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Overview

F. Schultz is a Tier VIII German long-range gunboat destroyer reaching 12.4 km: her guns out-reach peer DDs and most cruisers can be kited at the edge of her range. The kit is HE spam from open water rather than cap contesting; the torpedoes are a backup, not the primary threat. Standout traits: best HE fire chance in T8 DDs (12) and best AP fuse timer in T8 DDs (0.025 s).

Positioning

Sit in open water at the edge of 12.4 km where peer DDs cannot return fire and most cruisers have to push to engage. The kit is HE pressure from distance, not cap contesting; let your peer DDs take the cap while you kite the rotating cruisers and BBs that come to support it.

Potato Avoidance

Overstaying detection after a torpedo drop

The detection window is a hard timer; if you are still firing guns when concealment closes again, you have already taken more damage than the drop earned.

Signature Traits

Big-caliber overmatch

10.5 mm overmatch threshold, best of T8 DDs. Punishes bow-tanking ships peers can't crack.

Close-range AP brick

300.2 mm AP pen at 1.5 km, top decile of T8 DDs. Citadels broadside cruisers up close.

Long-range AP brick

116.7 mm AP pen at max range, top decile of T8 DDs. Threatens citadels even from range.

Long gun range

12.36 km main battery reach, best of T8 DDs.

Stiff AP fuse

25.0 mm AP arming threshold, worst of T8 DDs. Over-pens thin plates; the trade-off pays off when most targets are battleship belt armor.

Sluggish rudder

7.9 s rudder shift, bottom decile of T8 DDs. Hard to dodge incoming AP; lean on island cover.

Acquisition

How to get F. Schultz

F. Schultz is available in the Hunter Destroyers branch of the Germany Tech Tree for 25,000,000 credits after researching it in the branch. Known module upgrades cost up to 6,250,000 credits. Container chances are shown as the listed odds of receiving this exact ship, dividing grouped ship-pool odds across the resolved ships and including nested container paths when a crate can drop another crate.

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Best listed chance for this ship

Anniversary '24 French-German Crate 0.25% F. Schultz Event containers · Anniversary '24 French-German Crate

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Builds Beta

AL Z24, Blue Furiora, and Erich Bey are useful German destroyer commander directions. Inspirations usually start with concealment, then add HP, torpedo reload, gun performance, or speed depending on whether you want safer scouting or harder cap fights.

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Commanders frequently paired with this ship AL Z24 Erich Bey

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Cohort position

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Where F. Schultz 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.

BestMain battery caliber150 mm (1 of 2 tied) BestMain battery range12.36 km (1/25) BestHE fire chance12% (1/24) BestAP fuse timer0.03 s (1 of 3 tied) BestAP ricochet start60° (1 of 6 tied) BestAA range6 km (1 of 2 tied) BestDeck armor25 mm (1 of 2 tied) Top 10%Hit points29,040 HP (2/25) Top 10%AP shell damage4,000 (2/23) Top 10%Main dispersion54.3 m (2/25) Top 10%AP velocity960 m/s (3/23) Top 10%HE velocity960 m/s (3/24) Top 10%Max armor25 mm (3/25) Top 10%Citadel belt25 mm (3/24) Top 25%AP auto-bounce angle67.5° (4/23) Top 25%Engine power82,450 hp (6/25) Top 25%AA DPS281 (6/25) Top 25%AA threat1,080 (5/25) Bottom 25%Stealth profile7.35 km / 3.68 km (23/25 / 22/25) Bottom 25%Main battery reload6 s (22/25) Bottom 25%Displacement4,809 t (23/25) Bottom 25%Torpedo range7.98 km (22/24) Bottom 25%Torpedo speed52 kt (21/24) Bottom 10%Rudder shift7.9 s (24/25) Bottom 10%HE DPM108,000 (23/24) WorstAP arming threshold25 mm (1 of 2 tied)

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Not standouts for F. Schultz -- here's where she sits on every other ranked stat in the cohort.

Max speed35.5 kt(17/25) Traverse-to-turn ratio10.7 ×(17/25) HE shell damage1,800(15/24) Fires per minute7.2(9/24) AP DPM240,000(11/23) Acceleration11 s(11/25) Turn-speed retention103.1 hp/m(11/25) Power-to-weight17.14 hp/t(17/25) Torpedo damage15,500(15/24) Torpedo reload110 s(13/24)

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Stats & specs

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

Def-AASmokeEngine Boost

Survivability

Hit PointsInitial: 26,500 → 29,040

Displacement4,809 t

Armor range13–25 mm

Plate armor thicknesses13, 19, 20, 25 mm

Armor material/layer entries22

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.

14,500

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.

8,700

Main Battery

ModuleArtillery: 6×150 mm

Mounts / barrels3 mounts / 6 barrels

Reload time6.7 s

Firing range (base)11.2 km

Firing range (top fire control)12.4 km

Turret traverse14 °/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 = (11240/30·(4−0.5)/1000 + 0.5)·30 = 54.3 m

54.3 m

Max Vert Disp

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Vertical dispersion ellipse height at max range = max horizontal × radiusOnMax = 54.3 × 0.6 = 32.6 m

32.6 m

Med Horiz Disp

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50%-hit horizontal radius = max horizontal × GetHalfHitsRatio(σ) = 54.3 × 0.32 (σ=2) = 17.4 m

17.4 m

Med Vert Disp

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50%-hit vertical radius = max vertical × GetHalfHitsRatio(σ) = 32.6 × 0.319 (σ=2) = 10.4 m

10.4 m

Turret turn time

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180 degrees / 14 deg/s traverse speed = 12.9 s.

12.9 s

Base shells/min

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6 broadside guns x 60 / 6.7 s base reload = 53.7.

53.7

HE shells

HE Damage1,800

HE Velocity960 m/s

Fire Chance12%

HE penetration

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38 mm ≈ 150 mm caliber / 4 (improved HE penetration: German BBs, Yamato-class, and a handful of others).

38 mm

HE full-salvo alpha

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1,800 HE damage x 6 broadside guns = 10,800.

10,800

Base HE DPM

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10,800 HE full-salvo alpha x 60 / 6.7 s base reload = 96,716.

96,716

Installed HE DPM

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10,800 HE full-salvo alpha x 60 / 6 s installed reload (Main Battery Mod. 3 = -10%) = 108,000.

108,000

Base fires/min

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6 HE shells x 60 / 6.7 s reload x 12% fire chance = 6.45.

6.45

AP shells

AP Damage4,000

AP Velocity960 m/s

Min Ricochet60 deg

Guaranteed Ricochet67.5 deg

Fuse Timer0.025 s

Fuse Threshold25 mm

AP overmatch

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floor(150 mm caliber / 14.3) = 10 mm (AP auto-penetrates plating this thick or less).

10 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 × 2600 × 41^0.69 × 0.15^-1.07 × 960^1.38 = 334.9 mm. Matches the in-game spec card.

334.9 mm

AP Pen Far

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Same formula at the ship's max firing range (15.5 km), where the shell has slowed to 447.3 m/s: 1e-7 × 2600 × 41^0.69 × 0.15^-1.07 × 447.3^1.38 = 116.7 mm.

116.7 mm

AP full-salvo alpha

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4,000 AP damage x 6 broadside guns = 24,000.

24,000

Base AP DPM

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24,000 AP full-salvo alpha x 60 / 6.7 s base reload = 214,925.

214,925

Installed AP DPM

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24,000 AP full-salvo alpha x 60 / 6 s installed reload (Main Battery Mod. 3 = -10%) = 240,000.

240,000

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.

15

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Torpedoes

ModuleTorpedoes: 533 mm Vierling

Launchers / tubes2 launchers × 4 tubes = 8 tubes

Reload time110 s

Projectile speed52 kt

Range7.98 km

Maximum simulated damage14,500 (est.)

Alpha damage43,500

Torpedo detectability1.2 km

Torpedo launcher traverse25 °/s

Torp Turn7.2 s

Torp Arming161 m

Per-side salvo damage

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per-side salvo x per-torpedo simulated damage.

116,000

AA Defense

AA mount points7

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: (13×3.5×1) + (56×3.5×0.95) + (14×3.5×1) = 281. 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.

281

Maximum AA range

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

6 km

55 mm L/77 Gerät 58 ZwillingInitial: 55 mm L/77 Gerät 58 (1×1) → 55 mm L/77 Gerät 58 Zwilling (1×2)

30 mm Flak 38Initial: 30 mm Flak 103/38 (6×2) → 30 mm Flak 38 (6×4)

DPS

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Includes 14 continuous AA damage from dual-purpose main battery firing as AA in this range band.

14

Range6 km

DPS13

Range5 km

Total DPS in Aura

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Far 14 + Medium 13 = 27

27

DPSInitial: 42 → 56

Range3 km

Total DPS in Aura

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Far 14 + Medium 13 + Near 56 = 83

83

Maneuverability

Engine moduleEngine: 82,450 hp

Engine power82,450 hp

Maximum speed35.5 kt

Turning circle radius800 m

Engine power multiplier speed threshold7 kt

Traverse-to-turn ratio10.7× ok

Concealment

Detectability by sea7.35 km

Detectability by air3.68 km

Smoke firing penalty3.15 km

Detect after firing main guns7.35 km

Detect Fire Sea9.35 km

Detect Fire Air6.68 km

Guaranteed Detect2 km

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Consumables

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

Smoke Generator2 charges · 240 s reload · 15 s emit / 73 s cloud active

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

Defensive AA Fire3 charges · 140 s reload · 25 s active · +100% flak burst boost

Module options (2)

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

HullUpgrade

Hit points26,500 → 29,040
Rudder shift11.1 → 7.9 s
Close-range AA DPS52 → 69
Maximum AA range4.5 → 5 km

Fire controlUpgrade

Main battery range11,240 → 12,364 m

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

Main battery formulas

Shell Grouping (σ)2

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

Max Horiz Disp54.3 m

Horizontal dispersion ellipse width at max range. (R/30·(idealRadius−minRadius)/idealDistance + minRadius)·30 = (11240/30·(4−0.5)/1000 + 0.5)·30 = 54.3 m

Max Vert Disp32.6 m

Vertical dispersion ellipse height at max range = max horizontal × radiusOnMax = 54.3 × 0.6 = 32.6 m

Med Horiz Disp17.4 m

50%-hit horizontal radius = max horizontal × GetHalfHitsRatio(σ) = 54.3 × 0.32 (σ=2) = 17.4 m

Med Vert Disp10.4 m

50%-hit vertical radius = max vertical × GetHalfHitsRatio(σ) = 32.6 × 0.319 (σ=2) = 10.4 m

AP Pen Close334.9 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 × 2600 × 41^0.69 × 0.15^-1.07 × 960^1.38 = 334.9 mm. Matches the in-game spec card.

AP Pen Far116.7 mm

Same formula at the ship's max firing range (15.5 km), where the shell has slowed to 447.3 m/s: 1e-7 × 2600 × 41^0.69 × 0.15^-1.07 × 447.3^1.38 = 116.7 mm.

HE penetration38 mm

38 mm ≈ 150 mm caliber / 4 (improved HE penetration: German BBs, Yamato-class, and a handful of others).

Improved HE PenYes

This ship's HE shells use a 1/4 (~0.25) caliber-to-pen ratio instead of the standard 1/6 (~0.167) - 0.253 in this case. Lets HE pen ~37mm armor instead of ~25mm. Hits every German cruiser (150mm CL, 203mm CA) and BB (350mm+), British heavy cruisers / Lion / Nelson, a handful of other premiums.

AP overmatch10 mm

floor(150 mm caliber / 14.3) = 10 mm (AP auto-penetrates plating this thick or less).

AP AOE Radius15

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 alpha6

All 6 barrels bear on the broadside.

Turret turn time12.9 s

180 degrees / 14 deg/s traverse speed = 12.9 s.

HE full-salvo alpha10,800

1,800 HE damage x 6 broadside guns = 10,800.

AP full-salvo alpha24,000

4,000 AP damage x 6 broadside guns = 24,000.

Base HE DPM96,716

10,800 HE full-salvo alpha x 60 / 6.7 s base reload = 96,716.

Base AP DPM214,925

24,000 AP full-salvo alpha x 60 / 6.7 s base reload = 214,925.

Installed HE DPM108,000

10,800 HE full-salvo alpha x 60 / 6 s installed reload (Main Battery Mod. 3 = -10%) = 108,000.

Installed AP DPM240,000

24,000 AP full-salvo alpha x 60 / 6 s installed reload (Main Battery Mod. 3 = -10%) = 240,000.

Base shells/min53.7

6 broadside guns x 60 / 6.7 s base reload = 53.7.

Installed shells/min60

6 broadside guns x 60 / 6 s installed Artillery reload = 60.

Base fires/min6.45

6 HE shells x 60 / 6.7 s reload x 12% fire chance = 6.45.

Installed fires/min7.2

6 HE shells x 60 / 6 s installed reload x 12% fire chance = 7.2.

Torpedoes

Torpedo detectability1.2 km

Estimated torpedo reaction time8.9 s

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

Torpedo speed52 kt

Travel time to max range59 s

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

Tube count8

2 launchers x 4 tubes.

Per-side salvo8 torpedoes

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

Full-salvo damage116,000

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

Per-side salvo damage116,000

per-side salvo x per-torpedo simulated damage.

AA defense

Close-range AA DPS281

Sum across every AA aura on this ship of (aura.continuous_damage x 3.5 x aura.hit_probability). Here: (13×3.5×1) + (56×3.5×0.95) + (14×3.5×1) = 281. 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 range6 km

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

AA threat index1080

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 km

Armor

Hull HP 26,500 → 29,040 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	3,300 (11% 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	21,800 (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 19–20 mm)	2,700 (9% of HP)	Overmatched by 305mm+ (Cherbourg, Brandenburg)Angle bounces 283mm20 mm: HE pens from 127mm+	Mirror of bow. Same fast saturation.
Citadel	25 mm primary (range 13–25 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).
Superstructure	19 mm primary (range 19–25 mm)	2,700 (9% 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	14,500 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 (55 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)	-0.100 research estimate	Largest on BB/BC; zero on destroyers	Engine durability isn't a per-ship HP field in the binary. 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 decoded deceleration fields; exact meaning unconfirmed in the current decoder.
Rudder (module)	separate HP pool, does not drain ship HP	8,700 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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