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Also known as Scharnhorst Black

Scharnhorst B

Also called: 沙恩霍斯特 B Beta

Germany · Tier VI · Battleship · Premium · Scharnhorst Variant

Turtleback brawlerBuilt to brawl: the sloped belt bounces point-blank shells while secondaries work.

Playstyle

Push to where the turtleback matters, inside 5 km, where the secondaries and torpedoes join in and plunging fire stops finding the citadel
Avoid: Holding long-range lines with 283mm guns

Key characteristics

2 sigma accuracy18 km gun rangeImproved HE penSpotter planeTurtleback armorFast turret traverse

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Playstyle

Overview

Scharnhorst B is a Tier VI German turtleback battleship: sloped internal armor bounces plunging shells at close range, so her citadel is safer inside secondary range than in long-line trades. 283mm mains, fifteen secondary mounts out to 5 km, and six torpedo tubes make her brawl-positive, and Repair Party covers the health that closing costs.

Positioning

Push to where the turtleback matters, inside 5 km, where the secondaries and torpedoes join in and plunging fire stops finding the citadel.

Potato Avoidance

Holding long-range lines with 283mm guns

The armor rewards closing, and the calibre does not reward staying out.

Signature Traits

Turtleback armor

Deck armor angled downward over the citadel, forming a roof outside it. Deflects shells arriving at a low angle up and away, so flat-trajectory fire from close range struggles to reach the citadel.

Improved HE penetration

HE pen at the 1/4 caliber ratio instead of the standard 1/6. HE-spam is a real damage option here, not just a fire-starter, shared by 9/32 T6 BBs.

ELITE MAIN BATTERY ↗

Long gun range · 17.88 km
Fast turret traverse · 7.2°
Fast reload · 20 s
Tight grouping

Punch-through secondaries ↗

38 mm best HE pen across secondary families, best of T6 BBs. Pens hull plates peers' secondaries shatter on.

Thick deck armor ↗

150 mm armor deck, best of T6 BBs. Eats plunging fire and HE that peers don't.

Acquisition

How to get Scharnhorst B

Scharnhorst B is a Premium ship and not available to unlock in the Tech Tree. Acquisition paths: Containers and Campaign. 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.

ContainersAppears in official container odds below; availability depends on the container being sold or awarded.
CampaignEarnable in the Back to Belfast campaign; campaign ships can later return through other limited methods.

Best listed chance for this ship

Black Friday crate 2.941% VI Scharnhorst B Event · Black Friday crate
Champion's Box 0.5882% VI Scharnhorst B Archived · Champion's Box → Black Friday crate
Black Friday Ultimate Crate 0.488206% VI Scharnhorst B Event · Black Friday Ultimate Crate → Black Friday crate

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Ultimate Crate 0.2941% VI Scharnhorst B Archived · Ultimate Crate → Black Friday crate
Piñata Chest 0.2% Tier V or VI Premium ship Event · Piñata Chest · 1 of 20 ships
Explorer's Chest 0.148148% One of these ships New · Explorer's Chest · 1 of 27 ships

Official WG availability sources

Back to Belfast Campaign Breakdown Campaign Start: 2022-05-16 · End: 2022-06-19 Official campaign breakdown naming this ship as a campaign/reward-context ship; explicit source windows are used when present, otherwise the end date is inferred from the next indexed campaign breakdown when available.
Official WoWS Legends container odds Containers Official container drop rows linked below include direct and nested effective ship odds.
Through the Spy Glass: Belfast '43 Ship feature / release Start: 2022-05-17 · End: open/unknown end Official Through the Spy Glass feature for this ship; useful as a release/availability source, but not a guaranteed current-store listing.
Through the Spy Glass: Sevastopol Ship feature / release Start: 2025-12-02 · End: open/unknown end Official Through the Spy Glass feature for this ship; useful as a release/availability source, but not a guaranteed current-store listing.

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Black Friday crate 2.941% · VI Scharnhorst B
Explorer's Chest 0.148148% · One of these ships
Piñata Chest 0.2% · Tier V or VI Premium ship

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

Builds

Start with the standard battleship priorities: survivability, concealment or positioning control where relevant, and enough reload/accuracy pressure to keep the ship useful all match.

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Cohort position

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Where Scharnhorst B sits among Tier VI BBs (32 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.

BestTraverse-to-turn ratio6.51 × (1/32) BestMain battery range17.88 km (1/32) BestMain battery reload20 s (1/32) BestSecondary HE pen38 mm (1 of 3 tied) BestAP arming threshold47 mm (1/32) BestDeck armor150 mm (1/32) Top 10%AP velocity890 m/s (2/32) Top 10%HE velocity890 m/s (4/31) Top 10%Turn-speed retention200 hp/m (4/32) Top 10%Power-to-weight4.13 hp/t (3/32) Top 25%Max speed30 kt (7/32) Top 25%Sigma2 (5/32) Top 25%Secondary DPM (per side)232,048 (9/32) Top 25%Acceleration33.4 s (6/32) Top 25%Engine power160,000 hp (5/32) Top 25%Displacement38,703 t (8/32) Top 25%Flak per wave (expected)1,350 (8/32) Top 25%Citadel belt350 mm (8/32) Bottom 25%Hit points56,300 HP (27/32) Bottom 25%Secondary HE alpha1,700 (28/31) Bottom 25%Effective HE DPM (incl. fire)126,782 (25/31) Bottom 25%AA DPS248 (28/32) Bottom 25%AA range4.5 km (25/32) Bottom 25%AA threat839 (28/32) Bottom 25%End plates25 mm (27/32 / 27/32) Bottom 10%AP pen at 10 km365 mm (31/32) WorstMain battery caliber283 mm (32/32) WorstHE shell damage3,200 (31/31) WorstHE fire chance20% (31/31) WorstAP shell damage7,600 (32/32) WorstMain dispersion241.3 m (32/32) WorstAP fuse timer0.01 s (32/32) WorstTorpedo range6 km (1 of 3 tied)

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Not standouts for Scharnhorst B -- 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.

Concealment14.64 km(21/32) Air detection11.71 km(20/32) Rudder shift14.6 s(14/32) Fires per minute5.4(22/31) HE DPM86,400(24/31) AP DPM205,200(15/32) Secondary fire chance8%(19/31) Secondary range5 km(16/32) Torpedo speed64 kt(3/6) Torpedo reload68 s(3/6) Repair charges3(15/32) Max armor350 mm(20/32) NormSecondary dispersion bracket57(25 of 32 tied at this value) NormAP ricochet start45°(28 of 32 tied at this value) NormAP auto-bounce angle60°(28 of 32 tied at this value) NormTurn speed retained81%(31 of 32 tied at this value) NormTorpedo damage≈12,700(4 of 6 tied at this value) NormRepair heal rate0.5 %/s(19 of 32 tied at this value)

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Stats & specs

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Survivability

Hit Points56,300

Displacement38,703 t

Armor range13–350 mm

Plate armor thicknesses13, 16, 20, 25, 32, 35, 40, 45, 50, 60, 70, 80, 90, 95, 100, 105, 110, 150, 200, 260, 350 mm

Armor material/layer entries60

Fire resistance30%

Fire duration60 s

Torp Reduction22%

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.

28,200

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.

16,900

Effective HP

Base 56,300 HP plus everything Repair Party can restore: 0.5%/s x 28 s = 7,882 HP per charge, x3 charges = 23,646 HP. Ceiling, not a prediction: a charge only restores damage actually taken, and only the regeneratable share of it. Across 1,826 players in our replay corpus the median ship realized about half of this, mostly because half the charges go unspent — when Repair Party IS pressed it returns ~97% of the per-charge figure above.

79,946

Repairable: penetration50%

Repairable: citadel10%

Repairable: steering gear50%

Main Battery

ModuleArtillery: 283 mm L/54.5 Drh LC/34

Mounts / barrels3 mounts / 9 barrels

Reload time20 s

Firing range17.9 km

Turret traverse7.2 °/s

Turret armor360 mm

AP pen max range263 mm

HE fire DPM vs T6 BB40382

Effective HE DPM vs T6 BB126782

Shell Grouping (σ)2

Max Horiz Disp

Horizontal dispersion ellipse width at max range, from the verified WoWS dispersion model:

σ_{H} = (\frac{R}{30} \cdot \frac{idealRadius - minRadius}{idealDistance} + minRadius) \cdot 30

= (\frac{17883}{30} \cdot \frac{12 - 2.2}{1000} + 2.2) \cdot 30 = 241.3 m

241.3 m

Max Vert Disp

Vertical dispersion ellipse height at max range:

σ_{V} = σ_{H} \cdot radiusOnMax

= 241.3 \cdot 0.6 = 144.8 m

144.8 m

Med Horiz Disp

50%-hit horizontal radius:

σ_{H, 50} = σ_{H} \cdot \frac{0.6}{σ}

= 241.3 \cdot \frac{0.6}{2} = 72.4 m

72.4 m

Med Vert Disp

50%-hit vertical radius:

σ_{V, 50} = σ_{V} \cdot \frac{0.6}{σ}

= 144.8 \cdot \frac{0.6}{2} = 43.4 m

43.4 m

Turret turn time

180 degrees / 7.2 deg/s traverse speed = 25 s.

25 s

Shells/min

9 broadside guns x 60 / 20 s base reload = 27.

HE shells

HE Damage3,200

HE Velocity890 m/s

Fire Chance20%

HE penetration

71 mm ≈ 283 mm caliber / 4 (improved HE penetration: German BBs, Yamato-class, and a handful of others).

71 mm

HE full-salvo alpha

3,200 HE damage x 9 broadside guns = 28,800.

28,800

HE DPM

28,800 HE full-salvo alpha x 60 / 20 s base reload = 86,400.

86,400

Fires/min

27 shells/min x 20% fire chance = 5.4.

5.4

AP shells

AP Damage7,600

AP Velocity890 m/s

Min Ricochet45 deg

Guaranteed Ricochet60 deg

Fuse Timer0.01 s

Fuse Threshold47 mm

AP overmatch

floor(283 mm caliber / 14.3) = 19 mm (AP auto-penetrates plating this thick or less).

19 mm

AP Pen Close

Canonical community AP formula (jcw780/wows_shell), 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 2312 \cdot 330^{0.69} \cdot {0.283}^{- 1.07} \cdot 890^{1.38} = 573.5 mm

. Matches the in-game spec card.

573.5 mm

AP Pen Far

Same formula at the ship's max firing range (22.4 km), where the shell has slowed to 470.9 m/s:

P = 10^{- 7} \cdot 2312 \cdot 330^{0.69} \cdot {0.283}^{- 1.07} \cdot {470.9}^{1.38} = 238.2 mm

238.2 mm

AP full-salvo alpha

7,600 AP damage x 9 broadside guns = 68,400.

68,400

AP DPM

68,400 AP full-salvo alpha x 60 / 20 s base reload = 205,200.

205,200

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 Drilling

Launchers / tubes2 launchers × 3 tubes = 6 tubes

Reload time68 s

Projectile speed64 kt

Range6 km

Maximum simulated damage

Estimate of WG's in-game value; matches the in-game port screen within ±5%. Saturation: most targets only intersect one hull section, so the sim transfers ~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 = 38, 100 \cdot 0.333 = 12, 700

≈ 12,700

Maximum damage (ammunition)

The ammunition card's 'Maximum Damage' stat, exact: warhead alpha / 3 plus the blast addend. This is the per-torpedo number most references quote; the 'Maximum simulated damage' row above is WG's separate geometry-sim stat from the launcher spec panel.

13,700

Torpedo detectability1.3 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{1.3 km}{64 kt \times 2.6} = 7.8 s

, equivalently

5000 \times detectability / (13 \times speed)

. Base value; commander torpedo-concealment skills lower it further. Community torpedo-reaction calculator by u/LorenDovah and u/The_ColorOutofSpace.

7.8 s

Flooding chance

Read straight from the game's own data: this torpedo carries a flooding-chance value of 2.27 per hit, shown as

2.27 \times 100 = 227 %

. Torpedo flood 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. Not shown on the in-game port screen.

227%

Torpedo launcher traverse25 °/s

Torp Turn

Time to rotate the launchers 180 deg:

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

7.2 s

Torp Arming198 m

Per-side salvo damage

One side firing, all torpedoes hitting: per-side tubes x per-torpedo simulated damage = 3 x 12,700 = 38,100.

38,100

AA Defense

AA mount points23

Maximum AA range

Longest-reaching family on the in-game AA card. Base AirDefense aura max range is 3.5 km; dual-purpose mount auras extend it.

4.5 km

37 mm Flakzwilling 308×2 37mm

20 mm Flak 3810×1 20mm

20 mm Flakvierling 385×4 20mm

105 mm L/65 Dop. L. C/31 (DP)

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

7×2 105mm

Guns105 mm L/65 Dop. L. C/31 (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 118 from dual-purpose secondaries firing as AA in this range band.

118

Range4.5 km

Guns37 mm Flakzwilling 30

Continuous DPS

Effective DPS: 12 raw aura damage × 3.5 × 0.75 hit probability = 32 - the same in-game units as the Close-range AA DPS headline.

Range3.5 km

Total DPS in Aura

Far 118 + Medium 32 = 150

150

Guns20 mm Flak 38 + 20 mm Flakvierling 38

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 118 + Medium 32 + Near 98 = 248

248

Bursts

Each ~2 s wave fires 2 quick salvos of 4 clouds ahead of the attacking squadron, plus 1 stray cloud farther out that appear off-beat between waves - up to 9 clouds per wave × 200 damage each. Planes that fly into a cloud take its damage; clouds dissipate before the next wave lands. Defensive AA Fire, where fitted, multiplies the salvo repeats within each wave.

2 salvos × 4 clouds + 1 outer

Cloud damage

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

200

Cloud spawn chance

Each cloud in the pattern rolls this chance to spawn, so waves 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%

Wave rate

A flak wave spawns roughly every 2 s - timed frame-by-frame from gameplay footage and consistent across ships.

every ~2 s

Fired by

Flak keeps firing while at least one secondary battery mount is operational - even losing every other 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 bursts can land short of 2.5 km or past 4.5 km - once planes get inside the band, new waves stop.

2.5-4.5 km

See the AA layers diagram ↓

Secondary Battery

Mounts15

Firing range5.0 km

Shell Grouping (σ)1

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

Caliber105 mm

Reload time3.35 s

HE Damage1,200

Muzzle Velocity900 m/s

Fire Chance5%

Armor Pen20 mm

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Caliber150 mm

Reload time7.5 s

HE Damage1,700

Muzzle Velocity875 m/s

Fire Chance8%

Armor Pen38 mm

Caliber150 mm

Reload time7.5 s

HE Damage1,700

Muzzle Velocity875 m/s

Fire Chance8%

Armor Pen38 mm

Maneuverability

Engine power160,000 hp

Maximum speed30 kt

Turning circle radius800 m

Rudder shift time14.6 s

Engine power-boost threshold7 kt

Engine spool-up time23 s

Reverse spool-up time11.5 s

Acceleration 0-90%

Time to reach 90% of top speed (27.0 kt of 30 kt), from our in-house acceleration model.

33.4 s

Acceleration 0-99%

Time to reach 99% of top speed (29.7 kt of 30 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.

52.7 s

Traverse-to-turn ratio

How many degrees the turret can swing for each degree the hull turns. Turn rate

ω_{hull} = \frac{180}{π} \cdot \frac{V_{max} (m/s)}{R_{turn}} = \frac{180}{π} \cdot \frac{30.0 \cdot 0.5144}{800} = 1.11 ° / s

, so

ratio = \frac{ω_{turret}}{ω_{hull}} = \frac{7.2}{1.11} = 6.5 \times

. Below 5 the turrets drag in a turning fight; 25+ keeps up with any rudder.

6.5× slow

See the full acceleration curve ↓

Concealment

Detectability by sea14.64 km

Detectability by air11.71 km

Smoke firing penalty10.73 km

Detect after firing main guns

max(base sea detectability, gun-firing bloom range). Firing never pulls your detection closer than base concealment.

14.64 km

Detect Fire Sea16.64 km

Detect Fire Air14.71 km

Guaranteed Detect2 km

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Consumables

Damage Control Party∞ charges · 80 s reload · 15 s active

Repair Party3 charges · 80 s reload · 28 s active · 7,882 HP (14% of max HP) total heal (per charge)
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Heal per second (0.5%) x effective active time (28 s) = up to 14% of max HP restored per charge.
· 23,646 HP (42% of max HP) total heal (all charges)
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14% per charge x 3 charges = up to 42% of max HP if the whole Repair Party loadout is used.
· 282 HP/s (0.5% of max HP) heal per second
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0.5% of max HP (56,300 HP) per second = 282 HP/s. WoWS heals a flat percent of MAX HP each second, so this rate holds at any health level.

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Catapult Fighter3 charges · 80 s reload · 90 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

Secondary Battery Booster3 charges · 160 s reload · 30 s active · +100% grouping · -50% dispersion

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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

Max Horiz Disp241.3 m

Horizontal dispersion ellipse width at max range, from the verified WoWS dispersion model:  $σ_{H} = (\frac{R}{30} \cdot \frac{idealRadius - minRadius}{idealDistance} + minRadius) \cdot 30$   $= (\frac{17883}{30} \cdot \frac{12 - 2.2}{1000} + 2.2) \cdot 30 = 241.3 m$

Shell scatter width @ 5 km115 m

Horizontal scatter at a fixed 5 km, from the same verified dispersion model as the rows below - a knife-fight-range anchor comparable across ships.

Shell scatter width @ 10 km164 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 km213 m

Horizontal scatter at a fixed 15 km, from the same verified dispersion model - the long-range anchor. Only shown when the ship's guns reach 15 km.

Max Vert Disp144.8 m

Vertical dispersion ellipse height at max range: $σ_{V} = σ_{H} \cdot radiusOnMax$ $= 241.3 \cdot 0.6 = 144.8 m$

Shell scatter height @ 10 km83.9 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  $delim \cdot R_{m a x} = 0.5 \cdot 17883 = 8942$  m, and  $radiusOnMax = 0.6$  at 17883 m. Above the kink:  $k = 0.5 + (0.6 - 0.5) \cdot \frac{10000 - 8942}{17883 - 8942} = 0.5118$ , so  $σ_{V} = σ_{H} \cdot k = 164 \cdot 0.5118 = 83.9 m$ .

Med Horiz Disp72.4 m

50%-hit horizontal radius: $σ_{H, 50} = σ_{H} \cdot \frac{0.6}{σ}$ $= 241.3 \cdot \frac{0.6}{2} = 72.4 m$

Med Vert Disp43.4 m

50%-hit vertical radius: $σ_{V, 50} = σ_{V} \cdot \frac{0.6}{σ}$ $= 144.8 \cdot \frac{0.6}{2} = 43.4 m$

AP Pen Close573.5 mm

Canonical community AP formula (jcw780/wows_shell), evaluated at muzzle velocity:  $P = 10^{- 7} \cdot K \cdot m^{0.69} \cdot d^{- 1.07} \cdot v_{0}^{1.38}$   $= 10^{- 7} \cdot 2312 \cdot 330^{0.69} \cdot {0.283}^{- 1.07} \cdot 890^{1.38} = 573.5 mm$ . Matches the in-game spec card.

AP Pen Far238.2 mm

Same formula at the ship's max firing range (22.4 km), where the shell has slowed to 470.9 m/s:  $P = 10^{- 7} \cdot 2312 \cdot 330^{0.69} \cdot {0.283}^{- 1.07} \cdot {470.9}^{1.38} = 238.2 mm$ .

AP pen 5 km462 mm

AP penetration at a fixed 5 km, read off the same PC-validated ballistic curve as AP Pen Close/Far: the shell's impact velocity at that range fed through the canonical community AP formula  $P = 10^{- 7} \cdot K \cdot m^{0.69} \cdot d^{- 1.07} \cdot v^{1.38}$ . Fixed anchors make ships directly comparable at the same fighting distance; the Charts card plots the full curve.

AP pen 10 km365 mm

AP penetration at a fixed 10 km, read off the same PC-validated ballistic curve as AP Pen Close/Far: the shell's impact velocity at that range fed through the canonical community AP formula  $P = 10^{- 7} \cdot K \cdot m^{0.69} \cdot d^{- 1.07} \cdot v^{1.38}$ . Fixed anchors make ships directly comparable at the same fighting distance; the Charts card plots the full curve.

AP pen 15 km294 mm

AP penetration at a fixed 15 km, read off the same PC-validated ballistic curve as AP Pen Close/Far: the shell's impact velocity at that range fed through the canonical community AP formula  $P = 10^{- 7} \cdot K \cdot m^{0.69} \cdot d^{- 1.07} \cdot v^{1.38}$ . Fixed anchors make ships directly comparable at the same fighting distance; the Charts card plots the full curve.

AP flight time @ 10 km4.81 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:  $k = \frac{π C_{d} d^{2}}{8 m} = \frac{π \cdot 0.2827 \cdot {0.283}^{2}}{8 \cdot 330} = 2.69 \times 10^{- 5}$ . That runs from a 890 m/s muzzle velocity in 0.02 s steps under gravity 9.8 m/s² until the shell lands, then divides by 2.77: the game clock runs faster than real time, and that factor was measured against stopwatch runs in the Training Room. Lower is better, since a faster shell is harder to dodge and needs less lead.

HE flight time @ 10 km4.85 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:  $k = \frac{π C_{d} d^{2}}{8 m} = \frac{π \cdot 0.2827 \cdot {0.283}^{2}}{8 \cdot 315} = 2.82 \times 10^{- 5}$ . That runs from a 890 m/s muzzle velocity in 0.02 s steps under gravity 9.8 m/s² until the shell lands, then divides by 2.77: the game clock runs faster than real time, and that factor was measured against stopwatch runs in the Training Room. Lower is better, since a faster shell is harder to dodge and needs less lead.

HE penetration71 mm

71 mm ≈ 283 mm caliber / 4 (improved HE penetration: German BBs, Yamato-class, and a handful of others).

Improved HE PenYes

This ship's HE shells use a 1/4 (~0.25) caliber-to-pen ratio instead of the standard 1/6 (~0.167) - 0.251 in this case. Lets HE pen ~70mm armor instead of ~47mm. Hits every German cruiser (150mm CL, 203mm CA) and BB (350mm+), British heavy cruisers / Lion / Nelson, a handful of other premiums.

AP overmatch19 mm

floor(283 mm caliber / 14.3) = 19 mm (AP auto-penetrates plating this thick or less).

AP AOE Radius60

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 alpha9

All 9 barrels bear on the broadside.

Turret turn time25 s

180 degrees / 7.2 deg/s traverse speed = 25 s.

HE full-salvo alpha28,800

3,200 HE damage x 9 broadside guns = 28,800.

AP full-salvo alpha68,400

7,600 AP damage x 9 broadside guns = 68,400.

HE DPM86,400

28,800 HE full-salvo alpha x 60 / 20 s base reload = 86,400.

AP DPM205,200

68,400 AP full-salvo alpha x 60 / 20 s base reload = 205,200.

Shells/min27

9 broadside guns x 60 / 20 s base reload = 27.

Fires/min5.4

27 shells/min x 20% fire chance = 5.4.

Torpedoes

Torpedo detectability1.3 km

Estimated torpedo reaction time7.8 s

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

Torpedo speed64 kt

Travel time to max range36.1 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 damage76,200

All tubes hitting one target: tubes x per-torpedo simulated damage = 6 x 12,700 = 76,200.

Per-side salvo damage38,100

One side firing, all torpedoes hitting: per-side tubes x per-torpedo simulated damage = 3 x 12,700 = 38,100.

AA defense

AA DPS at max range118

Only families that reach 4.5 km contribute at the outer edge of the AA bubble. In-game families: 37mm SKC 30 twin 8x2 -> 32 DPS @ 3.5 km; 20mm Flak 38 10x1 -> 65 DPS @ 2 km; 20mm Flack 38 quad 5x4 -> 33 DPS @ 2 km; 105 mm SKC 33 7x2 -> 118 DPS @ 4.5 km.

Maximum AA range4.5 km

Longest-reaching family on the in-game AA card. Base AirDefense aura max range is 3.5 km; dual-purpose mount auras extend it.

AA DPS layered by range118 DPS @ 4.5 km, 150 DPS @ 3.5 km, 248 DPS @ 2 km

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-blank248

Sum of every family's average DPS, achievable only inside the closest-range family (2 km).

AA threat index839

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 dispersion

Secondary dispersion typeStandard

Max dispersion = range (km) × 57 + 30. Each dispersion type sets its own slope; this is not a percentage applied to a standard baseline.

Max secondary dispersion @ 5 km315 m

5 km × 57 + 30 = 315 m.

Secondary battery firepower

Secondary DPM (per side)232,048

Sum across all secondary families of (per-side barrels × 60 / reload_s × alpha), where per-side barrels = mounts × barrels-per-mount / 2 (the guns that bear on one broadside target). Per-family: 7×2 105 mm (7/side) × 60/3.35 × 1200 = 150,448 + 4×2 150 mm (4/side) × 60/7.5 × 1700 = 54,400 + 4×1 150 mm (2/side) × 60/7.5 × 1700 = 27,200. Assumes every shell hits (real hit rate is lower; the Brawl matchup tool on the Compare page folds in dispersion + target armor).

Max HE alpha1700

Maximum HE damage per shell across secondary HE families. Best on this ship: 1700 from the 150 mm family.

Max HE fire chance8%

Maximum per-shell fire chance across secondary HE families (before target fire resistance is applied). Best on this ship: 8% from the 150 mm family.

Max HE pen38 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: 38 mm from the 150 mm family.

Armor Beta

Hull HP 56,300, 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.

Bow & stern25 mm

Overmatched by 80+ guns across the bracket. Can’t reliably bow-tank; gets bow-citadelled and overpenned.

Belt / citadel350 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 30%, fires burn 60s. Range-by-range in the Compare tool →

Section	Plates	HP cap	Threats	Tactic
Bow	25 mm primary (range 25–70 mm)	2,000 (4% of HP)	Overmatched by 380mm+ (Bayern, Richelieu)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)	150 mm primary (range 20–350 mm)	42,200 (75% of HP)	No common caliber overmatches150 mm: no common HE pens	Largest HP pool. Citadel sits behind these plates; thinner deck and side plating absorb the rest.
Stern	25 mm primary (range 25–90 mm)	1,500 (3% of HP)	Overmatched by 380mm+ (Bayern, Richelieu)Angle bounces 356mm25 mm: HE pens from 150mm+	Mirror of bow. Same fast saturation.
Citadel	350 mm primary (range 13–350 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	16 mm	5,100 (9% 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	28,200 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 (150 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 (37 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	16,900 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.

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