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Orkan W

Also called: 奥坎冬季 · Зимний Orkan · Orkan hivernal · Orkan de Inverno Beta

Pan-Europe · Tier VI · Destroyer · Premium · Orkan Variant

Smoke destroyerThe smoke cycle holds cap edges and trades gunfire from cover.

Playstyle

Anchor near a smoke cycle on a contested cap and trade gunfire from inside the cloud
The smoke is your sustain tool; rotating mid-smoke wastes the cycle for the next contest
Avoid: Rotating mid-smoke

Key characteristics

Radar (9 km)SmokeEngine BoostHigh fire chanceVisible torps

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Community Data

Orkan W Community Stats

Across 1,300+ Standard battles from 170+ players, Orkan W averages a 59% win rate, 28,600 damage and 0.8 kills per battle, and survives 39% of them.

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Playstyle

Overview

Orkan W is a Tier VI European smoke destroyer with 6 smoke charges on a short cooldown: the many smokes are the kit, setting up aggressive and defensive plays that one-smoke DDs cannot. Hold cap edges and trade gunfire from cover, then re-smoke before the next window closes. Standout traits: best radar range in T6 DDs (9 km, 1st of 5) and best radar duration in T6 DDs (20 s, 1st of 5). The trade is torpedo detection in T6 DDs (1.6 km, 34th of 41).

Positioning

Anchor near a smoke cycle on a contested cap and trade gunfire from inside the cloud. The smoke is your sustain tool; rotating mid-smoke wastes the cycle for the next contest. Your guns lose penetration at range, so aim AP at broadsides you can still citadel and put HE into superstructures and upper-hull sections, rather than the bow-in or belt armor your shells bounce and shatter on. Shooting from the cloud gives you away at 2.5 km, and a destroyer here is spotted at about 6.9 km, so you see it coming with roughly 4.5 km to spare. Vision is mutual: past the 2 km guaranteed ring you cannot see out either, but your own Radar (9 km) reads through it, so you can find targets instead of borrowing them. Enemy sonar (about 4.2 km) and radar (about 9 km) read straight in regardless. At 600 m the screen is wider than standard, so it can cover a teammate holding the same line as well as your own hull. She is genuinely evasive in both phases of a turn, answering the helm in 3.1 s and carving a 590 m circle, so you can break a salvo and still be where you meant to go.

Potato Avoidance

Rotating mid-smoke

The smoke is a static firing position; if you leave it before the cycle ends, you give up the trade you set up and the next contest opens without a smoke to fall back on.

Signature Traits

Surveillance Radar

9 km range, 20 s duration. Detects all enemy ships within a fixed radius regardless of line-of-sight. Breaks smoke camps and wins the opening of a cap fight.

Engine Boost

+8% speed (about +2.9 kt), 120 s duration. Engine Boost consumable gives a small speed nudge - useful for closing a gap or steadying a torpedo run, not for running anything down.

ELITE RADAR ↗

Long-range radar · 9 km
Long-duration radar · 20 s

Extra smoke charges ↗

6 Smoke Generator charges, best of T6 DDs.

ELITE MAIN BATTERY ↗

High fire chance · 9%
High fire pressure · 6.87 fires/min

WEAK TORPEDOES ↗

Visible torps · 1.6 km
Small torpedo salvo · 4 tubes

Acquisition

How to get Orkan W

Orkan W is a Premium ship and not available to unlock in the Tech Tree. Acquisition paths: Campaign and 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.

CampaignEarned in the campaign “Merry Shipmas” (Dec 2025); campaign ships can later return through other limited methods.
ContainersAppears in official container odds below; availability depends on the container being sold or awarded.

History: Early Access May 2022 – Jun 2022 (temporary crate drops, now ended).

While you save up, check active promo codes for free doubloons, camouflages, and other rewards.

Best listed chance for this ship

Explorer's Chest 0.148148% One of these ships Event · Explorer's Chest · 1 of 27 ships

Official WG availability sources

Merry Shipmas Campaign Breakdown Campaign Start: 2025-12-01 · End: 2026-01-18
- Pan-European Tier VI Premium destroyer Orkan W
Holiday Update: Christmas on the Waves Campaign Start: 2025-11-27
- On your way to the final reward, you'll receive a special winter version of Pan-European Tier VI Premium destroyer Orkan in a white skin.
- Pan-European Tier VI Premium destroyer Orkan W

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Explorer's Chest 0.148148% · One of these ships

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

Builds

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Commanders frequently paired with this ship Jerzy Świrski Marisa La Loca

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Cohort position

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Where Orkan W sits among Tier VI DDs (40 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.

Top 10%Fires per minute6.87 (5/41) Top 10%Torpedo reload60 s (4/41) Top 25%Smoke fire bloom2.45 km (9/41) Top 25%Rudder shift3.1 s (8/41) Top 25%Turning circle590 m (9/41) Top 25%AP arming threshold20 mm (7/37) Top 25%Effective HE DPM (incl. fire)185,011 (7/41) Bottom 25%Main battery caliber120 mm (33/41) Bottom 25%Acceleration (0-12 kt)5.1 s (32/41) Bottom 25%Power-to-weight18.04 hp/t (33/41) Bottom 25%Torpedo damage≈9,800 (35/41) Bottom 25%Torpedo reaction time9.2 s (37/41) Bottom 10%AP velocity774 m/s (35/37) Bottom 10%HE velocity774 m/s (39/41) WorstSecondary DPM (per side)11,250 (1 of 2 tied)

See 34 mid-pack stats

Not standouts for Orkan W -- 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 points15,700 HP(17/41) Max speed36 kt(28/41) Concealment6.9 km(21/41) Air detection3.45 km(20/41) Main battery range10.59 km(29/41) Main battery reload4.7 s(17/41) HE shell damage1,750(25/41) HE DPM133,636(13/41) AP shell damage2,250(17/37) AP DPM171,818(15/37) Main dispersion94.4 m(15/41) Time to 90% speed16.7 s(23/41) Engine power48,000 hp(31/41) Power / turn radius81.4 hp/m(27/41) Displacement2,661 t(23/41) AP pen at 10 km71 mm(11/35) AA DPS140(17/41) AA range4.5 km(13/41) AA threat378(23/41) Flak damage per salvo (expected)360(13/17) Torpedo range9 km(20/41) Torpedo speed65 kt(19/41) NormSecondary HE alpha1,500(3 of 4 tied at this value) NormSecondary fire chance6%(3 of 4 tied at this value) NormSecondary HE pen17 mm(3 of 4 tied at this value) NormAP fuse timer0.01 s(33 of 37 tied at this value) NormAP ricochet start45°(34 of 37 tied at this value) NormAP auto-bounce angle60°(34 of 37 tied at this value) NormTurn speed retained81%(37 of 41 tied at this value) NormSecondary range5 km(3 of 4 tied at this value) NormMax armor16 mm(26 of 41 tied at this value) NormCitadel belt16 mm(30 of 41 tied at this value) NormBow armor16 mm(34 of 41 tied at this value) NormStern armor16 mm(34 of 41 tied at this value)

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Stats & specs

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Survivability

Hit Points15,700

Displacement2,661 t

Armor range10–16 mm

Plate armor thicknesses10, 15, 16 mm

Armor material/layer entries22

Fire resistance

top hull: 1 − 0.7003 fire coefficient = 30%. 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.

30%

Fire duration30 s

Fire damage

One unattended fire: 0.003 of max HP per second (0.3%) × 30 s = 0.09 of the pool; 0.09 × 15,700 HP = 1,413 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: 0.0025 of max HP per second (0.25%) × 40 s = 0.1 of the pool; 0.1 × 15,700 HP = 1,570 HP on this ship.

0.25% of HP per second

Torp Reduction

1 − 0.333 hull torpedo-damage coefficient / 0.333 unprotected baseline = 0%. Reduces torpedo hit damage. It does not affect flooding: floods start as often and tick at the full rate.

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.

7,900

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.

4,700

Repairable: penetration50%

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 × 2,500 = 5,000), 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.

2,500

Casemate 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

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 × 11,800 = 23,600), 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.

11,800

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 × 1,000 = 2,000), 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 ×. 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.

1,000

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 × 1,200 = 2,400), 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.

1,200

Main Battery

These main guns are dual-purpose: they also fire at aircraft and feed the AA Defense card.

ModuleArtillery: 6×120 mm

Mounts / barrels3 mounts / 6 barrels

Reload time4.7 s

Firing range10.6 km

Turret traverse20 °/s

Turret armor6 mm

Guns to bear

180° − 160° (the most restricted aft-facing mount's arc) = 20° off bow; 180° − 141° (the most restricted forward-facing mount's arc) = 39° 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.

20° off bow / 39° off stern

See the firing-arcs diagram ↓

Shell Grouping (σ)2

Dispersion type

In practice: the baseline curve for a standard destroyer -- at max range (10.6 km) shells land in an ellipse about 94 m wide and 57 m tall. Also on this curve (225): AL Avrora, AL Yukikaze, AL Z24, Acasta, Achilles, Adriatico, Aigle, Akatsuki, Akizuki, Albany, Allen M. Sumner, Attilio Regolo and 213 more.

Standard destroyer

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{10590}{30} \cdot \frac{8 - 0.5}{1000} + 0.5) \cdot 30 = 94.4 m

94.4 m at 10.6 km

Max Vert Disp

Vertical dispersion ellipse height at max range:

σ_{V} = σ_{H} \cdot radiusOnMax

= 94.4 \cdot 0.6 = 56.7 m

56.7 m at 10.6 km

Med Horiz Disp

50%-hit horizontal radius:

σ_{H, 50} = σ_{H} \cdot \frac{0.6}{σ}

= 94.4 \cdot \frac{0.6}{2} = 28.3 m

28.3 m at 10.6 km

Med Vert Disp

50%-hit vertical radius:

σ_{V, 50} = σ_{V} \cdot \frac{0.6}{σ}

= 56.7 \cdot \frac{0.6}{2} = 17 m

17 m at 10.6 km

Turret turn time

180 degrees / 20 deg/s traverse speed = 9 s.

9 s

Shells/min

6 broadside guns x 60 / 4.714 s (4.7 s = 33 ticks) base reload = 76.4.

76.4

HE shells

HE alpha1,750

HE Velocity774 m/s

Fire Chance9%

HE fire DPM vs T6 BB51395

Effective HE DPM vs T6 BB185031

HE penetration

20 mm ≈ 120 mm caliber / 6 (standard HE penetration ratio).

20 mm

HE full-salvo alpha

1,750 HE damage x 6 broadside guns = 10,500.

10,500

HE DPM

10,500 HE full-salvo alpha x 60 / 4.714 s (4.7 s = 33 ticks) base reload = 133,636.

133,636

Fires/min

76.4 shells/min × 0.09 (9% fire chance) = 6.87.

6.87

AP shells

AP alpha2,250

AP Velocity774 m/s

Min Ricochet45 deg

Guaranteed Ricochet60 deg

Fuse Timer0.01 s

Fuse Threshold20 mm

AP overmatch

floor(120 mm caliber / 14.3) = 8 mm (AP auto-penetrates plating this thick or less).

8 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 2300 \cdot {28.12}^{0.69} \cdot {0.12}^{- 1.07} \cdot 774^{1.38} = 215.4 mm

215.4 mm point-blank

AP Pen Far

Same formula at the ship's max firing range (10.6 km), where the shell has slowed to 334.3 m/s:

P = 10^{- 7} \cdot 2300 \cdot {28.12}^{0.69} \cdot {0.12}^{- 1.07} \cdot {334.3}^{1.38} = 67.6 mm

67.6 mm at 10.6 km

AP full-salvo alpha

2,250 AP damage x 6 broadside guns = 13,500.

13,500

AP DPM

13,500 AP full-salvo alpha x 60 / 4.714 s (4.7 s = 33 ticks) base reload = 171,818.

171,818

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 QR Mk IV

Launchers / tubes1 launcher × 4 tubes = 4 tubes

Reload time60 s

Projectile speed65.0 kt

Range9 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 = 29, 400 \cdot 0.333 = 9, 800

. 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.

≈ 9,800

Maximum damage (ammunition)

29,400 warhead alpha / 3 + 900 blast = 10,700. 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.

10,700

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.

900

Torpedo detectability1.6 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{1.6 km}{65 kt \times 2.6855} = 9.2 s

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

9.2 s

Flooding chance

This torpedo carries a flooding-chance value of 1.73 per hit, shown as

1.73 \times 100 = 173 %

. 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.

173%

Torpedo launcher traverse25 °/s

Launch arcscentreline

Torp Turn

Time to rotate the launchers 180 deg:

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

7.2 s

Torp Arming205 m

Per-side salvo damage

One side firing, all torpedoes hitting: per-side tubes x per-torpedo simulated damage = 4 x 9,800 = 39,200. Each hit on the target's torpedo belt is reduced by its torpedo protection %.

39,200

AA Defense

AA mount points7

Maximum AA range

Longest-reaching family on the in-game AA card. Base AirDefense aura max range is 2.5 km; dual-purpose mount auras extend it.

4.5 km

40 mm QF Mk VII1×4 40mm

20 mm Oerlikon Mk IV6×1 20mm

102 mm/45 Mk V (DP)

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

1×1 102mm

Gunsmain battery (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 28 from dual-purpose main battery firing as AA in this range band.

Range4.5 km

Guns102 mm/45 Mk V (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 7 from dual-purpose secondaries firing as AA in this range band.

Range3.5 km

Total DPS in Aura

Outer Far 28 + Inner Far 7 = 35

Guns40 mm QF Mk VII

Continuous DPS

Effective DPS: 10 raw aura damage × 3.5 × 1 hit probability = 35 - the same in-game units as the Close-range AA DPS headline.

Range2.5 km

Total DPS in Aura

Outer Far 28 + Inner Far 7 + Medium 35 = 70

Guns20 mm Oerlikon Mk IV

Continuous DPS

Effective DPS: 21 raw aura damage × 3.5 × 0.95 hit probability = 70 - the same in-game units as the Close-range AA DPS headline.

Range2 km

Total DPS in Aura

Outer Far 28 + Inner Far 7 + Medium 35 + Near 70 = 140

140

AA explosions

Each ~2 s salvo fires 2 AA explosions in quick succession, each leaving 1 cloud ahead of the attacking squadron - up to 2 clouds per salvo × 180 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, 1 cloud each

Cloud damage

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

180

Cloud spawn chance

Every potential cloud spawns - the full pattern, every salvo. Often called flak 'hit chance', but spawned clouds always damage planes that fly into them - the roll is on spawning.

100%

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 main battery mount is operational - even losing every dedicated AA mount does not stop it.

Main 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

AA explosions

2 per salvo, 1 cloud each

Cloud damage

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

180

Cloud spawn chance

Every potential cloud spawns - the full pattern, every salvo. Often called flak 'hit chance', but spawned clouds always damage planes that fly into them - the roll is on spawning.

100%

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 3.5 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.

2.5-3.5 km

See the AA layers diagram ↓

Secondary Battery

Mounts1

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), 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: 1×1 102 mm (0.5/side) × 60/4 s × 1500 = 11,250. Assumes every shell hits (real hit rate is lower; the Brawl matchup tool on the Compare page folds in dispersion + target armor).

11,250

Secondary fire DPM vs T6 BB (per side)

Fires/min (per side) 0.5 × (1 − 0.3 fire resistance) × 60 s × 0.003 of max HP per second × 59,350 HP = 3,365. 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.

3,365

Total secondary DPM vs T6 BB (per side)

Secondary DPM (per side) 11,250 + secondary fire DPM 3,365 = 14,615: shell damage plus fire damage against one T6 battleship, every shell hitting.

14,615

102 mm/45 Mk V (DP)

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

1×1 102mm

Caliber102 mm

Reload time4 s

HE alpha1,500

Muzzle Velocity811 m/s

Fire Chance6%

Secondary fires/min (per side)

1×1 barrels / 2 sides × 60 / 4 s × 0.06 (6% fire chance) = 0.5. 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.

0.5

HE Pen17 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 power48,000 hp

Maximum speed36.0 kt

Turning circle radius590 m

Rudder shift time3.1 s

Engine power-boost threshold7.0 kt

Engine spool-up time7.7 s

Reverse spool-up time3.8 s

Reverse speed

top speed / 4 + 4.9 = 36 / 4 + 4.9 = 13.9 kt. Base value; speed modifiers scale it.

13.9 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.

15.7 s

Engine boost threshold (reverse)

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

5.0 kt

Acceleration 0-90%

Time to reach 90% of top speed (32.4 kt of 36.0 kt).

16.7 s

Acceleration 0-99%

Time to reach 99% of top speed (35.6 kt of 36.0 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.

28 s

Guns in a full turn

With the rudder hard over the hull turns 7.7°/s, so a target drifts across the bow at that rate. Turret traverse minus hull turn: 20 − 7.7 = +12.3°/s, so the guns hold the target through the turn. Main Battery Mod. 2 (+20% traverse) and Mod. 3 (−15%) move this line.

hold target (+12.3°/s spare)

See the full acceleration curve ↓

Concealment

Detectability by sea

Base value, no camouflage. With a Grade IV permanent camo (or any disposable camo): 6.9 km x 0.955 = 6.59 km. Camouflage does not change detectability by air.

6.9 km

With Grade IV camouflage (sea)

Detectability by sea 6.9 km x 0.955 (Grade IV permanent camo or any disposable camo) = 6.59 km.

6.59 km

Detectability by air3.45 km

Smoke firing penalty2.45 km

Detect when firing (sea)

max(main battery range, sea detectability 6.9 km) = 10.59 km. Equal to the ship's main battery range (never below base detectability): firing makes you visible to everyone you can reach.

10.59 km

Detect when firing (air)

Air detectability 3.45 km + gun-firing bloom 2.4 km = 5.85 km. The bloom tracks main-battery caliber 120 mm × 0.020 = 2.4 km.

5.85 km

Detect when on fire (sea)

Sea detectability 6.9 km + 2.0 km while burning = 8.9 km.

8.9 km

Detect when on fire (air)

Air detectability 3.45 km + 3.0 km while burning = 6.45 km.

6.45 km

Guaranteed Detect2 km

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Consumables

Damage Control Party∞ charges · 40 s reload · 5 s active

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

Choose one

Surveillance Radar2 charges · 180 s reload · 20 s active · 9 km radar range
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Derived from the consumable's 30 m grid-unit range (km = grid units x 30 / 1000): $\frac{300 \times 30}{1000} = 9 km$

Smoke Generator6 charges · 60 s reload · 10 s emit / 40 s cloud active · 600 m radius

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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 DDStandard

The standard destroyer dispersion curve.

Shell scatter width @ 5 km52.5 m

(166.7 × (8 − 0.5) / 1000 + 0.5) × 30 = 52.5 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 km90 m

(333.3 × (8 − 0.5) / 1000 + 0.5) × 30 = 90 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 height @ 5 km25.4 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  $delim \cdot R_{m a x} = 0.5 \cdot 10590 = 5295$  m, and  $radiusOnMax = 0.6$  at 10590 m. Below the kink:  $k = 0.2 + (0.5 - 0.2) \cdot \frac{5000}{5295} = 0.4833$ , so  $σ_{V} = σ_{H} \cdot k = 52.5 \cdot 0.4833 = 25.4 m$ .

Shell scatter height @ 10 km53 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  $delim \cdot R_{m a x} = 0.5 \cdot 10590 = 5295$  m, and  $radiusOnMax = 0.6$  at 10590 m. Above the kink:  $k = 0.5 + (0.6 - 0.5) \cdot \frac{10000 - 5295}{10590 - 5295} = 0.5889$ , so  $σ_{V} = σ_{H} \cdot k = 90 \cdot 0.5889 = 53 m$ .

AP pen 5 km121 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  $P = 10^{- 7} \cdot K \cdot m^{0.69} \cdot d^{- 1.07} \cdot v^{1.38}$   $= 10^{- 7} \cdot 2300 \cdot {28.12}^{0.69} \cdot {0.12}^{- 1.07} \cdot {508.2}^{1.38} = 121 mm$ , where 508.2 m/s is the shell's speed when it arrives at 5 km (from 774 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 km71 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  $P = 10^{- 7} \cdot K \cdot m^{0.69} \cdot d^{- 1.07} \cdot v^{1.38}$   $= 10^{- 7} \cdot 2300 \cdot {28.12}^{0.69} \cdot {0.12}^{- 1.07} \cdot {347.2}^{1.38} = 71 mm$ , where 347.2 m/s is the shell's speed when it arrives at 10 km (from 774 m/s at the muzzle). Fixed anchors make ships directly comparable at the same fighting distance; the Charts card plots the full curve.

HE flight time @ 10 km7.33 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:  $k = \frac{π C_{d} d^{2}}{8 m} = \frac{π \cdot 0.343 \cdot {0.12}^{2}}{8 \cdot 28.12} = 6.9 \times 10^{- 5}$ . That runs from a 774 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.

AP flight time @ 10 km7.33 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:  $k = \frac{π C_{d} d^{2}}{8 m} = \frac{π \cdot 0.343 \cdot {0.12}^{2}}{8 \cdot 28.12} = 6.9 \times 10^{- 5}$ . That runs from a 774 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)6

3 mounts × 2 barrels = 6; all 6 bear on the broadside.

Model inputs

Krupp (AP)2,300

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 mass28.12 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 coefficient0.343

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

AP muzzle velocity774 m/s

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

HE muzzle velocity774 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.

minRadius0.5

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 time9.2 s

1600 m / (65.0 kt × 2.6855) = 9.2 s. detectability / (speed kt x 2.6855 m/s per knot on the game clock).

Torpedo speed65.0 kt

Travel time to max range51.6 s

9000 m / (65.0 kt × 2.6855) = 51.6 s. range / (speed kt x 2.6855 m/s per knot on the game clock).

Tube count4

1 launcher × 4 tubes.

Per-side salvo4 torpedoes

1 launcher × 4 tubes = 4, all to either side (centreline launchers train across - full salvo to either side).

Full-salvo damage39,200

All tubes hitting one target: tubes x per-torpedo simulated damage = 4 x 9,800 = 39,200. Each hit on the target's torpedo belt is reduced by its torpedo protection %.

AA defense

AA DPS at max range28

Only families that reach 4.5 km contribute at the outer edge of the AA bubble. In-game families: 2 pdr MkVII Quad 1x4 -> 35 DPS @ 2.5 km; 20mm Oerlikon MK4 6x1 -> 70 DPS @ 2 km; 4in 45 MK V 1x1 -> 7 DPS @ 3.5 km; Far AA (?) -> 28 DPS @ 4.5 km.

AA DPS layered by range28 DPS @ 4.5 km, 35 DPS @ 3.5 km, 70 DPS @ 2.5 km, 140 DPS @ 2 km

@ 4.5 km: 28 from one family; @ 3.5 km: 7 + 28 = 35; @ 2.5 km: 35 + 7 + 28 = 70; @ 2 km: 35 + 70 + 7 + 28 = 140. 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-blank140

35 + 70 + 7 + 28 = 140 DPS: the sum of every family's average DPS, achievable only inside the closest-range family (2 km).

AA threat index378

35 × 2.5 + 70 × 2 + 7 × 3.5 + 28 × 4.5 = 378. 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 alpha1500

The only family (102 mm): 1500. Maximum HE damage per shell across secondary HE families. Best on this ship: 1500 from the 102 mm family.

Max HE fire chance6%

The only family (102 mm): 6%. Maximum per-shell fire chance across secondary HE families (before target fire resistance is applied). Best on this ship: 6% from the 102 mm family.

Max HE pen17 mm

The only family (102 mm): 17 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: 17 mm from the 102 mm family.

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Background

An M-class destroyer built for the Royal Navy, but transferred to the Polish Navy shortly after being commissioned. Despite similarities with Lightning-class ships, Orkan boasted stronger AA defenses which were reinforced at the cost of a reduced number of torpedo tubes.

Armor Beta

Hull HP 15,700, distributed across 5 hull zones, each with its own plate thicknesses, saturation cap, and pen thresholds. HP caps are estimates.

Bow & stern16 mm

Overmatched by 126+ AP guns across the bracket. Can’t reliably bow-tank; gets bow-citadelled and overpenned.

Farming16 mm

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

Section	Plates	HP cap	Threats	Tactic
Bow	16 mm primary (range 15–16 mm)	≈ 785 (~5% of HP)	Overmatched by 283mm+ AP (Graf Spee, Scharnhorst)Angle bounces 203mm16 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)	16 mm	≈ 11,775 (~75% of HP)	Overmatched by 283mm+ AP (Graf Spee, Scharnhorst)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	16 mm primary (range 15–16 mm)	≈ 785 (~5% of HP)	Overmatched by 283mm+ AP (Graf Spee, Scharnhorst)Angle bounces 203mm16 mm: HE pens from 127mm+	Mirror of bow. Same fast saturation.
Citadel	16 mm primary (range 10–16 mm)	no cap	Citadel pen: full damageOver-pen: ×0.10 damage	Effectively no cap; citadel pool sits at ~165k HP on every ship. An AP citadel penetration deals the shell's full damage, the biggest single hit available; only over-penetrations are damped, to ×0.10.
Superstructure	16 mm	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.

Balance History

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

Buff ×4Main Battery ×2Consumable ×5

2025-11-27

Holiday Update: Christmas on the Waves

Added Smoke Generator consumable to slot 3 as an alternative to Radar:
Number of charges: 6.
Duration: 10 seconds.
Dispersion time: 40 seconds.
Cooldown time: 60 seconds.
Main battery reload time reduced from 5 to 4.7 seconds.
Torpedo reload time reduced from 70 to 60 seconds.
Maximum speed increased from 35 to 36 knots.

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2022-05-18 · Early access / tech tree line Sailing United: Pan-European Destroyers Arrive in Early Access Base/variant source 2025-11-27 · Patch notes Holiday Update: Christmas on the Waves Patch notes

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