Murmansk Build & Guide | WoWs Legends

Playstyle

Overview

Murmansk is a Tier IV Soviet light 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. AA (234 AA DPS at 3.5 km) is heavy enough to make her the team's air-defense anchor on top of the lead role; CV strikes route around her, not through.

Positioning

Sit 10-13 km from a contested cap where an island shadows you from the opposite battleship line. Hydro (4.1 km on ships, 3 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

Open-water broadside trading

Her 152mm shells citadel cruisers on the wrong frame, and her 26,800-HP hull does not recover from a punished salvo. Pick rotations and angles deliberately; the chip-damage role pays better than the trade-blow role on a cruiser of this profile.

Signature Traits

Fast turret traverse

10.0°/s turret traverse, best of T4 CAs. Tracks fast-rotating targets peers can't keep up with.

Top-tier AA

234.0 AA DPS, best of T4 CAs (median 156.0).

Sharp rudder

5.0 s rudder shift, top decile of T4 CAs. Snappy weave.

Holds speed in turns

152.5 hp per metre of turn radius, top decile of T4 CAs. Engine power overpowers lateral drag, so speed loss in sustained turns is mild.

Wide dispersion

128.5 m max horizontal dispersion, bottom decile of T4 CAs. Long-range salvos are noticeably wider than peers'.

Easily spotted

12.26 km surface detect, bottom decile of T4 CAs. Visible before you can react; position early.

Acquisition

How to get Murmansk

Murmansk is a Premium ship and not available to unlock in the Tech Tree. Acquisition path: Premium/Event.

Premium/EventAvailability usually depends on store rotations, event reruns, collaborations, coupons, or special offers.

Builds Beta

Build for reload, range, fire chance, concealment, rudder, and survivability. AA utility is a bonus when carriers appear.

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Cohort position

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Where Murmansk sits among Tier IV CAs (21 ships). Notable standouts are shown first; the rest of the cohort-ranked stats are in the expand below. Acquisition variants (Black Friday, Founders Edition) are counted once with their base ship, not as separate peers.

BestRudder shift5 s (1/21) BestAA DPS234 (1/21) Top 10%Main battery reload6.3 s (3/21) Top 10%Fires per minute8 (3/20) Top 10%Turn-speed retention152.5 hp/m (3/21) Top 25%Main battery range13.85 km (6/21) Top 25%HE DPM146,667 (5/20) Top 25%AP DPM206,667 (5/21) Top 25%AP velocity914 m/s (5/21) Top 25%HE velocity914 m/s (5/20) Top 25%AA threat610 (6/21) Bottom 25%Stealth profile12.26 km / 7.36 km (19/21 / 19/21) Bottom 25%Main dispersion128.5 m (19/21) Bottom 25%Torpedo speed55 kt (16/20) WorstNo secondaries (6 of 21 in cohort)

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Not standouts for Murmansk -- here's where she sits on every other ranked stat in the cohort. Stats tagged NORM are tied across more than half the cohort, so the value is the cohort default rather than a standout.

Hit points26,800 HP(9/21) Max speed34 kt(11/21) Traverse-to-turn ratio5.89 ×(10/21) Main battery caliber152 mm(13/21) HE shell damage2,200(11/20) HE fire chance12%(9/20) AP shell damage3,100(11/21) Acceleration9.5 s(7/21) AP fuse timer0.03 s(12/21) AP arming threshold25 mm(9/21) Engine power90,000 hp(11/21) Displacement9,297 t(13/21) Power-to-weight9.68 hp/t(10/21) AA range3.5 km(13/21) Torpedo range8.01 km(9/20) Torpedo damage14,400(11/20) Torpedo reload69 s(8/20) Max armor76 mm(15/21) Citadel belt76 mm(7/20) Bow armor25 mm(8/20) Stern armor25 mm(13/20) Deck armor37 mm(11/20) NormSigma2(19 of 21 tied at this value) NormAP ricochet start45°(19 of 21 tied at this value) NormAP auto-bounce angle60°(19 of 21 tied at this value)

Peers in this cohort

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Stats & specs

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

Sonar 4.13 kmFighter

Survivability

Hit Points26,800

Displacement9,297 t

Armor range6–76 mm

Plate armor thicknesses6, 10, 13, 15, 21, 25, 37, 38, 76 mm

Armor material/layer entries36

Fire resistance16.6%

Fire duration30 s

Torp Reduction0%

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.

13,400

Steering gear HP

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Durability of the steering gears. As this pool drops, hits are likelier to jam the rudder; unlike most modules the steering can be knocked out and repaired but is never permanently destroyed.

8,000

Main Battery

ModuleArtillery: 152 mm/53 Mk13

Mounts / barrels8 mounts / 10 barrels

Reload time7 s

Firing range13.8 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 = (13847/30·(8−1.1)/1000 + 1.1)·30 = 128.5 m

128.5 m

Max Vert Disp

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Vertical dispersion ellipse height at max range = max horizontal × radiusOnMax = 128.5 × 0.6 = 77.1 m

77.1 m

Med Horiz Disp

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50%-hit horizontal radius = max horizontal × GetHalfHitsRatio(σ) = 128.5 × 0.32 (σ=2) = 41.1 m

41.1 m

Med Vert Disp

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50%-hit vertical radius = max vertical × GetHalfHitsRatio(σ) = 77.1 × 0.319 (σ=2) = 24.6 m

24.6 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 / 7 s base reload = 60.

60

HE shells

HE Damage2,200

HE Velocity914 m/s

Fire Chance12%

HE penetration

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25 mm ≈ 152 mm caliber / 6 (standard HE penetration ratio).

25 mm

HE full-salvo alpha

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2,200 HE damage x 7 broadside guns = 15,400.

15,400

Base HE DPM

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15,400 HE full-salvo alpha x 60 / 7 s base reload = 132,000.

132,000

Base fires/min

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7 HE shells x 60 / 7 s reload x 12% fire chance = 7.2.

7.2

AP shells

AP Damage3,100

AP Velocity914 m/s

Min Ricochet45 deg

Guaranteed Ricochet60 deg

Fuse Timer0.025 s

Fuse Threshold25 mm

AP overmatch

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floor(152 mm caliber / 14.3) = 10 mm (AP auto-penetrates plating this thick or less).

10 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 × 2392 × 47.7^0.69 × 0.152^-1.07 × 914^1.38 = 315.1 mm. Matches the in-game spec card.

315.1 mm

AP Pen Far

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Same formula at the ship's max firing range (17.3 km), where the shell has slowed to 316 m/s: 1e-7 × 2392 × 47.7^0.69 × 0.152^-1.07 × 316^1.38 = 72.8 mm.

72.8 mm

AP full-salvo alpha

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3,100 AP damage x 7 broadside guns = 21,700.

21,700

Base AP DPM

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21,700 AP full-salvo alpha x 60 / 7 s base reload = 186,000.

186,000

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.

10

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Torpedoes

ModuleTorpedoes: 53-39

Launchers / tubes2 launchers × 3 tubes = 6 tubes

Reload time69 s

Projectile speed55 kt

Range8.01 km

Maximum simulated damage13,400 (est.)

Alpha damage40,200

Torpedo detectability1.1 km

Torpedo launcher traverse25 °/s

Torp Turn7.2 s

Torp Arming170 m

Per-side salvo damage

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per-side salvo x per-torpedo simulated damage.

40,200

AA Defense

AA mount points23

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: (8×3.5×0.9) + (22×3.5×0.9) + (47×3.5×0.85) = 234. 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.

234

Maximum AA range

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

3.5 km

76.2 mm Mk22 mod.26×1 76mm

40 mm Bofors Mk13×2 40mm

20 mm Oerlikon Mk414×1 20mm

Far DPS8

Medium DPS22

Range3.5 km

Total DPS in Aura

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Far 8 + Medium 22 = 30

30

DPS47

Range2 km

Total DPS in Aura

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Far 8 + Medium 22 + Near 47 = 77

77

Maneuverability

Engine moduleEngine: 90,000 hp

Engine power90,000 hp

Maximum speed34 kt

Turning circle radius590 m

Engine power multiplier speed threshold7 kt

Traverse-to-turn ratio5.9× slow

Concealment

Detectability by sea12.26 km

Detectability by air7.36 km

Smoke firing penalty5.91 km

Detect after firing main guns12.26 km

Detect Fire Sea14.26 km

Detect Fire Air10.36 km

Guaranteed Detect2 km

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Consumables

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

Sonar2 charges · 180 s reload · 90 s active · 4.13 km ship detect · 2.97 km torpedo detect

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

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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 Disp128.5 m

Horizontal dispersion ellipse width at max range. (R/30·(idealRadius−minRadius)/idealDistance + minRadius)·30 = (13847/30·(8−1.1)/1000 + 1.1)·30 = 128.5 m

Max Vert Disp77.1 m

Vertical dispersion ellipse height at max range = max horizontal × radiusOnMax = 128.5 × 0.6 = 77.1 m

Med Horiz Disp41.1 m

50%-hit horizontal radius = max horizontal × GetHalfHitsRatio(σ) = 128.5 × 0.32 (σ=2) = 41.1 m

Med Vert Disp24.6 m

50%-hit vertical radius = max vertical × GetHalfHitsRatio(σ) = 77.1 × 0.319 (σ=2) = 24.6 m

AP Pen Close315.1 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 × 2392 × 47.7^0.69 × 0.152^-1.07 × 914^1.38 = 315.1 mm. Matches the in-game spec card.

AP Pen Far72.8 mm

Same formula at the ship's max firing range (17.3 km), where the shell has slowed to 316 m/s: 1e-7 × 2392 × 47.7^0.69 × 0.152^-1.07 × 316^1.38 = 72.8 mm.

HE penetration25 mm

25 mm ≈ 152 mm caliber / 6 (standard HE penetration ratio).

AP overmatch10 mm

floor(152 mm caliber / 14.3) = 10 mm (AP auto-penetrates plating this thick or less).

AP AOE Radius10

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

Barrels that can bear on one beam (7 of 10); casemate/wing mounts only fire one side.

Turret turn time18 s

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

HE full-salvo alpha15,400

2,200 HE damage x 7 broadside guns = 15,400.

AP full-salvo alpha21,700

3,100 AP damage x 7 broadside guns = 21,700.

Base HE DPM132,000

15,400 HE full-salvo alpha x 60 / 7 s base reload = 132,000.

Base AP DPM186,000

21,700 AP full-salvo alpha x 60 / 7 s base reload = 186,000.

Base shells/min60

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

Base fires/min7.2

7 HE shells x 60 / 7 s reload x 12% fire chance = 7.2.

Torpedoes

Torpedo detectability1.1 km

Estimated torpedo reaction time7.7 s

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

Torpedo speed55 kt

Travel time to max range56 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 damage80,400

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

Per-side salvo damage40,200

per-side salvo x per-torpedo simulated damage.

AA defense

Close-range AA DPS234

Sum across every AA aura on this ship of (aura.continuous_damage x 3.5 x aura.hit_probability). Here: (8×3.5×0.9) + (22×3.5×0.9) + (47×3.5×0.85) = 234. 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 range3.5 km

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

AA threat index610

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

Near aura range2 km

Armor

Hull HP 26,800, 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	25 mm primary (range 10–37 mm)	3,300 (12% of HP)	Overmatched by 380mm+ (Bayern)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)	6 mm primary (range 6–38 mm)	20,100 (75% of HP)	Overmatched by 127mm+ (Shenyang, Nicholas)6 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 10–25 mm)	1,800 (7% of HP)	Overmatched by 380mm+ (Bayern)Angle bounces 356mm25 mm: HE pens from 150mm+	Mirror of bow. Same fast saturation.
Citadel	76 mm primary (range 13–76 mm)	≈ 165,500 (effectively no cap)	Citadel pen ×0.10 damageOver-pen: ×0.10 damage	Effectively no cap; citadel pool sits at ~165k HP on every ship. Damage is gated by pen/over-pen multipliers instead (×0.10 direct pen, ×0.10 over-pen).
Superstructure	6 mm primary (range 6–37 mm)	1,500 (6% 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	13,400 magazine HP	Magazine detonation1–30% chance · below ~75% HP	Per-turret powder-magazine HP. Detonation chance scales from 1% (no mag damage) to 30% (full mag damage); this range is the in-game value. Detonation can't roll while the ship is above ~75% HP (the standard detonation-protection threshold, not a per-ship stat). Smaller magazines saturate to the 30% ceiling faster.
AA mount (76 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	8,000 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

Skins & permanent camouflages

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

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