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Gneisenau

Also called: 格奈森瑙 Beta

Germany · Tier VI · Battleship · Tech Tree: Brawler Battleships

Turtleback brawlerSloped armor bounces close-range shells; brawl with secondaries inside the citadel-safe band.

Playstyle

Anchor a flank at 14-17 km with bow toward the closest threat, then use the speed advantage at 32 kn to rotate to the cap that needs a second battleship rather than the one your team already has
Avoid: Using the 32-kn speed to push rather than to rotate

Key characteristics

Strong secondaries (5.3 km)Improved HE penSpotter planeTurtleback armorFast for the classLow HE DPM

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Gneisenau Community Stats

Across 19,000+ Standard battles from 350+ players, Gneisenau averages a 55% win rate, 51,500 damage and 0.9 kills per battle, and survives 29% of them.

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Playstyle

Overview

Gneisenau is a Tier VI German turtleback brawler: her angled deck armor roofs the citadel and deflects low-angle fire up and away, so the citadel is safer inside secondary range than at long-line trades. The kit is brawl-positive with secondaries out to 5.3 km that punish anyone who closes. HE pen sits at the 1/4 caliber ratio instead of the standard 1/6, so HE damages angled targets her AP can't, but her HE volume is low: a tool for bow-on targets, not a damage plan. Standout traits: best top speed in T6 BBs (32 kt, 2nd of 32) and best AA reach in T6 BBs (5.2 km, 4th of 32). The trade is low HE DPM in T6 BBs (60,923, 30th of 31).

Positioning

Anchor a flank at 14-17 km with bow toward the closest threat, then use the speed advantage at 32 kn to rotate to the cap that needs a second battleship rather than the one your team already has. Mobility means you can pick which fight you are in; do not waste it by holding center the whole match. A 830 m turning circle is wide for her cohort, so a committed turn gives up a lot of water; plan course changes a salvo ahead.

Potato Avoidance

Using the 32-kn speed to push rather than to rotate

The mobility advantage is about picking which cap fight you arrive at, not about leading the brawl line; a fast BB that overextends loses HP that the kit cannot trade back.

Signature Traits

Turtleback armor

Deck armor angled downward over the citadel, forming a roof outside it. Deflects shells arriving at a low angle up and away, so flat-trajectory fire from close range struggles to reach the citadel.

Improved HE penetration

HE pen at the 1/4 caliber ratio instead of the standard 1/6. HE-spam is a real damage option here, not just a fire-starter, shared by 9/32 T6 BBs.

Fast for the class ↗

32 kt, best of T6 BBs. Lets you rotate flanks or escape disengagements.

Long-reach AA ↗

5.2 km AA reach, best of T6 BBs.

Low HE DPM ↗

60923 HE DPM, bottom decile of T6 BBs. Don't bank on burn pressure.

Small-caliber secondaries ↗

1500 max HE alpha per secondary shell, bottom decile of T6 BBs. Per-shell damage runs below peers'. Fire chance is at the cohort floor too (5%, tied with 6 other ships), so they will not burn a target down either.

Acquisition

How to get Gneisenau

Gneisenau is available in the Brawler Battleships branch of the Germany Tech Tree for 9,000,000 credits after researching it in the branch. Known module upgrades cost up to 2,250,000 credits.

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Germany Tech Tree

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Builds

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Commanders frequently paired with this ship AL Bismarck AL Prinz Heinrich AL Scharnhorst

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Cohort position

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Where Gneisenau sits among Tier VI BBs (31 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.

BestMax speed32 kt (1 of 3 tied) BestAA range5.2 km (1 of 7 tied) Top 10%Secondary HE pen32 mm (3/31) Top 25%Main battery reload26 s (8/32) Top 25%Secondary DPM (per side)247,500 (9/32) Top 25%Acceleration (0-12 kt)12.7 s (7/32) Top 25%Engine power160,000 hp (5/32) Top 25%Power / turn radius192.8 hp/m (5/32) Top 25%Displacement40,198 t (9/32) Top 25%Power-to-weight3.98 hp/t (5/32) Top 25%Secondary range5.3 km (6/32) Top 25%Flak damage per salvo (expected)1,418 (5/32) Bottom 25%Turning circle830 m (25/32) Bottom 25%Fires per minute4.71 (27/31) Bottom 25%AP DPM160,615 (27/32) Bottom 25%Main dispersion224 m (25/32) Bottom 25%Citadel belt260 mm (27/32) Bottom 10%HE DPM60,923 (30/31) Bottom 10%Effective HE DPM (incl. fire)96,145 (30/31) WorstSecondary HE alpha1,500 (1 of 3 tied) WorstSecondary fire chance5% (1 of 7 tied) WorstTorpedo range6 km (1 of 3 tied)

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Not standouts for Gneisenau -- 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 points58,200 HP(21/32) Concealment14.64 km(20/32) Smoke fire bloom13.37 km(17/32) Air detection11.71 km(19/32) Rudder shift14.8 s(17/32) Main battery caliber380 mm(21/32) Main battery range16.12 km(11/32) Sigma1.8(19/32) HE fire chance34%(18/31) AP shell damage11,600(15/32) AP velocity820 m/s(13/32) HE velocity820 m/s(14/31) Time to 90% speed33.4 s(13/32) AP arming threshold63 mm(12/32) AP pen at 10 km527 mm(13/32) AA DPS349(19/32) AA threat1,232(13/32) Torpedo speed64 kt(3/6) Torpedo reaction time7.6 s(3/6) Torpedo reload68 s(3/6) Repair charges3(15/32) Max armor350 mm(20/32) Stern armor26 mm(12/32) NormSecondary dispersion bracket57(25 of 32 tied at this value) NormAP fuse timer0.033 s(22 of 32 tied at this value) NormAP ricochet start45°(28 of 32 tied at this value) NormAP auto-bounce angle60°(28 of 32 tied at this value) NormTurn speed retained81%(31 of 32 tied at this value) NormTorpedo damage≈12,700(4 of 6 tied at this value) NormRepair heal rate0.5 %/s(18 of 32 tied at this value) NormBow armor26 mm(21 of 32 tied at this value)

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Survivability

Hit PointsInitial: 50,900 → 58,200

Displacement40,198 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.

234.9 x 30 m (published figure)

Armor range13–350 mm

Plate armor thicknesses13, 16, 20, 26, 32, 35, 40, 45, 50, 70, 80, 90, 95, 100, 105, 110, 150, 200, 260, 350 mm

Armor material/layer entries50

Fire resistance

stock hull: 1 − 0.7336 fire coefficient = 26.6%; top hull: 1 − 0.7003 fire coefficient = 30%. 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: 26.6% → 30%

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 × 58,200 HP = 10,476 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 × 58,200 HP = 11,640 HP on this ship.

0.5% of HP per second

Torp Reduction

1 − 0.26 hull torpedo-damage coefficient / 0.333 unprotected baseline = 22%. Reduces torpedo hit damage. It does not affect flooding: floods start as often and tick at the full rate.

22%

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.

29,100

Steering gear HP

Durability of the steering gears. As this pool drops, hits are likelier to jam the rudder; unlike most modules the steering can be knocked out and repaired but is never permanently destroyed.

17,500

Effective HP

Base 58,200 HP plus everything Repair Party can restore: 0.005 of max HP per second (0.5%) × 28 s × 58,200 HP = 8,148 HP per charge, × 3 charges = 24,444 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.

64,667–82,644

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 × 2,700 = 5,400), 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.

2,700

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 × 10,200 = 20,400), 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.

10,200

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 × 43,700 = 87,400), 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.

43,700

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 × 3,100 = 6,200), 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 ×. 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.

3,100

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 × 1,500 = 3,000), 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.

1,500

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: 380 mm L/52 Drh LC/34

Mounts / barrels3 mounts / 6 barrels

Reload time26 s

Firing range (base)14.7 km

Firing range (top fire control)16.1 km

Turret traverse5 °/s

Turret armor360 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 ±145°

Guns to bear

180° − 145° (the most restricted aft-facing mount's arc) = 35° off bow; 180° − 145° (the most restricted forward-facing mount's arc) = 35° 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.

35° off bow / 35° off stern

See the firing-arcs diagram ↓

Shell Grouping (σ)1.8

Dispersion type

In practice: 1% wider (worse) horizontal dispersion and 1% more vertical spread at max range (16.1 km) than a standard battleship: about 224 m wide × 134 m tall, against 221 m × 133 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{16121.6}{30} \cdot \frac{12 - 2.2}{1000} + 2.2) \cdot 30 = 224 m

224 m at 16.1 km

Max Vert Disp

Vertical dispersion ellipse height at max range:

σ_{V} = σ_{H} \cdot radiusOnMax

= 224 \cdot 0.6 = 134.4 m

134.4 m at 16.1 km

Med Horiz Disp

50%-hit horizontal radius:

σ_{H, 50} = σ_{H} \cdot \frac{0.6}{σ}

= 224 \cdot \frac{0.6}{1.8} = 74.7 m

74.7 m at 16.1 km

Med Vert Disp

50%-hit vertical radius:

σ_{V, 50} = σ_{V} \cdot \frac{0.6}{σ}

= 134.4 \cdot \frac{0.6}{1.8} = 44.8 m

44.8 m at 16.1 km

Turret turn time

180 degrees / 5 deg/s traverse speed = 36 s.

36 s

Shells/min

6 broadside guns x 60 / 26 s base reload = 13.8.

13.8

HE shells

HE alpha4,400

HE Velocity820 m/s

Fire Chance34%

HE fire DPM vs T6 BB35205

Effective HE DPM vs T6 BB96128

HE penetration

95 mm ≈ 380 mm caliber / 4 (improved HE penetration: German BBs, Yamato-class, and a handful of others).

95 mm

HE full-salvo alpha

4,400 HE damage x 6 broadside guns = 26,400.

26,400

HE DPM

26,400 HE full-salvo alpha x 60 / 26 s base reload = 60,923.

60,923

Fires/min

13.8 shells/min × 0.34 (34% fire chance) = 4.71.

4.71

AP shells

AP alpha11,600

AP Velocity820 m/s

Min Ricochet45 deg

Guaranteed Ricochet60 deg

Fuse Timer0.033 s

Fuse Threshold63 mm

AP pen max range441 mm

AP overmatch

floor(380 mm caliber / 14.3) = 26 mm (AP auto-penetrates plating this thick or less).

26 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 2450 \cdot 800^{0.69} \cdot {0.38}^{- 1.07} \cdot 820^{1.38} = 729.4 mm

729.4 mm point-blank

AP Pen Far

Same formula at the ship's max firing range (16.1 km), where the shell has slowed to 569.8 m/s:

P = 10^{- 7} \cdot 2450 \cdot 800^{0.69} \cdot {0.38}^{- 1.07} \cdot {569.8}^{1.38} = 441.4 mm

441.4 mm at 16.1 km

AP full-salvo alpha

11,600 AP damage x 6 broadside guns = 69,600.

69,600

AP DPM

69,600 AP full-salvo alpha x 60 / 26 s base reload = 160,615.

160,615

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.

120

Torpedoes

ModuleTorpedoes: G7a T1

Launchers / tubes2 launchers × 3 tubes = 6 tubes

Reload time68 s

Projectile speed64.0 kt

Range6 km

Maximum simulated damage

Most targets only intersect one hull section, so a hit transfers about 1/3 of the warhead alpha (2/3 when the warhead blast >= 5000 and the burst reaches a second section). For this ship:

D_{sim} = α \cdot c = 38, 100 \cdot 0.333 = 12, 700

. In battle, a hit on the torpedo belt deals the per-hit figure × (1 − the target's torpedo protection %), a bow or stern hit deals it in full, and a torpedo never counts as a citadel hit.

≈ 12,700

Maximum damage (ammunition)

38,100 warhead alpha / 3 + 1,000 blast = 13,700. Warhead alpha / 3 plus the blast addend: the per-torpedo damage figure. The 'Maximum simulated damage' row above applies target geometry to the same warhead.

13,700

Torpedo module damage

Per-torpedo module/blast damage parameter. Most torpedoes carry 500 to 2,000; ships announced by WG as dealing increased module damage carry 9,000 to 12,000, so their hits knock out engines, rudders, and turrets far more often. Comparative figure.

1,000

Torpedo detectability1.3 km

Reaction time

How long a target has to dodge after your torpedo is spotted at its detectability range (lower means less warning):

t_{react} = \frac{1.3 km}{64 kt \times 2.6855} = 7.6 s

. 2.6855 converts knots to m/s on the game clock. Base value; commander torpedo-concealment skills lower it further.

7.6 s

Flooding chance

This torpedo carries a flooding-chance value of 2.27 per hit, shown as

2.27 \times 100 = 227 %

. Values above 100% are normal: in battle the base chance is scaled down by the target's torpedo protection (the Torp Reduction stat on its Survivability card) and any flood-resistance modifiers, so a value above 100% keeps flooding likely even through partial protection.

227%

Torpedo launcher traverse25 °/s

Launch arcswing 155° (one launcher per beam)

Torp Turn

Time to rotate the launchers 180 deg:

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

7.2 s

Torp Arming202 m

Per-side salvo damage

One side firing, all torpedoes hitting: per-side tubes x per-torpedo simulated damage = 3 x 12,700 = 38,100. Each hit on the target's torpedo belt is reduced by its torpedo protection %.

38,100

AA Defense

AA mount pointsInitial: 29 → 25

Maximum AA range

Longest-reaching family on the in-game AA card. Base AirDefense aura max range is 3.5 km; dual-purpose mount auras extend it.

5.2 km

37 mm Flak LM/42Initial: 37 mm Flakzwilling 30 (8×2) → 37 mm Flak LM/42 (6×2)

20 mm Flakvierling 387×4 20mm

20 mm Flakzwilling 38Initial: 14×2 → 12×2 20mm

105 mm L/65 Dop. L. C/31 (DP)

Dual-purpose: your secondaries doing double duty against aircraft. The same mounts appear on the Secondary Battery card - shared guns, not extra hardware.

7×2 105mm

Guns105 mm L/65 Dop. L. C/31 (DP) + 150 mm L/55 MPL C/35 (DP) + 150 mm L/55 SK C/28 (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 129 from dual-purpose secondaries firing as AA in this range band.

129

Range5.2 km

Guns37 mm Flak LM/42

Continuous DPS

Initial: 11 × 3.5 × 0.75 = 29 → 31 × 3.5 × 0.75 = 81. Raw aura damage × 3.5 × hit probability, the same in-game units as the Close-range AA DPS headline.

Initial: 29 → 81

Range3.5 km

Total DPS in Aura

Far 129 + Medium 81 = 210

210

Guns20 mm Flakvierling 38 + 20 mm Flakzwilling 38

Continuous DPS

Initial: 66 × 3.5 × 0.7 = 162 → 57 × 3.5 × 0.7 = 140. Raw aura damage × 3.5 × hit probability, the same in-game units as the Close-range AA DPS headline.

Initial: 162 → 140

Range2 km

Total DPS in Aura

Far 129 + Medium 81 + Near 140 = 350

350

AA explosions

Each ~2 s salvo fires 2 AA explosions in quick succession, each leaving 4 clouds ahead of the attacking squadron, plus 1 stray cloud farther out that appear off-beat between salvos - up to 9 clouds per salvo × 210 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, 4 clouds each + 1 outer cloud

Cloud damage

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

210

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 5.2 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.

2.5-5.2 km

See the AA layers diagram ↓

Secondary Battery

Mounts15 → 11

Firing range5.3 km

Shell Grouping (σ)1

Total secondary fires/min (per side)

Sum of each gun family's fires/min (per side). Stock hull: 6.1 + 2.5 + 1.3 = 9.9. Upgraded hull: 8.2 = 8.2. 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.

9.9 → 8.2

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: 7×2 105 mm (7/side) × 60/3.429 s (3.35 s = 24 ticks) × 1200 = 147,000 + 4×2 150 mm (4/side) × 60/7.571 s (7.5 s = 53 ticks) × 1700 = 53,887 + 4×1 150 mm (2/side) × 60/7.571 s (7.5 s = 53 ticks) × 1700 = 26,943 = 227,830 → 11×2 128 mm (11/side) × 60/4 s × 1500 = 247,500. Assumes every shell hits (real hit rate is lower; the Brawl matchup tool on the Compare page folds in dispersion + target armor).

Initial: 227,830 → 247,500

Secondary fire DPM vs T6 BB (per side)

Fires/min (per side) 8.2 × (1 − 0.3 fire resistance) × 60 s × 0.003 of max HP per second × 59,350 HP = 61,694. 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.

61,694

Total secondary DPM vs T6 BB (per side)

Secondary DPM (per side) 247,500 + secondary fire DPM 61,694 = 309,194: shell damage plus fire damage against one T6 battleship, every shell hitting.

309,194

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 @ 5.3 km

5.3 km × 57 + 30 = 332.1 m.

332.1 m

Caliber128 mm

Reload time4 s

HE alpha1,500

Muzzle Velocity900 m/s

Fire Chance5%

Secondary fires/min (per side)

11×2 barrels / 2 sides × 60 / 4 s × 0.05 (5% fire chance) = 8.2. 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.

8.2

HE Pen32 mm

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Caliber105 mm

Reload time3.35 s

HE alpha1,200

Muzzle Velocity900 m/s

Fire Chance5%

Secondary fires/min (per side)

7×2 barrels / 2 sides × 60 / 3.429 s (3.35 s = 24 ticks) × 0.05 (5% fire chance) = 6.1. 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.

6.1

HE Pen20 mm

Caliber150 mm

Reload time7.5 s

HE alpha1,700

Muzzle Velocity875 m/s

Fire Chance8%

Secondary fires/min (per side)

4×2 barrels / 2 sides × 60 / 7.571 s (7.5 s = 53 ticks) × 0.08 (8% fire chance) = 2.5. 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.

2.5

HE Pen38 mm

Caliber150 mm

Reload time7.5 s

HE alpha1,700

Muzzle Velocity875 m/s

Fire Chance8%

Secondary fires/min (per side)

4×1 barrels / 2 sides × 60 / 7.571 s (7.5 s = 53 ticks) × 0.08 (8% fire chance) = 1.3. 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.

1.3

HE Pen38 mm

Maneuverability

Engine power160,000 hp

Maximum speed32.0 kt

Turning circle radius830 m

Rudder shift timeInitial: 20.7 s → 14.8 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 = 32 / 4 + 4.9 = 12.9 kt. Base value; speed modifiers scale it.

12.9 kt

Crash stop

Seconds from top speed to a dead stop after ordering full reverse: reverse power winds in over the reverse spool-up while water drag does most of the braking, 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.

43.3 s

Engine boost threshold (reverse)

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

9.1 kt

Acceleration 0-90%

Time to reach 90% of top speed (28.8 kt of 32.0 kt).

33.4 s

Acceleration 0-99%

Time to reach 99% of top speed (31.7 kt of 32.0 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.

52.2 s

Guns in a full turn

With the rudder hard over the hull turns 4.4°/s, so a target drifts across the bow at that rate. Turret traverse minus hull turn: 5 − 4.4 = +0.6°/s, so the guns hold the target through the turn. Main Battery Mod. 2 (+20% traverse) and Mod. 3 (−15%) move this line.

hold target (+0.6°/s spare)

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Concealment

Detectability by sea

Base value, no camouflage. With a Grade IV permanent camo (or any disposable camo): 14.64 km x 0.955 = 13.98 km. Camouflage does not change detectability by air.

14.64 km

With Grade IV camouflage (sea)

Detectability by sea 14.64 km x 0.955 (Grade IV permanent camo or any disposable camo) = 13.98 km.

13.98 km

Detectability by air11.71 km

Smoke firing penalty13.37 km

Detect when firing (sea)

max(main battery range, sea detectability 14.64 km) = 16.12 km. Equal to the ship's main battery range (never below base detectability): firing makes you visible to everyone you can reach.

16.12 km

Detect when firing (air)

Air detectability 11.71 km + gun-firing bloom 7.6 km = 19.31 km. The bloom tracks main-battery caliber 380 mm × 0.020 = 7.6 km.

19.31 km

Detect when on fire (sea)

Sea detectability 14.64 km + 2.0 km while burning = 16.64 km.

16.64 km

Detect when on fire (air)

Air detectability 11.71 km + 3.0 km while burning = 14.71 km.

14.71 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 · 8,148 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 × 58,200 HP = 8,148 HP: up to 14% of max HP restored per charge.
· 24,444 HP (42% of max HP) total heal (all charges)
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0.14 of max HP per charge × 3 charges = 0.42 × 58,200 HP = 24,444 HP: up to 42% of max HP if the whole Repair Party loadout is used.
· 291 HP/s (0.5% of max HP) heal per second
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0.005 (0.5% of max HP) × 58,200 HP = 291 HP/s. WoWS heals a flat percent of MAX HP each second, so this rate holds at any health level.

Choose one

Catapult Fighter3 charges · 80 s reload · 60 s active · 5 km patrol radius
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Derived from the consumable's 30 m grid-unit range (km = grid units x 30 / 1000): $\frac{167 \times 30}{1000} = 5 km$
· 1 squadron size

Observation Seaplane3 charges · 200 s reload · 30 s active · 1 squadron size · Tightens main-battery shell grouping

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 points50,900 → 58,200
Rudder shift20.7 → 14.8 s
AA mounts29 → 25
Close-range AA DPS77 → 88
Secondary mounts15 → 11
Secondary battery reload3.35 → 4 s
Total secondary DPM227,830 → 247,500
Max HE alpha1,700 → 1,500
Max HE fire chance8 → 5 %
Max HE pen38 → 32 mm

Fire controlUpgrade

Main battery range14,656 → 16121.6 m

EngineUpgrade

Time to 12 kt15 → 12.7 s

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 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 (16.1 km) with the same model as Max Horiz/Vert Disp: horizontal 224 / 221 m − 1 = +1%, vertical 134 / 133 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 km44.4 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  $delim \cdot R_{m a x} = 0.5 \cdot 16121.6 = 8061$  m, and  $radiusOnMax = 0.6$  at 16121.6 m. Below the kink:  $k = 0.2 + (0.5 - 0.2) \cdot \frac{5000}{8061} = 0.3861$ , so  $σ_{V} = σ_{H} \cdot k = 115 \cdot 0.3861 = 44.4 m$ .

Shell scatter height @ 10 km85.9 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  $delim \cdot R_{m a x} = 0.5 \cdot 16121.6 = 8061$  m, and  $radiusOnMax = 0.6$  at 16121.6 m. Above the kink:  $k = 0.5 + (0.6 - 0.5) \cdot \frac{10000 - 8061}{16121.6 - 8061} = 0.5241$ , so  $σ_{V} = σ_{H} \cdot k = 164 \cdot 0.5241 = 85.9 m$ .

Shell scatter height @ 15 km124.8 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  $delim \cdot R_{m a x} = 0.5 \cdot 16121.6 = 8061$  m, and  $radiusOnMax = 0.6$  at 16121.6 m. Above the kink:  $k = 0.5 + (0.6 - 0.5) \cdot \frac{15000 - 8061}{16121.6 - 8061} = 0.5861$ , so  $σ_{V} = σ_{H} \cdot k = 213 \cdot 0.5861 = 124.8 m$ .

AP pen 5 km618 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  $P = 10^{- 7} \cdot K \cdot m^{0.69} \cdot d^{- 1.07} \cdot v^{1.38}$   $= 10^{- 7} \cdot 2450 \cdot 800^{0.69} \cdot {0.38}^{- 1.07} \cdot {727.5}^{1.38} = 618 mm$ , where 727.5 m/s is the shell's speed when it arrives at 5 km (from 820 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 km527 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  $P = 10^{- 7} \cdot K \cdot m^{0.69} \cdot d^{- 1.07} \cdot v^{1.38}$   $= 10^{- 7} \cdot 2450 \cdot 800^{0.69} \cdot {0.38}^{- 1.07} \cdot {647.9}^{1.38} = 527 mm$ , where 647.9 m/s is the shell's speed when it arrives at 10 km (from 820 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 km455 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  $P = 10^{- 7} \cdot K \cdot m^{0.69} \cdot d^{- 1.07} \cdot v^{1.38}$   $= 10^{- 7} \cdot 2450 \cdot 800^{0.69} \cdot {0.38}^{- 1.07} \cdot {582.7}^{1.38} = 455 mm$ , where 582.7 m/s is the shell's speed when it arrives at 15 km (from 820 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 km4.99 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:  $k = \frac{π C_{d} d^{2}}{8 m} = \frac{π \cdot 0.2763 \cdot {0.38}^{2}}{8 \cdot 800} = 1.96 \times 10^{- 5}$ . That runs from a 820 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 km4.99 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:  $k = \frac{π C_{d} d^{2}}{8 m} = \frac{π \cdot 0.2763 \cdot {0.381}^{2}}{8 \cdot 800} = 1.97 \times 10^{- 5}$ . That runs from a 820 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.

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) - 0.249 in this case. Lets HE pen ~95mm armor instead of ~63mm. Hits every German cruiser (150mm CL, 203mm CA) and BB (350mm+), British heavy cruisers / Lion / Nelson, a handful of other premiums.

Guns per full salvo (alpha, DPM)6

3 mounts × 2 barrels = 6; all 6 bear on the broadside.

Model inputs

Krupp (AP)2,450

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 mass800 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 coefficient0.2763

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

AP muzzle velocity820 m/s

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

HE muzzle velocity820 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.

Torpedoes

Estimated torpedo reaction time7.6 s

1300 m / (64.0 kt × 2.6855) = 7.6 s. detectability / (speed kt x 2.6855 m/s per knot on the game clock).

Torpedo speed64.0 kt

Travel time to max range34.9 s

6000 m / (64.0 kt × 2.6855) = 34.9 s. range / (speed kt x 2.6855 m/s per knot on the game clock).

Tube count6

2 launchers × 3 tubes.

Per-side salvo3 torpedoes

6 wing tubes / 2 = 3: the launchers sit one per beam, so only half of them reach any one side. Each launcher reloads on its own, so she can fire one beam, turn, and fire the other without waiting.

Full-salvo damage76,200

All tubes hitting one target: tubes x per-torpedo simulated damage = 6 x 12,700 = 76,200. Each hit on the target's torpedo belt is reduced by its torpedo protection %.

AA defense

AA DPS at max range129

Only families that reach 5.2 km contribute at the outer edge of the AA bubble. In-game families: 37mm Flak M42 Zwilling 6x2 -> 81 DPS @ 3.5 km; 20mm Flack 38 quad 7x4 -> 51 DPS @ 2 km; 20mm Flak 38 12x2 -> 88 DPS @ 2 km; 127mm KC 40 11x2 -> 129 DPS @ 5.2 km.

AA DPS layered by range129 DPS @ 5.2 km, 210 DPS @ 3.5 km, 349 DPS @ 2 km

@ 5.2 km: 129 from one family; @ 3.5 km: 81 + 129 = 210; @ 2 km: 81 + 51 + 88 + 129 = 349. 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-blank349

81 + 51 + 88 + 129 = 349 DPS: the sum of every family's average DPS, achievable only inside the closest-range family (2 km).

AA threat index1232

81 × 3.5 + 51 × 2 + 88 × 2 + 129 × 5.2 = 1232. 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

Secondary battery dispersion

Secondary dispersion @ 5 km315 m

Same per-type line evaluated at a fixed 5 km: 5 km × 57 + 30 = 315 m.

Secondary battery firepower

Max HE alpha1500

The only family (128 mm): 1500. Maximum HE damage per shell across secondary HE families. Best on this ship: 1500 from the 128 mm family.

Max HE fire chance5%

The only family (128 mm): 5%. Maximum per-shell fire chance across secondary HE families (before target fire resistance is applied). Best on this ship: 5% from the 128 mm family.

Max HE pen32 mm

The only family (128 mm): 32 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: 32 mm from the 128 mm family.

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Background

A high-speed battleship that was close to the battlecruiser type. Under the re-armament project, she was equipped with 380 mm guns that enabled her to fight off larger contemporary ships. Among her drawbacks were her small number of main guns and weak horizontal armor.

Armor Beta

Hull HP 50,900 → 58,200 with hull upgrade, distributed across 5 hull zones, each with its own plate thicknesses, saturation cap, and pen thresholds.

Bow & stern26 mm

Overmatched by 81+ AP guns across the bracket. Can’t reliably bow-tank; gets bow-citadelled and overpenned.

Belt / citadel350 mm

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

Farming16 mm

Superstructure and extremities take HE pens and AP overpens from nearly any gun: steady chip damage. Fire resistance 30%, fires burn 60s. Range-by-range in the Compare tool →

Section	Plates	HP cap	Threats	Tactic
Bow	26 mm primary (range 26–70 mm)	2,700 (5% of HP)	Overmatched by 380mm+ AP (Bayern, Richelieu)Angle bounces 356mm26 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)	150 mm primary (range 20–350 mm)	43,700 (75% of HP)	No common AP caliber overmatches150 mm: no common HE pens	Largest HP pool. Citadel sits behind these plates; thinner deck and side plating absorb the rest.
Stern	26 mm primary (range 26–90 mm)	1,500 (3% of HP)	Overmatched by 380mm+ AP (Bayern, Richelieu)Angle bounces 356mm26 mm: HE pens from 203mm+	Mirror of bow. Same fast saturation.
Citadel	350 mm primary (range 13–260 mm)	≈ 165,500 (effectively no cap)	Citadel pen: full damageOver-pen: ×0.10 damage	Effectively no cap; citadel pool sits at ~165k HP on every ship. An AP citadel penetration deals the shell's full damage, the biggest single hit available; only over-penetrations are damped, to ×0.10.
Superstructure	16 mm	3,100 (5% 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	29,100 magazine HP	Turret knocked out	Per-turret powder-magazine HP, a separate pool that does not drain ship HP. As it is worn down the turret is likelier to be knocked out, and a smaller pool gets there faster.
Secondary mount (150 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 (37 mm mount)	separate HP pool, does not drain ship HP	200 per-mount HP	Destroyed at 0 HP	Per-mount HP for the heaviest AA on this ship. An AA mount destroyed at 0 HP stops shooting down planes for the rest of the battle; DCP does not repair destroyed mounts. HE shells specifically target AA mounts since the small-caliber HP pool falls fast.
Engine (module, research)	engine coefficient (unconfirmed)	-0.100 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	17,500 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.

Exteriors

Skins & permanent camouflages

Every custom exterior Gneisenau can equip.

Primary official WG sources

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