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Playstyle

Overview

Rahmat is a Tier V Pan-Asian light cruiser with 133mm guns at 14 km, 6.8-second reload. Her damage profile is HE fires and sustained DPM rather than picking AP citadels. Standout traits: best high-arc AP shells in T5 CAs (52.7°).

Positioning

Hold 12-15 km with islands tight enough to break vision on demand. The HE pressure rewards a steady firing arc more than rotation play; pick a corner of the map you can hold and work fires from there.

Potato Avoidance

Open-water broadside trading

Her 133mm shells citadel cruisers on the wrong frame, and her 23,600-HP hull does not recover from a punished salvo. Pick rotations and angles deliberately; the chip-damage role pays better than the trade-blow role on a cruiser of this profile. A second mistake to avoid: these torpedoes ignore the Destroyer class - they pass under DDs and cannot hit them. Aim torpedo drops ONLY at battleships, carriers, and most cruisers; every torp fired at a DD is wasted output.

Signature Traits

Deep-water torpedoes

Torps IGNORE the Destroyer class (deep-water mechanic); they pass under DDs and cannot hit them. Aim ONLY at battleships, carriers, and most cruisers; every torp fired at a DD is wasted, shared by 2/28 T5 CAs.

High-arc AP shells

52.7° impact angle at max range, best of T5 CAs. Lobs over island cover.

High-arc HE shells

52.7° HE impact angle at max range, best of T5 CAs. Lobs over cover.

Stealthy torps

0.8 km torpedo detect, top decile of T5 CAs. Harder to dodge.

Fragile HP pool

23600.0 HP, bottom decile of T5 CAs. Trade hits sparingly.

Short gun range

14.02 km main battery reach, bottom decile of T5 CAs. Outranged by peers; close distance or lean on terrain.

Acquisition

How to get Rahmat

Rahmat is available in the Destroyer-Cruisers branch of the Pan-Asia Tech Tree for 2,400,000 credits after researching it in the branch. Known module upgrades cost up to 600,000 credits. Official source cards below may also show its temporary Early Access window before it became a normal Tech Tree unlock. 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.

Early AccessOfficial WG line/source notes indicate a temporary Early Access window before normal acquisition.

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Pan-Asia Tech Tree

Rahmat sits in the Destroyer-Cruisers branch. The highlighted path shows the local branch context inside the full Pan-Asia tree.

6 ships in highlighted branch · scroll to inspect all Pan-Asia lines.

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Destroyer

Cruiser

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Best listed chance for this ship

Anniversary '23 Pan-Asian Crate 5% V Rahmat Event containers · Anniversary '23 Pan-Asian Crate
Pan-Asian Cruiser Big Crate 5% V Rahmat Early access containers · Pan-Asian Cruiser Big Crate
Pan-Asian Cruiser Crate 2.5% V Rahmat Early access containers · Pan-Asian Cruiser Crate

Official WG availability sources

Rabbit and Dragons: Lunar New Year and Early Access Pan-Asian Cruisers Early Access Start: 2023-01-31 · End: 2023-03-01 Official early-access or tech-tree-line article. Tech-tree ships are temporary crate drops during Early Access, then move to the Tech Tree.
Official WoWS Legends container odds Containers Official container drop rows linked below include direct and nested effective ship odds.

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Anniversary '23 Pan-Asian Crate 5% · V Rahmat
Pan-Asian Cruiser Big Crate 5% · V Rahmat
Pan-Asian Cruiser Crate 2.5% · V Rahmat

Builds Beta

Use a Pan cruiser commander focused on reload, range, agility, and survivability. Inspirations that improve dispersion, rudder/steering, concealment, or damage consistency fit the safe mid-range cruiser plan.

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Cohort position

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Where Rahmat sits among Tier V CAs (28 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.

BestDisplacement6,900 t (1 of 2 tied) Top 10%HE DPM167,647 (3/26) Top 10%Main dispersion120.9 m (2/28) Top 10%AP arming threshold22 mm (3/28) Top 10%Torpedo damage16,867 (3/24) Top 25%Rudder shift8.5 s (4/28) Top 25%Traverse-to-turn ratio6.09 × (7/28) Top 25%Main battery reload6.8 s (6/28) Top 25%AP DPM225,000 (7/28) Top 25%Torpedo range9.46 km (6/24) Bottom 25%HE fire chance8% (23/26) Bottom 25%AP velocity792 m/s (26/28) Bottom 25%Engine power62,000 hp (25/28) Bottom 25%Turn-speed retention106.9 hp/m (25/28) Bottom 25%Max armor89 mm (24/28) WorstHit points23,600 HP (28/28) WorstMain battery caliber133 mm (1 of 2 tied) WorstMain battery range14.02 km (28/28) WorstNo secondaries (3 of 28 in cohort) WorstHE velocity792 m/s (1 of 3 tied)

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Not standouts for Rahmat -- 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.

Max speed32.3 kt(19/28) Concealment11.07 km(10/28) Air detection6.97 km(14/28) Sigma2(15/28) Fires per minute7.06(9/26) Acceleration9.7 s(15/28) AP fuse timer0.03 s(17/28) Power-to-weight8.99 hp/t(11/28) AA DPS247(11/28) AA range4.5 km(13/28) AA threat865(9/28) Torpedo speed61 kt(11/24) Torpedo reload75 s(11/24) Citadel belt89 mm(18/28) Stern armor30 mm(15/28) Deck armor89 mm(15/28) NormAP ricochet start45°(25 of 28 tied at this value) NormAP auto-bounce angle60°(25 of 28 tied at this value) NormBow armor30 mm(22 of 28 tied at this value)

Peers in this cohort

Almirante Cochrane vs

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Stats & specs

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

Def-AASmoke

Survivability

Hit PointsInitial: 21,200 → 23,600

Displacement6,900 t

Armor range10–89 mm

Plate armor thicknesses10, 13, 25, 30, 38, 51, 89 mm

Armor material/layer entries53

Fire resistanceInitial: 20% → 23.3%

Fire duration30 s

Torp Reduction7%

Magazine HP

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The magazine is the module a detonation comes from. Penetrating hits to it raise the detonation chance from 1% toward 30% as its HP is worn down, so a larger magazine pool rides out citadel hits longer before a detonation becomes likely.

11,800

Steering gear HP

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

7,100

Main Battery

ModuleArtillery: 10×133 mm

Mounts / barrels5 mounts / 10 barrels

Reload time7.5 s

Firing range (base)12.7 km

Firing range (top fire control)14 km

Turret traverse10 °/s

Shell Grouping (σ)

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

2

Max Horiz Disp

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Horizontal dispersion ellipse width at max range. (R/30·(idealRadius−minRadius)/idealDistance + minRadius)·30 = (12745/30·(8−1.1)/1000 + 1.1)·30 = 120.9 m

120.9 m

Max Vert Disp

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Vertical dispersion ellipse height at max range = max horizontal × radiusOnMax = 120.9 × 0.6 = 72.6 m

72.6 m

Med Horiz Disp

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50%-hit horizontal radius = max horizontal × GetHalfHitsRatio(σ) = 120.9 × 0.319 (σ=2) = 38.6 m

38.6 m

Med Vert Disp

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50%-hit vertical radius = max vertical × GetHalfHitsRatio(σ) = 72.6 × 0.32 (σ=2) = 23.2 m

23.2 m

Turret turn time

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

18 s

Base shells/min

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10 broadside guns x 60 / 7.5 s base reload = 80.

80

HE shells

HE Damage1,900

HE Velocity792 m/s

Fire Chance8%

HE penetration

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22 mm ≈ 133 mm caliber / 6 (standard HE penetration ratio).

22 mm

HE full-salvo alpha

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1,900 HE damage x 10 broadside guns = 19,000.

19,000

Base HE DPM

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19,000 HE full-salvo alpha x 60 / 7.5 s base reload = 152,000.

152,000

Base fires/min

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10 HE shells x 60 / 7.5 s reload x 8% fire chance = 6.4.

6.4

AP shells

AP Damage2,550

AP Velocity792 m/s

Min Ricochet45 deg

Guaranteed Ricochet60 deg

Fuse Timer0.025 s

Fuse Threshold22 mm

AP overmatch

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floor(133 mm caliber / 14.3) = 9 mm (AP auto-penetrates plating this thick or less).

9 mm

AP Pen Close

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Canonical community AP formula (jcw780/wows_shell), evaluated at muzzle velocity: 1e-7 × Krupp × mass^0.69 × caliber_m^-1.07 × v0^1.38 = 1e-7 × 2882 × 36.3^0.69 × 0.133^-1.07 × 792^1.38 = 297.7 mm. Matches the in-game spec card.

297.7 mm

AP Pen Far

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Same formula at the ship's max firing range (17.4 km), where the shell has slowed to 276 m/s: 1e-7 × 2882 × 36.3^0.69 × 0.133^-1.07 × 276^1.38 = 69.5 mm.

69.5 mm

AP full-salvo alpha

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2,550 AP damage x 10 broadside guns = 25,500.

25,500

Base AP DPM

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25,500 AP full-salvo alpha x 60 / 7.5 s base reload = 204,000.

204,000

AP AOE Radius

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AP shell over-penetration splash radius; scales with shell mass. Wickes 102mm = 3, standard 152mm CL ~ 20, Iowa 406mm ~ 270, Yamato 460mm = 400, Incomparable 650mm = 550 (max). Larger value = bigger splash damage area when AP over-pens.

10

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Torpedoes

ModuleTorpedoes: 533 mm TR Mk IV

Launchers / tubes2 launchers × 3 tubes = 6 tubes

Reload time75 s

Projectile speed61 kt

Range9.46 km

Maximum simulated damage15,767 (est.)

Alpha damage47,300

Torpedo detectability0.8 km

Torpedo launcher traverse25 °/s

Torp Turn7.2 s

Torp Arming188 m

Deep-Water TorpedoesYes

Per-side salvo damage

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per-side salvo x per-torpedo simulated damage.

47,301

AA Defense

AA mount pointsInitial: 9 → 11

Close-range AA DPS

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Sum across every AA aura on this ship of (aura.continuous_damage x 3.5 x aura.hit_probability). Here: (47×3.5×0.9) + (13×3.5×0.85) + (19×3.5×0.9) = 247. 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.

247

Maximum AA range

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

4.5 km

40 mm Bofors Mk IV (upgraded hull only)2×2 40mm

40 mm/56 OQF Mk.VII (upgraded hull only)4×1 40mm

20 mm Oerlikon Mk4Initial: 2×1 → 4×1 20mm

20 mm Oerlikon Mk.IV1×1 20mm

40 mm Vickers 2-pdr. Mk.VII (stock hull only)2×4 40mm

20 mm Oerlikon Mk20 (stock hull only)4×2 20mm

DPS

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Includes 19 continuous AA damage from dual-purpose main battery firing as AA in this range band.

19

Range4.5 km

DPS47

Range3.5 km

Total DPS in Aura

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Far 19 + Medium 47 = 66

66

DPSInitial: 28 → 13

Range2 km

Total DPS in Aura

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Far 19 + Medium 47 + Near 13 = 79

79

Maneuverability

Engine moduleEngine: 62,000 hp

Engine power62,000 hp

Maximum speed32.3 kt

Turning circle radius580 m

Engine power multiplier speed threshold7 kt

Traverse-to-turn ratio6.1× slow

Concealment

Detectability by sea11.07 km

Detectability by air6.97 km

Smoke firing penalty5.55 km

Detect after firing main guns11.07 km

Detect Fire Sea13.07 km

Detect Fire Air9.97 km

Guaranteed Detect2 km

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Consumables

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

Smoke Generator3 charges · 130 s reload · 15 s emit / 70 s cloud active

Defensive AA Fire3 charges · 140 s reload · 25 s active · +100% flak burst boost

Module options (3)

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

HullUpgrade

Hit points21,200 → 23,600
Rudder shift11.9 → 8.5 s
AA mounts9 → 11
Close-range AA DPS45 → 60
Maximum AA range2.5 → 3.5 km

Fire controlUpgrade

Main battery range12,745 → 14019.5 m

TorpedoesUpgrade

Reload83 → 75 s
Alpha damage44,300 → 47,300
Display damage14,767 → 15,767

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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 Disp120.9 m

Horizontal dispersion ellipse width at max range. (R/30·(idealRadius−minRadius)/idealDistance + minRadius)·30 = (12745/30·(8−1.1)/1000 + 1.1)·30 = 120.9 m

Max Vert Disp72.6 m

Vertical dispersion ellipse height at max range = max horizontal × radiusOnMax = 120.9 × 0.6 = 72.6 m

Med Horiz Disp38.6 m

50%-hit horizontal radius = max horizontal × GetHalfHitsRatio(σ) = 120.9 × 0.319 (σ=2) = 38.6 m

Med Vert Disp23.2 m

50%-hit vertical radius = max vertical × GetHalfHitsRatio(σ) = 72.6 × 0.32 (σ=2) = 23.2 m

Dispersion familyCruiser Disp.

Standard cruiser dispersion baseline.

AP Pen Close297.7 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 × 2882 × 36.3^0.69 × 0.133^-1.07 × 792^1.38 = 297.7 mm. Matches the in-game spec card.

AP Pen Far69.5 mm

Same formula at the ship's max firing range (17.4 km), where the shell has slowed to 276 m/s: 1e-7 × 2882 × 36.3^0.69 × 0.133^-1.07 × 276^1.38 = 69.5 mm.

HE penetration22 mm

22 mm ≈ 133 mm caliber / 6 (standard HE penetration ratio).

AP overmatch9 mm

floor(133 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 alpha10

All 10 barrels bear on the broadside.

Turret turn time18 s

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

HE full-salvo alpha19,000

1,900 HE damage x 10 broadside guns = 19,000.

AP full-salvo alpha25,500

2,550 AP damage x 10 broadside guns = 25,500.

Base HE DPM152,000

19,000 HE full-salvo alpha x 60 / 7.5 s base reload = 152,000.

Base AP DPM204,000

25,500 AP full-salvo alpha x 60 / 7.5 s base reload = 204,000.

Base shells/min80

10 broadside guns x 60 / 7.5 s base reload = 80.

Base fires/min6.4

10 HE shells x 60 / 7.5 s reload x 8% fire chance = 6.4.

Torpedoes

Torpedo detectability0.8 km

Estimated torpedo reaction time5 s

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

Torpedo speed61 kt

Travel time to max range59.6 s

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

Tube count6

2 launchers x 3 tubes.

Per-side salvo3 torpedoes

tube count / 2 (symmetric port/starboard launcher layout; common on cruisers and battleships with deck torpedoes).

Full-salvo damage94,602

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

Per-side salvo damage47,301

per-side salvo x per-torpedo simulated damage.

AA defense

Close-range AA DPS247

Sum across every AA aura on this ship of (aura.continuous_damage x 3.5 x aura.hit_probability). Here: (47×3.5×0.9) + (13×3.5×0.85) + (19×3.5×0.9) = 247. 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 range4.5 km

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

AA threat index865

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

Near aura range2 km

Armor

Hull HP 21,200 → 23,600 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	30 mm primary (range 13–30 mm)	3,200 (14% of HP)	Overmatch not possible at T VIAngle bounces 410mm30 mm: HE pens from 203mm+	Bow-tank fits behind this exterior plate. Saturation is FAST here; the cap is often only a few thousand HP.
Hull (midship)	25 mm primary (range 13–38 mm)	17,700 (75% of HP)	Overmatched by 380mm+ (Bayern, Gneisenau)Angle bounces 356mm25 mm: HE pens from 150mm+	Largest HP pool. Citadel sits behind these plates; thinner deck and side plating absorb the rest.
Stern	30 mm primary (range 13–30 mm)	1,300 (6% of HP)	Overmatch not possible at T VIAngle bounces 410mm30 mm: HE pens from 203mm+	Mirror of bow. Same fast saturation.
Citadel	89 mm primary (range 13–89 mm)	≈ 165,500 (effectively no cap)	Citadel pen ×0.10 damageOver-pen: ×0.10 damage	Effectively no cap; citadel pool sits at ~165k HP on every ship. Damage is gated by pen/over-pen multipliers instead (×0.10 direct pen, ×0.10 over-pen).
Superstructure	10 mm primary (range 10–89 mm)	1,500 (6% of HP)	Any HE ≥16 mm pens at full damage	Any HE ≥16 mm pens at full damage. HE-spam target, and the section saturates fast (often only a few thousand HP).
Turret (module, per magazine)	separate HP pool, does not drain ship HP	11,800 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 (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.
Rudder (module)	separate HP pool, does not drain ship HP	7,100 module HP	Incapacitated at 0 HP	When module HP reaches 0 the rudder locks at its current angle until DCP repairs it. Repair via Damage Control Party.

Saturation cap = HP a section can absorb before further damage to it is reduced (the "bow-tank" effect). Citadel pool is ~165k on every ship (effectively no cap); damage is gated by pen/over-pen multipliers instead. Superstructure saturates fast but HE always pens regardless of the plate thickness. Rudder (and other module HPs) are a separate pool from ship HP: damaging a module doesn't drain ship HP. Incapacitated modules like the rudder and engine are restored by DCP, but secondary and AA mounts destroyed at 0 HP stay out for the rest of the battle.

Shell ballistics chart

AP penetration, impact velocity, flight time and impact angle vs range. Click to load the interactive chart.

Exteriors

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