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Playstyle

Overview

La Perla Azul is a Tier VII European heavy cruiser with Sonar as her vision tool. Hydro lets her contest islands and smoke without exposing the hull to vision cycles, which shapes how she pressures caps. Standout traits: best torpedo speed in T7 CAs (86 kt).

Positioning

Sit 12-15 km from a contested cap where an island shadows you from the opposite battleship line. Hydro (4.9 km on ships, 3.5 km on torpedoes) lights up DDs and incoming torpedoes inside its bubble, so you can push the cap edge from cover without taking the spotting cycle; prefer cover positions over open-water flanks.

Potato Avoidance

Holding torpedoes for a perfect drop

The torps are a threat tool: putting them into a lane forces rotations even when they miss. Drops on probable lanes are worth more than waiting for a guaranteed broadside that never appears.

Signature Traits

Fast torpedoes

86.0 kt torpedo speed, best of T7 CAs. Less reaction time for targets to dodge.

Fast torp reload

60.0 s torpedo reload, top decile of T7 CAs. More frequent drops than peers.

Punch-through secondaries

26.0 mm best HE pen across secondary families, top decile of T7 CAs. Pens hull plates peers' secondaries shatter on.

Long-range torps

12.0 km torpedo range, top decile of T7 CAs.

Visible torps

1.8 km torpedo detect, worst of T7 CAs. Easy to dodge if targets are looking.

Slow heal cycle

80.0 s Repair Party reload, worst of T7 CAs. Heals come off cooldown slower than peers.

Acquisition

How to get La Perla Azul

La Perla Azul is a Premium ship and not available to unlock in the Tech Tree. Acquisition paths: Containers and Collaboration. 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.

ContainersAppears in official container odds below; availability depends on the container being sold or awarded.
CollaborationIntroduced via the official Pirates Are Back on the Legendary Seas! collaboration. Collab/promo ships sometimes return through later limited offers.

Best listed chance for this ship

Treasure Chest '24 0.75% Pirate Ship Event containers · Treasure Chest '24 · 1 of 4 ships
Pirate Chest '26 0.4% One of the pirate ships Event containers · Pirate Chest '26 · 1 of 5 ships

Official WG availability sources

Official WoWS Legends container odds Containers Official container drop rows linked below include direct and nested effective ship odds.
Pirates Are Back on the Legendary Seas! Event/store source Start: 2024-11-29 · End: open/unknown end Official ship/event post that can indicate store, collaboration, event, return, or limited availability.

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Pirate Chest '26 0.4% · One of the pirate ships
Treasure Chest '24 0.75% · Pirate Ship

Builds Beta

Build for torpedo reload/damage, concealment, mobility, survivability, and enough gun consistency for fallback pressure.

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Cohort position

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Where La Perla Azul sits among Tier VII CAs (46 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.

BestAP fuse timer0.03 s (1 of 20 tied) BestTorpedo speed86 kt (1 of 2 tied) BestTorpedo reload60 s (1/33) Top 10%Secondary HE pen26 mm (3/40) Top 10%Torpedo range12 km (3/33) Top 25%Traverse-to-turn ratio7.19 × (9/46) Top 25%HE fire chance17% (7/41) Top 25%Displacement12,540 t (7/46) Top 25%Bow armor27 mm (11/45) Bottom 25%Hit points34,500 HP (41/46) Bottom 25%Main battery range15.25 km (41/46) Bottom 25%AP DPM190,909 (41/46) Bottom 25%AP velocity814 m/s (37/46) Bottom 25%HE velocity814 m/s (37/41) Bottom 25%Engine power80,000 hp (41/45) Bottom 25%AA range4.5 km (41/46) Bottom 10%Secondary DPM (per side)85,970 (38/40) Bottom 10%AA DPS168 (43/46) Bottom 10%AA threat619 (43/46) WorstHE alpha1,200 (1 of 7 tied) WorstSecondary fire chance5% (1 of 19 tied) WorstTurn-speed retention112.7 hp/m (1 of 3 tied) WorstTorpedo damage10,700 (1 of 2 tied) WorstRepair heal rate0.5 %/s (1 of 14 tied)

See 24 mid-pack stats

Not standouts for La Perla Azul -- 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.

Max speed33.5 kt(14/46) Concealment12.1 km(15/46) Air detection7.26 km(15/46) Rudder shift12.1 s(23/46) Main battery caliber203 mm(16/46) Main battery reload9.9 s(25/46) Sigma2(25/46) HE shell damage2,850(15/41) Fires per minute7.21(25/41) HE DPM120,909(31/41) AP shell damage4,500(23/46) Main dispersion138.2 m(19/46) Acceleration10.7 s(35/46) AP arming threshold34 mm(31/46) Power-to-weight6.38 hp/t(33/45) Max armor140 mm(27/46) Citadel belt140 mm(21/45) Stern armor27 mm(21/45) Deck armor75 mm(33/44) NormSecondary dispersion bracket57(37 of 40 tied at this value) NormAP ricochet start45°(33 of 46 tied at this value) NormAP auto-bounce angle60°(33 of 46 tied at this value) NormSecondary range5 km(36 of 40 tied at this value) NormRepair charges2(40 of 45 tied at this value)

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Stats & specs

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

Sonar 4.93 kmRepair 2Def-AASmokeFighter

Survivability

Hit Points34,500

Displacement12,540 t

Armor range16–140 mm

Plate armor thicknesses16, 25, 27, 38, 40, 50, 75, 127, 140 mm

Armor material/layer entries53

Fire resistance36.6%

Fire duration30 s

Torp Reduction13%

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.

17,300

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.

10,400

Main Battery

ModuleArtillery: 203 mm/50 BL Model 1924 Mk.D

Mounts / barrels3 mounts / 7 barrels

Reload time11 s

Firing range15.2 km

Turret traverse10 °/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 = (15250/30·(8−1.1)/1000 + 1.1)·30 = 138.2 m

138.2 m

Max Vert Disp

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Vertical dispersion ellipse height at max range = max horizontal × radiusOnMax = 138.2 × 0.6 = 82.9 m

82.9 m

Med Horiz Disp

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50%-hit horizontal radius = max horizontal × GetHalfHitsRatio(σ) = 138.2 × 0.32 (σ=2) = 44.2 m

44.2 m

Med Vert Disp

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50%-hit vertical radius = max vertical × GetHalfHitsRatio(σ) = 82.9 × 0.32 (σ=2) = 26.5 m

26.5 m

Turret turn time

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180 degrees / 10 deg/s traverse speed = 18 s.

18 s

Base shells/min

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7 broadside guns x 60 / 11 s base reload = 38.2.

38.2

HE shells

HE Damage2,850

HE Velocity814 m/s

Fire Chance17%

HE penetration

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34 mm ≈ 203 mm caliber / 6 (standard HE penetration ratio).

34 mm

HE full-salvo alpha

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2,850 HE damage x 7 broadside guns = 19,950.

19,950

Base HE DPM

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19,950 HE full-salvo alpha x 60 / 11 s base reload = 108,818.

108,818

Installed HE DPM

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19,950 HE full-salvo alpha x 60 / 9.9 s installed reload (Main Battery Mod. 3 = -10%) = 120,909.

120,909

Base fires/min

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7 HE shells x 60 / 11 s reload x 17% fire chance = 6.49.

6.49

AP shells

AP Damage4,500

AP Velocity814 m/s

Min Ricochet45 deg

Guaranteed Ricochet60 deg

Fuse Timer0.033 s

Fuse Threshold34 mm

AP overmatch

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floor(203 mm caliber / 14.3) = 14 mm (AP auto-penetrates plating this thick or less).

14 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 × 2650 × 116.1^0.69 × 0.203^-1.07 × 814^1.38 = 403.3 mm. Matches the in-game spec card.

403.3 mm

AP Pen Far

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Same formula at the ship's max firing range (19.1 km), where the shell has slowed to 360.7 m/s: 1e-7 × 2650 × 116.1^0.69 × 0.203^-1.07 × 360.7^1.38 = 131.2 mm.

131.2 mm

AP full-salvo alpha

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4,500 AP damage x 7 broadside guns = 31,500.

31,500

Base AP DPM

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31,500 AP full-salvo alpha x 60 / 11 s base reload = 171,818.

171,818

Installed AP DPM

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31,500 AP full-salvo alpha x 60 / 9.9 s installed reload (Main Battery Mod. 3 = -10%) = 190,909.

190,909

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.

30

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Torpedoes

ModuleTorpedoes: 533 mm Triple

Launchers / tubes4 launchers × 3 tubes = 12 tubes

Reload time60 s

Projectile speed86 kt

Range12 km

Maximum simulated damage9,800 (est.)

Alpha damage29,400

Torpedo detectability1.8 km

Torpedo launcher traverse25 °/s

Torp Turn7.2 s

Torp Arming265 m

Per-side salvo damage

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per-side salvo x per-torpedo simulated damage.

58,800

AA Defense

AA mount points14

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: (10×3.5×0.9) + (14×3.5×0.85) + (30×3.5×0.9) = 168. 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.

168

Maximum AA range

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

4.5 km

37 mm/83 SK Dopp LC/308×2 37mm

20 mm/65 C/38 L/306×1 20mm

105 mm/65 SK Dop. L. C/31 (DP)4×2 105mm

DPS

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Includes 30 continuous AA damage from dual-purpose secondaries firing as AA in this range band.

30

Range4.5 km

DPS10

Range3.5 km

Total DPS in Aura

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Far 30 + Medium 10 = 40

40

DPS14

Range2 km

Total DPS in Aura

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Far 30 + Medium 10 + Near 14 = 54

54

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Secondary Battery

Mounts4

Firing range5.0 km

Shell Grouping (σ)1

Caliber105 mm

Reload time3.35 s

HE Damage1,200

Muzzle Velocity900 m/s

Fire Chance5%

Armor Pen26 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 speed33.5 kt

Turning circle radius710 m

Engine power multiplier speed threshold7 kt

Traverse-to-turn ratio7.2× ok

Concealment

Detectability by sea12.1 km

Detectability by air7.26 km

Smoke firing penalty6.82 km

Detect after firing main guns12.1 km

Detect Fire Sea14.1 km

Detect Fire Air10.26 km

Guaranteed Detect2 km

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Consumables

Damage Control Party∞ charges · 60 s reload · 5 s active

Choose one

Sonar2 charges · 180 s reload · 96 s active · 4.93 km ship detect · 3.47 km torpedo detect

Catapult Fighter3 charges · 70 s reload · 55 s active · 5.56 km patrol radius · 1 squadron size

Choose one

Smoke Generator2 charges · 160 s reload · 15 s emit / 104 s cloud active

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

Repair Party2 charges · 80 s reload · 28 s active · 0.5% heal per second · 14% of max HP total heal

Module options (1)

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

HullUpgrade

Turret traverse10 → 9 °/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

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

Max Horiz Disp138.2 m

Horizontal dispersion ellipse width at max range. (R/30·(idealRadius−minRadius)/idealDistance + minRadius)·30 = (15250/30·(8−1.1)/1000 + 1.1)·30 = 138.2 m

Max Vert Disp82.9 m

Vertical dispersion ellipse height at max range = max horizontal × radiusOnMax = 138.2 × 0.6 = 82.9 m

Med Horiz Disp44.2 m

50%-hit horizontal radius = max horizontal × GetHalfHitsRatio(σ) = 138.2 × 0.32 (σ=2) = 44.2 m

Med Vert Disp26.5 m

50%-hit vertical radius = max vertical × GetHalfHitsRatio(σ) = 82.9 × 0.32 (σ=2) = 26.5 m

AP Pen Close403.3 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 × 2650 × 116.1^0.69 × 0.203^-1.07 × 814^1.38 = 403.3 mm. Matches the in-game spec card.

AP Pen Far131.2 mm

Same formula at the ship's max firing range (19.1 km), where the shell has slowed to 360.7 m/s: 1e-7 × 2650 × 116.1^0.69 × 0.203^-1.07 × 360.7^1.38 = 131.2 mm.

HE penetration34 mm

34 mm ≈ 203 mm caliber / 6 (standard HE penetration ratio).

AP overmatch14 mm

floor(203 mm caliber / 14.3) = 14 mm (AP auto-penetrates plating this thick or less).

AP AOE Radius30

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 alpha7

All 7 barrels bear on the broadside.

Turret turn time18 s

180 degrees / 10 deg/s traverse speed = 18 s.

HE full-salvo alpha19,950

2,850 HE damage x 7 broadside guns = 19,950.

AP full-salvo alpha31,500

4,500 AP damage x 7 broadside guns = 31,500.

Base HE DPM108,818

19,950 HE full-salvo alpha x 60 / 11 s base reload = 108,818.

Base AP DPM171,818

31,500 AP full-salvo alpha x 60 / 11 s base reload = 171,818.

Installed HE DPM120,909

19,950 HE full-salvo alpha x 60 / 9.9 s installed reload (Main Battery Mod. 3 = -10%) = 120,909.

Installed AP DPM190,909

31,500 AP full-salvo alpha x 60 / 9.9 s installed reload (Main Battery Mod. 3 = -10%) = 190,909.

Base shells/min38.2

7 broadside guns x 60 / 11 s base reload = 38.2.

Installed shells/min42.4

7 broadside guns x 60 / 9.9 s installed Artillery reload = 42.4.

Base fires/min6.49

7 HE shells x 60 / 11 s reload x 17% fire chance = 6.49.

Installed fires/min7.21

7 HE shells x 60 / 9.9 s installed reload x 17% fire chance = 7.21.

Torpedoes

Torpedo detectability1.8 km

Estimated torpedo reaction time8.1 s

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

Torpedo speed86 kt

Travel time to max range53.7 s

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

Tube count12

4 launchers x 3 tubes.

Per-side salvo6 torpedoes

tube count / 2 (symmetric port/starboard launcher layout; common on cruisers and battleships with deck torpedoes).

Full-salvo damage117,600

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

Per-side salvo damage58,800

per-side salvo x per-torpedo simulated damage.

AA defense

Close-range AA DPS168

Sum across every AA aura on this ship of (aura.continuous_damage x 3.5 x aura.hit_probability). Here: (10×3.5×0.9) + (14×3.5×0.85) + (30×3.5×0.9) = 168. 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 range4.5 km

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

AA threat index619

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 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)85,970

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: 4×2 105 mm (4/side) × 60/3.35 × 1200 = 85,970. Assumes every shell hits (real hit rate is lower; the Brawl matchup tool on the Compare page folds in dispersion + target armor).

Max HE alpha1200

Maximum HE damage per shell across secondary HE families. Best on this ship: 1200 from the 105 mm family.

Max HE fire chance5%

Maximum per-shell fire chance across secondary HE families (before target fire resistance is applied). Best on this ship: 5% from the 105 mm family.

Max HE pen26 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: 26 mm from the 105 mm family.

Armor

Hull HP 34,500, 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	27 mm primary (range 25–140 mm)	2,200 (6% of HP)	Overmatched by 406mm+ (Colorado, Sinop)Angle bounces 380mm27 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)	16 mm primary (range 16–75 mm)	25,900 (75% of HP)	Overmatched by 283mm+ (Scharnhorst, Scharnhorst '43)Angle bounces 203mm16 mm: HE pens from 127mm+	Largest HP pool. Citadel sits behind these plates; thinner deck and side plating absorb the rest.
Stern	27 mm primary (range 25–75 mm)	1,700 (5% of HP)	Overmatched by 406mm+ (Colorado, Sinop)Angle bounces 380mm27 mm: HE pens from 203mm+	Mirror of bow. Same fast saturation.
Citadel	140 mm primary (range 25–140 mm)	≈ 165,500 (effectively no cap)	Citadel pen ×0.33 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 (×0.33 direct pen, ×0.10 over-pen).
Superstructure	27 mm primary (range 27–75 mm)	2,500 (7% 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	17,300 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 (105 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.
Rudder (module)	separate HP pool, does not drain ship HP	10,400 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.

Shell ballistics chart

AP penetration, impact velocity, flight time and impact angle vs range. Click to load the interactive chart.

Exteriors

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