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Courbet 1944

Also called: 孤拔 1944 Beta

France · Tier III · Battleship · Premium · Courbet Variant

Bow-tank battleshipAngle bow-in and absorb; the armor holds a lane peer battleships cannot push through.

Playstyle

Anchor a flank at 12-15 km with bow toward the closest threat
Avoid: Taking the long way round the map edge to flank

Key characteristics

Strong AAThick bow plateEasily spotted

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Community Data

Courbet 1944 Community Stats

Across 820+ Standard battles from 110+ players, Courbet 1944 averages a 62% win rate, 48,700 damage and 1.4 kills per battle, and survives 42% of them.

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Playstyle

Overview

Courbet 1944 is a Tier III French bow-tank battleship: top-decile bow and deck plate shrugs what peer guns cannot crack, so she holds the line bow-in and soaks fire while the team trades around her. Standout traits: AA DPS in T3 BBs (193, 3rd of 15). The trade is surface detection in T3 BBs (12.8 km, 17th of 18).

Positioning

Anchor a flank at 12-15 km with bow toward the closest threat. Rotate one or two map cells with the team rather than holding solo; a battleship alone on a flank is a free focus target for the enemy. At 21 kn you cannot re-cross the map, so the flank you pick early is the one you fight all game; choose it for where the enemy battleships will end up, not where they start.

Potato Avoidance

Taking the long way round the map edge to flank

At 21 kn five minutes of sailing buys about 3.2 km, so a border run costs most of the mid-game and arrives after the fight it was meant to decide. She wins by holding a lane and trading from it: pick the flank before the first salvo, then let the guns do the travelling.

Signature Traits

ELITE ARMOR ↗

Thick bow plate · 30 mm
Bow-tanker

ELITE AA ↗

Top-tier AA · 193 AA
AA specialist

Easily spotted ↗

12.8 km surface detect, bottom decile of T3 BBs. Visible before you can react; position early.

Bow-in or broadside-dead

Angled bow-on, the bow and belt bounce AP that would citadel a flat-side peer -- but show a full broadside even for one salvo and you hand out a citadel. Commit to a lane you can hold angled; you can't afford to swing broadside to dodge torpedoes.

Acquisition

How to get Courbet 1944

Courbet 1944 is a Premium ship and not available to unlock in the Tech Tree. Acquisition path: Collection reward.

Collection rewardReward for completing a collection.

While you save up, check active promo codes for free doubloons, camouflages, and other rewards.

Official WG availability sources

D-Day: 80th Anniversary Collection reward Start: 2024-05-27
- After gathering the entire collection of 12 cards, you’ll receive the final prize—French Tier III battleship Courbet 1944 in a special D-Day permanent camouflage with a counter for enemy ships sunk!
New Year's Gathering: Collections and More Collection reward Start: 2024-12-02
- After completing the entire collection of 12 cards, you'll get the final prize—French Tier III battleship Courbet 1944 in a special D-Day permanent camouflage that displays a counter for enemy ships sunk.
May Update: The Cat and the Eagle Collection reward Start: 2025-05-15
- D-Day Collection crates also return—obtain them in the Store to collect all the cards and get French battleship Courbet 1944!

Builds

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Cohort position

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Where Courbet 1944 sits among Tier III BBs (17 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.

BestBow armor30 mm (1 of 2 tied) Top 25%Main battery range14.09 km (5/18) Top 25%Secondary HE alpha2,000 (5/17) Top 25%HE velocity905 m/s (4/18) Top 25%AA DPS193 (3/15) Bottom 25%Stealth profile12.76 km / 10.21 km (17/18 / 17/18) Bottom 25%Smoke fire bloom9.74 km (15/18) Bottom 25%Fires per minute4.4 (15/18) Bottom 25%Main dispersion204 m (15/18) WorstSecondary range3.5 km (1 of 7 tied) WorstFlak damage per salvo (expected)150 (1 of 3 tied)

See 33 mid-pack stats

Not standouts for Courbet 1944 -- 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.

Hit points41,000 HP(9/18) Max speed21 kt(12/18) Rudder shift12.3 s(11/18) Turning circle580 m(7/18) Main battery caliber305 mm(9/18) Main battery reload30 s(11/18) Sigma1.8(6/18) HE shell damage4,200(11/18) HE fire chance22%(14/18) HE DPM84,000(8/18) AP shell damage8,300(7/18) AP DPM166,000(10/18) Secondary DPM (per side)132,000(9/18) Secondary fire chance8%(9/17) Secondary HE pen23 mm(9/17) AP velocity798 m/s(14/18) Time to 90% speed34.3 s(11/17) Acceleration (0-12 kt)18.3 s(13/17) AP arming threshold51 mm(10/18) Engine power28,000 hp(11/17) Power / turn radius48.3 hp/m(13/17) Displacement25,579 t(11/18) Power-to-weight1.09 hp/t(13/17) AP pen at 10 km262 mm(12/18) Effective HE DPM (incl. fire)112,868(13/18) AA range3 km(9/15) AA threat284(7/15) Repair charges3(9/18) Max armor300 mm(9/18) Citadel belt250 mm(11/18) Stern armor19 mm(10/18) NormSecondary dispersion bracket57(15 of 18 tied at this value) NormAP fuse timer0.01 s(13 of 18 tied at this value)

Peers in this cohort

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Stats & specs

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Survivability

Hit Points41,000

Displacement25,579 t

Armor range12–300 mm

Plate armor thicknesses12, 13, 14, 19, 20, 24, 28, 30, 40, 48, 70, 90, 120, 135, 142, 145, 150, 160, 175, 180, 200, 232, 235, 250, 270, 280, 300 mm

Armor material/layer entries95

Fire resistance

top hull: 1 − 0.9001 fire coefficient = 10%. 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.

10%

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 × 41,000 HP = 7,380 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 × 41,000 HP = 8,200 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.

20,500

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.

12,300

Effective HP

Base 41,000 HP plus everything Repair Party can restore: 0.005 of max HP per second (0.5%) × 28 s × 41,000 HP = 5,740 HP per charge, × 3 charges = 17,220 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.

45,556–58,220

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 × 1,400 = 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 ×. 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

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 × 6,300 = 12,600), 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.

6,300

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 × 1,200 = 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

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 × 30,800 = 61,600), 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.

30,800

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 × 1,300 = 2,600), 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 ×. 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.

1,300

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 × 2,200 = 4,400), 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.

2,200

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: 305 mm/45 Mle 1910

Mounts / barrels6 mounts / 12 barrels

Reload time30 s

Firing range14.1 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.

2x ±135°, 180° starboard-only, 2x ±142°, 180° port-only

Guns to bear

180° − 135° (the most restricted aft-facing mount's arc) = 45° off bow; 180° − 142° (the most restricted forward-facing mount's arc) = 38° off stern. 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.

45° off bow / 38° off stern

Shell Grouping (σ)1.8

Dispersion type

In practice: 2% wider (worse) horizontal dispersion and 2% more vertical spread at max range (14.1 km) than a standard battleship: about 204 m wide × 122 m tall, against 201 m × 121 m. Also on this curve (55): AL Vittorio Veneto, Alsace, Andrea Doria, BA Binah, BA Tirpitz, Bayern, Bismarck, Bismarck B, Brandenburg, Bretagne, Cavour, 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{14085.5}{30} \cdot \frac{12 - 2.2}{1000} + 2.2) \cdot 30 = 204 m

204 m at 14.1 km

Max Vert Disp

Vertical dispersion ellipse height at max range:

σ_{V} = σ_{H} \cdot radiusOnMax

= 204 \cdot 0.6 = 122.4 m

122.4 m at 14.1 km

Med Horiz Disp

50%-hit horizontal radius:

σ_{H, 50} = σ_{H} \cdot \frac{0.6}{σ}

= 204 \cdot \frac{0.6}{1.8} = 68 m

68 m at 14.1 km

Med Vert Disp

50%-hit vertical radius:

σ_{V, 50} = σ_{V} \cdot \frac{0.6}{σ}

= 122.4 \cdot \frac{0.6}{1.8} = 40.8 m

40.8 m at 14.1 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 alpha4,200

HE Velocity905 m/s

Fire Chance22%

HE fire DPM vs T3 BB28868

Effective HE DPM vs T3 BB112868

HE penetration

51 mm ≈ 305 mm caliber / 6 (standard HE penetration ratio).

51 mm

HE full-salvo alpha

4,200 HE damage x 10 broadside guns = 42,000.

42,000

HE DPM

42,000 HE full-salvo alpha x 60 / 30 s base reload = 84,000.

84,000

Fires/min

20 shells/min × 0.22 (22% fire chance) = 4.4.

4.4

AP shells

AP alpha8,300

AP Velocity798 m/s

Min Ricochet45 deg

Guaranteed Ricochet60 deg

Fuse Timer0.01 s

Fuse Threshold51 mm

AP overmatch

floor(305 mm caliber / 14.3) = 21 mm (AP auto-penetrates plating this thick or less).

21 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 2300 \cdot {428.35}^{0.69} \cdot {0.305}^{- 1.07} \cdot 798^{1.38} = 542.3 mm

542.3 mm point-blank

AP Pen Far

Same formula at the ship's max firing range (14.1 km), where the shell has slowed to 394.9 m/s:

P = 10^{- 7} \cdot 2300 \cdot {428.35}^{0.69} \cdot {0.305}^{- 1.07} \cdot {394.9}^{1.38} = 205.4 mm

205.4 mm at 14.1 km

AP full-salvo alpha

8,300 AP damage x 10 broadside guns = 83,000.

83,000

AP DPM

83,000 AP full-salvo alpha x 60 / 30 s base reload = 166,000.

166,000

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 points24

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

75 mm/50 Mle 19228×1 75mm

13.2 mm/76 CAD Mle 19298×2 13mm

13.2 mm/76 Mle 19298×1 13mm

Guns75 mm/50 Mle 1922

Continuous DPS

Effective DPS: 11 raw aura damage × 3.5 × 0.75 hit probability = 29 - the same in-game units as the Close-range AA DPS headline.

Range3 km

Guns13.2 mm/76 CAD Mle 1929 + 13.2 mm/76 Mle 1929

Continuous DPS

Effective DPS: 67 raw aura damage × 3.5 × 0.7 hit probability = 164 - the same in-game units as the Close-range AA DPS headline.

164

Range1.2 km

Total DPS in Aura

Far 29 + Near 164 = 193

193

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 × 100 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.

100

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 AA mount is operational - it stops only once every AA mount is knocked out.

AA mounts

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 3 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.

2.5-3 km

See the AA layers diagram ↓

Secondary Battery

Mounts22

Firing range3.5 km

Shell Grouping (σ)1

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: 22×1 139 mm (11/side) × 60/10 s × 2000 = 132,000. Assumes every shell hits (real hit rate is lower; the Brawl matchup tool on the Compare page folds in dispersion + target armor).

132,000

Secondary fire DPM vs T3 BB (per side)

Fires/min (per side) 5.3 × (1 − 0.1 fire resistance) × 60 s × 0.003 of max HP per second × 40,500 HP = 34,642. 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.

34,642

Total secondary DPM vs T3 BB (per side)

Secondary DPM (per side) 132,000 + secondary fire DPM 34,642 = 166,642: shell damage plus fire damage against one T3 battleship, every shell hitting.

166,642

139 mm/55 Mle 191022×1 139mm

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

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 @ 3.5 km

3.5 km × 57 + 30 = 229.5 m.

229.5 m

Maneuverability

Engine power28,000 hp

Maximum speed21.0 kt

Turning circle radius580 m

Rudder shift time12.3 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 4.0°/s, so a target drifts across the bow at that rate. Turret traverse minus hull turn: 3 − 4.0 = -1.0°/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 1.0°/s

See the full acceleration curve ↓

Concealment

Detectability by sea

Base value, no camouflage. With a Grade IV permanent camo (or any disposable camo): 12.76 km x 0.955 = 12.19 km. Camouflage does not change detectability by air.

12.76 km

With Grade IV camouflage (sea)

Detectability by sea 12.76 km x 0.955 (Grade IV permanent camo or any disposable camo) = 12.19 km.

12.19 km

Detectability by air10.21 km

Smoke firing penalty9.74 km

Detect when firing (sea)

max(main battery range, sea detectability 12.76 km) = 14.09 km. Equal to the ship's main battery range (never below base detectability): firing makes you visible to everyone you can reach.

14.09 km

Detect when firing (air)

Air detectability 10.21 km + gun-firing bloom 6.1 km = 16.31 km. The bloom tracks main-battery caliber 305 mm × 0.020 = 6.1 km.

16.31 km

Detect when on fire (sea)

Sea detectability 12.76 km + 2.0 km while burning = 14.76 km.

14.76 km

Detect when on fire (air)

Air detectability 10.21 km + 3.0 km while burning = 13.21 km.

13.21 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 · 5,740 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 × 41,000 HP = 5,740 HP: up to 14% of max HP restored per charge.
· 17,220 HP (42% of max HP) total heal (all charges)
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0.14 of max HP per charge × 3 charges = 0.42 × 41,000 HP = 17,220 HP: up to 42% of max HP if the whole Repair Party loadout is used.
· 205 HP/s (0.5% of max HP) heal per second
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0.005 (0.5% of max HP) × 41,000 HP = 205 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

Under the hood

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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 BB2% wider H · 2% taller V

H = horizontal, V = vertical spread. This ship's curve against the standard battleship curve, both evaluated at this ship's max range (14.1 km) with the same model as Max Horiz/Vert Disp: horizontal 204 / 201 m − 1 = +2%, vertical 122 / 121 m − 1 = +2%. 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 height @ 5 km47.5 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  $delim \cdot R_{m a x} = 0.5 \cdot 14085.5 = 7043$  m, and  $radiusOnMax = 0.6$  at 14085.5 m. Below the kink:  $k = 0.2 + (0.5 - 0.2) \cdot \frac{5000}{7043} = 0.413$ , so  $σ_{V} = σ_{H} \cdot k = 115 \cdot 0.413 = 47.5 m$ .

Shell scatter height @ 10 km88.9 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  $delim \cdot R_{m a x} = 0.5 \cdot 14085.5 = 7043$  m, and  $radiusOnMax = 0.6$  at 14085.5 m. Above the kink:  $k = 0.5 + (0.6 - 0.5) \cdot \frac{10000 - 7043}{14085.5 - 7043} = 0.542$ , so  $σ_{V} = σ_{H} \cdot k = 164 \cdot 0.542 = 88.9 m$ .

AP pen 5 km373 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  $P = 10^{- 7} \cdot K \cdot m^{0.69} \cdot d^{- 1.07} \cdot v^{1.38}$   $= 10^{- 7} \cdot 2300 \cdot {428.35}^{0.69} \cdot {0.305}^{- 1.07} \cdot {608.8}^{1.38} = 373 mm$ , where 608.8 m/s is the shell's speed when it arrives at 5 km (from 798 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 km262 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  $P = 10^{- 7} \cdot K \cdot m^{0.69} \cdot d^{- 1.07} \cdot v^{1.38}$   $= 10^{- 7} \cdot 2300 \cdot {428.35}^{0.69} \cdot {0.305}^{- 1.07} \cdot {471.4}^{1.38} = 262 mm$ , where 471.4 m/s is the shell's speed when it arrives at 10 km (from 798 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 km6.01 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:  $k = \frac{π C_{d} d^{2}}{8 m} = \frac{π \cdot 0.52 \cdot {0.305}^{2}}{8 \cdot 428.35} = 4.43 \times 10^{- 5}$ . That runs from a 798 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 km5.95 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:  $k = \frac{π C_{d} d^{2}}{8 m} = \frac{π \cdot 0.52 \cdot {0.305}^{2}}{8 \cdot 308} = 6.17 \times 10^{- 5}$ . That runs from a 905 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

Counted from each mount's firing arc: most barrels that bear at once: 10 of 12, on the beam; casemate/wing mounts only fire one side.

Model inputs

Krupp (AP)2,300

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 mass428.35 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 coefficient0.52

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

AP muzzle velocity798 m/s

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

HE muzzle velocity905 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.

taperDist3,500 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 3 km contribute at the outer edge of the AA bubble. In-game families: 75 50 Mle 1922 8x1 -> 29 DPS @ 3 km; 13 2 76 Hotchkiss CAQ Mle 1929 twin 8x2 -> 82 DPS @ 1.2 km; 13 mm76 Hotchkiss Mle 1930 8x1 -> 82 DPS @ 1.2 km.

AA DPS layered by range29 DPS @ 3 km, 193 DPS @ 1.2 km

@ 3 km: 29 from one family; @ 1.2 km: 29 + 82 + 82 = 193. 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-blank193

29 + 82 + 82 = 193 DPS: the sum of every family's average DPS, achievable only inside the closest-range family (1.2 km).

AA threat index284

29 × 3 + 82 × 1.2 + 82 × 1.2 = 284. 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

Secondary battery firepower

Max HE alpha2000

The only family (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%

The only family (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

The only family (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

The first dreadnought battleship built in France. The ship carried twelve 305 mm main guns and powerful secondary guns. Her sides were reinforced with vast armored areas. Her disadvantages included weak torpedo protection.

Armor Beta

Hull HP 41,000, distributed across 5 hull zones, each with its own plate thicknesses, saturation cap, and pen thresholds. HP caps are estimates.

Bow & stern30 mm

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

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 10%, fires burn 60s. Range-by-range in the Compare tool →

Section	Plates	HP cap	Threats	Tactic
Bow	30 mm primary (range 24–200 mm)	≈ 2,050 (~5% of HP)	Overmatch not possible in its bracketAngle bounces 410mm30 mm: HE pens from 203mm+	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 12–270 mm)	≈ 30,750 (~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)	≈ 2,050 (~5% 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)	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)	no cap	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).

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.

Balance History

Balance updates affecting Courbet 1944. Cards are condensed; use each source link for full context.

Rework ×1

2025-05-15

Ministry of Balance: New Horizons, Greater Heights

The Superior AP Damage ship trait has been replaced with Long Reach. This doesn't affect the ship's performance.

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Exteriors

Skins & permanent camouflages

Every custom exterior Courbet 1944 can equip.

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Primary official WG sources

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Under the hood

Main battery formulas

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AA defense

Secondary battery firepower

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Background

Armor Beta

Balance History

Ministry of Balance: New Horizons, Greater Heights

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