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Neustrashimy

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U.S.S.R. · Tier VIII · Destroyer · Tech Tree: Generalist Destroyers

Destroyer gunboatWin DD duels and cap fights with gun DPM.

Playstyle

Hold concealment edges around the contested cap and lean into trades the heal can recover
Avoid: Using the Repair Party as a panic button

Key characteristics

2 sigma accuracySmokeEngine BoostEasily spotted

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Playstyle

Overview

Neustrashimy is a Tier VIII Soviet destroyer with a Repair Party, a consumable most DDs in the cohort do not get. The heal lets her sustain trades and stay in the cap contest after the first detection cycle; that is the kit, not a panic button. Standout traits: best DCP duration in T8 DDs (10 s) and top-decile Repair Party duration in T8 DDs (20 s).

Positioning

Hold concealment edges around the contested cap and lean into trades the heal can recover. The Repair Party means you survive the first detection cycle other DDs do not, but it does not let you brawl open-water; stay near cover or smoke when the heal is on cooldown.

Potato Avoidance

Using the Repair Party as a panic button

The heal is part of the kit, not a save: most charges should land after a clean trade in cover, not mid-spotting cycle in open water. Used reactively, it covers one cap fight; used proactively, it covers two.

Signature Traits

Super-heal

Repair Party heals 1.5%/s, best of T8 DDs. Restores more HP per active second than peers.

Long DCP window

10.0 s Damage Control duration, best of T8 DDs. Stays fire / flood immune longer per activation.

Long-reach AA

5.2 km AA reach, top decile of T8 DDs.

Heavy belt

Citadel belt in the top bracket. Incoming AP rarely citadels through angle.

Heavy armor deck

Armor deck in the top bracket. Plunging fire and HE land for reduced damage compared to peers.

Easily spotted

7.58 km surface detect, bottom decile of T8 DDs. Visible before you can react; position early.

Acquisition

How to get Neustrashimy

Neustrashimy is available in the Generalist Destroyers branch of the U.S.S.R. Tech Tree for 25,000,000 credits after researching it in the branch. Known module upgrades cost up to 6,250,000 credits.

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U.S.S.R. Tech Tree

Neustrashimy sits in the Generalist Destroyers branch. The highlighted path shows the local branch context inside the full U.S.S.R. tree.

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Cohort position

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Where Neustrashimy sits among Tier VIII DDs (25 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.

BestRepair heal rate1.5 %/s (1 of 3 tied) Top 25%Main battery range11.1 km (6/25) Top 25%Main battery reload2.2 s (5/25) Top 25%Fires per minute8.73 (5/24) Top 25%AP DPM283,636 (5/23) Top 25%AP velocity950 m/s (6/23) Top 25%HE velocity950 m/s (5/24) Top 25%AA range5.2 km (5/25) Bottom 25%Power-to-weight16.76 hp/t (21/25) Bottom 25%AA DPS187 (20/25) Bottom 10%Stealth profile7.58 km / 3.79 km (24/25 / 24/25)

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Not standouts for Neustrashimy -- 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 points20,500 HP(9/25) Max speed36 kt(15/25) Rudder shift6 s(16/25) Traverse-to-turn ratio11.88 ×(11/25) Main battery caliber130 mm(8/25) HE shell damage1,800(15/24) HE fire chance8%(11/24) HE DPM196,364(9/24) AP shell damage2,600(7/23) Main dispersion90.7 m(15/25) Acceleration11.8 s(18/25) AP fuse timer0.01 s(13/23) AP arming threshold22 mm(18/23) Engine power64,200 hp(13/25) Turn-speed retention91.7 hp/m(17/25) Displacement3,830 t(15/25) AA threat721(19/25) Torpedo range9.99 km(15/24) Torpedo damage17,933(9/24) Torpedo speed65 kt(15/24) Torpedo reload100 s(11/24) Deck armor19 mm(9/18) NormAP ricochet start45°(17 of 23 tied at this value) NormAP auto-bounce angle60°(17 of 23 tied at this value) NormMax armor20 mm(22 of 25 tied at this value) NormCitadel belt20 mm(21 of 24 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.

Repair 2SmokeEngine Boost

Survivability

Hit PointsInitial: 18,600 → 20,500

Displacement3,830 t

Armor range13–20 mm

Plate armor thicknesses13, 19, 20 mm

Armor material/layer entries24

Fire resistance40%

Fire duration30 s

Torp Reduction0%

Magazine HP

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.

10,300

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.

6,200

Main Battery

ModuleArtillery: 130 mm/58 SM-2-1

Mounts / barrels2 mounts / 4 barrels

Reload time2.5 s

Firing range (base)10.1 km

Firing range (top fire control)11.1 km

Turret traverse18 °/s

Shell Grouping (σ)

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

Max Horiz Disp

Horizontal dispersion ellipse width at max range. (R/30·(idealRadius−minRadius)/idealDistance + minRadius)·30 = (10093/30·(8−0.5)/1000 + 0.5)·30 = 90.7 m

90.7 m

Max Vert Disp

Vertical dispersion ellipse height at max range = max horizontal × radiusOnMax = 90.7 × 0.6 = 54.4 m

54.4 m

Med Horiz Disp

50%-hit horizontal radius = max horizontal × GetHalfHitsRatio(σ) = 90.7 × 0.32 (σ=2) = 29 m

29 m

Med Vert Disp

50%-hit vertical radius = max vertical × GetHalfHitsRatio(σ) = 54.4 × 0.32 (σ=2) = 17.4 m

17.4 m

Turret turn time

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

10 s

Base shells/min

4 broadside guns x 60 / 2.5 s base reload = 96.

HE shells

HE Damage1,800

HE Velocity950 m/s

Fire Chance8%

HE penetration

22 mm ≈ 130 mm caliber / 6 (standard HE penetration ratio).

22 mm

HE full-salvo alpha

1,800 HE damage x 4 broadside guns = 7,200.

7,200

Base HE DPM

7,200 HE full-salvo alpha x 60 / 2.5 s base reload = 172,800.

172,800

Installed HE DPM

7,200 HE full-salvo alpha x 60 / 2.2 s installed reload (Main Battery Mod. 3 = -10%) = 196,364.

196,364

Base fires/min

4 HE shells x 60 / 2.5 s reload x 8% fire chance = 7.68.

7.68

AP shells

AP Damage2,600

AP Velocity950 m/s

Min Ricochet45 deg

Guaranteed Ricochet60 deg

Fuse Timer0.01 s

Fuse Threshold22 mm

AP overmatch

floor(130 mm caliber / 14.3) = 9 mm (AP auto-penetrates plating this thick or less).

9 mm

AP Pen Close

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 × 1900 × 33.4^0.69 × 0.13^-1.07 × 950^1.38 = 244 mm. Matches the in-game spec card.

244 mm

AP Pen Far

Same formula at the ship's max firing range (13.9 km), where the shell has slowed to 376.7 m/s: 1e-7 × 1900 × 33.4^0.69 × 0.13^-1.07 × 376.7^1.38 = 68.1 mm.

68.1 mm

AP full-salvo alpha

2,600 AP damage x 4 broadside guns = 10,400.

10,400

Base AP DPM

10,400 AP full-salvo alpha x 60 / 2.5 s base reload = 249,600.

249,600

Installed AP DPM

10,400 AP full-salvo alpha x 60 / 2.2 s installed reload (Main Battery Mod. 3 = -10%) = 283,636.

283,636

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.

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Torpedoes

ModuleTorpedoes: 533 mm PTA-53-41

Launchers / tubes2 launchers × 5 tubes = 10 tubes

Reload time100 s

Projectile speed65 kt

Range9.99 km

Maximum simulated damage16,733 (est.)

Alpha damage50,200

Torpedo detectability1.3 km

Torpedo launcher traverse25 °/s

Torp Turn7.2 s

Torp Arming201 m

Per-side salvo damage

per-side salvo x per-torpedo simulated damage.

167,330

AA Defense

AA mount points6

Close-range AA DPS

Sum across every AA aura on this ship of (aura.continuous_damage x 3.5 x aura.hit_probability). Here: (28×3.5×1) + (12×3.5×0.95) + (14×3.5×1) = 187. 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.

187

Maximum AA range

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

5.2 km

45 mm SM-164×2 45mm

25 mm 4M-1202×4 25mm

DPS

Includes 14 continuous AA damage from dual-purpose main battery firing as AA in this range band.

Range5.2 km

DPS28

Range3.5 km

Total DPS in Aura

Far 14 + Medium 28 = 42

DPS12

Range3.1 km

Total DPS in Aura

Far 14 + Medium 28 + Near 12 = 54

Maneuverability

Engine moduleEngine: 64,200 hp

Engine power64,200 hp

Maximum speed36 kt

Turning circle radius700 m

Engine power multiplier speed threshold7 kt

Traverse-to-turn ratio11.9× ok

Concealment

Detectability by sea7.58 km

Detectability by air3.79 km

Smoke firing penalty2.88 km

Detect after firing main guns7.58 km

Detect Fire Sea9.58 km

Detect Fire Air6.79 km

Guaranteed Detect2 km

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Consumables

Damage Control Party∞ charges · 40 s reload · 10 s active

Repair Party2 charges · 120 s reload · 20 s active · 1.5% heal per second · 30% of max HP total heal

Engine Boost2 charges · 180 s reload · 120 s active · +8% speed bonus

Smoke Generator2 charges · 240 s reload · 15 s emit / 93 s cloud active

Module options (3)

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

HullUpgrade

Hit points18,600 → 20,500
Rudder shift7.6 → 6 s

Fire controlUpgrade

Main battery range10,093 → 11102.3 m

TorpedoesUpgrade

Reload125 → 100 s
Alpha damage48,800 → 50,200
Display damage16,267 → 16,733
Speed62 → 65 kt

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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 Disp90.7 m

Horizontal dispersion ellipse width at max range. (R/30·(idealRadius−minRadius)/idealDistance + minRadius)·30 = (10093/30·(8−0.5)/1000 + 0.5)·30 = 90.7 m

Max Vert Disp54.4 m

Vertical dispersion ellipse height at max range = max horizontal × radiusOnMax = 90.7 × 0.6 = 54.4 m

Med Horiz Disp29 m

50%-hit horizontal radius = max horizontal × GetHalfHitsRatio(σ) = 90.7 × 0.32 (σ=2) = 29 m

Med Vert Disp17.4 m

50%-hit vertical radius = max vertical × GetHalfHitsRatio(σ) = 54.4 × 0.32 (σ=2) = 17.4 m

Dispersion familyDD Disp.

Standard destroyer dispersion baseline.

AP Pen Close244 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 × 1900 × 33.4^0.69 × 0.13^-1.07 × 950^1.38 = 244 mm. Matches the in-game spec card.

AP Pen Far68.1 mm

Same formula at the ship's max firing range (13.9 km), where the shell has slowed to 376.7 m/s: 1e-7 × 1900 × 33.4^0.69 × 0.13^-1.07 × 376.7^1.38 = 68.1 mm.

HE penetration22 mm

22 mm ≈ 130 mm caliber / 6 (standard HE penetration ratio).

AP overmatch9 mm

floor(130 mm caliber / 14.3) = 9 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 alpha4

All 4 barrels bear on the broadside.

Turret turn time10 s

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

HE full-salvo alpha7,200

1,800 HE damage x 4 broadside guns = 7,200.

AP full-salvo alpha10,400

2,600 AP damage x 4 broadside guns = 10,400.

Base HE DPM172,800

7,200 HE full-salvo alpha x 60 / 2.5 s base reload = 172,800.

Base AP DPM249,600

10,400 AP full-salvo alpha x 60 / 2.5 s base reload = 249,600.

Installed HE DPM196,364

7,200 HE full-salvo alpha x 60 / 2.2 s installed reload (Main Battery Mod. 3 = -10%) = 196,364.

Installed AP DPM283,636

10,400 AP full-salvo alpha x 60 / 2.2 s installed reload (Main Battery Mod. 3 = -10%) = 283,636.

Base shells/min96

4 broadside guns x 60 / 2.5 s base reload = 96.

Installed shells/min109.1

4 broadside guns x 60 / 2.2 s installed Artillery reload = 109.1.

Base fires/min7.68

4 HE shells x 60 / 2.5 s reload x 8% fire chance = 7.68.

Installed fires/min8.73

4 HE shells x 60 / 2.2 s installed reload x 8% fire chance = 8.73.

Torpedoes

Torpedo detectability1.3 km

Estimated torpedo reaction time7.7 s

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

Torpedo speed65 kt

Travel time to max range59.1 s

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

Tube count10

2 launchers x 5 tubes.

Per-side salvo10 torpedoes

10 (centerline launchers train across - full salvo to either side).

Full-salvo damage167,330

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

Per-side salvo damage167,330

per-side salvo x per-torpedo simulated damage.

AA defense

Close-range AA DPS187

Sum across every AA aura on this ship of (aura.continuous_damage x 3.5 x aura.hit_probability). Here: (28×3.5×1) + (12×3.5×0.95) + (14×3.5×1) = 187. Covers AA-only mounts plus dual-purpose secondaries (Bismarck 105mm, USN 5"/38 cruiser secondaries) and dual-purpose main batteries (Sumner-class 5"/38, Akizuki-line 100mm). Formula validated against in-game captures on California, Sumner, Manfred von Richthofen, Dante Alighieri (exact) and within +/-17% on the remaining verified ships.

Maximum AA range5.2 km

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

AA threat index721

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

Near aura range3.1 km

Armor

Hull HP 18,600 → 20,500 with hull upgrade, distributed across 5 hull zones, each with its own plate thicknesses, saturation cap, and pen thresholds. HP caps are the exact in-game values, not estimated.

Section	Plates	HP cap	Threats	Tactic
Bow	20 mm primary (range 19–20 mm)	3,000 (15% of HP)	Overmatched by 305mm+ (Cherbourg, Brandenburg)Angle bounces 283mm20 mm: HE pens from 127mm+	Bow-tank fits behind this exterior plate. Saturation is FAST here; the cap is often only a few thousand HP.
Hull (midship)	19 mm	15,400 (75% of HP)	Overmatched by 283mm+ (Scharnhorst '43, Schill)Angle bounces 203mm19 mm: HE pens from 127mm+	Largest HP pool. Citadel sits behind these plates; thinner deck and side plating absorb the rest.
Stern	20 mm primary (range 19–20 mm)	2,400 (12% of HP)	Overmatched by 305mm+ (Cherbourg, Brandenburg)Angle bounces 283mm20 mm: HE pens from 127mm+	Mirror of bow. Same fast saturation.
Citadel	20 mm primary (range 13–20 mm)	≈ 165,500 (effectively no cap)	Citadel pen ×0.50 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 (×0.50 direct pen, ×0.10 over-pen).
Superstructure	19 mm	800 (4% 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	10,300 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.
AA mount (45 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	6,200 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.

Balance History

Balance updates affecting Neustrashimy. Cards are condensed; use each source link for full context.

Buff ×4Main Battery ×4

2025-10-30

Ministry of Balance: Preparing for Winter

Main battery reload time reduced from 4 to 2.5 seconds.
Stock Torpedo reload time reduced from 140 to 125 seconds.
Upgraded Torpedo reload time reduced from 125 to 100 seconds.
Armor.
We have increased the exterior armor thickness for Tier VI Tech Tree battleships, setting the standard at 26 mm for the bow, stern, and auxiliary plating. This change grants all Tier VI Tech Tree battleships equal resistance against 152 mm HE shells.
The affected ships are:

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Exteriors

Skins & permanent camouflages

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

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2023-05-11 · Patch notes May Update: Sea Giants Patch notes 2025-10-30 · Patch notes November Update: Into Black Waters Patch notes