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Legate

Also called: 军团长 Beta

Italy · Tier VIII · CB Cruiser · Premium · Michelangelo Variant

SAP cruiserTrade SAP volleys into exposed sides; survival is angling and target choice, not citadel fishing.

Playstyle

Hold 12-15 km from a contested cap with an island close enough to shadow back into, and bow toward the closest BB
Avoid: Sitting on Secondary Battery Reload Booster waiting for a perfect target

Key characteristics

320 mm overmatch83 mm SAP penHeavy, fast torpedoesWide SAP fragmentsHeavy HE shellsVisible torps

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Playstyle

Overview

Legate is a Tier VIII Italian SAP cruiser: her 320mm main battery fires semi-armor-piercing shells (82.7mm of fixed penetration) in place of HE. SAP lands one big guaranteed hit instead of fishing for fires, and it pens reliably without the angle checks AP lives or dies on, so she punishes broadsides, soft cruisers, and superstructures hard. The catch is that SAP shatters on heavy belt armor, so the kit is picking targets it bites rather than trading into a bow-in battleship. Sonar (4.7 km on ships and 3.3 km on torpedoes, 98 s active, 180 s reload, long uptime) lights up DDs and torpedoes inside its bubble, which lets her contest the cap edge without taking the spotting cycle. Standout traits: best HE fire chance in T8 CAs (35) and best punch-through secondaries in T8 CAs (38 mm).

Positioning

Hold 12-15 km from a contested cap with an island close enough to shadow back into, and bow toward the closest BB. The heavy bow plate lets you hold the angle against same-tier guns, which is the protection the citadel needs; the hull does not tank battleship volleys broadside even if it can absorb them bow-on. The big guns reach for full AP citadels at that distance.

Potato Avoidance

Sitting on Secondary Battery Reload Booster waiting for a perfect target

With 4 charges it is a cycle, not a finisher: every minute it spends full is a salvo you never fired. It comes back every 180 s, so press it early, press it often, and treat a charge bar that is never empty as damage you have not collected.

Signature Traits

ELITE MAIN BATTERY ↗

High fire chance · 35%
Heavy SAP pen · 82.7 mm
Wide SAP fragments · 175 m

ELITE SECONDARIES ↗

Punch-through secondaries · 38 mm
Big secondary damage boost

Fast torpedoes ↗

72 kt torpedo speed, best of the 21 T8 CAs with torpedoes. Shorter run to the target and less lead to hold; how much warning they get depends on torpedo detectability too.

MIXED TORPEDOES ↗

Visible torps · 1.7 km
Slow torp reload · 120 s

Acquisition

How to get Legate

Legate is a Premium ship and not available to unlock in the Tech Tree. Acquisition path: Containers. 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.

Best listed chance for this ship

Explorer's Chest 0.090909% One of these ships New · Explorer's Chest · 1 of 11 ships

Official WG availability sources

Official WoWS Legends container odds Containers Official container drop rows linked below include direct and nested effective ship odds.
Set Sail to the Legendary Roman Empire Event/store source Start: 2026-05-04 · End: 2026-06-01 Official ship/event post that can indicate store, collaboration, event, return, or limited availability.

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Explorer's Chest 0.090909% · One of these ships

Want the full picture? Each container page charts the odds as you open more crates - including ~~pity~~ guaranteed-reward timers and, for Fleet Members, pack math personalized to your port.

Builds

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Cohort position

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Where Legate sits among Tier VIII CAs (34 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.

BestHE fire chance35% (1 of 4 tied) BestSecondary dispersion bracket27 (1 of 2 tied) BestSecondary HE pen38 mm (1 of 3 tied) BestTorpedo speed72 kt (1 of 3 tied) Top 10%Hit points66,100 HP (3/35) Top 10%Main battery caliber320 mm (3/35) Top 10%Engine power200,000 hp (3/35) Top 10%Turn-speed retention241 hp/m (3/35) Top 25%Secondary DPM (per side)223,636 (6/28) Top 25%Secondary fire chance8% (6/27) Top 25%AP pen at 10 km408 mm (9/34) Top 25%Secondary range6.75 km (4/28) Top 25%Torpedo damage≈19,233 (4/21) Top 25%Max armor255 mm (5/35) Top 25%Citadel belt200 mm (5/35) Top 25%Deck armor60 mm (9/34) Bottom 25%Sigma2 (31/35) Bottom 25%AP DPM215,556 (31/34) Bottom 25%Acceleration29.3 s (28/35) Bottom 25%AP arming threshold53 mm (31/34) Bottom 25%AA threat1,566 (29/35) Bottom 10%Main battery reload21.6 s (33/35) Bottom 10%HE DPM104,444 (29/31) Bottom 10%Displacement38,000 t (33/35) Bottom 10%Effective HE DPM (incl. fire)168,218 (29/31) WorstAA range4 km (1 of 4 tied) WorstTorpedo reload120 s (1 of 3 tied)

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Not standouts for Legate -- 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(14/35) Concealment13.14 km(23/35) Air detection7.41 km(11/35) Rudder shift10.8 s(20/35) Traverse-to-turn ratio6.73 ×(15/35) Main battery range15.36 km(27/35) Fires per minute7.78(21/31) Main dispersion177 m(27/35) Secondary HE alpha1,700(13/27) AP velocity830 m/s(21/34) HE velocity830 m/s(21/31) Power-to-weight5.26 hp/t(27/35) AA DPS464(25/35) Flak per wave (expected)1,800(19/35) Torpedo range8.01 km(15/21) Repair heal rate0.6 %/s(15/35) Bow armor25 mm(20/35) Stern armor25 mm(21/35) NormAP fuse timer0.03 s(24 of 34 tied at this value) NormAP ricochet start45°(25 of 34 tied at this value) NormAP auto-bounce angle60°(24 of 34 tied at this value) NormTurn speed retained81%(32 of 35 tied at this value) NormRepair charges2(33 of 35 tied at this value)

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Stats & specs

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Survivability

Hit Points66,100

Displacement38,000 t

Armor range16–255 mm

Plate armor thicknesses16, 25, 27, 40, 50, 60, 70, 100, 110, 120, 150, 200, 250, 255 mm

Armor material/layer entries59

Fire resistance40%

Fire duration30 s

Torp Reduction22%

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.

33,100

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.

19,800

Effective HP

Base 66,100 HP plus everything Repair Party can restore: 0.6%/s x 28 s = 11,105 HP per charge, x2 charges = 22,210 HP. Ceiling, not a prediction: a charge only restores damage actually taken, and only the regeneratable share of it. Across 1,826 players in our replay corpus the median ship realized about half of this, mostly because half the charges go unspent — when Repair Party IS pressed it returns ~97% of the per-charge figure above. Repair Party is one choice in its slot on this ship, so this applies only if you take it.

88,310

Repairable: penetration50%

Repairable: citadel33%

Repairable: steering gear50%

Main Battery

ModuleArtillery: 320 mm/44 OTO Model 1935

Mounts / barrels2 mounts / 8 barrels

Reload timeInitial: 21.5 s → 24 s

Firing range15.4 km

Turret traverse8 °/s

Turret armor250 mm

AP pen max range316 mm

HE fire DPM vs T8 BB57380

Effective HE DPM vs T8 BB151380

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{15360}{30} \cdot \frac{10 - 1.6}{1000} + 1.6) \cdot 30 = 177 m

177 m

Max Vert Disp

Vertical dispersion ellipse height at max range:

σ_{V} = σ_{H} \cdot radiusOnMax

= 177 \cdot 0.6 = 106.2 m

106.2 m

Med Horiz Disp

50%-hit horizontal radius:

σ_{H, 50} = σ_{H} \cdot \frac{0.6}{σ}

= 177 \cdot \frac{0.6}{2} = 53.1 m

53.1 m

Med Vert Disp

50%-hit vertical radius:

σ_{V, 50} = σ_{V} \cdot \frac{0.6}{σ}

= 106.2 \cdot \frac{0.6}{2} = 31.9 m

31.9 m

Turret turn time

180 degrees / 8 deg/s traverse speed = 22.5 s.

22.5 s

Shells/min

Zero upgrades: 8 broadside guns x 60 / 21.5 s base reload = 22.3. All upgrades (top gun + Main Battery Mod. 3 = -10% reload): 8 broadside guns x 60 / 21.6 s all-upgrades reload = 22.2.

Initial: 22.3 → 22.2

HE shells

HE Damage4,700

HE Velocity830 m/s

Fire Chance35%

HE penetration

In-game data: 55 mm = 320 mm caliber / 5.82 (non-standard HE penetration ratio).

55 mm

HE full-salvo alpha

4,700 HE damage x 8 broadside guns = 37,600.

37,600

HE DPM

Zero upgrades: 37,600 HE full-salvo alpha x 60 / 21.5 s base reload = 104,930. All upgrades (top gun + Main Battery Mod. 3 = -10% reload): 37,600 HE full-salvo alpha x 60 / 21.6 s all-upgrades reload = 104,444.

Initial: 104,930 → 104,444

Fires/min

Zero upgrades: 22.3 shells/min x 35% fire chance = 7.81. All upgrades (top gun + Main Battery Mod. 3 = -10% reload): 22.2 shells/min x 35% fire chance = 7.78.

Initial: 7.81 → 7.78

SAP shells

SAP Fragment Radius

SAP shell fragment splash radius; the area over which a SAP hit scatters fragment damage. Scales with shell mass (90mm ~ 5, 203mm CA ~ 20-30, 320mm = 175, 406mm = 250, 457mm = 400, max) and is tuned per ship, so two ships with the same SAP caliber can differ (135mm ranges 5-24). Larger value = wider fragment spread per hit.

175

AP shells

AP Damage9,700

AP Velocity830 m/s

Min Ricochet45 deg

Guaranteed Ricochet60 deg

Fuse Timer0.033 s

Fuse Threshold53 mm

AP overmatch

floor(320 mm caliber / 14.3) = 22 mm (AP auto-penetrates plating this thick or less).

22 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 2600 \cdot 525^{0.69} \cdot {0.32}^{- 1.07} \cdot 830^{1.38} = 707.5 mm

. Matches the in-game spec card.

707.5 mm

AP Pen Far

Same formula at the ship's max firing range (19.2 km), where the shell has slowed to 434.7 m/s:

P = 10^{- 7} \cdot 2600 \cdot 525^{0.69} \cdot {0.32}^{- 1.07} \cdot {434.7}^{1.38} = 289.8 mm

289.8 mm

AP full-salvo alpha

9,700 AP damage x 8 broadside guns = 77,600.

77,600

AP DPM

Zero upgrades: 77,600 AP full-salvo alpha x 60 / 21.5 s base reload = 216,558. All upgrades (top gun + Main Battery Mod. 3 = -10% reload): 77,600 AP full-salvo alpha x 60 / 21.6 s all-upgrades reload = 215,556.

Initial: 216,558 → 215,556

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.

175

Torpedoes

ModuleTorpedoes: 533 mm tubo lanciasiluri triple

Launchers / tubes2 launchers × 3 tubes = 6 tubes

Reload time120 s

Projectile speed72 kt

Range8.01 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 = 57, 700 \cdot 0.333 = 19, 233

≈ 19,233

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.

20,433

Torpedo detectability1.7 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{1.7 km}{72 kt \times 2.6} = 9.1 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.

9.1 s

Flooding chance

Read straight from the game's own data: this torpedo carries a flooding-chance value of 3.49 per hit, shown as

3.49 \times 100 = 349 %

. 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.

349%

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 Arming222 m

Per-side salvo damage

One side firing, all torpedoes hitting: per-side tubes x per-torpedo simulated damage = 3 x 19,233 = 57,699.

57,699

AA Defense

AA mount points20

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.

4 km

37 mm/54 Breda 193812×2 37mm

20 mm/70 Breda 19418×6 20mm

90 mm/50 OTO 1939 (DP)

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

10×2 90mm

Guns90 mm/50 OTO 1939 (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 151 from dual-purpose secondaries firing as AA in this range band.

151

Range4 km

Guns37 mm/54 Breda 1938

Continuous DPS

Effective DPS: 71 raw aura damage × 3.5 × 0.9 hit probability = 224 - the same in-game units as the Close-range AA DPS headline.

224

Range3.5 km

Total DPS in Aura

Far 151 + Medium 224 = 375

375

Guns20 mm/70 Breda 1941

Continuous DPS

Effective DPS: 30 raw aura damage × 3.5 × 0.85 hit probability = 89 - the same in-game units as the Close-range AA DPS headline.

Range2 km

Total DPS in Aura

Far 151 + Medium 224 + Near 89 = 464

464

Bursts

Each ~2 s wave fires 2 quick salvos of 4 clouds ahead of the attacking squadron, plus 2 stray clouds farther out that appear off-beat between waves - up to 10 clouds per wave × 200 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 × 4 clouds + 2 outer

Cloud damage

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

200

Cloud spawn chance

Each cloud in the pattern rolls this chance to spawn, so waves 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.

90%

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 secondary battery mount is operational - even losing every other 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 bursts can land short of 2.5 km or past 4 km - once planes get inside the band, new waves stop.

2.5-4 km

See the AA layers diagram ↓

Secondary Battery

Mounts13

Firing range6.75 km

Shell Grouping (σ)1

Secondary dispersion type

Max dispersion = range (km) × 27 + 30. Each dispersion type sets its own slope; this is not a percentage applied to a standard baseline.

Improved (50%, Massachusetts type)

Max secondary dispersion @ 6.75 km

6.75 km × 27 + 30 = 212.2 m.

212.2 m

Caliber152 mm

Reload time11 s

HE Damage1,700

Muzzle Velocity960 m/s

Fire Chance8%

Armor Pen38 mm

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Caliber90 mm

Reload time5 s

HE Damage1,400

Muzzle Velocity855 m/s

Fire Chance5%

Armor Pen25 mm

Maneuverability

Engine power200,000 hp

Maximum speed33.5 kt

Turning circle radius830 m

Rudder shift time10.8 s

Engine power-boost threshold7 kt

Engine spool-up time15.3 s

Reverse spool-up time7.7 s

Acceleration 0-90%

Time to reach 90% of top speed (30.2 kt of 33.5 kt), from our in-house acceleration model.

29.3 s

Acceleration 0-99%

Time to reach 99% of top speed (33.2 kt of 33.5 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.

48.9 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{33.5 \cdot 0.5144}{830} = 1.19 ° / s

, so

ratio = \frac{ω_{turret}}{ω_{hull}} = \frac{8}{1.19} = 6.7 \times

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

6.7× slow

See the full acceleration curve ↓

Concealment

Detectability by sea13.14 km

Detectability by air7.41 km

Smoke firing penalty7.37 km

Detect after firing main guns

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

13.14 km

Detect Fire Sea15.14 km

Detect Fire Air10.41 km

Guaranteed Detect2 km

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Consumables

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

Choose one

Repair Party2 charges · 60 s reload · 28 s active · 11,105 HP (16.8% of max HP) total heal (per charge)
ƒ
Heal per second (0.6%) x effective active time (28 s) = up to 16.8% of max HP restored per charge.
· 22,210 HP (33.6% of max HP) total heal (all charges)
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16.8% per charge x 2 charges = up to 33.6% of max HP if the whole Repair Party loadout is used.
· 397 HP/s (0.6% of max HP) heal per second
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0.6% of max HP (66,100 HP) per second = 397 HP/s. WoWS heals a flat percent of MAX HP each second, so this rate holds at any health level.

Sonar2 charges · 180 s reload · 98 s active · 4.68 km ship detect
ƒ
Derived from the consumable's 30 m grid-unit range (km = grid units x 30 / 1000): $\frac{156 \times 30}{1000} = 4.68 km$
· 3.27 km torpedo detect
ƒ
Derived from the consumable's 30 m grid-unit range (km = grid units x 30 / 1000): $\frac{109 \times 30}{1000} = 3.27 km$

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

Exhaust Smoke Generator2 charges · 150 s reload · 40 s emit / 10 s cloud active · 450 m radius

Secondary Battery Reload Booster4 charges · 180 s reload · 20 s active · +200% grouping · -70% dispersion

Module options (1)

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

ArtilleryUpgrade

Base reload21.5 → 24 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 Disp177 m

Horizontal dispersion ellipse width at max range, from the verified WoWS dispersion model:  $σ_{H} = (\frac{R}{30} \cdot \frac{idealRadius - minRadius}{idealDistance} + minRadius) \cdot 30$   $= (\frac{15360}{30} \cdot \frac{10 - 1.6}{1000} + 1.6) \cdot 30 = 177 m$

Shell scatter width @ 5 km90 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 km132 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 km174 m

Horizontal scatter at a fixed 15 km, from the same verified dispersion model - the long-range anchor. Only shown when the ship's guns reach 15 km.

Max Vert Disp106.2 m

Vertical dispersion ellipse height at max range: $σ_{V} = σ_{H} \cdot radiusOnMax$ $= 177 \cdot 0.6 = 106.2 m$

Shell scatter height @ 10 km70 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  $delim \cdot R_{m a x} = 0.5 \cdot 15360 = 7680$  m, and  $radiusOnMax = 0.6$  at 15360 m. Above the kink:  $k = 0.5 + (0.6 - 0.5) \cdot \frac{10000 - 7680}{15360 - 7680} = 0.5302$ , so  $σ_{V} = σ_{H} \cdot k = 132 \cdot 0.5302 = 70 m$ .

Med Horiz Disp53.1 m

50%-hit horizontal radius: $σ_{H, 50} = σ_{H} \cdot \frac{0.6}{σ}$ $= 177 \cdot \frac{0.6}{2} = 53.1 m$

Med Vert Disp31.9 m

50%-hit vertical radius: $σ_{V, 50} = σ_{V} \cdot \frac{0.6}{σ}$ $= 106.2 \cdot \frac{0.6}{2} = 31.9 m$

AP Pen Close707.5 mm

Canonical community AP formula (jcw780/wows_shell), evaluated at muzzle velocity:  $P = 10^{- 7} \cdot K \cdot m^{0.69} \cdot d^{- 1.07} \cdot v_{0}^{1.38}$   $= 10^{- 7} \cdot 2600 \cdot 525^{0.69} \cdot {0.32}^{- 1.07} \cdot 830^{1.38} = 707.5 mm$ . Matches the in-game spec card.

AP Pen Far289.8 mm

Same formula at the ship's max firing range (19.2 km), where the shell has slowed to 434.7 m/s:  $P = 10^{- 7} \cdot 2600 \cdot 525^{0.69} \cdot {0.32}^{- 1.07} \cdot {434.7}^{1.38} = 289.8 mm$ .

AP pen 5 km537 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 km408 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.

AP pen 15 km321 mm

AP penetration at a fixed 15 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 flight time @ 10 km5.31 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:  $k = \frac{π C_{d} d^{2}}{8 m} = \frac{π \cdot 0.4098 \cdot {0.32}^{2}}{8 \cdot 525} = 3.14 \times 10^{- 5}$ . That runs from a 830 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 flight time @ 10 km5.31 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:  $k = \frac{π C_{d} d^{2}}{8 m} = \frac{π \cdot 0.3786 \cdot {0.32}^{2}}{8 \cdot 485} = 3.14 \times 10^{- 5}$ . That runs from a 830 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 penetration55 mm

In-game data: 55 mm = 320 mm caliber / 5.82 (non-standard HE penetration ratio).

AP overmatch22 mm

floor(320 mm caliber / 14.3) = 22 mm (AP auto-penetrates plating this thick or less).

AP AOE Radius175

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.

SAP Fragment Radius175

SAP shell fragment splash radius; the area over which a SAP hit scatters fragment damage. Scales with shell mass (90mm ~ 5, 203mm CA ~ 20-30, 320mm = 175, 406mm = 250, 457mm = 400, max) and is tuned per ship, so two ships with the same SAP caliber can differ (135mm ranges 5-24). Larger value = wider fragment spread per hit.

Broadside guns used for alpha8

All 8 barrels bear on the broadside.

Turret turn time22.5 s

180 degrees / 8 deg/s traverse speed = 22.5 s.

HE full-salvo alpha37,600

4,700 HE damage x 8 broadside guns = 37,600.

AP full-salvo alpha77,600

9,700 AP damage x 8 broadside guns = 77,600.

HE DPMInitial: 104,930 → 104,444

Zero upgrades: 37,600 HE full-salvo alpha x 60 / 21.5 s base reload = 104,930. All upgrades (top gun + Main Battery Mod. 3 = -10% reload): 37,600 HE full-salvo alpha x 60 / 21.6 s all-upgrades reload = 104,444.

AP DPMInitial: 216,558 → 215,556

Zero upgrades: 77,600 AP full-salvo alpha x 60 / 21.5 s base reload = 216,558. All upgrades (top gun + Main Battery Mod. 3 = -10% reload): 77,600 AP full-salvo alpha x 60 / 21.6 s all-upgrades reload = 215,556.

Shells/minInitial: 22.3 → 22.2

Zero upgrades: 8 broadside guns x 60 / 21.5 s base reload = 22.3. All upgrades (top gun + Main Battery Mod. 3 = -10% reload): 8 broadside guns x 60 / 21.6 s all-upgrades reload = 22.2.

Fires/minInitial: 7.81 → 7.78

Zero upgrades: 22.3 shells/min x 35% fire chance = 7.81. All upgrades (top gun + Main Battery Mod. 3 = -10% reload): 22.2 shells/min x 35% fire chance = 7.78.

Torpedoes

Torpedo detectability1.7 km

Estimated torpedo reaction time9.1 s

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

Torpedo speed72 kt

Travel time to max range42.8 s

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

Tube count6

2 launchers x 3 tubes.

Per-side salvo3 torpedoes

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

Full-salvo damage115,398

All tubes hitting one target: tubes x per-torpedo simulated damage = 6 x 19,233 = 115,398.

Per-side salvo damage57,699

One side firing, all torpedoes hitting: per-side tubes x per-torpedo simulated damage = 3 x 19,233 = 57,699.

AA defense

AA DPS at max range151

Only families that reach 4 km contribute at the outer edge of the AA bubble. In-game families: Breda 37mm double 12x2 -> 224 DPS @ 3.5 km; 20mm70 Breda barrels 6 8x6 -> 89 DPS @ 2 km; 90mm50 barrels 2 M1939 10x2 -> 151 DPS @ 4 km.

Maximum AA range4 km

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

AA DPS layered by range151 DPS @ 4 km, 375 DPS @ 3.5 km, 464 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-blank464

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

AA threat index1566

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 typeImproved (50%, Massachusetts type)

Max dispersion = range (km) × 27 + 30. Each dispersion type sets its own slope; this is not a percentage applied to a standard baseline.

Max secondary dispersion @ 6.75 km212.2 m

6.75 km × 27 + 30 = 212.2 m.

Secondary dispersion @ 5 km165 m

Same per-type line evaluated at a fixed 5 km: 5 km × 27 + 30 = 165 m.

Secondary battery firepower

Secondary DPM (per side)223,636

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: 3×4 152 mm (6/side) × 60/11 × 1700 = 55,636 + 10×2 90 mm (10/side) × 60/5 × 1400 = 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 alpha1700

Maximum HE damage per shell across secondary HE families. Best on this ship: 1700 from the 152 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 152 mm family.

Max HE pen38 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: 38 mm from the 152 mm family.

Armor Beta

Hull HP 66,100, 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 & stern25 mm

Overmatched by 100+ guns across the bracket. Can’t reliably bow-tank; gets bow-citadelled and overpenned.

Belt / citadel200 mm

AP can citadel a flat broadside even at range. Stay angled and avoid showing the full side.

Farming16 mm

Superstructure and extremities take HE pens and AP overpens from nearly any gun: steady chip damage. Fire resistance 40%, fires burn 30s. Range-by-range in the Compare tool →

Section	Plates	HP cap	Threats	Tactic
Bow	25 mm primary (range 25–40 mm)	≈ 3,305 (~5% of HP)	Overmatched by 380mm+ (Bismarck, Richelieu)Angle bounces 356mm25 mm: HE pens from 150mm+	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 16–250 mm)	≈ 49,575 (~75% of HP)	Overmatched by 283mm+ (Scharnhorst '43, Schill)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	25 mm primary (range 25–100 mm)	≈ 3,305 (~5% of HP)	Overmatched by 380mm+ (Bismarck, Richelieu)Angle bounces 356mm25 mm: HE pens from 150mm+	Mirror of bow. Same fast saturation.
Citadel	200 mm primary (range 27–200 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	16 mm primary (range 16–255 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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