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New Mexico

Also called: 新墨西哥 Beta

U.S.A. · Tier V · Battleship · Tech Tree: Standard U.S. Battleships

Bow-tank battleshipAngle bow-in and absorb; the armor holds a lane peer battleships cannot push through.

Playstyle

Anchor a flank at 12-15 km with bow toward the closest threat
Avoid: Taking the long way round the map edge to flank

Key characteristics

Spotter planeThickest plateStrong torpedo beltClose-range AP brickLong DCP windowBow-in or broadside-dead

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Cohort position
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Community Data

New Mexico Community Stats

Across 20,000+ Standard battles from 430+ players, New Mexico averages a 54% win rate, 50,200 damage and 0.9 kills per battle, and survives 38% of them.

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Playstyle

Overview

New Mexico is a Tier V American bow-tank battleship: top-decile bow and deck plate shrugs what peer guns cannot crack, so she holds the line bow-in and soaks fire while the team trades around her. Standout traits: best torpedo belt percent in T5 BBs (40, 2nd of 26) and heavy citadel belt in T5 BBs (343 mm, 5th of 26). The trade is bow-in or broadside-dead (.).

Positioning

Anchor a flank at 12-15 km with bow toward the closest threat. Rotate one or two map cells with the team rather than holding solo; a battleship alone on a flank is a free focus target for the enemy. At 21 kn you cannot re-cross the map, so the flank you pick early is the one you fight all game; choose it for where the enemy battleships will end up, not where they start. Once the rudder is over she turns tightly for her cohort (640 m), so a committed turn costs less water than most of what she is fighting.

Potato Avoidance

Taking the long way round the map edge to flank

At 21 kn five minutes of sailing buys about 3.2 km, so a border run costs most of the mid-game and arrives after the fight it was meant to decide. She wins by holding a lane and trading from it: pick the flank before the first salvo, then let the guns do the travelling.

Signature Traits

ELITE ARMOR ↗

Thickest plate · 406 mm
Strong torpedo belt · 40%
Heavy citadel belt · 343 mm
Hardened superstructure · 25 mm
Saturates bow fast · 1400 HP

ELITE MAIN BATTERY ↗

Close-range AP brick · 686.9 mm
Flat arc HE shells · 861 m/s

Long DCP window ↗

20 s Damage Control duration, best of T5 BBs. Stays fire / flood immune longer per activation.

Bow-in or broadside-dead

Angled bow-on, the bow and belt bounce AP that would citadel a flat-side peer -- but show a full broadside even for one salvo and you hand out a citadel. Commit to a lane you can hold angled; you can't afford to swing broadside to dodge torpedoes.

Acquisition

How to get New Mexico

New Mexico is available in the Standard U.S. Battleships branch of the U.S. Tech Tree for 2,400,000 credits after researching it in the branch. Known module upgrades cost up to 480,000 credits.

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U.S. Tech Tree

New Mexico sits in the Standard U.S. Battleships branch. The highlighted path shows the local branch context inside the full U.S. tree.

The standard-style U.S. Tech Tree battleships are focused on providing excellent firepower and well-protected citadels. However, their low speed and specific armor schemes can leave them exposed to sustained high-explosive fire.

Advantages: Reliable firepower, Protected citadels
Disadvantages: Slow, Vulnerable to HE shells and bombs

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Builds

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Cohort position

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Where New Mexico sits among Tier V BBs (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.

BestMax armor406 mm (1 of 6 tied) Top 25%Turning circle640 m (5/26) Top 25%Fires per minute6.63 (7/26) Top 25%AP velocity823 m/s (6/26) Top 25%HE velocity861 m/s (5/26) Top 25%AP pen at 10 km489 mm (5/26) Top 25%Citadel belt343 mm (5/26) Bottom 25%Max speed21 kt (23/26) Bottom 25%Main battery reload32.5 s (23/26) Bottom 25%Acceleration (0-12 kt)18.5 s (21/26) Bottom 25%Engine power37,000 hp (21/26) Bottom 25%Power / turn radius57.8 hp/m (21/26) Bottom 25%Power-to-weight1.03 hp/t (21/26)

See 35 mid-pack stats

Not standouts for New Mexico -- 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 points53,200 HP(15/26) Concealment14.23 km(10/26) Smoke fire bloom12.32 km(11/26) Air detection11.38 km(10/26) Rudder shift13.6 s(9/26) Main battery caliber356 mm(14/26) Main battery range15.76 km(13/26) Sigma1.6(20/26) HE shell damage5,000(15/26) HE fire chance30%(15/26) HE DPM110,526(9/26) AP shell damage10,500(11/26) AP DPM232,105(8/26) Main dispersion217.6 m(19/26) Secondary DPM (per side)171,643(17/26) Secondary HE alpha1,800(15/25) Secondary fire chance9%(12/25) Secondary HE pen21 mm(17/25) Time to 90% speed34.8 s(17/26) AP arming threshold59 mm(12/26) Displacement36,000 t(11/26) Effective HE DPM (incl. fire)160,458(11/26) AA DPS268(8/26) AA range4.2 km(18/26) AA threat833(9/26) Flak damage per salvo (expected)712(9/26) Repair charges3(13/26) Bow armor25 mm(15/26) Stern armor25 mm(15/26) NormSecondary dispersion bracket57(21 of 26 tied at this value) NormAP fuse timer0.033 s(21 of 26 tied at this value) NormAP ricochet start45°(25 of 26 tied at this value) NormAP auto-bounce angle60°(25 of 26 tied at this value) NormSecondary range4 km(17 of 26 tied at this value) NormRepair heal rate0.5 %/s(23 of 26 tied at this value)

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Survivability

Hit PointsInitial: 48,200 → 53,200

Displacement36,000 t

Hull dimensions

Length x beam at the waterline, plus draft. Length matters when dodging torpedoes; beam and draft shape how hard the ship is to hit.

190.3 x 29.7 m (published figure)

Armor range6–406 mm

Plate armor thicknesses6, 16, 25, 40, 51, 70, 102, 115, 140, 160, 203, 343, 406 mm

Armor material/layer entries44

Fire resistance

stock hull: 1 − 0.8002 fire coefficient = 20%; top hull: 1 − 0.7669 fire coefficient = 23.3%. 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.

Initial: 20% → 23.3%

Fire duration60 s

Fire damage

One unattended fire: 0.003 of max HP per second (0.3%) × 60 s = 0.18 of the pool; 0.18 × 53,200 HP = 9,576 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: 0.005 of max HP per second (0.5%) × 40 s = 0.2 of the pool; 0.2 × 53,200 HP = 10,640 HP on this ship.

0.5% of HP per second

Torp Reduction

1 − 0.2 hull torpedo-damage coefficient / 0.333 unprotected baseline = 40%. Reduces torpedo hit damage. It does not affect flooding: floods start as often and tick at the full rate.

40%

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.

26,600

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.

16,000

Effective HP

Base 53,200 HP plus everything Repair Party can restore: 0.005 of max HP per second (0.5%) × 28 s × 53,200 HP = 7,448 HP per charge, × 3 charges = 22,344 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.

59,111–75,544

Repairable: penetration50%

Repairable: citadel10%

Repairable: steering gear50%

Bow section HP

Damage saturation pool for the bow: penetrations here deal their normal share until twice this much penetration damage has landed on the section (2 × 1,400 = 2,800), then further hits on it deal half damage. A penetration deals 0.33 × the shell's max damage; once the section is saturated it deals exactly half of that (0.5 × 0.33 = 0.165 × max damage), so a 3,000-damage shell's pen goes from 990 to 495. Overpens (0.1 × max damage) and citadels (1.0 ×) ignore saturation. Pens on the ship's other, unsaturated sections still deal the normal 0.33 ×. 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.

1,400

Casemate section HP

Damage saturation pool for the casemate: penetrations here deal their normal share until twice this much penetration damage has landed on the section (2 × 6,500 = 13,000), then further hits on it deal half damage. A penetration deals 0.33 × the shell's max damage; once the section is saturated it deals exactly half of that (0.5 × 0.33 = 0.165 × max damage), so a 3,000-damage shell's pen goes from 990 to 495. Overpens (0.1 × max damage) and citadels (1.0 ×) ignore saturation. Pens on the ship's other, unsaturated sections still deal the normal 0.33 ×. 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.

6,500

Auxiliary section HP

Damage saturation pool for the auxiliary room: penetrations here deal their normal share until twice this much penetration damage has landed on the section (2 × 5,800 = 11,600), then further hits on it deal half damage. A penetration deals 0.33 × the shell's max damage; once the section is saturated it deals exactly half of that (0.5 × 0.33 = 0.165 × max damage), so a 3,000-damage shell's pen goes from 990 to 495. Overpens (0.1 × max damage) and citadels (1.0 ×) ignore saturation. Pens on the ship's other, unsaturated sections still deal the normal 0.33 ×. 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.

5,800

Hull section HP

Damage saturation pool for the hull: penetrations here deal their normal share until twice this much penetration damage has landed on the section (2 × 39,900 = 79,800), then further hits on it deal half damage. A penetration deals 0.33 × the shell's max damage; once the section is saturated it deals exactly half of that (0.5 × 0.33 = 0.165 × max damage), so a 3,000-damage shell's pen goes from 990 to 495. Overpens (0.1 × max damage) and citadels (1.0 ×) ignore saturation. Pens on the ship's other, unsaturated sections still deal the normal 0.33 ×. 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.

39,900

Superstructure section HP

Damage saturation pool for the superstructure: penetrations here deal their normal share until twice this much penetration damage has landed on the section (2 × 900 = 1,800), then further hits on it deal half damage. A penetration deals 0.33 × the shell's max damage; once the section is saturated it deals exactly half of that (0.5 × 0.33 = 0.165 × max damage), so a 3,000-damage shell's pen goes from 990 to 495. Overpens (0.1 × max damage) and citadels (1.0 ×) ignore saturation. Pens on the ship's other, unsaturated sections still deal the normal 0.33 ×. 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.

900

Stern section HP

Damage saturation pool for the stern: penetrations here deal their normal share until twice this much penetration damage has landed on the section (2 × 1,300 = 2,600), then further hits on it deal half damage. A penetration deals 0.33 × the shell's max damage; once the section is saturated it deals exactly half of that (0.5 × 0.33 = 0.165 × max damage), so a 3,000-damage shell's pen goes from 990 to 495. Overpens (0.1 × max damage) and citadels (1.0 ×) ignore saturation. Pens on the ship's other, unsaturated sections still deal the normal 0.33 ×. 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

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: 356 mm/50 Mk4

Mounts / barrels4 mounts / 12 barrels

Reload time32.5 s

Firing range (base)14.3 km

Firing range (top fire control)15.8 km

Turret traverse3 °/s

Turret armor457 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.

3x ±147°, ±143°

Guns to bear

180° − 147° (the most restricted aft-facing mount's arc) = 33° off bow; 180° − 143° (the most restricted forward-facing mount's arc) = 37° 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.

33° off bow / 37° off stern

See the firing-arcs diagram ↓

Shell Grouping (σ)1.6

Dispersion type

In practice: the baseline curve for a standard battleship -- at max range (15.8 km) shells land in an ellipse about 218 m wide and 131 m tall. Also on this curve (68): AL New Jersey, Agincourt, Alabama, Alabama B, Arizona, Arkansas, Arkansas FE, Atlântico, BA Montana, Bellerophon, Bourgogne, California and 56 more.

Standard battleship

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{15763}{30} \cdot \frac{12 - 2}{1000} + 2) \cdot 30 = 217.6 m

217.6 m at 15.8 km

Max Vert Disp

Vertical dispersion ellipse height at max range:

σ_{V} = σ_{H} \cdot radiusOnMax

= 217.6 \cdot 0.6 = 130.6 m

130.6 m at 15.8 km

Med Horiz Disp

50%-hit horizontal radius:

σ_{H, 50} = σ_{H} \cdot \frac{0.6}{σ}

= 217.6 \cdot \frac{0.6}{1.6} = 81.6 m

81.6 m at 15.8 km

Med Vert Disp

50%-hit vertical radius:

σ_{V, 50} = σ_{V} \cdot \frac{0.6}{σ}

= 130.6 \cdot \frac{0.6}{1.6} = 49 m

49 m at 15.8 km

Turret turn time

180 degrees / 3 deg/s traverse speed = 60 s.

60 s

Shells/min

12 broadside guns x 60 / 32.571 s (32.5 s = 228 ticks) base reload = 22.1.

22.1

HE shells

HE alpha5,000

HE Velocity861 m/s

Fire Chance30%

HE fire DPM vs T5 BB49944

Effective HE DPM vs T5 BB160470

HE penetration

59 mm ≈ 356 mm caliber / 6 (standard HE penetration ratio).

59 mm

HE full-salvo alpha

5,000 HE damage x 12 broadside guns = 60,000.

60,000

HE DPM

60,000 HE full-salvo alpha x 60 / 32.571 s (32.5 s = 228 ticks) base reload = 110,526.

110,526

Fires/min

22.1 shells/min × 0.3 (30% fire chance) = 6.63.

6.63

AP shells

AP alpha10,500

AP Velocity823 m/s

Min Ricochet45 deg

Guaranteed Ricochet60 deg

Fuse Timer0.033 s

Fuse Threshold59 mm

AP pen max range399 mm

AP overmatch

floor(356 mm caliber / 14.3) = 24 mm (AP auto-penetrates plating this thick or less).

24 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 2545 \cdot {680.4}^{0.69} \cdot {0.356}^{- 1.07} \cdot 823^{1.38} = 730.3 mm

730.3 mm point-blank

AP Pen Far

Same formula at the ship's max firing range (15.8 km), where the shell has slowed to 530.7 m/s:

P = 10^{- 7} \cdot 2545 \cdot {680.4}^{0.69} \cdot {0.356}^{- 1.07} \cdot {530.7}^{1.38} = 398.6 mm

398.6 mm at 15.8 km

AP full-salvo alpha

10,500 AP damage x 12 broadside guns = 126,000.

126,000

AP DPM

126,000 AP full-salvo alpha x 60 / 32.571 s (32.5 s = 228 ticks) base reload = 232,105.

232,105

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.

AA Defense

AA mount pointsInitial: 12 → 19

Maximum AA range

Longest-reaching family on the in-game AA card. Base AirDefense aura max range is 1.2 km; dual-purpose mount auras extend it.

4.2 km

40 mm Bofors Mk1 (upgraded hull only)4×2 40mm

40 mm Bofors Mk3 (upgraded hull only)4×1 40mm

20 mm Oerlikon Mk4 (upgraded hull only)3×1 20mm

20 mm Oerlikon Mk20 (upgraded hull only)8×2 20mm

12.7 mm Browning M2 mod. 2 (stock hull only)12×1 13mm

127 mm Mk19 mod. 6 (DP)

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

8×1 127mm

Guns127 mm Mk19 mod. 6 (DP) + 127 mm Mk7 (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 60 from dual-purpose secondaries firing as AA in this range band.

Range4.2 km

Guns40 mm Bofors Mk1 + 40 mm Bofors Mk3

Continuous DPS

Effective DPS: 42 raw aura damage × 3.5 × 0.75 hit probability = 110 - the same in-game units as the Close-range AA DPS headline.

110

Range3.5 km

Total DPS in Aura

Far 60 + Medium 110 = 170

170

Guns20 mm Oerlikon Mk20 + 20 mm Oerlikon Mk4

Continuous DPS

Effective DPS: 40 raw aura damage × 3.5 × 0.7 hit probability = 98 - the same in-game units as the Close-range AA DPS headline.

Range2 km

Total DPS in Aura

Far 60 + Medium 110 + Near 98 = 268

268

AA explosions

Each ~2 s salvo fires 2 AA explosions in quick succession, each leaving 2 clouds ahead of the attacking squadron, plus 1 stray cloud farther out that appear off-beat between salvos - up to 5 clouds per salvo × 190 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, 2 clouds each + 1 outer cloud

Cloud damage

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

190

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.

75%

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 4.2 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.

2.5-4.2 km

See the AA layers diagram ↓

Secondary Battery

Mounts20 → 18

Firing range4.0 km

Shell Grouping (σ)1

Total secondary fires/min (per side)

Sum of each gun family's fires/min (per side). Stock hull: 4.7 + 3.1 = 7.8. Upgraded hull: 4.7 + 2.6 = 7.3. 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.

7.8 → 7.3

Secondary DPM (per side)

Sum across all secondary families of (per-side barrels × 60 / reload_s × alpha), with each reload counted in whole 1/7 s ticks (guns fire on the first tick after the reload), where per-side barrels = mounts × barrels-per-mount / 2 (the guns that bear on one broadside target). Per-family: Initial: 8×1 127 mm (4/side) × 60/4.571 s (4.5 s = 32 ticks) × 1800 = 94,500 + 12×1 127 mm (6/side) × 60/7 s × 1800 = 92,571 = 187,071 → 8×1 127 mm (4/side) × 60/4.571 s (4.5 s = 32 ticks) × 1800 = 94,500 + 10×1 127 mm (5/side) × 60/7 s × 1800 = 77,143 = 171,643. Assumes every shell hits (real hit rate is lower; the Brawl matchup tool on the Compare page folds in dispersion + target armor).

Initial: 187,071 → 171,643

Secondary fire DPM vs T5 BB (per side)

Fires/min (per side) 7.3 × (1 − 0.233 fire resistance) × 60 s × 0.003 of max HP per second × 54,550 HP = 54,951. 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.

54,951

Total secondary DPM vs T5 BB (per side)

Secondary DPM (per side) 171,643 + secondary fire DPM 54,951 = 226,594: shell damage plus fire damage against one T5 battleship, every shell hitting.

226,594

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 @ 4 km

4 km × 57 + 30 = 258 m.

258 m

Caliber127 mm

Reload time4.5 s

HE alpha1,800

Muzzle Velocity657 m/s

Fire Chance9%

Secondary fires/min (per side)

8×1 barrels / 2 sides × 60 / 4.571 s (4.5 s = 32 ticks) × 0.09 (9% fire chance) = 4.7. 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.

4.7

HE Pen21 mm

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Caliber127 mm

Reload time7 s

HE alpha1,800

Muzzle Velocity960 m/s

Fire Chance6%

Secondary fires/min (per side)

Stock hull: 12×1 barrels / 2 sides × 60 / 7 s × 0.06 (6% fire chance) = 3.1. Upgraded hull: 10×1 barrels / 2 sides × 60 / 7 s × 0.06 (6% fire chance) = 2.6. 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.

3.1 → 2.6

HE Pen21 mm

Maneuverability

Engine power37,000 hp

Maximum speed21.0 kt

Turning circle radius640 m

Rudder shift timeInitial: 19.8 s → 13.6 s

Engine power-boost threshold7.0 kt

Engine spool-up time23 s

Reverse spool-up time11.5 s

Reverse speed

top speed / 4 + 4.9 = 21 / 4 + 4.9 = 10.2 kt. Base value; speed modifiers scale it.

10.2 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.

49.8 s

Engine boost threshold (reverse)

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

7.2 kt

Acceleration 0-90%

Time to reach 90% of top speed (18.9 kt of 21.0 kt).

34.8 s

Acceleration 0-99%

Time to reach 99% of top speed (20.8 kt of 21.0 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.

56.6 s

Guns in a full turn

With the rudder hard over the hull turns 3.8°/s, so a target drifts across the bow at that rate. Turret traverse minus hull turn: 3 − 3.8 = -0.8°/s, so the guns fall behind and catch up once the turn eases. Main Battery Mod. 2 (+20% traverse) and Mod. 3 (−15%) move this line.

fall behind by 0.8°/s

See the full acceleration curve ↓

Concealment

Detectability by sea

Base value, no camouflage. With a Grade IV permanent camo (or any disposable camo): 14.23 km x 0.955 = 13.59 km. Camouflage does not change detectability by air.

14.23 km

With Grade IV camouflage (sea)

Detectability by sea 14.23 km x 0.955 (Grade IV permanent camo or any disposable camo) = 13.59 km.

13.59 km

Detectability by air11.38 km

Smoke firing penalty12.32 km

Detect when firing (sea)

max(main battery range, sea detectability 14.23 km) = 15.76 km. Equal to the ship's main battery range (never below base detectability): firing makes you visible to everyone you can reach.

15.76 km

Detect when firing (air)

Air detectability 11.38 km + gun-firing bloom 7.12 km = 18.5 km. The bloom tracks main-battery caliber 356 mm × 0.020 = 7.12 km.

18.5 km

Detect when on fire (sea)

Sea detectability 14.23 km + 2.0 km while burning = 16.23 km.

16.23 km

Detect when on fire (air)

Air detectability 11.38 km + 3.0 km while burning = 14.38 km.

14.38 km

Guaranteed Detect2 km

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Consumables

Damage Control Party∞ charges · 80 s reload · 20 s active

Repair Party3 charges · 80 s reload · 28 s active · 7,448 HP (14% of max HP) total heal (per charge)
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0.005 of max HP per second (0.5%) × 28 s effective active time = 0.14 of max HP × 53,200 HP = 7,448 HP: up to 14% of max HP restored per charge.
· 22,344 HP (42% of max HP) total heal (all charges)
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0.14 of max HP per charge × 3 charges = 0.42 × 53,200 HP = 22,344 HP: up to 42% of max HP if the whole Repair Party loadout is used.
· 266 HP/s (0.5% of max HP) heal per second
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0.005 (0.5% of max HP) × 53,200 HP = 266 HP/s. WoWS heals a flat percent of MAX HP each second, so this rate holds at any health level.

Choose one

Catapult Fighter3 charges · 80 s reload · 60 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

Observation Seaplane3 charges · 200 s reload · 30 s active · 1 squadron size · Tightens main-battery shell grouping

Enhanced Secondary Targeting3 charges · 160 s reload · 30 s active · +100% grouping · -50% dispersion

Module options (3)

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

HullTrade-off

Hit points48,200 → 53,200
Rudder shift19.8 → 13.6 s
AA mounts12 → 19
Close-range AA DPS39 → 82
Maximum AA range1.2 → 3.5 km
Secondary mounts20 → 18
Total secondary DPM187,071 → 171,643

Fire controlUpgrade

Main battery range14,330 → 15,763 m

EngineUpgrade

Time to 12 kt22.3 → 18.5 s

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 BBStandard

The standard battleship dispersion curve.

Shell scatter width @ 5 km110 m

(166.7 × (12 − 2) / 1000 + 2) × 30 = 110 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 km160 m

(333.3 × (12 − 2) / 1000 + 2) × 30 = 160 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 km210 m

(500 × (12 − 2) / 1000 + 2) × 30 = 210 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 km42.9 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  $delim \cdot R_{m a x} = 0.5 \cdot 15763 = 7882$  m, and  $radiusOnMax = 0.6$  at 15763 m. Below the kink:  $k = 0.2 + (0.5 - 0.2) \cdot \frac{5000}{7882} = 0.3903$ , so  $σ_{V} = σ_{H} \cdot k = 110 \cdot 0.3903 = 42.9 m$ .

Shell scatter height @ 10 km84.3 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  $delim \cdot R_{m a x} = 0.5 \cdot 15763 = 7882$  m, and  $radiusOnMax = 0.6$  at 15763 m. Above the kink:  $k = 0.5 + (0.6 - 0.5) \cdot \frac{10000 - 7882}{15763 - 7882} = 0.5269$ , so  $σ_{V} = σ_{H} \cdot k = 160 \cdot 0.5269 = 84.3 m$ .

Shell scatter height @ 15 km124 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  $delim \cdot R_{m a x} = 0.5 \cdot 15763 = 7882$  m, and  $radiusOnMax = 0.6$  at 15763 m. Above the kink:  $k = 0.5 + (0.6 - 0.5) \cdot \frac{15000 - 7882}{15763 - 7882} = 0.5903$ , so  $σ_{V} = σ_{H} \cdot k = 210 \cdot 0.5903 = 124 m$ .

AP pen 5 km595 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  $P = 10^{- 7} \cdot K \cdot m^{0.69} \cdot d^{- 1.07} \cdot v^{1.38}$   $= 10^{- 7} \cdot 2545 \cdot {680.4}^{0.69} \cdot {0.356}^{- 1.07} \cdot {709.8}^{1.38} = 595 mm$ , where 709.8 m/s is the shell's speed when it arrives at 5 km (from 823 m/s at the muzzle). Fixed anchors make ships directly comparable at the same fighting distance; the Charts card plots the full curve.

AP pen 10 km489 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  $P = 10^{- 7} \cdot K \cdot m^{0.69} \cdot d^{- 1.07} \cdot v^{1.38}$   $= 10^{- 7} \cdot 2545 \cdot {680.4}^{0.69} \cdot {0.356}^{- 1.07} \cdot {615.5}^{1.38} = 489 mm$ , where 615.5 m/s is the shell's speed when it arrives at 10 km (from 823 m/s at the muzzle). Fixed anchors make ships directly comparable at the same fighting distance; the Charts card plots the full curve.

AP pen 15 km409 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  $P = 10^{- 7} \cdot K \cdot m^{0.69} \cdot d^{- 1.07} \cdot v^{1.38}$   $= 10^{- 7} \cdot 2545 \cdot {680.4}^{0.69} \cdot {0.356}^{- 1.07} \cdot {540.5}^{1.38} = 409 mm$ , where 540.5 m/s is the shell's speed when it arrives at 15 km (from 823 m/s at the muzzle). Fixed anchors make ships directly comparable at the same fighting distance; the Charts card plots the full curve.

AP flight time @ 10 km5.11 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:  $k = \frac{π C_{d} d^{2}}{8 m} = \frac{π \cdot 0.331 \cdot {0.356}^{2}}{8 \cdot 680.4} = 2.42 \times 10^{- 5}$ . That runs from a 823 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 km5.01 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:  $k = \frac{π C_{d} d^{2}}{8 m} = \frac{π \cdot 0.325 \cdot {0.356}^{2}}{8 \cdot 578.34} = 2.8 \times 10^{- 5}$ . That runs from a 861 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.

Guns per full salvo (alpha, DPM)12

4 mounts × 3 barrels = 12; all 12 bear on the broadside.

Model inputs

Krupp (AP)2,545

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 mass680.4 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 coefficient0.331

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

AP muzzle velocity823 m/s

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

HE muzzle velocity861 m/s

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

idealRadius12

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

minRadius2

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.

AA defense

AA DPS at max range60

Only families that reach 4.2 km contribute at the outer edge of the AA bubble. In-game families: 40mm Bofors Mk1 4x2 -> 55 DPS @ 3.5 km; 40mm Bofors Mk3 4x1 -> 55 DPS @ 3.5 km; 20mm Oerlikon MK4 3x1 -> 27 DPS @ 2 km; 20mm Oerlikon MK20 Twin12 8x2 -> 71 DPS @ 2 km; 5in25 Mk19 Mod6 8x1 -> 60 DPS @ 4.2 km.

AA DPS layered by range60 DPS @ 4.2 km, 170 DPS @ 3.5 km, 268 DPS @ 2 km

@ 4.2 km: 60 from one family; @ 3.5 km: 55 + 55 + 60 = 170; @ 2 km: 55 + 55 + 27 + 71 + 60 = 268. 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-blank268

55 + 55 + 27 + 71 + 60 = 268 DPS: the sum of every family's average DPS, achievable only inside the closest-range family (2 km).

AA threat index833

55 × 3.5 + 55 × 3.5 + 27 × 2 + 71 × 2 + 60 × 4.2 = 833. 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 alpha1800

max(1800 (127 mm), 1800 (127 mm)) = 1800. Maximum HE damage per shell across secondary HE families. Best on this ship: 1800 from the 127 mm family.

Max HE fire chance9%

max(9% (127 mm), 6% (127 mm)) = 9%. Maximum per-shell fire chance across secondary HE families (before target fire resistance is applied). Best on this ship: 9% from the 127 mm family.

Max HE pen21 mm

max(21 mm (127 mm), 21 mm (127 mm)) = 21 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: 21 mm from the 127 mm family.

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Background

The ship belonged to the generation of conventional battleships in the U.S. Navy. The main battery guns were concentrated in the ship's front and aft ends and were placed in superfiring turrets, which would soon become the standard. The battleship was armored according to the "all or nothing" concept, with the citadel being reliably protected and located in the center of the hull.

Armor Beta

Hull HP 48,200 → 53,200 with hull upgrade, distributed across 5 hull zones, each with its own plate thicknesses, saturation cap, and pen thresholds.

Bow & stern25 mm

Overmatched by 33+ AP guns across the bracket. Can’t reliably bow-tank; gets bow-citadelled and overpenned.

Belt / citadel343 mm

Citadels come from a flat broadside at close range; held past ~30° of angle, AP shatters or bounces.

Farming16 mm

Superstructure and extremities take HE pens and AP overpens from nearly any gun: steady chip damage. Fire resistance 23%, fires burn 60s. Range-by-range in the Compare tool →

Section	Plates	HP cap	Threats	Tactic
Bow	25 mm primary (range 25–40 mm)	1,400 (3% of HP)	Overmatched by 380mm+ AP (Bayern, Gneisenau)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 16–343 mm)	39,900 (75% of HP)	Overmatched by 283mm+ AP (Moltke, Graf Spee)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 6–203 mm)	1,300 (2% of HP)	Overmatched by 380mm+ AP (Bayern, Gneisenau)Angle bounces 356mm25 mm: HE pens from 150mm+	Mirror of bow. Same fast saturation.
Citadel	343 mm primary (range 6–343 mm)	≈ 165,500 (effectively 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	25 mm primary (range 25–406 mm)	900 (2% 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	26,600 magazine HP	Turret knocked out	Per-turret powder-magazine HP, a separate pool that does not drain ship HP. As it is worn down the turret is likelier to be knocked out, and a smaller pool gets there faster.
Secondary mount (127 mm mount)	separate HP pool, does not drain ship HP	800 per-mount HP	Destroyed at 0 HP	Per-mount HP for the heaviest secondary on this ship. A mount destroyed at 0 HP is out for the rest of the battle; DCP does not repair destroyed mounts. Smaller (lighter-caliber) secondaries typically share the same HP value.
AA mount (40 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.
Engine (module, research)	engine coefficient (unconfirmed)	-0.120 research estimate	Largest on BB/BC; zero on destroyers	Engine durability isn't a per-ship value. This small negative coefficient is non-zero only on battleships, battlecruisers, and the heaviest cruisers, and is exactly zero on every destroyer, so it scales with hull displacement rather than any commander skill. Most likely an engine drag or power term in the same family as the deceleration stats; its exact meaning is not yet confirmed.
Rudder (module)	separate HP pool, does not drain ship HP	16,000 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.

Balance History

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

Buff ×2Main Battery ×2

2021-11-04

November update: Fury on the wings of wisdom

Main battery shell grouping was improved by 7%.
Main battery reload time was decreased from 34.2 to 32.5 s.

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Exteriors

Skins & permanent camouflages

Every custom exterior New Mexico can equip.

DefaultThe ship’s standard exterior
Stars and Stripes
Stars and Stripes permanent camouflage for New MexicoStars and Stripes

Primary official WG sources

Filtered to official World of Warships: Legends pages where this ship is a focus, reward, line member, or high-context variant mention.

2021-01-28 · Patch notes Update: February 2021 Patch notes 2021-06-18 · Patch notes June-July Update: The Liberty Zeitgeist Patch notes 2021-11-04 · Patch notes November update: Fury on the wings of wisdom Patch notes 2026-04-30 · Patch notes May Update: From Rome to Edo Patch notes

New Mexico

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Playstyle

Overview

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How to get New Mexico

Builds

Cohort position

Peers in this cohort

Stats & specs

Under the hood

Main battery formulas

Model inputs

AA defense

Secondary battery firepower

Ship Charts

Background

Armor Beta

Balance History

November update: Fury on the wings of wisdom

Skins & permanent camouflages

Primary official WG sources

Signature Traits