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Hughes

Also called: 休斯 Beta

U.S.A. · Tier VI · Destroyer · Tech Tree: Recon Destroyers

Advanced Radar destroyerA radar gunboat: scan the cap yourself and out-trade what you light.

Playstyle

Hold a flank position your team can rotate behind, not a center lane your team has to defend you in
Avoid: Idling beam-on in an obvious torpedo lane

Key characteristics

Heavy torpedoesHeavy HE shellsLRS Radar 8.0kmWide always-pen zoneClose-range AP brickLate auto-bounce

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Playstyle

Overview

Hughes is a Tier VI American super-radar destroyer (8 km) and an equal 8 km torpedo-detection radius so the same scan that lights an enemy DD also paints incoming torps. The kit isn't stealth-and-ambush -- the radar IS the kit; she takes caps by lighting up the contest from inside her own scan, not by sneaking in under detection. Standout traits: best close-range AP pen in T6 DDs (248.1 mm) and top-decile long-range AP brick in T6 DDs (78.8 mm).

Positioning

Hold a flank position your team can rotate behind, not a center lane your team has to defend you in. Your guns lose penetration at range, so aim AP at broadsides you can still citadel and put HE into superstructures and upper-hull sections, rather than the bow-in or belt armor your shells bounce and shatter on.

Potato Avoidance

Idling beam-on in an obvious torpedo lane

Unspotted is not unseen: once the enemy has reason to think a destroyer is holding this cap they will put torpedoes into the water you are probably in, and one fish the size of your own (20,880 damage against 17,000 HP) is more than your whole health bar. Keep way on, cross lanes bow or stern first, and never sit still beam-on to a chokepoint you would torpedo yourself.

Signature Traits

Surveillance Radar

8 km range, 10 s duration. Detects all enemy ships within a fixed radius regardless of line-of-sight. Controls caps and punishes smoke-firing DDs.

ELITE MAIN BATTERY ↗

Close-range AP brick · 248.1 mm
Long-range AP brick · 78.83 mm
Wide always-pen zone · 60°
Late auto-bounce · 67.5°
Flat AP shells · 960 m
Tight pattern at max range · 73 m

Long-reach AA ↗

5 km AA reach, best of T6 DDs.

Acquisition

How to get Hughes

Hughes is available in the Recon Destroyers branch of the U.S.A. Tech Tree for 9,000,000 credits after researching it in the branch. Known module upgrades cost up to 2,250,000 credits. Official source cards below may also show its temporary Early Access window before it became a normal Tech Tree unlock. 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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U.S.A. Tech Tree

Hughes sits in the Recon Destroyers branch. The highlighted path shows the local branch context inside the full U.S.A. tree.

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Best listed chance for this ship

U.S. Alt. Destroyer crate 3% VI Hughes Early access · U.S. Alt. Destroyer crate
Anniversary '26 U.S. crate 2% VI Hughes New · Anniversary '26 U.S. crate

Official WG availability sources

Official WoWS Legends container odds Containers Official container drop rows linked below include direct and nested effective ship odds.
September update: the Redinforcements 10,000 Doubloons 2021-08-26 Tier VI default; exact price not in source

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Anniversary '26 U.S. crate 2% · VI Hughes
U.S. Alt. Destroyer crate 3% · VI Hughes

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Cohort position

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Where Hughes sits among Tier VI DDs (40 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.

BestRudder shift2.7 s (1 of 6 tied) BestAP ricochet start60° (1 of 3 tied) BestAP auto-bounce angle67.5° (1 of 3 tied) BestAA range5 km (1 of 12 tied) Top 10%Main battery range10.9 km (4/41) Top 10%HE shell damage2,150 (5/41) Top 10%AP shell damage3,300 (3/37) Top 10%Main dispersion73 m (2/41) Top 10%AP velocity960 m/s (2/37) Top 10%AP pen at 10 km84 mm (2/35) Top 10%Torpedo damage≈20,880 (3/41) Top 25%HE fire chance9% (9/41) Top 25%Acceleration16.3 s (7/41) Top 25%Turn-speed retention100 hp/m (11/41) Top 25%Displacement2,293 t (7/41) Top 25%Power-to-weight21.81 hp/t (11/41) Bottom 25%Max speed35 kt (36/41) Bottom 25%Stealth profile7.12 km / 3.56 km (35/41 / 34/41) Bottom 25%HE velocity792 m/s (35/41) WorstNo secondaries (37 of 41 in cohort) WorstTorpedo speed40 kt (1 of 2 tied)

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Not standouts for Hughes -- 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 points17,000 HP(13/41) Traverse-to-turn ratio5.33 ×(27/41) Main battery caliber127 mm(21/41) Main battery reload4.5 s(15/41) Fires per minute4.8(22/41) HE DPM114,667(25/41) AP DPM176,000(11/37) AP arming threshold21 mm(20/37) Engine power50,000 hp(27/41) Effective HE DPM (incl. fire)150,562(26/41) AA DPS123(31/41) AA threat435(20/41) Flak per wave (expected)420(11/17) Torpedo range8 km(31/41) Torpedo reload90 s(22/41) Deck armor16 mm(14/29) NormAP fuse timer0.01 s(33 of 37 tied at this value) NormTurn speed retained81%(37 of 41 tied at this value) NormMax armor16 mm(26 of 41 tied at this value) NormCitadel belt16 mm(30 of 41 tied at this value) NormBow armor16 mm(34 of 41 tied at this value) NormStern armor16 mm(34 of 41 tied at this value)

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Stats & specs

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Survivability

Hit PointsInitial: 14,900 → 17,000

Displacement2,293 t

Armor range10–16 mm

Plate armor thicknesses10, 13, 15, 16 mm

Armor material/layer entries21

Fire resistanceInitial: 26.6% → 30%

Fire duration30 s

Torp Reduction0%

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.

5,100

Repairable: penetration50%

Repairable: steering gear50%

Main Battery

These main guns are dual-purpose: they also fire at aircraft and feed the AA Defense card.

ModuleArtillery: 4×127 mm

Mounts / barrels4 mounts / 4 barrels

Reload timeInitial: 5 s → 4.5 s

Firing range (base)9.9 km

Firing range (top fire control)10.9 km

Turret traverseInitial: 11 °/s → 13 °/s

Turret armor20 mm

HE fire DPM vs T6 BB35895

Effective HE DPM vs T6 BB150562

Shell Grouping (σ)2

Max Horiz Disp

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

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

= (\frac{10901}{30} \cdot \frac{6 - 0.4}{1000} + 0.4) \cdot 30 = 73 m

73 m

Max Vert Disp

Vertical dispersion ellipse height at max range:

σ_{V} = σ_{H} \cdot radiusOnMax

= 73 \cdot 0.6 = 43.8 m

43.8 m

Med Horiz Disp

50%-hit horizontal radius:

σ_{H, 50} = σ_{H} \cdot \frac{0.6}{σ}

= 73 \cdot \frac{0.6}{2} = 21.9 m

21.9 m

Med Vert Disp

50%-hit vertical radius:

σ_{V, 50} = σ_{V} \cdot \frac{0.6}{σ}

= 43.8 \cdot \frac{0.6}{2} = 13.1 m

13.1 m

Turret turn time

180 degrees / 11 deg/s traverse speed = 16.4 s.

16.4 s

Shells/min

Zero upgrades: 4 broadside guns x 60 / 5 s base reload = 48. All upgrades (top gun): 4 broadside guns x 60 / 4.5 s all-upgrades reload = 53.3.

Initial: 48 → 53.3

HE shells

HE Damage2,150

HE Velocity792 m/s

Fire Chance9%

HE penetration

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

21 mm

HE full-salvo alpha

2,150 HE damage x 4 broadside guns = 8,600.

8,600

HE DPM

Zero upgrades: 8,600 HE full-salvo alpha x 60 / 5 s base reload = 103,200. All upgrades (top gun): 8,600 HE full-salvo alpha x 60 / 4.5 s all-upgrades reload = 114,667.

Initial: 103,200 → 114,667

Fires/min

Zero upgrades: 48 shells/min x 9% fire chance = 4.32. All upgrades (top gun): 53.3 shells/min x 9% fire chance = 4.8.

Initial: 4.32 → 4.8

AP shells

AP Damage3,300

AP Velocity960 m/s

Min Ricochet60 deg

Guaranteed Ricochet67.5 deg

Fuse Timer0.01 s

Fuse Threshold21 mm

AP overmatch

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

8 mm

AP Pen Close

Canonical community AP formula (jcw780/wows_shell), 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 2750 \cdot 25^{0.69} \cdot {0.127}^{- 1.07} \cdot 960^{1.38} = 300.9 mm

. Matches the in-game spec card.

300.9 mm

AP Pen Far

Same formula at the ship's max firing range (13.6 km), where the shell has slowed to 305.6 m/s:

P = 10^{- 7} \cdot 2750 \cdot 25^{0.69} \cdot {0.127}^{- 1.07} \cdot {305.6}^{1.38} = 62 mm

62 mm

AP full-salvo alpha

3,300 AP damage x 4 broadside guns = 13,200.

13,200

AP DPM

Zero upgrades: 13,200 AP full-salvo alpha x 60 / 5 s base reload = 158,400. All upgrades (top gun): 13,200 AP full-salvo alpha x 60 / 4.5 s all-upgrades reload = 176,000.

Initial: 158,400 → 176,000

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.

Torpedoes

ModuleTorpedoes: 533 mm quadruple

Launchers / tubes2 launchers × 4 tubes = 8 tubes

Reload time90 s

Projectile speed40 kt

Range8 km

Maximum simulated damage

Estimate of WG's in-game value; matches the in-game port screen within ±5%. Saturation: most targets only intersect one hull section, so the sim transfers ~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 = 31, 320 \cdot 0.667 = 20, 880

≈ 20,880

Maximum damage (ammunition)

The ammunition card's 'Maximum Damage' stat, exact: warhead alpha / 3 plus the blast addend. This is the per-torpedo number most references quote; the 'Maximum simulated damage' row above is WG's separate geometry-sim stat from the launcher spec panel.

19,440

Torpedo detectability0.9 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{0.9 km}{40 kt \times 2.6} = 8.7 s

, equivalently

5000 \times detectability / (13 \times speed)

. Base value; commander torpedo-concealment skills lower it further. Community torpedo-reaction calculator by u/LorenDovah and u/The_ColorOutofSpace.

8.7 s

Flooding chance

Read straight from the game's own data: this torpedo carries a flooding-chance value of 1.9 per hit, shown as

1.9 \times 100 = 190 %

. Torpedo flood 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. Not shown on the in-game port screen.

190%

Torpedo launcher traverse25 °/s

Torp Turn

Time to rotate the launchers 180 deg:

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

7.2 s

Torp Arming123 m

Per-side salvo damage

One side firing, all torpedoes hitting: per-side tubes x per-torpedo simulated damage = 8 x 20,880 = 167,040.

167,040

AA Defense

AA mount points4

Maximum AA range

Longest-reaching family on the in-game AA card. Base AirDefense aura max range is 2 km; dual-purpose mount auras extend it.

5 km

20 mm Oerlikon Mk20Initial: 20 mm Oerlikon Mk.4 (4×1) → 20 mm Oerlikon Mk20 (4×2)

Gunsmain battery (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 63 from dual-purpose main battery firing as AA in this range band.

Range5 km

Guns20 mm Oerlikon Mk20

Continuous DPS

Effective DPS: 18 raw aura damage × 3.5 × 0.95 hit probability = 60 - the same in-game units as the Close-range AA DPS headline.

Initial: 37 → 60

Range2 km

Total DPS in Aura

Far 63 + Near 60 = 123

123

Bursts

Each ~2 s wave fires 2 quick salvos of 1 clouds ahead of the attacking squadron - up to 2 clouds per wave × 210 damage each. Planes that fly into a cloud take its damage; clouds dissipate before the next wave lands. Defensive AA Fire, where fitted, multiplies the salvo repeats within each wave.

2 salvos × 1 clouds

Cloud damage

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

210

Cloud spawn chance

Every potential cloud spawns - the full pattern, every wave. Often called flak 'hit chance', but spawned clouds always damage planes that fly into them - the roll is on spawning.

100%

Wave rate

A flak wave spawns roughly every 2 s - timed frame-by-frame from gameplay footage and consistent across ships.

every ~2 s

Fired by

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

Main battery

Flak zone

The activation band: flak fires while attacking planes are inside it. Clouds are placed ahead of the planes' path, so bursts can land short of 2.5 km or past 5 km - once planes get inside the band, new waves stop.

2.5-5 km

See the AA layers diagram ↓

Maneuverability

Engine power50,000 hp

Maximum speed35 kt

Turning circle radius500 m

Rudder shift time2.7 s

Engine power-boost threshold7 kt

Engine spool-up time7.7 s

Reverse spool-up time3.8 s

Acceleration 0-90%

Time to reach 90% of top speed (31.5 kt of 35 kt), from our in-house acceleration model.

16.3 s

Acceleration 0-99%

Time to reach 99% of top speed (34.6 kt of 35 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.

27.6 s

Traverse-to-turn ratio

How many degrees the turret can swing for each degree the hull turns. Turn rate

ω_{hull} = \frac{180}{π} \cdot \frac{V_{max} (m/s)}{R_{turn}} = \frac{180}{π} \cdot \frac{35.0 \cdot 0.5144}{500} = 2.06 ° / s

, so

ratio = \frac{ω_{turret}}{ω_{hull}} = \frac{11}{2.06} = 5.3 \times

. Below 5 the turrets drag in a turning fight; 25+ keeps up with any rudder.

5.3× slow

See the full acceleration curve ↓

Concealment

Detectability by sea7.12 km

Detectability by air3.56 km

Smoke firing penalty2.65 km

Detect after firing main guns

max(base sea detectability, gun-firing bloom range). Firing never pulls your detection closer than base concealment.

7.12 km

Detect Fire Sea9.12 km

Detect Fire Air6.56 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 · 27 s emit / 121 s cloud active · 450 m radius

Long-Range Surveillance Radar2 charges · 120 s reload · 10 s active · 8 km radar range
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Derived from the consumable's 30 m grid-unit range (km = grid units x 30 / 1000): $\frac{267 \times 30}{1000} = 8 km$
· 8 km torpedo detect
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Derived from the consumable's 30 m grid-unit range (km = grid units x 30 / 1000): $\frac{267 \times 30}{1000} = 8 km$
· 18°/s passive sweep
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The passive radar beam rotates at 18°/s -- one full Minimap rotation every ~20 s (measured from community gameplay footage).
· 2.5 s blip duration
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A ship caught by the passive sweep stays marked on the Minimap for about 2.5 s after the beam passes (community hand-timed).

Defensive AA Fire3 charges · 140 s reload · 25 s active · ×2 flak burst boost
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Repeats the flak burst pattern ×2 within each wave - more clouds in the air over the wave, at the same spots.

Module options (3)

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

HullUpgrade

Hit points14,900 → 17,000
Rudder shift4 → 3.5 s
Close-range AA DPS11 → 18
Turret traverse11 → 13 °/s

Fire controlUpgrade

Main battery range9,910 → 10,901 m

ArtilleryUpgrade

Base reload5 → 4.5 s

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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

Max Horiz Disp73 m

Horizontal dispersion ellipse width at max range, from the verified WoWS dispersion model:  $σ_{H} = (\frac{R}{30} \cdot \frac{idealRadius - minRadius}{idealDistance} + minRadius) \cdot 30$   $= (\frac{10901}{30} \cdot \frac{6 - 0.4}{1000} + 0.4) \cdot 30 = 73 m$

Shell scatter width @ 5 km40 m

Horizontal scatter at a fixed 5 km, from the same verified dispersion model as the rows below - a knife-fight-range anchor comparable across ships.

Shell scatter width @ 10 km68 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.

Max Vert Disp43.8 m

Vertical dispersion ellipse height at max range: $σ_{V} = σ_{H} \cdot radiusOnMax$ $= 73 \cdot 0.6 = 43.8 m$

Shell scatter height @ 10 km39.7 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  $delim \cdot R_{m a x} = 0.5 \cdot 10901 = 5450$  m, and  $radiusOnMax = 0.6$  at 10901 m. Above the kink:  $k = 0.5 + (0.6 - 0.5) \cdot \frac{10000 - 5450}{10901 - 5450} = 0.5835$ , so  $σ_{V} = σ_{H} \cdot k = 68 \cdot 0.5835 = 39.7 m$ .

Med Horiz Disp21.9 m

50%-hit horizontal radius: $σ_{H, 50} = σ_{H} \cdot \frac{0.6}{σ}$ $= 73 \cdot \frac{0.6}{2} = 21.9 m$

Med Vert Disp13.1 m

50%-hit vertical radius: $σ_{V, 50} = σ_{V} \cdot \frac{0.6}{σ}$ $= 43.8 \cdot \frac{0.6}{2} = 13.1 m$

AP Pen Close300.9 mm

Canonical community AP formula (jcw780/wows_shell), evaluated at muzzle velocity:  $P = 10^{- 7} \cdot K \cdot m^{0.69} \cdot d^{- 1.07} \cdot v_{0}^{1.38}$   $= 10^{- 7} \cdot 2750 \cdot 25^{0.69} \cdot {0.127}^{- 1.07} \cdot 960^{1.38} = 300.9 mm$ . Matches the in-game spec card.

AP Pen Far62 mm

Same formula at the ship's max firing range (13.6 km), where the shell has slowed to 305.6 m/s:  $P = 10^{- 7} \cdot 2750 \cdot 25^{0.69} \cdot {0.127}^{- 1.07} \cdot {305.6}^{1.38} = 62 mm$ .

AP pen 5 km160 mm

AP penetration at a fixed 5 km, read off the same PC-validated ballistic curve as AP Pen Close/Far: the shell's impact velocity at that range fed through the canonical community AP formula  $P = 10^{- 7} \cdot K \cdot m^{0.69} \cdot d^{- 1.07} \cdot v^{1.38}$ . Fixed anchors make ships directly comparable at the same fighting distance; the Charts card plots the full curve.

AP pen 10 km84 mm

AP penetration at a fixed 10 km, read off the same PC-validated ballistic curve as AP Pen Close/Far: the shell's impact velocity at that range fed through the canonical community AP formula  $P = 10^{- 7} \cdot K \cdot m^{0.69} \cdot d^{- 1.07} \cdot v^{1.38}$ . Fixed anchors make ships directly comparable at the same fighting distance; the Charts card plots the full curve.

HE flight time @ 10 km7.16 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:  $k = \frac{π C_{d} d^{2}}{8 m} = \frac{π \cdot 0.2723 \cdot {0.127}^{2}}{8 \cdot 25} = 6.9 \times 10^{- 5}$ . That runs from a 792 m/s muzzle velocity in 0.02 s steps under gravity 9.8 m/s² until the shell lands, then divides by 2.77: the game clock runs faster than real time, and that factor was measured against stopwatch runs in the Training Room. Lower is better, since a faster shell is harder to dodge and needs less lead.

AP flight time @ 10 km6.18 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:  $k = \frac{π C_{d} d^{2}}{8 m} = \frac{π \cdot 0.3 \cdot {0.127}^{2}}{8 \cdot 25} = 7.6 \times 10^{- 5}$ . That runs from a 960 m/s muzzle velocity in 0.02 s steps under gravity 9.8 m/s² until the shell lands, then divides by 2.77: the game clock runs faster than real time, and that factor was measured against stopwatch runs in the Training Room. Lower is better, since a faster shell is harder to dodge and needs less lead.

HE penetration21 mm

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

AP overmatch8 mm

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

AP AOE Radius12

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 alpha4

All 4 barrels bear on the broadside.

Turret turn time16.4 s

180 degrees / 11 deg/s traverse speed = 16.4 s.

HE full-salvo alpha8,600

2,150 HE damage x 4 broadside guns = 8,600.

AP full-salvo alpha13,200

3,300 AP damage x 4 broadside guns = 13,200.

HE DPMInitial: 103,200 → 114,667

Zero upgrades: 8,600 HE full-salvo alpha x 60 / 5 s base reload = 103,200. All upgrades (top gun): 8,600 HE full-salvo alpha x 60 / 4.5 s all-upgrades reload = 114,667.

AP DPMInitial: 158,400 → 176,000

Zero upgrades: 13,200 AP full-salvo alpha x 60 / 5 s base reload = 158,400. All upgrades (top gun): 13,200 AP full-salvo alpha x 60 / 4.5 s all-upgrades reload = 176,000.

Shells/minInitial: 48 → 53.3

Zero upgrades: 4 broadside guns x 60 / 5 s base reload = 48. All upgrades (top gun): 4 broadside guns x 60 / 4.5 s all-upgrades reload = 53.3.

Fires/minInitial: 4.32 → 4.8

Zero upgrades: 48 shells/min x 9% fire chance = 4.32. All upgrades (top gun): 53.3 shells/min x 9% fire chance = 4.8.

Torpedoes

Torpedo detectability0.9 km

Estimated torpedo reaction time8.7 s

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

Torpedo speed40 kt

Travel time to max range76.9 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 damage167,040

All tubes hitting one target: tubes x per-torpedo simulated damage = 8 x 20,880 = 167,040.

Per-side salvo damage167,040

One side firing, all torpedoes hitting: per-side tubes x per-torpedo simulated damage = 8 x 20,880 = 167,040.

AA defense

AA DPS at max range63

Only families that reach 5 km contribute at the outer edge of the AA bubble. In-game families: 20mm Oerlikon MK20 Twin12 4x2 -> 60 DPS @ 2 km; Far AA (?) -> 63 DPS @ 5 km.

Maximum AA range5 km

Longest-reaching family on the in-game AA card. Base AirDefense aura max range is 2 km; dual-purpose mount auras extend it.

AA DPS layered by range63 DPS @ 5 km, 123 DPS @ 2 km

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-blank123

Sum of every family's average DPS, achievable only inside the closest-range family (2 km).

AA threat index435

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

Near aura range2 km

Armor Beta

Hull HP 14,900 → 17,000 with hull upgrade, distributed across 5 hull zones, each with its own plate thicknesses, saturation cap, and pen thresholds. HP caps are estimated from the standard WoWs damage-allocation model.

Bow & stern16 mm

Overmatched by 125+ guns across the bracket. Can’t reliably bow-tank; gets bow-citadelled and overpenned.

Farming10 mm

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

Section	Plates	HP cap	Threats	Tactic
Bow	16 mm primary (range 15–16 mm)	≈ 850 (~5% of HP)	Overmatched by 283mm+ (Graf Spee, Scharnhorst)Angle bounces 203mm16 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.
Stern	16 mm primary (range 13–16 mm)	≈ 850 (~5% of HP)	Overmatched by 283mm+ (Graf Spee, Scharnhorst)Angle bounces 203mm16 mm: HE pens from 127mm+	Mirror of bow. Same fast saturation.
Citadel	16 mm primary (range 10–16 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	10 mm primary (range 10–16 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.

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