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Metro Aegis

Also called: 大都会神盾 Beta

Germany · Tier VII · CA Cruiser · Premium

Sonar cruiserSonar contests islands and smoke without exposing the hull to vision cycles.

Playstyle

Work the islands rather than a firing line
Avoid: Pushing in blind because the kit says brawler

Key characteristics

Improved HE penSonarDefensive AAHeavy AP shellsThick end platesSlow

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Metro Aegis Community Stats

Across 170+ Standard battles from 23 players, Metro Aegis averages a 63% win rate, 44,800 damage and 0.5 kills per battle, and survives 30% of them.

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Playstyle

Overview

Metro Aegis is a Tier VII German heavy cruiser with Sonar as her vision tool. It lets her contest islands and smoke without exposing the hull to vision cycles, which shapes how she pressures caps. Her sonar reaches 5.6 km, which is the range at which she can commit to a contest without guessing. HE pen sits at the 1/4 caliber ratio instead of the standard 1/6, so HE damages angled targets her AP can't, but her HE volume is low: a tool for bow-on targets, not a damage plan. Standout traits: heavy AP shells in T7 CAs (6,000, 7th of 58) and best Sonar ship range in T7 CAs (5.6 km, 4th of 52). The trade is small-caliber secondaries in T7 CAs (1,200, 47th of 51).

Positioning

Work the islands rather than a firing line. Sonar (5.6 km on ships, 3.8 km on torpedoes) is the whole kit, and it only pays inside that radius, so hold the cover beside a contested cap and use it to catch destroyers and torpedoes coming around the corner: HE into the destroyer, AP into any cruiser that shows you a broadside while it sits in smoke. Lead with AP wherever the target gives you a side; the HE is the weaker barrel here, so save it for targets AP cannot punish. Firing from a friendly smoke reveals you at 7.9 km, so pick the salvo rather than holding the trigger.

Potato Avoidance

Pushing in blind because the kit says brawler

5.6-km Sonar is what makes the close fight winnable, and it only helps once you are already committed; it does not tell you what is waiting two islands over. Push when a destroyer is lit or a teammate holds vision, not to find out who is there.

Signature Traits

Improved HE penetration

HE pen at the 1/4 caliber ratio instead of the standard 1/6. HE-spam is a real damage option here, not just a fire-starter, shared by 9/58 T7 CAs.

Heavy AP shells ↗

6000 damage per AP shell, top decile of T7 CAs. A citadel hit lands harder here than anywhere else in the cohort.

ELITE SONAR ↗

Long-range sonar · 5.6 km
Long-duration sonar · 118 s
Wide torpedo · 3.8 km

ELITE ARMOR ↗

Thick end plates · 27 mm
Hardened superstructure · 30 mm
Thick bow plate · 27 mm

Small-caliber secondaries ↗

1200 max HE alpha per secondary shell, bottom quartile of T7 CAs. Per-shell damage runs below peers'. Fire chance is at the cohort floor too (5%, tied with 22 other ships), so they will not burn a target down either.

Acquisition

How to get Metro Aegis

Metro Aegis 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.

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Best listed chance for this ship

Retrofuturism Box '26 5% VII Metro Aegis Event · Retrofuturism Box '26

Official WG availability sources

September Update: Full Progress Ahead Store / event post Start: 2026-09-03
- Check out the Store for new ships Progressor and Metro Aegis, retro-tech skins, and Commander guises
Nostalgic Waves: Retrofuturism Sails Again Store / event post Start: 2026-09-04
- Metro Aegis will be available in the Store, both individually and in a special bundle, as well as through the new Retrofuturism Box ’26.

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Retrofuturism Box '26 5% · VII Metro Aegis

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

Builds

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Cohort position

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Where Metro Aegis sits among Tier VII CAs (57 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.

LongestAP fuse timer0.033 s (1 of 25 tied) Top 10%Torpedo reload68 s (3/43) Top 25%Hit points43,800 HP (11/58) Top 25%Main battery range15.85 km (11/58) Top 25%AP shell damage6,000 (7/58) Top 25%Engine power133,630 hp (15/57) Top 25%End plates27 mm (9/55 / 9/55) Bottom 25%Max speed32 kt (51/58) Bottom 25%Stealth profile13.53 km / 8.12 km (45/58 / 45/58) Bottom 25%Smoke fire bloom7.91 km (51/58) Bottom 25%Fires per minute5.43 (41/50) Bottom 25%HE DPM112,696 (43/50) Bottom 25%Main dispersion142.3 m (45/58) Bottom 25%Displacement18,210 t (45/58) Bottom 25%Effective HE DPM (incl. fire)152,975 (43/50) Bottom 25%AA range4.5 km (51/58) Bottom 25%Torpedo range6 km (37/43) Bottom 25%Torpedo damage≈12,700 (35/43) Bottom 10%Citadel belt80 mm (51/55) WorstSecondary HE alpha1,200 (1 of 8 tied) WorstSecondary fire chance5% (1 of 23 tied)

See 32 mid-pack stats

Not standouts for Metro Aegis -- 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.

Rudder shift9.7 s(35/58) Turning circle740 m(35/58) Traverse-to-turn ratio6.28 ×(23/58) Main battery caliber203 mm(19/58) Main battery reload11.5 s(39/58) Sigma2(30/58) HE shell damage2,700(25/50) HE fire chance13%(27/50) AP DPM250,435(29/58) Secondary DPM (per side)128,955(19/51) Secondary HE pen20 mm(26/51) AP velocity925 m/s(17/58) HE velocity925 m/s(15/50) Time to 90% speed24.4 s(21/57) Acceleration (0-12 kt)9 s(32/57) AP arming threshold34 mm(41/58) Power / turn radius180.6 hp/m(19/57) Power-to-weight7.34 hp/t(25/57) AP pen at 10 km235 mm(17/58) AA DPS425(21/58) AA threat1,458(23/58) Flak damage per salvo (expected)1,701(25/58) Torpedo speed64 kt(18/43) Torpedo reaction time7.6 s(21/43) Repair heal rate0.6 %/s(23/57) Max armor150 mm(23/58) NormSecondary dispersion bracket57(48 of 51 tied at this value) NormAP ricochet start45°(41 of 58 tied at this value) NormAP auto-bounce angle60°(41 of 58 tied at this value) NormTurn speed retained81%(54 of 58 tied at this value) NormSecondary range5 km(46 of 51 tied at this value) NormRepair charges2(51 of 57 tied at this value)

Peers in this cohort

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Stats & specs

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Survivability

Hit Points43,800

Displacement18,210 t

Armor range13–150 mm

Plate armor thicknesses13, 16, 20, 25, 27, 30, 40, 70, 80, 90, 105, 150 mm

Armor material/layer entries45

Fire resistance

top hull: 1 − 0.6337 fire coefficient = 36.6%. Lowers how often hits set you on fire. It does not reduce the damage a burning fire does per second; fires burn at the full rate on every ship.

36.6%

Fire duration30 s

Fire damage

One unattended fire: 0.3% of max HP per second × 30 s = 9% of the pool = 9% × 43,800 HP = 3,942 HP on this ship. 4 fire points can burn at once.

0.3% of HP per second

Flood duration40 s

Flood damage

One unattended flood: 0.25% of max HP per second × 40 s = 10% of the pool = 10% × 43,800 HP = 4,380 HP on this ship.

0.25% of HP per second

Torp Reduction

1 − 0.3 hull torpedo-damage coefficient / 0.333 unprotected baseline = 10%. Reduces torpedo hit damage. It does not affect flooding: floods start as often and tick at the full rate.

10%

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.

21,900

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.

13,100

Effective HP

Base 43,800 HP plus everything Repair Party can restore: 0.6%/s x 28 s = 7,358 HP per charge, x2 charges = 14,717 HP. Ceiling, not a prediction: a charge only restores damage actually taken, and only the regeneratable share of it. In practice ships realize about half of this, mostly because half the charges go unspent; a charge that is used returns about 97% of the per-charge figure above.

58,517

Repairable: penetration50%

Repairable: citadel33%

Repairable: steering gear50%

Bow section HP

Damage saturation pool for the bow: penetrations here deal their normal share until roughly this much damage has landed on the section, then further hits on it deal half damage. Once a section is saturated, a penetration there deals exactly half (1,125 becomes 563); hits on the ship's other, unsaturated sections still deal full damage. A larger pool keeps that part of the ship taking full damage for longer; a small one saturates fast and protects the ship's HP.

1,300

Casemate section HP

Damage saturation pool for the casemate: penetrations here deal their normal share until roughly this much damage has landed on the section, then further hits on it deal half damage. Once a section is saturated, a penetration there deals exactly half (1,125 becomes 563); hits on the ship's other, unsaturated sections still deal full damage. A larger pool keeps that part of the ship taking full damage for longer; a small one saturates fast and protects the ship's HP.

7,100

Hull section HP

Damage saturation pool for the hull: penetrations here deal their normal share until roughly this much damage has landed on the section, then further hits on it deal half damage. Once a section is saturated, a penetration there deals exactly half (1,125 becomes 563); hits on the ship's other, unsaturated sections still deal full damage. A larger pool keeps that part of the ship taking full damage for longer; a small one saturates fast and protects the ship's HP.

32,900

Superstructure section HP

Damage saturation pool for the superstructure: penetrations here deal their normal share until roughly this much damage has landed on the section, then further hits on it deal half damage. Once a section is saturated, a penetration there deals exactly half (1,125 becomes 563); hits on the ship's other, unsaturated sections still deal full damage. The superstructure is not exempt: it saturates exactly like the bow and stern, so shells aimed at it stop dealing full damage once this pool is used up. A larger pool keeps that part of the ship taking full damage for longer; a small one saturates fast and protects the ship's HP.

3,100

Stern section HP

Damage saturation pool for the stern: penetrations here deal their normal share until roughly this much damage has landed on the section, then further hits on it deal half damage. Once a section is saturated, a penetration there deals exactly half (1,125 becomes 563); hits on the ship's other, unsaturated sections still deal full damage. A larger pool keeps that part of the ship taking full damage for longer; a small one saturates fast and protects the ship's HP.

1,600

Citadel section HP

This section has no practical saturation cap: every hit here keeps dealing its normal share of damage (on most ships the citadel; on many destroyers the casemate).

No saturation cap

Main Battery

ModuleArtillery: 203 mm L/60 SK C/34

Mounts / barrels4 mounts / 8 barrels

Reload time11.5 s

Firing range15.8 km

Turret traverse8 °/s

Turret armor160 mm

Turret traverse arcs

How far each mount can train, in degrees to either side of the mount's own facing. A rear turret with ±150° leaves a 60° blind wedge over the bow; one-sided arcs are wing mounts that cover a single side. The data does not say which way each mount faces, so the arcs are listed per mount without bow/stern angles.

4x ±145°

Guns to bear

180° − 145° (the most restricted aft-facing mount's arc) = 35° off bow; 180° − 145° (the most restricted forward-facing mount's arc) = 35° off stern. How far off the bow (or stern) the ship must angle before every main turret can fire: the widest blind wedge among the rear-facing (or forward-facing) mounts, from each mount's trainable arc.

35° off bow / 35° off stern

See the firing-arcs diagram ↓

Shell Grouping (σ)2

Dispersion type

In practice: the baseline curve for a standard cruiser -- at max range (15.8 km) shells land in an ellipse about 142 m wide and 85 m tall. Also on this curve (215): AL Baltimore, AL Chapayev, AL Cheshire, AL Harbin, AL Montpelier, AL Tallinn, AL Zara, Aberdeen, Accord, Agano, Albemarle, Algérie and 203 more.

Standard cruiser

Max Horiz Disp

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

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

= (\frac{15845.5}{30} \cdot \frac{8 - 1.1}{1000} + 1.1) \cdot 30 = 142.3 m

142.3 m at 15.8 km

Max Vert Disp

Vertical dispersion ellipse height at max range:

σ_{V} = σ_{H} \cdot radiusOnMax

= 142.3 \cdot 0.6 = 85.4 m

85.4 m at 15.8 km

Med Horiz Disp

50%-hit horizontal radius:

σ_{H, 50} = σ_{H} \cdot \frac{0.6}{σ}

= 142.3 \cdot \frac{0.6}{2} = 42.7 m

42.7 m at 15.8 km

Med Vert Disp

50%-hit vertical radius:

σ_{V, 50} = σ_{V} \cdot \frac{0.6}{σ}

= 85.4 \cdot \frac{0.6}{2} = 25.6 m

25.6 m at 15.8 km

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 / 11.5 s base reload = 41.7. All upgrades (Main Battery Mod. 3 = -10% reload): 8 broadside guns x 60 / 10.3 s all-upgrades reload = 46.6.

Initial: 41.7 → 46.6

HE shells

HE alpha2,700

HE Velocity925 m/s

Fire Chance13%

HE fire DPM vs T7 BB40250

Effective HE DPM vs T7 BB152945

HE penetration

51 mm ≈ 203 mm caliber / 4 (improved HE penetration: German BBs, Yamato-class, and a handful of others).

51 mm

HE full-salvo alpha

2,700 HE damage x 8 broadside guns = 21,600.

21,600

HE DPM

Zero upgrades: 21,600 HE full-salvo alpha x 60 / 11.5 s base reload = 112,696. All upgrades (Main Battery Mod. 3 = -10% reload): 21,600 HE full-salvo alpha x 60 / 10.3 s all-upgrades reload = 125,825.

Initial: 112,696 → 125,825

Fires/min

Zero upgrades: 41.7 shells/min x 13% fire chance = 5.43. All upgrades (Main Battery Mod. 3 = -10% reload): 46.6 shells/min x 13% fire chance = 6.06.

Initial: 5.43 → 6.06

AP shells

AP alpha6,000

AP Velocity925 m/s

Min Ricochet45 deg

Guaranteed Ricochet60 deg

Fuse Timer0.033 s

Fuse Threshold34 mm

AP pen max range169 mm

AP overmatch

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

14 mm

AP Pen Close

AP formula evaluated at muzzle velocity:

P = 10^{- 7} \cdot K \cdot m^{0.69} \cdot d^{- 1.07} \cdot v_{0}^{1.38}

= 10^{- 7} \cdot 2409 \cdot 122^{0.69} \cdot {0.203}^{- 1.07} \cdot 925^{1.38} = 452.6 mm

452.6 mm point-blank

AP Pen Far

Same formula at the ship's max firing range (15.8 km), where the shell has slowed to 453.4 m/s:

P = 10^{- 7} \cdot 2409 \cdot 122^{0.69} \cdot {0.203}^{- 1.07} \cdot {453.4}^{1.38} = 169.2 mm

169.2 mm at 15.8 km

AP full-salvo alpha

6,000 AP damage x 8 broadside guns = 48,000.

48,000

AP DPM

Zero upgrades: 48,000 AP full-salvo alpha x 60 / 11.5 s base reload = 250,435. All upgrades (Main Battery Mod. 3 = -10% reload): 48,000 AP full-salvo alpha x 60 / 10.3 s all-upgrades reload = 279,612.

Initial: 250,435 → 279,612

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 Drilling

Launchers / tubes4 launchers × 3 tubes = 12 tubes

Reload time68 s

Projectile speed64.0 kt

Range6 km

Maximum simulated damage

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

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

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

≈ 12,700

Maximum damage (ammunition)

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

13,700

Torpedo module damage

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

1,000

Torpedo detectability1.3 km

Reaction time

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

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

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

7.6 s

Flooding chance

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

2.27 \times 100 = 227 %

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

227%

Torpedo launcher traverse25 °/s

Launch arcswing 142° (one launcher per beam)

Torp Turn

Time to rotate the launchers 180 deg:

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

7.2 s

Torp Arming202 m

Per-side salvo damage

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

76,200

AA Defense

AA mount points28

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.

4.5 km

40 mm L/56 Flak 2818×1 40mm

20 mm Flakvierling 386×4 20mm

20 mm Flakzwilling 384×2 20mm

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

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

6×2 105mm

Guns105 mm L/65 Dop. L. C/31 (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 113 from dual-purpose secondaries firing as AA in this range band.

113

Range4.5 km

Guns40 mm L/56 Flak 28

Continuous DPS

Effective DPS: 69 raw aura damage × 3.5 × 0.9 hit probability = 217 - the same in-game units as the Close-range AA DPS headline.

217

Range3.5 km

Total DPS in Aura

Far 113 + Medium 217 = 330

330

Guns20 mm Flakvierling 38 + 20 mm Flakzwilling 38

Continuous DPS

Effective DPS: 32 raw aura damage × 3.5 × 0.85 hit probability = 95 - the same in-game units as the Close-range AA DPS headline.

Range2 km

Total DPS in Aura

Far 113 + Medium 217 + Near 95 = 425

425

AA explosions

Each ~2 s salvo fires 2 AA explosions in quick succession, each leaving 4 clouds ahead of the attacking squadron, plus 1 stray cloud farther out that appear off-beat between salvos - up to 9 clouds per salvo × 210 damage each. Planes that fly into a cloud take its damage; clouds dissipate before the next salvo lands. Defensive AA Fire, where fitted, multiplies the AA explosions within each salvo, and commander skills that raise the Number of AA explosions add to it.

2 per salvo, 4 clouds each + 1 outer cloud

Cloud damage

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

210

Cloud spawn chance

Each cloud in the pattern rolls this chance to spawn, so salvos average fewer clouds than the maximum. Often called flak 'hit chance', but spawned clouds always damage planes that fly into them - the roll is on spawning.

90%

Salvo interval

A new flak salvo (the AA explosions above) fires roughly every 2 s.

every ~2 s

Fired by

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

Secondary battery

Flak zone

The activation band: flak fires while attacking planes are inside it. Clouds are placed ahead of the planes' path, so clouds can land short of 2.5 km or past 4.5 km - once planes get inside the band, new salvos stop. AA range bonuses push the outer edge out; the 2.5 km inner edge does not move.

2.5-4.5 km

See the AA layers diagram ↓

Secondary Battery

Mounts6

Firing range5.0 km

Shell Grouping (σ)1

Secondary DPM (per side)

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: 6×2 105 mm (6/side) × 60/3.35 × 1200 = 128,955. Assumes every shell hits (real hit rate is lower; the Brawl matchup tool on the Compare page folds in dispersion + target armor).

128,955

Secondary fire DPM vs T7 BB (per side)

Fires/min (per side) 5.4 × (1 − 36.6% fire resistance) × 60 s × 0.3%/s × 65,000 HP = 39,857. Per side: the barrels that bear on one broadside target (mounts × barrels / 2). A ceiling: assumes every shell hits and ignores the four-fire cap and Fire Prevention.

39,857

Total secondary DPM vs T7 BB (per side)

Secondary DPM (per side) 128,955 + secondary fire DPM 39,857 = 168,812: shell damage plus fire damage against one T7 battleship, every shell hitting.

168,812

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

Dual-purpose: the same mounts also fire at aircraft, so they appear on the AA Defense card too - shared guns, not extra hardware.

6×2 105mm

Caliber105 mm

Reload time3.35 s

HE alpha1,200

Muzzle Velocity900 m/s

Fire Chance5%

Secondary fires/min (per side)

6×2 barrels / 2 sides × 60 / 3.35 s × 5% = 5.4. Per side: the barrels that bear on one broadside target (mounts × barrels / 2). A ceiling: assumes every shell hits and ignores the four-fire cap and Fire Prevention.

5.4

HE Pen20 mm

Secondary dispersion type

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

Standard

Max secondary dispersion @ 5 km

5 km × 57 + 30 = 315 m.

315 m

Maneuverability

Engine power133,630 hp

Maximum speed32.0 kt

Turning circle radius740 m

Rudder shift time9.7 s

Engine power-boost threshold7.0 kt

Engine spool-up time15.3 s

Reverse spool-up time7.7 s

Reverse speed

top speed / 4 + 4.9 = 32 / 4 + 4.9 = 12.9 kt. Base value; speed modifiers scale it.

12.9 kt

Crash stop

Seconds from top speed to a dead stop after ordering full reverse: reverse power winds in over the reverse spool-up while water drag does most of the braking, using the ship's own reverse-power ratio. The full curve is on the acceleration chart. Full reverse stops about a quarter faster than a plain Stop order from top speed.

27.5 s

Engine boost threshold (reverse)

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

9.1 kt

Acceleration 0-90%

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

24.4 s

Acceleration 0-99%

Time to reach 99% of top speed (31.7 kt of 32.0 kt). 99% rather than 100% because true top speed is asymptotic (thrust meets drag), so the last fraction of a knot is never quite gained.

38.9 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{32.0 \cdot 0.5144}{740} = 1.27 ° / s

, so

ratio = \frac{ω_{turret}}{ω_{hull}} = \frac{8}{1.27} = 6.3 \times

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

6.3× slow

See the full acceleration curve ↓

Concealment

Detectability by sea

Base value, no camouflage. With a Grade IV permanent camo (or any disposable camo): 13.53 km x 0.955 = 12.92 km. Camouflage does not change detectability by air.

13.53 km

With Grade IV camouflage (sea)

Detectability by sea 13.53 km x 0.955 (Grade IV permanent camo or any disposable camo) = 12.92 km.

12.92 km

Detectability by air8.12 km

Smoke firing penalty7.91 km

Detect when firing (sea)

max(main battery range, sea detectability 13.53 km) = 15.85 km. Equal to the ship's main battery range (never below base detectability): firing makes you visible to everyone you can reach.

15.85 km

Detect when firing (air)

Air detectability 8.12 km + gun-firing bloom 4.06 km = 12.18 km. The bloom tracks main-battery caliber x 0.020.

12.18 km

Detect when on fire (sea)

Sea detectability 13.53 km + 2.0 km while burning = 15.53 km.

15.53 km

Detect when on fire (air)

Air detectability 8.12 km + 3.0 km while burning = 11.12 km.

11.12 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 · 118 s active · 5.58 km ship detect
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Derived from the consumable's 30 m grid-unit range (km = grid units x 30 / 1000): $\frac{186 \times 30}{1000} = 5.58 km$
· 3.84 km torpedo detect
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Derived from the consumable's 30 m grid-unit range (km = grid units x 30 / 1000): $\frac{128 \times 30}{1000} = 3.84 km$

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 salvo - more clouds in the air over the salvo, at the same spots.

Catapult Fighter3 charges · 80 s reload · 90 s active · 5 km patrol radius
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Derived from the consumable's 30 m grid-unit range (km = grid units x 30 / 1000): $\frac{167 \times 30}{1000} = 5 km$
· 1 squadron size

Repair Party2 charges · 60 s reload · 28 s active · 7,358 HP (16.8% of max HP) total heal (per charge)
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0.6% of max HP per second × 28 s effective active time = up to 16.8% of max HP restored per charge.
· 14,716 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.
· 263 HP/s (0.6% of max HP) heal per second
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0.6% of max HP (43,800 HP) per second = 263 HP/s. WoWS heals a flat percent of MAX HP each second, so this rate holds at any health level.

Under the hood

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

The constants behind the formulas and the long tail: shell and dispersion inputs, fixed-range anchors, salvo math, layered AA. Click the formula chip on any row to see how it is calculated.

Main battery formulas

vs standard cruiserStandard

The standard cruiser dispersion curve.

Shell scatter width @ 5 km67.5 m

(166.7 × (8 − 1.1) / 1000 + 1.1) × 30 = 67.5 m. Horizontal scatter at a fixed 5 km, from the same dispersion model as the rows below - a knife-fight-range anchor comparable across ships.

Shell scatter width @ 10 km102 m

(333.3 × (8 − 1.1) / 1000 + 1.1) × 30 = 102 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 km136.5 m

(500 × (8 − 1.1) / 1000 + 1.1) × 30 = 136.5 m. Horizontal scatter at a fixed 15 km, from the same dispersion model - the long-range anchor. Only shown when the ship's guns reach 15 km.

Shell scatter height @ 5 km26.3 m

How tall the scatter ellipse is at a fixed 5 km, from the same model, comparable from ship to ship. The height/width ratio is a piecewise-linear curve through three points from the ship's own dispersion data:  $radiusOnZero = 0.2$  at 0 m,  $radiusOnDelim = 0.5$  at  $delim \cdot R_{m a x} = 0.5 \cdot 15845.5 = 7923$  m, and  $radiusOnMax = 0.6$  at 15845.5 m. Below the kink:  $k = 0.2 + (0.5 - 0.2) \cdot \frac{5000}{7923} = 0.3893$ , so  $σ_{V} = σ_{H} \cdot k = 67.5 \cdot 0.3893 = 26.3 m$ .

Shell scatter height @ 10 km53.7 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  $delim \cdot R_{m a x} = 0.5 \cdot 15845.5 = 7923$  m, and  $radiusOnMax = 0.6$  at 15845.5 m. Above the kink:  $k = 0.5 + (0.6 - 0.5) \cdot \frac{10000 - 7923}{15845.5 - 7923} = 0.5262$ , so  $σ_{V} = σ_{H} \cdot k = 102 \cdot 0.5262 = 53.7 m$ .

Shell scatter height @ 15 km80.4 m

How tall the scatter ellipse is at a fixed 15 km, from the same model. Only shown when the ship's guns reach 15 km. The height/width ratio is a piecewise-linear curve through three points from the ship's own dispersion data:  $radiusOnZero = 0.2$  at 0 m,  $radiusOnDelim = 0.5$  at  $delim \cdot R_{m a x} = 0.5 \cdot 15845.5 = 7923$  m, and  $radiusOnMax = 0.6$  at 15845.5 m. Above the kink:  $k = 0.5 + (0.6 - 0.5) \cdot \frac{15000 - 7923}{15845.5 - 7923} = 0.5893$ , so  $σ_{V} = σ_{H} \cdot k = 136.5 \cdot 0.5893 = 80.4 m$ .

AP pen 5 km324 mm

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

AP pen 10 km235 mm

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

AP pen 15 km177 mm

AP penetration at a fixed 15 km, from the same ballistic curve as AP Pen Close/Far: the shell's impact velocity at that range fed through the AP formula  $P = 10^{- 7} \cdot K \cdot m^{0.69} \cdot d^{- 1.07} \cdot v^{1.38}$ . Fixed anchors make ships directly comparable at the same fighting distance; the Charts card plots the full curve.

AP flight time @ 10 km5.02 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:  $k = \frac{π C_{d} d^{2}}{8 m} = \frac{π \cdot 0.2974 \cdot {0.203}^{2}}{8 \cdot 122} = 3.94 \times 10^{- 5}$ . That runs from a 925 m/s muzzle velocity in 0.02 s steps under gravity 9.8 m/s² until the shell lands, then divides by 2.77 because the game clock runs faster than real time. Lower is better, since a faster shell is harder to dodge and needs less lead.

HE flight time @ 10 km5.02 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:  $k = \frac{π C_{d} d^{2}}{8 m} = \frac{π \cdot 0.2974 \cdot {0.203}^{2}}{8 \cdot 122} = 3.94 \times 10^{- 5}$ . That runs from a 925 m/s muzzle velocity in 0.02 s steps under gravity 9.8 m/s² until the shell lands, then divides by 2.77 because the game clock runs faster than real time. Lower is better, since a faster shell is harder to dodge and needs less lead.

Improved HE PenYes

This ship's HE shells use a 1/4 (~0.25) caliber-to-pen ratio instead of the standard 1/6 (~0.167) - 0.251 in this case. Lets HE pen ~50mm armor instead of ~33mm. Hits every German cruiser (150mm CL, 203mm CA) and BB (350mm+), British heavy cruisers / Lion / Nelson, a handful of other premiums.

Guns per full salvo (alpha, DPM)8

4 mounts × 2 barrels = 8; all 8 bear on the broadside.

Model inputs

Krupp (AP)2,409

Armor-penetration constant of the AP shell; penetration scales straight with it, so a 10% higher Krupp is 10% more penetration at every range.

AP shell mass122 kg

Enters penetration as mass^0.69 and slows the shell's drag deceleration, so a heavier shell keeps more velocity at range.

AP drag coefficient0.2974

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

AP muzzle velocity925 m/s

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

HE muzzle velocity925 m/s

Starting speed of the HE shell; sets its flight time and lead.

idealRadius8

Horizontal dispersion growth per idealDistance of range, in 30 m units; the slope of the scatter-width line.

minRadius1.1

Horizontal dispersion at zero range, in 30 m units; the intercept of the scatter-width line.

idealDistance1,000 m

Range step over which horizontal dispersion grows by idealRadius.

taperDist4,000 m

Inside this range the scatter width tapers toward minRadius instead of following the line.

radiusOnZero0.2

Vertical scatter as a share of horizontal at zero range.

radiusOnDelim0.5

Vertical scatter as a share of horizontal at the delim point.

radiusOnMax0.6

Vertical scatter as a share of horizontal at maximum range.

delim0.5

Where the vertical-scatter curve bends, as a share of maximum range.

Torpedoes

Estimated torpedo reaction time7.6 s

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

Torpedo speed64.0 kt

Travel time to max range34.9 s

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

Tube count12

4 launchers × 3 tubes.

Per-side salvo6 torpedoes

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

Full-salvo damage152,400

All tubes hitting one target: tubes x per-torpedo simulated damage = 12 x 12,700 = 152,400. Each hit on the target's torpedo belt is reduced by its torpedo protection %.

AA defense

AA DPS at max range113

Only families that reach 4.5 km contribute at the outer edge of the AA bubble. In-game families: 40mm flak 28 18x1 -> 217 DPS @ 3.5 km; 20mm Flack 38 quad 6x4 -> 57 DPS @ 2 km; 20mm Flak 38 M43U 4x2 -> 38 DPS @ 2 km; 105 mm SKC 33 6x2 -> 113 DPS @ 4.5 km.

AA DPS layered by range113 DPS @ 4.5 km, 330 DPS @ 3.5 km, 425 DPS @ 2 km

@ 4.5 km: 113 from one family; @ 3.5 km: 217 + 113 = 330; @ 2 km: 217 + 57 + 38 + 113 = 425. 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-blank425

217 + 57 + 38 + 113 = 425 DPS: the sum of every family's average DPS, achievable only inside the closest-range family (2 km).

AA threat index1458

217 × 3.5 + 57 × 2 + 38 × 2 + 113 × 4.5 = 1458. 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 firepower

Max HE alpha1200

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

Max HE fire chance5%

The only family (105 mm): 5%. 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 pen20 mm

The only family (105 mm): 20 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: 20 mm from the 105 mm family.

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Background

A heavy cruiser that matched most ships of her type in terms of speed and the power of her armament. The ship boasted distinct advantages typical of the German Navy's ships, i.e. an advanced gun fire control system and a high level of survivability. Those advantages were the result of the ship's decent armor protection, rugged construction, and her elaborate subdivision into compartments.

Armor Beta

Hull HP 43,800, distributed across 5 hull zones, each with its own plate thicknesses, saturation cap, and pen thresholds. HP caps are estimates.

Bow & stern27 mm

Overmatched by 69+ AP guns across the bracket. Can’t reliably bow-tank; gets bow-citadelled and overpenned.

Belt / citadel80 mm

Thin belt: battleship AP citadels straight through it broadside. Rely on angle, speed and concealment, never sit flat.

Farming16 mm

Superstructure and extremities take HE pens and AP overpens from nearly any gun: steady chip damage. Fire resistance 37%, fires burn 30s. Range-by-range in the Compare tool →

Section	Plates	HP cap	Threats	Tactic
Bow	27 mm primary (range 20–40 mm)	≈ 2,190 (~5% of HP)	Overmatched by 406mm+ AP (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 13–90 mm)	≈ 32,850 (~75% of HP)	Overmatched by 283mm+ AP (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 27–80 mm)	≈ 2,190 (~5% of HP)	Overmatched by 406mm+ AP (Colorado, Sinop)Angle bounces 380mm27 mm: HE pens from 203mm+	Mirror of bow. Same fast saturation.
Citadel	80 mm primary (range 13–80 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	30 mm primary (range 30–150 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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