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Playstyle

Overview

Ise is the Tier VI Japanese airstrike battleship. Her right-trigger fires a line of dive bombers in place of torpedoes, which gives her a damage source that does not need line of sight on top of her main battery.

Positioning

Park 14-17 km from a contested cap with island cover within one rotation of your bow. The airstrike line wants to cross the cap and the predictable retreat lane, both of which favor positions a little further back than a brawler would take. Open-water lanes are pure downside; you do not need line of sight to score with the airstrike, so cover is free upside.

Potato Avoidance

Launching airstrikes at maneuvering targets

The squadron's travel time is long enough that a healthy DD or cruiser with engine boost simply turns out of the cone. Reserve strikes for capping destroyers, island-huggers, and anyone already tying up with a teammate.

Signature Traits

Airstrike alt-armament

Right-trigger fires a bomber line in place of torpedoes. Rewards behind-cover positioning with the cap in range.

Thick stern plate

224.0 mm stern, best of T6 BBs.

High-arc HE shells

33.6° HE impact angle at max range, best of T6 BBs. Lobs over cover.

Tight grouping

Sigma 2.0, top decile of T6 BBs. More shells land near aim.

Bow-tanker

Bow plate thicker than the cohort overmatch threshold. Angle straight on and shrug off same-tier guns.

Thin armor

299.0 mm max plate, bottom decile of T6 BBs. Citadel windows open against peer-tier guns.

Acquisition

How to get Ise

Ise is available in the Aviation Battleships branch of the Japan 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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Japan Tech Tree

Ise sits in the Aviation Battleships branch. The highlighted path shows the local branch context inside the full Japan tree.

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Destroyer

Destroyer Split

Cruiser

Cruiser Split

Battleship

Hybrid Battleship

Carrier

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Best listed chance for this ship

Japanese Hybrid Battleship Big Crate 11% VI Ise Early access containers · Japanese Hybrid Battleship Big Crate
Japanese Hybrid Battleship crate 1.98% VI Ise Early access containers · Japanese Hybrid Battleship crate

Official WG availability sources

Official WoWS Legends container odds Containers Official container drop rows linked below include direct and nested effective ship odds.

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Japanese Hybrid Battleship Big Crate 11% · VI Ise
Japanese Hybrid Battleship crate 1.98% · VI Ise

Builds Beta

Primary tech-tree. Jisaburō Ozawa carries the full airstrike skill suite and his Hidden Hand adds +1 squadron and cuts cooldown 50% (roughly doubles strike output across a match). Pair with Commander Worf (Sky Attack trait: more damage per dropped projectile) for raw damage, or Jonathan Hawke (Big Game Hunter trait: more airstrike damage vs BB / CA / CV) for big-target focus.

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Cohort position

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Where Ise sits among Tier VI BBs (27 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.

BestStern armor224 mm (1/26) Top 25%Hit points62,500 HP (7/27) Top 25%Main battery range16.42 km (7/27) Top 25%Sigma2 (4/27) Top 25%Main dispersion191.5 m (6/27) Top 25%Acceleration7.9 s (7/27) Top 25%AP arming threshold59 mm (7/27) Top 25%AA DPS481 (7/27) Top 25%AA threat1,707 (4/27) Bottom 25%Max speed24.5 kt (24/27) Bottom 25%AP DPM181,333 (23/27) Bottom 25%Secondary HE pen21 mm (22/26) Bottom 25%Engine power80,000 hp (23/27) Bottom 10%Fires per minute4.44 (26/27) Bottom 10%Max armor299 mm (26/27) WorstNo torpedoes (22 of 27 in cohort)

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Not standouts for Ise -- 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.

Concealment14.66 km(20/27) Air detection11.73 km(19/27) Rudder shift19.3 s(15/27) Traverse-to-turn ratio4.15 ×(12/27) Main battery caliber356 mm(21/27) Main battery reload27 s(16/27) HE shell damage5,700(11/27) HE DPM101,333(17/27) AP shell damage10,200(21/27) Secondary DPM (per side)168,000(21/27) HE alpha2,100(10/26) Secondary fire chance8%(17/26) AP velocity775 m/s(18/27) HE velocity805 m/s(15/27) Turn-speed retention106.7 hp/m(21/27) Displacement40,444 t(9/27) Power-to-weight1.98 hp/t(19/27) Secondary range5 km(15/27) AA range5 km(11/27) Repair charges3(13/27) Citadel belt299 mm(20/26) Bow armor26 mm(11/26) Deck armor100 mm(19/26) NormSecondary dispersion bracket57(20 of 27 tied at this value) NormAP fuse timer0.03 s(18 of 27 tied at this value) NormAP ricochet start45°(24 of 27 tied at this value) NormAP auto-bounce angle60°(24 of 27 tied at this value) NormRepair heal rate0.5 %/s(17 of 27 tied at this value)

Peers in this cohort

Francesco Caracciolo vs

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Stats & specs

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

Repair 3

Survivability

Hit PointsInitial: 58,700 → 62,500

Displacement40,444 t

Armor range16–299 mm

Plate armor thicknesses16, 21, 25, 26, 32, 35, 38, 40, 44, 50, 51, 56, 57, 76, 97, 100, 122, 137, 140, 149, 152, 158, 162, 167, 199, 200, 203, 212, 215, 224, 230, 265, 299 mm

Armor material/layer entries100

Fire resistanceInitial: 26.6% → 30%

Fire duration60 s

Torp Reduction26%

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.

29,400

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.

18,800

Main Battery

ModuleArtillery: 356 mm 41st Year Type

Mounts / barrels4 mounts / 8 barrels

Reload time30 s

Firing range (base)14.9 km

Firing range (top fire control)16.4 km

Turret traverse4 °/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 = (14925/30·(10−2.8)/1000 + 2.8)·30 = 191.5 m

191.5 m

Max Vert Disp

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Vertical dispersion ellipse height at max range = max horizontal × radiusOnMax = 191.5 × 0.8 = 153.2 m

153.2 m

Med Horiz Disp

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50%-hit horizontal radius = max horizontal × GetHalfHitsRatio(σ) = 191.5 × 0.32 (σ=2) = 61.2 m

61.2 m

Med Vert Disp

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50%-hit vertical radius = max vertical × GetHalfHitsRatio(σ) = 153.2 × 0.319 (σ=2) = 48.9 m

48.9 m

Turret turn time

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180 degrees / 4 deg/s traverse speed = 45 s.

45 s

Base shells/min

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8 broadside guns x 60 / 30 s base reload = 16.

16

HE shells

HE Damage5,700

HE Velocity805 m/s

Fire Chance25%

HE penetration

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59 mm ≈ 356 mm caliber / 6 (standard HE penetration ratio).

59 mm

HE full-salvo alpha

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5,700 HE damage x 8 broadside guns = 45,600.

45,600

Base HE DPM

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45,600 HE full-salvo alpha x 60 / 30 s base reload = 91,200.

91,200

Base fires/min

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8 HE shells x 60 / 30 s reload x 25% fire chance = 4.

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AP shells

AP Damage10,200

AP Velocity775 m/s

Min Ricochet45 deg

Guaranteed Ricochet60 deg

Fuse Timer0.033 s

Fuse Threshold59 mm

AP overmatch

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floor(356 mm caliber / 14.3) = 24 mm (AP auto-penetrates plating this thick or less).

24 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 × 2657 × 673.5^0.69 × 0.356^-1.07 × 775^1.38 = 696.8 mm. Matches the in-game spec card.

696.8 mm

AP Pen Far

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Same formula at the ship's max firing range (20.5 km), where the shell has slowed to 457.3 m/s: 1e-7 × 2657 × 673.5^0.69 × 0.356^-1.07 × 457.3^1.38 = 336.5 mm.

336.5 mm

AP full-salvo alpha

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10,200 AP damage x 8 broadside guns = 81,600.

81,600

Base AP DPM

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81,600 AP full-salvo alpha x 60 / 30 s base reload = 163,200.

163,200

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.

60

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Squadrons

Plane HP2,200

Plane max speed180 kn

Planes per strike4

Ordnancetorpedo, 4,267 dmg

Strike reload30 s

Launch arc-75° to 75°

Plane HP2,500

Plane max speed180 kn

Planes per strike4

Ordnancetorpedo, 4,700 dmg

Strike reload30 s

Launch arc-75° to 75°

AA Defense

AA mount pointsInitial: 37 → 48

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: (17×3.5×0.75) + (110×3.5×0.85) + (12×3.5×0.85) + (28×3.5×0.75) = 481. 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.

481

Maximum AA range

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

5 km

120 mm AA rocket6×30 120mm

25 mm/60 Type96 mod. 1Initial: 4×1 → 11×1 25mm

25 mm Type96 mod. 1Initial: 27×3 → 31×3 25mm

127 mm Type89 mod. 3 (DP)8×2 127mm

DPS

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Includes 28 continuous AA damage from dual-purpose secondaries firing as AA in this range band.

28

Range5 km

DPS17

Range4.8 km

Total DPS in Aura

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Outer Far 28 + Inner Far 17 = 45

45

DPSInitial: 102 → 122

Range3.1 km

Total DPS in Aura

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Outer Far 28 + Inner Far 17 + Near 122 = 167

167

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Secondary Battery

Mounts8

Firing range5.0 km

Shell Grouping (σ)1

Caliber127 mm

Reload time6 s

HE Damage2,100

Muzzle Velocity725 m/s

Fire Chance8%

Armor Pen21 mm

Min Ricochet91°

Max Ricochet60°

Secondary dispersion type

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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 km

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5 km × 57 + 30 = 315 m.

315 m

Maneuverability

Engine moduleEngine: 80,000 hp

Engine power80,000 hp

Maximum speed24.5 kt

Turning circle radius750 m

Engine power multiplier speed threshold7 kt

Traverse-to-turn ratio4.2× drags

Concealment

Detectability by sea14.66 km

Detectability by air11.73 km

Smoke firing penalty12.7 km

Detect after firing main guns14.66 km

Detect Fire Sea16.66 km

Detect Fire Air14.73 km

Guaranteed Detect2 km

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Consumables

Damage Control Party∞ charges · 80 s reload · 10 s active

Repair Party3 charges · 80 s reload · 28 s active · 0.5% heal per second · 14% of max HP total heal

Secondary Battery Booster3 charges · 160 s reload · 30 s active · +100% damage boost · +50% reload boost

Module options (2)

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

HullUpgrade

Hit points58,700 → 62,500
Rudder shift24.3 → 19.3 s
AA mounts37 → 48
Close-range AA DPS119 → 139
Turret traverse4 → 10 °/s

Fire controlUpgrade

Main battery range14,925 → 16417.5 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 Disp191.5 m

Horizontal dispersion ellipse width at max range. (R/30·(idealRadius−minRadius)/idealDistance + minRadius)·30 = (14925/30·(10−2.8)/1000 + 2.8)·30 = 191.5 m

Max Vert Disp153.2 m

Vertical dispersion ellipse height at max range = max horizontal × radiusOnMax = 191.5 × 0.8 = 153.2 m

Med Horiz Disp61.2 m

50%-hit horizontal radius = max horizontal × GetHalfHitsRatio(σ) = 191.5 × 0.32 (σ=2) = 61.2 m

Med Vert Disp48.9 m

50%-hit vertical radius = max vertical × GetHalfHitsRatio(σ) = 153.2 × 0.319 (σ=2) = 48.9 m

Dispersion familyJP BB Disp.

Superior to EU BB, US/UK BB, and Warspite Dispersion past 50% of the ship's maximum firing range. Worst accuracy in the game below that.

AP Pen Close696.8 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 × 2657 × 673.5^0.69 × 0.356^-1.07 × 775^1.38 = 696.8 mm. Matches the in-game spec card.

AP Pen Far336.5 mm

Same formula at the ship's max firing range (20.5 km), where the shell has slowed to 457.3 m/s: 1e-7 × 2657 × 673.5^0.69 × 0.356^-1.07 × 457.3^1.38 = 336.5 mm.

HE penetration59 mm

59 mm ≈ 356 mm caliber / 6 (standard HE penetration ratio).

AP overmatch24 mm

floor(356 mm caliber / 14.3) = 24 mm (AP auto-penetrates plating this thick or less).

AP AOE Radius60

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 alpha8

All 8 barrels bear on the broadside.

Turret turn time45 s

180 degrees / 4 deg/s traverse speed = 45 s.

HE full-salvo alpha45,600

5,700 HE damage x 8 broadside guns = 45,600.

AP full-salvo alpha81,600

10,200 AP damage x 8 broadside guns = 81,600.

Base HE DPM91,200

45,600 HE full-salvo alpha x 60 / 30 s base reload = 91,200.

Base AP DPM163,200

81,600 AP full-salvo alpha x 60 / 30 s base reload = 163,200.

Base shells/min16

8 broadside guns x 60 / 30 s base reload = 16.

Base fires/min4

8 HE shells x 60 / 30 s reload x 25% fire chance = 4.

AA defense

Close-range AA DPS481

Sum across every AA aura on this ship of (aura.continuous_damage x 3.5 x aura.hit_probability). Here: (17×3.5×0.75) + (110×3.5×0.85) + (12×3.5×0.85) + (28×3.5×0.75) = 481. Covers AA-only mounts plus dual-purpose secondaries (Bismarck 105mm, USN 5"/38 cruiser secondaries) and dual-purpose main batteries (Sumner-class 5"/38, Akizuki-line 100mm). Formula validated against in-game captures on California, Sumner, Manfred von Richthofen, Dante Alighieri (exact) and within +/-17% on the remaining verified ships.

Maximum AA range5 km

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

AA threat index1707

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 range3.1 km

Secondary battery dispersion

Secondary dispersion typeStandard

Max dispersion = range (km) × 57 + 30. Each dispersion type sets its own slope; this is not a percentage applied to a standard baseline.

Max secondary dispersion @ 5 km315 m

5 km × 57 + 30 = 315 m.

Secondary battery firepower

Secondary DPM (per side)168,000

Sum across all secondary families of (per-side barrels × 60 / reload_s × alpha), where per-side barrels = mounts × barrels-per-mount / 2 (the guns that bear on one broadside target). Per-family: 8×2 127 mm (8/side) × 60/6 × 2100 = 168,000. Assumes every shell hits (real hit rate is lower; the Brawl matchup tool on the Compare page folds in dispersion + target armor).

Max HE alpha2100

Maximum HE damage per shell across secondary HE families. Best on this ship: 2100 from the 127 mm family.

Max HE fire chance8%

Maximum per-shell fire chance across secondary HE families (before target fire resistance is applied). Best on this ship: 8% from the 127 mm family.

Max HE pen21 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: 21 mm from the 127 mm family.

Armor

Hull HP 58,700 → 62,500 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	26 mm primary (range 26–212 mm)	2,400 (4% of HP)	Overmatched by 380mm+ (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)	26 mm primary (range 26–299 mm)	46,900 (75% of HP)	Overmatched by 380mm+ (Bayern, Richelieu)Angle bounces 356mm26 mm: HE pens from 203mm+	Largest HP pool. Citadel sits behind these plates; thinner deck and side plating absorb the rest.
Stern	224 mm primary (range 40–224 mm)	3,800 (6% of HP)	No common caliber overmatches224 mm: no common HE pens	Mirror of bow. Same fast saturation.
Citadel	299 mm primary (range 16–299 mm)	≈ 165,500 (effectively no cap)	Citadel pen ×0.10 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 (×0.10 direct pen, ×0.10 over-pen).
Superstructure	21 mm primary (range 21–265 mm)	1,800 (3% 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	29,400 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.
Secondary mount (127 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 (120 mm mount)	separate HP pool, does not drain ship HP	200 per-mount HP	Destroyed at 0 HP	Per-mount HP for the heaviest AA on this ship. An AA mount destroyed at 0 HP stops shooting down planes for the rest of the battle; DCP does not repair destroyed mounts. HE shells specifically target AA mounts since the small-caliber HP pool falls fast.
Rudder (module)	separate HP pool, does not drain ship HP	18,800 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.

Exteriors

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Every custom exterior Ise can equip, from in-game data.

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