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Overview

Chung Mu is a Tier VIII Pan-Asian stealth-leaning destroyer with strong surface detection (6.9 km). The kit opens detection windows most peer DDs cannot match, so her value is contesting caps from concealment edges where the detection band holds. Standout traits: end-plate armor (20 mm).

Positioning

Hold concealment edges on the contested cap at 6.9 km detection. The band opens windows for unspotted torpedo drops and clean repositions; lean into the gaps your peer DDs cannot read, and back out before detection closes.

Potato Avoidance

Burning the 6.9 km concealment advantage on guns

Every salvo lights you up and gives back the detection edge that makes the kit work; reserve guns for finishing damage on already-spotted ships, and prioritize torpedo drops you can fire while undetected. A second mistake to avoid: these torpedoes ignore the Destroyer class - they pass under DDs and cannot hit them. Aim torpedo drops ONLY at battleships, carriers, and most cruisers; every torp fired at a DD is wasted output.

Signature Traits

Deep-water torpedoes

Torps IGNORE the Destroyer class (deep-water mechanic); they pass under DDs and cannot hit them. Aim ONLY at battleships, carriers, and most cruisers; every torp fired at a DD is wasted, shared by 2/25 T8 DDs.

Surveillance Radar

8.33 km range, 17 s duration. Detects all enemy ships within a fixed radius regardless of line-of-sight. Controls caps and punishes smoke-firing DDs.

Fast turret traverse

34.0°/s turret traverse, best of T8 DDs. Tracks fast-rotating targets peers can't keep up with.

Long gun range

11.19 km main battery reach, top decile of T8 DDs.

Stealthy torps

0.8 km torpedo detect, top decile of T8 DDs. Harder to dodge.

Radar DD

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

Acquisition

How to get Chung Mu

Chung Mu is available in the Capital Ship Destroyers branch of the Pan-Asia Tech Tree for 25,000,000 credits after researching it in the branch. Known module upgrades cost up to 6,250,000 credits.

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Pan-Asia Tech Tree

Chung Mu sits in the Capital Ship Destroyers branch. The highlighted path shows the local branch context inside the full Pan-Asia tree.

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Builds Beta

Use a Pan destroyer commander that supports concealment, survivability, and the ship's main damage plan. Inspirations that improve concealment, torpedo reliability, gun reload, or engine/smoke uptime are natural fits.

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Cohort position

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Where Chung Mu sits among Tier VIII DDs (25 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.

BestTraverse-to-turn ratio18.82 × (1 of 2 tied) Top 10%Main battery range11.19 km (3/25) Top 10%Displacement2,924 t (3/25) Top 25%Max speed38 kt (7/25) Top 25%Rudder shift5.1 s (6/25) Top 25%Main battery reload3.1 s (7/25) Top 25%Power-to-weight20.52 hp/t (7/25) Top 25%Torpedo damage19,033 (7/24) Bottom 25%Hit points17,100 HP (23/25) Bottom 25%Fires per minute4.84 (22/24)

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Not standouts for Chung Mu -- 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.

Concealment6.93 km(13/25) Air detection3.47 km(13/25) Main battery caliber127 mm(17/25) HE shell damage1,900(11/24) HE DPM183,871(11/24) AP shell damage2,200(15/23) AP DPM212,903(16/23) Main dispersion91.3 m(17/25) AP velocity830 m/s(13/23) HE velocity830 m/s(15/24) Acceleration11.4 s(15/25) AP fuse timer0.01 s(13/23) AP arming threshold21 mm(11/23) Engine power60,000 hp(17/25) Turn-speed retention96.8 hp/m(15/25) AA DPS247(9/25) AA range5 km(14/25) AA threat857(11/25) Torpedo range10.5 km(11/24) Torpedo speed66 kt(12/24) Torpedo reload117 s(14/24) NormAP ricochet start45°(17 of 23 tied at this value) NormAP auto-bounce angle60°(17 of 23 tied at this value) NormMax armor20 mm(22 of 25 tied at this value) NormCitadel belt20 mm(21 of 24 tied at this value)

Peers in this cohort

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Stats & specs

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

Radar 8.33 kmTRBSmokeEngine Boost

Survivability

Hit PointsInitial: 14,800 → 17,100

Displacement2,924 t

Armor range13–20 mm

Plate armor thicknesses13, 19, 20 mm

Armor material/layer entries23

Fire resistance40%

Fire duration30 s

Torp Reduction0%

Magazine HP

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The magazine is the module a detonation comes from. Penetrating hits to it raise the detonation chance from 1% toward 30% as its HP is worn down, so a larger magazine pool rides out citadel hits longer before a detonation becomes likely.

8,600

Steering gear HP

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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.

5,100

Main Battery

ModuleArtillery: 5×127 mm

Mounts / barrels5 mounts / 5 barrels

Reload time3.5 s

Firing range (base)10.2 km

Firing range (top fire control)11.2 km

Turret traverse34 °/s

Shell Grouping (σ)

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Shell grouping (sigma); shown in-game as Shell Grouping.

2

Max Horiz Disp

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Horizontal dispersion ellipse width at max range. (R/30·(idealRadius−minRadius)/idealDistance + minRadius)·30 = (10176/30·(8−0.5)/1000 + 0.5)·30 = 91.3 m

91.3 m

Max Vert Disp

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Vertical dispersion ellipse height at max range = max horizontal × radiusOnMax = 91.3 × 0.6 = 54.8 m

54.8 m

Med Horiz Disp

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50%-hit horizontal radius = max horizontal × GetHalfHitsRatio(σ) = 91.3 × 0.32 (σ=2) = 29.2 m

29.2 m

Med Vert Disp

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50%-hit vertical radius = max vertical × GetHalfHitsRatio(σ) = 54.8 × 0.319 (σ=2) = 17.5 m

17.5 m

Turret turn time

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180 degrees / 34 deg/s traverse speed = 5.3 s.

5.3 s

Base shells/min

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5 broadside guns x 60 / 3.5 s base reload = 85.7.

85.7

HE shells

HE Damage1,900

HE Velocity830 m/s

Fire Chance5%

HE penetration

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21 mm ≈ 127 mm caliber / 6 (standard HE penetration ratio).

21 mm

HE full-salvo alpha

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1,900 HE damage x 5 broadside guns = 9,500.

9,500

Base HE DPM

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9,500 HE full-salvo alpha x 60 / 3.5 s base reload = 162,857.

162,857

Installed HE DPM

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9,500 HE full-salvo alpha x 60 / 3.1 s installed reload (Main Battery Mod. 3 = -10%) = 183,871.

183,871

Base fires/min

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5 HE shells x 60 / 3.5 s reload x 5% fire chance = 4.29.

4.29

AP shells

AP Damage2,200

AP Velocity830 m/s

Min Ricochet45 deg

Guaranteed Ricochet60 deg

Fuse Timer0.01 s

Fuse Threshold21 mm

AP overmatch

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floor(127 mm caliber / 14.3) = 8 mm (AP auto-penetrates plating this thick or less).

8 mm

AP Pen Close

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Canonical community AP formula (jcw780/wows_shell), evaluated at muzzle velocity: 1e-7 × Krupp × mass^0.69 × caliber_m^-1.07 × v0^1.38 = 1e-7 × 2598 × 25^0.69 × 0.127^-1.07 × 830^1.38 = 232.5 mm. Matches the in-game spec card.

232.5 mm

AP Pen Far

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Same formula at the ship's max firing range (14 km), where the shell has slowed to 276.2 m/s: 1e-7 × 2598 × 25^0.69 × 0.127^-1.07 × 276.2^1.38 = 50.9 mm.

50.9 mm

AP full-salvo alpha

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

11,000

Base AP DPM

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11,000 AP full-salvo alpha x 60 / 3.5 s base reload = 188,571.

188,571

Installed AP DPM

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11,000 AP full-salvo alpha x 60 / 3.1 s installed reload (Main Battery Mod. 3 = -10%) = 212,903.

212,903

AP AOE Radius

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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.

10

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Torpedoes

ModuleTorpedoes: 533 mm Mk16 mod. 1

Launchers / tubes2 launchers × 5 tubes = 10 tubes

Reload time117 s

Projectile speed66 kt

Range10.5 km

Maximum simulated damage17,833 (est.)

Alpha damage53,500

Torpedo detectability0.8 km

Torpedo launcher traverse25 °/s

Torp Turn7.2 s

Torp Arming204 m

Deep-Water TorpedoesYes

Per-side salvo damage

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per-side salvo x per-torpedo simulated damage.

178,330

AA Defense

AA mount points9

Close-range AA DPS

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Sum across every AA aura on this ship of (aura.continuous_damage x 3.5 x aura.hit_probability). Here: (23×3.5×1) + (26×3.5×0.95) + (23×3.5×1) = 247. Covers AA-only mounts plus dual-purpose secondaries (Bismarck 105mm, USN 5"/38 cruiser secondaries) and dual-purpose main batteries (Sumner-class 5"/38, Akizuki-line 100mm). Formula validated against in-game captures on California, Sumner, Manfred von Richthofen, Dante Alighieri (exact) and within +/-17% on the remaining verified ships.

247

Maximum AA range

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Longest-reaching aura across AA-only + dual-purpose auras.

5 km

20 mm Oerlikon Mk20Initial: 20 mm Oerlikon Mk4 (6×1) → 20 mm Oerlikon Mk20 (6×2)

40 mm Bofors Mk1Initial: 3×2 → 2×2 40mm

40 mm Bofors Mk2 (upgraded hull only)1×4 40mm

DPS

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Includes 23 continuous AA damage from dual-purpose main battery firing as AA in this range band.

23

Range5 km

DPSInitial: 21 → 23

Range3.5 km

Total DPS in Aura

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Far 23 + Medium 23 = 46

46

DPSInitial: 16 → 26

Range2 km

Total DPS in Aura

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Far 23 + Medium 23 + Near 26 = 72

72

Maneuverability

Engine moduleEngine: 60,000 hp

Engine power60,000 hp

Maximum speed38 kt

Turning circle radius620 m

Engine power multiplier speed threshold7 kt

Traverse-to-turn ratio18.8× snappy

Concealment

Detectability by sea6.93 km

Detectability by air3.47 km

Smoke firing penalty2.58 km

Detect after firing main guns6.93 km

Detect Fire Sea8.93 km

Detect Fire Air6.47 km

Guaranteed Detect2 km

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Consumables

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

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Smoke Generator4 charges · 120 s reload · 15 s emit / 70 s cloud active

Surveillance Radar2 charges · 180 s reload · 17 s active · 8.33 km radar range

Engine Boost2 charges · 180 s reload · 120 s active · +8% speed bonus

Torpedo Reload Booster2 charges · 300 s reload · 8 s active · Rapid torpedo reload

Module options (3)

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

HullTrade-off

Hit points14,800 → 17,100
Rudder shift7.2 → 5.1 s
Close-range AA DPS37 → 49
Turret traverse34 → 18 °/s

Fire controlUpgrade

Main battery range10,176 → 11193.6 m

TorpedoesUpgrade

Range9.99 → 10.5 km
Alpha damage51,000 → 53,500
Display damage17,000 → 17,833
Speed60 → 66 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

Shell grouping (sigma); shown in-game as Shell Grouping.

Max Horiz Disp91.3 m

Horizontal dispersion ellipse width at max range. (R/30·(idealRadius−minRadius)/idealDistance + minRadius)·30 = (10176/30·(8−0.5)/1000 + 0.5)·30 = 91.3 m

Max Vert Disp54.8 m

Vertical dispersion ellipse height at max range = max horizontal × radiusOnMax = 91.3 × 0.6 = 54.8 m

Med Horiz Disp29.2 m

50%-hit horizontal radius = max horizontal × GetHalfHitsRatio(σ) = 91.3 × 0.32 (σ=2) = 29.2 m

Med Vert Disp17.5 m

50%-hit vertical radius = max vertical × GetHalfHitsRatio(σ) = 54.8 × 0.319 (σ=2) = 17.5 m

Dispersion familyDD Disp.

Standard destroyer dispersion baseline.

AP Pen Close232.5 mm

Canonical community AP formula (jcw780/wows_shell), evaluated at muzzle velocity: 1e-7 × Krupp × mass^0.69 × caliber_m^-1.07 × v0^1.38 = 1e-7 × 2598 × 25^0.69 × 0.127^-1.07 × 830^1.38 = 232.5 mm. Matches the in-game spec card.

AP Pen Far50.9 mm

Same formula at the ship's max firing range (14 km), where the shell has slowed to 276.2 m/s: 1e-7 × 2598 × 25^0.69 × 0.127^-1.07 × 276.2^1.38 = 50.9 mm.

HE penetration21 mm

21 mm ≈ 127 mm caliber / 6 (standard HE penetration ratio).

AP overmatch8 mm

floor(127 mm caliber / 14.3) = 8 mm (AP auto-penetrates plating this thick or less).

AP AOE Radius10

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 time5.3 s

180 degrees / 34 deg/s traverse speed = 5.3 s.

HE full-salvo alpha9,500

1,900 HE damage x 5 broadside guns = 9,500.

AP full-salvo alpha11,000

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

Base HE DPM162,857

9,500 HE full-salvo alpha x 60 / 3.5 s base reload = 162,857.

Base AP DPM188,571

11,000 AP full-salvo alpha x 60 / 3.5 s base reload = 188,571.

Installed HE DPM183,871

9,500 HE full-salvo alpha x 60 / 3.1 s installed reload (Main Battery Mod. 3 = -10%) = 183,871.

Installed AP DPM212,903

11,000 AP full-salvo alpha x 60 / 3.1 s installed reload (Main Battery Mod. 3 = -10%) = 212,903.

Base shells/min85.7

5 broadside guns x 60 / 3.5 s base reload = 85.7.

Installed shells/min96.8

5 broadside guns x 60 / 3.1 s installed Artillery reload = 96.8.

Base fires/min4.29

5 HE shells x 60 / 3.5 s reload x 5% fire chance = 4.29.

Installed fires/min4.84

5 HE shells x 60 / 3.1 s installed reload x 5% fire chance = 4.84.

Torpedoes

Torpedo detectability0.8 km

Estimated torpedo reaction time4.7 s

detectability / (speed kt x 2.6 community game-speed factor).

Torpedo speed66 kt

Travel time to max range61.2 s

range / (speed kt x 2.6 community game-speed factor).

Tube count10

2 launchers x 5 tubes.

Per-side salvo10 torpedoes

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

Full-salvo damage178,330

tube count x per-torpedo simulated damage (all torpedoes hitting).

Per-side salvo damage178,330

per-side salvo x per-torpedo simulated damage.

AA defense

Close-range AA DPS247

Sum across every AA aura on this ship of (aura.continuous_damage x 3.5 x aura.hit_probability). Here: (23×3.5×1) + (26×3.5×0.95) + (23×3.5×1) = 247. Covers AA-only mounts plus dual-purpose secondaries (Bismarck 105mm, USN 5"/38 cruiser secondaries) and dual-purpose main batteries (Sumner-class 5"/38, Akizuki-line 100mm). Formula validated against in-game captures on California, Sumner, Manfred von Richthofen, Dante Alighieri (exact) and within +/-17% on the remaining verified ships.

Maximum AA range5 km

Longest-reaching aura across AA-only + dual-purpose auras.

AA threat index857

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

Near aura range2 km

Armor

Hull HP 14,800 → 17,100 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.

Section	Plates	HP cap	Threats	Tactic
Bow	20 mm primary (range 19–20 mm)	2,300 (13% of HP)	Overmatched by 305mm+ (Cherbourg, Brandenburg)Angle bounces 283mm20 mm: HE pens from 127mm+	Bow-tank fits behind this exterior plate. Saturation is FAST here; the cap is often only a few thousand HP.
Hull (midship)	19 mm	12,800 (75% of HP)	Overmatched by 283mm+ (Scharnhorst '43, Schill)Angle bounces 203mm19 mm: HE pens from 127mm+	Largest HP pool. Citadel sits behind these plates; thinner deck and side plating absorb the rest.
Stern	20 mm primary (range 13–20 mm)	1,700 (10% of HP)	Overmatched by 305mm+ (Cherbourg, Brandenburg)Angle bounces 283mm20 mm: HE pens from 127mm+	Mirror of bow. Same fast saturation.
Citadel	20 mm primary (range 13–20 mm)	≈ 165,500 (effectively no cap)	Citadel pen ×0.50 damageOver-pen: ×0.10 damage	Effectively no cap; citadel pool sits at ~165k HP on every ship. Damage is gated by pen/over-pen multipliers instead (×0.50 direct pen, ×0.10 over-pen).
Turret (module, per magazine)	separate HP pool, does not drain ship HP	8,600 magazine HP	Magazine detonation1–30% chance · below ~75% HP	Per-turret powder-magazine HP. Detonation chance scales from 1% (no mag damage) to 30% (full mag damage); this range is the in-game value. Detonation can't roll while the ship is above ~75% HP (the standard detonation-protection threshold, not a per-ship stat). Smaller magazines saturate to the 30% ceiling faster.
AA mount (40 mm mount)	separate HP pool, does not drain ship HP	200 per-mount HP	Destroyed at 0 HP	Per-mount HP for the heaviest AA on this ship. An AA mount destroyed at 0 HP stops shooting down planes for the rest of the battle; DCP does not repair destroyed mounts. HE shells specifically target AA mounts since the small-caliber HP pool falls fast.
Rudder (module)	separate HP pool, does not drain ship HP	5,100 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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AP penetration, impact velocity, flight time and impact angle vs range. Click to load the interactive chart.

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