster than a plain Stop order from top speed.

48.6 s

Engine boost threshold (reverse)

Speed below which the engine's built-in power boost applies in reverse.

7.2 kt

Acceleration 0-90%

Time to reach 90% of top speed (18.9 kt of 21.0 kt).

34.3 s

Acceleration 0-99%

Time to reach 99% of top speed (20.8 kt of 21.0 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.

55.5 s

Guns in a full turn

With the rudder hard over the hull turns 4.1°/s, so a target drifts across the bow at that rate. Turret traverse minus hull turn: 3 − 4.1 = -1.1°/s, so the guns fall behind and catch up once the turn eases. Main Battery Mod. 2 (+20% traverse) and Mod. 3 (−15%) move this line.

fall behind by 1.1°/s

See the full acceleration curve ↓

Concealment

Detectability by sea

Base value, no camouflage. With a Grade IV permanent camo (or any disposable camo): 14.51 km x 0.955 = 13.86 km. Camouflage does not change detectability by air.

14.51 km

With Grade IV camouflage (sea)

Detectability by sea 14.51 km x 0.955 (Grade IV permanent camo or any disposable camo) = 13.86 km.

13.86 km

Detectability by air10.79 km

Smoke firing penalty11.25 km

Detect when firing (sea)

max(main battery range, sea detectability 14.51 km) = 15.34 km. Equal to the ship's main battery range (never below base detectability): firing makes you visible to everyone you can reach.

15.34 km

Detect when firing (air)

Air detectability 10.79 km + gun-firing bloom 6.8 km = 17.59 km. The bloom tracks main-battery caliber 340 mm × 0.020 = 6.8 km.

17.59 km

Detect when on fire (sea)

Sea detectability 14.51 km + 2.0 km while burning = 16.51 km.

16.51 km

Detect when on fire (air)

Air detectability 10.79 km + 3.0 km while burning = 13.79 km.

13.79 km

Guaranteed Detect2 km

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Consumables

Damage Control Party∞ charges · 80 s reload · 15 s active

Repair Party3 charges · 80 s reload · 28 s active · 5,838 HP (14% of max HP) total heal (per charge)
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0.005 of max HP per second (0.5%) × 28 s effective active time = 0.14 of max HP × 41,700 HP = 5,838 HP: up to 14% of max HP restored per charge.
· 17,514 HP (42% of max HP) total heal (all charges)
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0.14 of max HP per charge × 3 charges = 0.42 × 41,700 HP = 17,514 HP: up to 42% of max HP if the whole Repair Party loadout is used.
· 208 HP/s (0.5% of max HP) heal per second
ƒ
0.005 (0.5% of max HP) × 41,700 HP = 208 HP/s. WoWS heals a flat percent of MAX HP each second, so this rate holds at any health level.

Enhanced Secondary Targeting3 charges · 160 s reload · 30 s active · +100% grouping · -50% dispersion

Module options (3)

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

HullTrade-off

Hit points38,300 → 41,700
Rudder shift17.5 → 12.5 s
AA mounts18 → 16
Close-range AA DPS32 → 66
Maximum AA range3 → 3.5 km
Secondary mounts22 → 26
Secondary battery reload10 → 4 s
Total secondary DPM132,000 → 216,000

Fire controlUpgrade

Main battery range13,942 → 15336.2 m

EngineUpgrade

Time to 12 kt19.6 → 18.3 s

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All values are ship base stats with modifications and upgrade changes denoted inline.

The constants behind the formulas and the long tail: shell and dispersion inputs, fixed-range anchors, salvo math, layered AA. Click the formula chip on any row to see how it is calculated.

Main battery formulas

vs standard BB1% wider H · 1% taller V

H = horizontal, V = vertical spread. This ship's curve against the standard battleship curve, both evaluated at this ship's max range (15.3 km) with the same model as Max Horiz/Vert Disp: horizontal 216 / 213 m − 1 = +1%, vertical 130 / 128 m − 1 = +1%. Shell grouping (σ) is separate: it sets how shells bunch toward the centre of this ellipse.

Shell scatter width @ 5 km115 m

(166.7 × (12 − 2.2) / 1000 + 2.2) × 30 = 115 m. Horizontal scatter at a fixed 5 km, from the same dispersion model as the rows below - a knife-fight-range anchor comparable across ships.

Shell scatter width @ 10 km164 m

(333.3 × (12 − 2.2) / 1000 + 2.2) × 30 = 164 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 km213 m

(500 × (12 − 2.2) / 1000 + 2.2) × 30 = 213 m. Horizontal scatter at a fixed 15 km, from the same dispersion model - the long-range anchor. Only shown when the ship's guns reach 15 km.

Shell scatter height @ 5 km45.5 m

How tall the scatter ellipse is at a fixed 5 km, from the same model, comparable from ship to ship. 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  $delim \cdot R_{m a x} = 0.5 \cdot 15336.2 = 7668$  m, and  $radiusOnMax = 0.6$  at 15336.2 m. Below the kink:  $k = 0.2 + (0.5 - 0.2) \cdot \frac{5000}{7668} = 0.3956$ , so  $σ_{V} = σ_{H} \cdot k = 115 \cdot 0.3956 = 45.5 m$ .

Shell scatter height @ 10 km87 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  $delim \cdot R_{m a x} = 0.5 \cdot 15336.2 = 7668$  m, and  $radiusOnMax = 0.6$  at 15336.2 m. Above the kink:  $k = 0.5 + (0.6 - 0.5) \cdot \frac{10000 - 7668}{15336.2 - 7668} = 0.5304$ , so  $σ_{V} = σ_{H} \cdot k = 164 \cdot 0.5304 = 87 m$ .

Shell scatter height @ 15 km126.9 m

How tall the scatter ellipse is at a fixed 15 km, from the same model. Only shown when the ship's guns reach 15 km. 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  $delim \cdot R_{m a x} = 0.5 \cdot 15336.2 = 7668$  m, and  $radiusOnMax = 0.6$  at 15336.2 m. Above the kink:  $k = 0.5 + (0.6 - 0.5) \cdot \frac{15000 - 7668}{15336.2 - 7668} = 0.5956$ , so  $σ_{V} = σ_{H} \cdot k = 213 \cdot 0.5956 = 126.9 m$ .

AP pen 5 km456 mm

AP penetration at a fixed 5 km, from the same ballistic curve as AP Pen Close/Far: the shell's impact velocity at that range fed through the AP formula  $P = 10^{- 7} \cdot K \cdot m^{0.69} \cdot d^{- 1.07} \cdot v^{1.38}$   $= 10^{- 7} \cdot 2350 \cdot 585^{0.69} \cdot {0.34}^{- 1.07} \cdot 645^{1.38} = 456 mm$ , where 645 m/s is the shell's speed when it arrives at 5 km (from 780 m/s at the muzzle). Fixed anchors make ships directly comparable at the same fighting distance; the Charts card plots the full curve.

AP pen 10 km355 mm

AP penetration at a fixed 10 km, from the same ballistic curve as AP Pen Close/Far: the shell's impact velocity at that range fed through the AP formula  $P = 10^{- 7} \cdot K \cdot m^{0.69} \cdot d^{- 1.07} \cdot v^{1.38}$   $= 10^{- 7} \cdot 2350 \cdot 585^{0.69} \cdot {0.34}^{- 1.07} \cdot {538.1}^{1.38} = 355 mm$ , where 538.1 m/s is the shell's speed when it arrives at 10 km (from 780 m/s at the muzzle). Fixed anchors make ships directly comparable at the same fighting distance; the Charts card plots the full curve.

AP pen 15 km285 mm

AP penetration at a fixed 15 km, from the same ballistic curve as AP Pen Close/Far: the shell's impact velocity at that range fed through the AP formula  $P = 10^{- 7} \cdot K \cdot m^{0.69} \cdot d^{- 1.07} \cdot v^{1.38}$   $= 10^{- 7} \cdot 2350 \cdot 585^{0.69} \cdot {0.34}^{- 1.07} \cdot {459.3}^{1.38} = 285 mm$ , where 459.3 m/s is the shell's speed when it arrives at 15 km (from 780 m/s at the muzzle). Fixed anchors make ships directly comparable at the same fighting distance; the Charts card plots the full curve.

AP flight time @ 10 km5.65 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:  $k = \frac{π C_{d} d^{2}}{8 m} = \frac{π \cdot 0.4009 \cdot {0.34}^{2}}{8 \cdot 585} = 3.11 \times 10^{- 5}$ . That runs from a 780 m/s muzzle velocity in 0.02 s steps under gravity 9.8 m/s² until the shell lands, then divides by 2.77 because the game clock runs faster than real time. Lower is better, since a faster shell is harder to dodge and needs less lead.

HE flight time @ 10 km5.13 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:  $k = \frac{π C_{d} d^{2}}{8 m} = \frac{π \cdot 0.4009 \cdot {0.34}^{2}}{8 \cdot 431.8} = 4.21 \times 10^{- 5}$ . That runs from a 921 m/s muzzle velocity in 0.02 s steps under gravity 9.8 m/s² until the shell lands, then divides by 2.77 because the game clock runs faster than real time. Lower is better, since a faster shell is harder to dodge and needs less lead.

Guns per full salvo (alpha, DPM)10

5 mounts × 2 barrels = 10; all 10 bear on the broadside.

Model inputs

Krupp (AP)2,350

Armor-penetration constant of the AP shell; penetration scales straight with it, so a 10% higher Krupp is 10% more penetration at every range.

AP shell mass585 kg

Enters penetration as mass^0.69 and slows the shell's drag deceleration, so a heavier shell keeps more velocity at range.

AP drag coefficient0.4009

Air drag on the AP shell in flight; lower keeps velocity, and with it penetration, at long range.

AP muzzle velocity780 m/s

Starting speed of the AP shell; penetration scales with velocity^1.38.

HE muzzle velocity921 m/s

Starting speed of the HE shell; sets its flight time and lead.

idealRadius12

Horizontal dispersion growth per idealDistance of range, in 30 m units; the slope of the scatter-width line.

minRadius2.2

Horizontal dispersion at zero range, in 30 m units; the intercept of the scatter-width line.

idealDistance1,000 m

Range step over which horizontal dispersion grows by idealRadius.

taperDist4,000 m

Inside this range the scatter width tapers toward minRadius instead of following the line.

radiusOnZero0.2

Vertical scatter as a share of horizontal at zero range.

radiusOnDelim0.5

Vertical scatter as a share of horizontal at the delim point.

radiusOnMax0.6

Vertical scatter as a share of horizontal at maximum range.

delim0.5

Where the vertical-scatter curve bends, as a share of maximum range.

AA defense

AA DPS at max range29

Only families that reach 5 km contribute at the outer edge of the AA bubble. In-game families: 40mm Bofors Mk3 8x1 -> 92 DPS @ 3.5 km; 25mm Hotchkiss Mle 1940 8x2 -> 76 DPS @ 3.1 km; 100mm 45 Mle 1930 4x2 -> 29 DPS @ 5 km.

AA DPS layered by range29 DPS @ 5 km, 121 DPS @ 3.5 km, 197 DPS @ 3.1 km

@ 5 km: 29 from one family; @ 3.5 km: 92 + 29 = 121; @ 3.1 km: 92 + 76 + 29 = 197. 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-blank197

92 + 76 + 29 = 197 DPS: the sum of every family's average DPS, achievable only inside the closest-range family (3.1 km).

AA threat index703

92 × 3.5 + 76 × 3.1 + 29 × 5 = 703. SUM over AA auras of (aura DPS x aura range km). A plane crossing the AA bubble is exposed to each aura for a time proportional to that aura's range, so long-reach DPS is worth more than the same DPS in a short bubble. Units: DPS*km; used to rank overall AA threat across the cohort.

Near aura range3.1 km

Secondary battery firepower

Max HE alpha2000

max(1400 (100 mm), 2000 (139 mm)) = 2000. Maximum HE damage per shell across secondary HE families. Best on this ship: 2000 from the 139 mm family.

Max HE fire chance8%

max(6% (100 mm), 8% (139 mm)) = 8%. Maximum per-shell fire chance across secondary HE families (before target fire resistance is applied). Best on this ship: 8% from the 139 mm family.

Max HE pen23 mm

max(17 mm (100 mm), 23 mm (139 mm)) = 23 mm. Maximum HE armor penetration across secondary HE families (caliber × 1/6 for most nations; 1/4 for German/UK BBs). Shells whose pen falls under a plate's armor thickness shatter for 0 hull damage though fire chance still applies. Best on this ship: 23 mm from the 139 mm family.

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Background

A series of French battleships built in response to the appearance of British "superdreadnoughts." These ships were developed directly from the ships of the preceding class but carried 340 mm guns arranged under a more rational scheme.

Armor Beta

Hull HP 38,300 → 41,700 with hull upgrade, distributed across 5 hull zones, each with its own plate thicknesses, saturation cap, and pen thresholds.

Bow & stern19 mm

Overmatched by 77+ AP guns across the bracket. Can’t reliably bow-tank; gets bow-citadelled and overpenned.

Belt / citadel250 mm

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

Farming13 mm

Superstructure and extremities take HE pens and AP overpens from nearly any gun: steady chip damage. Fire resistance 17%, fires burn 60s. Range-by-range in the Compare tool →

Section	Plates	HP cap	Threats	Tactic
Bow	19 mm primary (range 19–200 mm)	1,200 (3% of HP)	Overmatched by 283mm+ AP (Nassau, Von Der Tann)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)	270 mm primary (range 10–270 mm)	31,300 (75% of HP)	No common AP caliber overmatches270 mm: no common HE pens	Largest HP pool. Citadel sits behind these plates; thinner deck and side plating absorb the rest.
Stern	19 mm primary (range 19–200 mm)	1,600 (4% of HP)	Overmatched by 283mm+ AP (Nassau, Von Der Tann)Angle bounces 203mm19 mm: HE pens from 127mm+	Mirror of bow. Same fast saturation.
Citadel	250 mm primary (range 13–250 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	13 mm primary (range 13–300 mm)	1,400 (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	20,900 magazine HP	Turret knocked out	Per-turret powder-magazine HP, a separate pool that does not drain ship HP. As it is worn down the turret is likelier to be knocked out, and a smaller pool gets there faster.
Secondary mount (139 mm mount)	separate HP pool, does not drain ship HP	800 per-mount HP	Destroyed at 0 HP	Per-mount HP for the heaviest secondary on this ship. A mount destroyed at 0 HP is out for the rest of the battle; DCP does not repair destroyed mounts. Smaller (lighter-caliber) secondaries typically share the same HP value.
AA mount (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.
Engine (module, research)	engine coefficient (unconfirmed)	-0.050 research estimate	Largest on BB/BC; zero on destroyers	Engine durability isn't a per-ship value. This small negative coefficient is non-zero only on battleships, battlecruisers, and the heaviest cruisers, and is exactly zero on every destroyer, so it scales with hull displacement rather than any commander skill. Most likely an engine drag or power term in the same family as the deceleration stats; its exact meaning is not yet confirmed.
Rudder (module)	separate HP pool, does not drain ship HP	12,500 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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