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Shigure

Also called: 时雨 Beta

Japan · Tier VII · Destroyer · Premium

Torpedo destroyerSpot and strike with torps; trade guns only when ahead.

Playstyle

Work the flanks of a capture zone at 7 to 9 km, beyond her own detection range
Her 11.5 km torpedoes reach ships pushing a cap without her being spotted
Avoid: Trading gunfire with other destroyers

Key characteristics

Long, heavy torpedoes (11.5 km)Stealthy (6.6 km)Exhaust SmokeEngine BoostHeavy HE shellsFragile

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Shigure Community Stats

Shigure has 8 Standard battles from 3 players so far, too few for stable community averages.

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Playstyle

Overview

Shigure is a Japanese Tier VII premium destroyer built around her torpedoes. Two quadruple 610 mm launchers fire Type 90 torpedoes with about 19,567 maximum simulated damage each, reaching 11.5 km at 67 knots and reloading in 87 s. Her 6.58 km surface detectability is among the best of Tier VII destroyers, so she can usually choose when a fight starts. Sonar (3 charges, 60 s, 4.35 km) finds destroyers hiding in smoke and spots incoming torpedoes. Her four 127 mm guns are a backup weapon, not her damage source.

Positioning

Work the flanks of a capture zone at 7 to 9 km, beyond her own detection range, and launch along the lanes enemy battleships and cruisers will sail into. Her 11.5 km torpedoes reach ships pushing a cap without her being spotted, and at 1.6 km torpedo detectability a target gets about 8.9 s to react. Save Sonar for contesting a cap against another destroyer or for a smoke screen that may be hiding a target. Her Exhaust Smoke Generator lays smoke behind her as she moves instead of a standing cloud, so use it to break contact and reposition, not to hold a spot or cover teammates.

Potato Avoidance

Trading gunfire with other destroyers

Her 14,200 HP is among the lowest at Tier VII (only Kirisame and Yudachi carry less), and four guns reloading in 5.2 s lose most straight gun duels. At 34 knots she is slower than most destroyers at her tier, so once a gunboat or cruiser has her spotted she cannot simply run. Disengage early with the exhaust smoke and Engine Boost, and let the torpedoes win the trade.

Signature Traits

Engine Boost

+8% speed (about +2.7 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.

Best-in-class stealth ↗

6.6 km surface detect, top decile of T7 DDs. Stays dark longer.

Heavy torpedoes ↗

19567 damage per torpedo, top quartile of T7 DDs.

Heavy HE shells ↗

2150 damage per HE shell, top quartile of T7 DDs. Punishes superstructure and modules harder than peers.

Low AP DPM ↗

99231 AP DPM, bottom decile of T7 DDs. Citadel windows matter more than spam.

Fragile HP pool ↗

14200 HP, bottom decile of T7 DDs. Trade hits sparingly.

Acquisition

How to get Shigure

Shigure is a Premium ship and not available to unlock in the Tech Tree. Acquisition path: Store rental.

Store rentalRental in the Legends Store (October 2026).

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

Builds

Invest in torpedo reload first, because the 87 s cycle is her main damage lever, then in concealment to widen the gap between her 6.58 km detectability and the enemy's spotting range. Skills that extend Sonar or shorten consumable reloads come next. Survivability skills that add HP or cut fire damage help her live through the gun fights she will sometimes be forced into. Choose inspirations for torpedo reload and concealment over main battery bonuses.

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Cohort position

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Where Shigure sits among Tier VII DDs (41 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%Stealth profile6.58 km / 3.29 km (4/42 / 3/42) Top 10%Displacement1,980 t (2/42) Top 25%Smoke fire bloom2.46 km (9/42) Top 25%Main dispersion94.9 m (9/37) Top 25%AP velocity915 m/s (6/33) Top 25%HE velocity915 m/s (6/35) Top 25%Time to 90% speed16 s (7/42) Top 25%Torpedo range11.5 km (10/38) Top 25%Torpedo damage≈19,567 (7/38) Bottom 25%Max speed34 kt (34/42) Bottom 25%Rudder shift4.4 s (33/42) Bottom 25%Main battery range10.65 km (31/37) Bottom 25%HE DPM99,231 (28/35) Bottom 25%Engine power42,000 hp (35/42) Bottom 25%Effective HE DPM (incl. fire)130,015 (30/35) Bottom 25%AA range3.1 km (33/42) Bottom 25%Torpedo reaction time8.9 s (32/38) Bottom 10%Hit points14,200 HP (40/42) Bottom 10%AP DPM99,231 (32/33) WorstNo secondaries (35 of 42 in cohort)

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Not standouts for Shigure -- 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.

Turning circle590 m(13/42) Traverse-to-turn ratio7.07 ×(22/37) Main battery caliber127 mm(23/37) Main battery reload5.2 s(26/37) HE fire chance9%(11/35) Fires per minute4.15(26/35) Acceleration (0-12 kt)5.2 s(24/42) AP arming threshold21 mm(15/33) Turn-speed retention71.2 hp/m(32/42) Power-to-weight21.21 hp/t(12/42) AA DPS139(27/42) AA threat399(27/42) Torpedo speed67 kt(15/38) Torpedo reload87 s(13/38) Max armor20 mm(27/42) Citadel belt20 mm(25/42) Bow armor19 mm(22/42) Stern armor19 mm(23/42) NormAP fuse timer0.01 s(25 of 33 tied at this value) NormAP ricochet start45°(25 of 33 tied at this value) NormAP auto-bounce angle60°(25 of 33 tied at this value) NormTurn speed retained81%(40 of 42 tied at this value)

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Stats & specs

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Survivability

Hit Points14,200

Displacement1,980 t

Hull dimensions

Length x beam at the waterline, with the hull's draft where the client carries one. Ships whose client entry holds only the 260 x 20 m placeholder use a curated real-world figure instead, and any ship we have no trustworthy size for omits this row rather than print the placeholder. Length matters when dodging torpedoes; beam and draft shape how hard the ship is to hit.

109.5 x 9.9 m

Armor range6–20 mm

Plate armor thicknesses6, 10, 13, 19, 20 mm

Armor material/layer entries22

Fire resistance

top hull: 1 − 0.6337 fire coefficient = 36.6%. Does not reduce the damage a burning fire does per second: replay-measured burn ticks run at the full rate on every ship. By elimination it lowers how often hits set you on fire; ignition-rate replay data is consistent with that but too confounded by attacker mix to measure the reduction directly.

36.6%

Fire duration30 s

Fire damage

One unattended fire: 0.3% of max HP per second × 30 s = 9% of the pool = 9% × 14,200 HP = 1,278 HP on this ship. 4 fire points can burn at once. Verified against measured burn ticks in replay data.

0.3% of HP per second

Flood duration40 s

Flood damage

One unattended flood: 0.25% of max HP per second × 40 s = 10% of the pool = 10% × 14,200 HP = 1,420 HP on this ship. Verified against measured flood ticks in replay data.

0.25% of HP per second

Torp Reduction

1 − 0.333 hull torpedo-damage coefficient / 0.333 unprotected baseline = 0%. Reduces torpedo hit damage. Replay data shows no effect on floods: flood ticks run at the full rate and flood frequency does not decline with protection.

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.

4,300

Repairable: penetration50%

Repairable: steering gear50%

Bow section HP

Damage saturation pool for the bow: penetrations here deal their normal share until roughly this much damage has landed on the section, then further hits on it deal half damage. Our replay analysis shows the step: once a section is saturated, a penetration there deals exactly half (Plymouth AP 1,125 to 563). Across 415 such steps in 180 battles, about 3 in 4 later penetrations on that ship dealt half; the rest landed on sections not yet saturated. 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.

1,900

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 roughly this much damage has landed on the section, then further hits on it deal half damage. Our replay analysis shows the step: once a section is saturated, a penetration there deals exactly half (Plymouth AP 1,125 to 563). Across 415 such steps in 180 battles, about 3 in 4 later penetrations on that ship dealt half; the rest landed on sections not yet saturated. 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.

10,700

Superstructure section HP

Damage saturation pool for the superstructure: penetrations here deal their normal share until roughly this much damage has landed on the section, then further hits on it deal half damage. Our replay analysis shows the step: once a section is saturated, a penetration there deals exactly half (Plymouth AP 1,125 to 563). Across 415 such steps in 180 battles, about 3 in 4 later penetrations on that ship dealt half; the rest landed on sections not yet saturated. 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.

600

Stern section HP

Damage saturation pool for the stern: penetrations here deal their normal share until roughly this much damage has landed on the section, then further hits on it deal half damage. Our replay analysis shows the step: once a section is saturated, a penetration there deals exactly half (Plymouth AP 1,125 to 563). Across 415 such steps in 180 battles, about 3 in 4 later penetrations on that ship dealt half; the rest landed on sections not yet saturated. 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.

1,700

Main Battery

ModuleArtillery: 127 mm 3rd Year Type

Mounts / barrels2 mounts / 4 barrels

Reload time5.2 s

Firing range10.7 km

Turret traverse12 °/s

Turret armor20 mm

Turret traverse arcs

How far each mount can train, in degrees to either side of the mount's own facing. A rear turret with ±150° leaves a 60° blind wedge over the bow; one-sided arcs are wing mounts that cover a single side. The data does not say which way each mount faces, so the arcs are listed per mount without bow/stern angles.

2x ±150°

Guns to bear

180° − 150° (the most restricted aft-facing mount's arc) = 30° off bow; 180° − 150° (the most restricted forward-facing mount's arc) = 30° 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. Mount facing is inferred from turret stations and verified against known layouts, including Izumo's aft-facing forward turret.

30° off bow / 30° 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 (10.7 km) shells land in an ellipse about 95 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 verified WoWS dispersion model:

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

= (\frac{10650}{30} \cdot \frac{8 - 0.5}{1000} + 0.5) \cdot 30 = 94.9 m

94.9 m at 10.7 km

Max Vert Disp

Vertical dispersion ellipse height at max range:

σ_{V} = σ_{H} \cdot radiusOnMax

= 94.9 \cdot 0.6 = 56.9 m

56.9 m at 10.7 km

Med Horiz Disp

50%-hit horizontal radius:

σ_{H, 50} = σ_{H} \cdot \frac{0.6}{σ}

= 94.9 \cdot \frac{0.6}{2} = 28.5 m

28.5 m at 10.7 km

Med Vert Disp

50%-hit vertical radius:

σ_{V, 50} = σ_{V} \cdot \frac{0.6}{σ}

= 56.9 \cdot \frac{0.6}{2} = 17.1 m

17.1 m at 10.7 km

Turret turn time

180 degrees / 12 deg/s traverse speed = 15 s.

15 s

Shells/min

Zero upgrades: 4 broadside guns x 60 / 5.2 s base reload = 46.2. All upgrades (Main Battery Mod. 3 = -10% reload): 4 broadside guns x 60 / 4.7 s all-upgrades reload = 51.1.

Initial: 46.2 → 51.1

HE shells

HE alpha2,150

HE Velocity915 m/s

Fire Chance9%

HE fire DPM vs T7 BB30812

Effective HE DPM vs T7 BB130043

HE penetration

21 mm ≈ 127 mm caliber / 6 (standard HE penetration ratio).

21 mm

HE full-salvo alpha

2,150 HE damage x 4 broadside guns = 8,600.

8,600

HE DPM

Zero upgrades: 8,600 HE full-salvo alpha x 60 / 5.2 s base reload = 99,231. All upgrades (Main Battery Mod. 3 = -10% reload): 8,600 HE full-salvo alpha x 60 / 4.7 s all-upgrades reload = 109,787.

Initial: 99,231 → 109,787

Fires/min

Zero upgrades: 46.2 shells/min x 9% fire chance = 4.15. All upgrades (Main Battery Mod. 3 = -10% reload): 51.1 shells/min x 9% fire chance = 4.6.

Initial: 4.15 → 4.6

AP shells

AP alpha2,150

AP Velocity915 m/s

Min Ricochet45 deg

Guaranteed Ricochet60 deg

Fuse Timer0.01 s

Fuse Threshold21 mm

AP overmatch

floor(127 mm caliber / 14.3) = 8 mm (AP auto-penetrates plating this thick or less).

8 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 2266 \cdot 23^{0.69} \cdot {0.127}^{- 1.07} \cdot 915^{1.38} = 219 mm

. Matches the in-game spec card.

219 mm point-blank

AP Pen Far

Same formula at the ship's max firing range (10.7 km), where the shell has slowed to 297.7 m/s:

P = 10^{- 7} \cdot 2266 \cdot 23^{0.69} \cdot {0.127}^{- 1.07} \cdot {297.7}^{1.38} = 46.5 mm

46.5 mm at 10.7 km

AP full-salvo alpha

2,150 AP damage x 4 broadside guns = 8,600.

8,600

AP DPM

Zero upgrades: 8,600 AP full-salvo alpha x 60 / 5.2 s base reload = 99,231. All upgrades (Main Battery Mod. 3 = -10% reload): 8,600 AP full-salvo alpha x 60 / 4.7 s all-upgrades reload = 109,787.

Initial: 99,231 → 109,787

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: 610 mm quadruple

Launchers / tubes2 launchers × 4 tubes = 8 tubes

Reload time87 s

Projectile speed67 kt

Range11.5 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 = 58, 700 \cdot 0.333 = 19, 567

≈ 19,567

Maximum damage (ammunition)

58,700 warhead alpha / 3 + 1,400 blast = 20,967. 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.

20,967

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}{67 kt \times 2.6855} = 8.9 s

. The 2.6855 m/s-per-knot game-speed factor is calibrated from in-game measurement; the community's traditional 2.6 reads about 3% slower. Base value; commander torpedo-concealment skills lower it further. Community torpedo-reaction calculator by u/LorenDovah and u/The_ColorOutofSpace.

8.9 s

Flooding chance

Read straight from the game's own data: this torpedo carries a flooding-chance value of 2.87 per hit, shown as

2.87 \times 100 = 287 %

. 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.

287%

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 Arming210 m

Per-side salvo damage

One side firing, all torpedoes hitting: per-side tubes x per-torpedo simulated damage = 8 x 19,567 = 156,536.

156,536

AA Defense

AA mount points23

Maximum AA range

Longest-reaching family on the in-game AA card. Base AirDefense aura max range is 3.1 km; dual-purpose mount auras extend it.

3.1 km

25 mm Type96 mod. 13×3 25mm

25 mm/60 Type96 mod. 115×1 25mm

25 mm Type96 mod. 11×2 25mm

13 mm Type934×1 13mm

Guns25 mm Type96 mod. 1 + 25 mm/60 Type96 mod. 1

Continuous DPS

Effective DPS: 37 raw aura damage × 3.5 × 0.95 hit probability = 123 - the same in-game units as the Close-range AA DPS headline.

123

Range3.1 km

Guns13 mm Type93

Continuous DPS

Effective DPS: 5 raw aura damage × 3.5 × 0.95 hit probability = 17 - the same in-game units as the Close-range AA DPS headline.

Range1.2 km

Total DPS in Aura

Outer Near 123 + Inner Near 17 = 140

140

See the AA layers diagram ↓

Maneuverability

Engine power42,000 hp

Maximum speed34 kt

Turning circle radius590 m

Rudder shift time4.4 s

Engine power-boost threshold7 kt

Engine spool-up time7.7 s

Reverse spool-up time3.8 s

Reverse speed

top speed / 4 + 4.9 = 34 / 4 + 4.9 = 13.4 kt. The community reverse-speed model from the WoWs ShipBuilder project, the same source as the acceleration model on this card. Base value; speed modifiers scale it. Not shown on the in-game card.

13.4 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. Same community-model simulation as the acceleration times, using the ship's own reverse-power ratio. The full curve is on the acceleration chart. A real replay test (one ship, not this one) measured full reverse stopping about a quarter faster than a plain Stop order from top speed, and about a tenth faster from full reverse speed; this simulation only covers the full-reverse case.

13.5 s

Engine boost threshold (reverse)

Speed below which the engine's built-in power boost applies in reverse. Matches the in-game maneuverability card's reverse threshold (Vampire II reads 10.5 here and the card shows 11; the card rounds half up).

10.5 kt

Acceleration 0-90%

Time to reach 90% of top speed (30.6 kt of 34 kt), from our in-house acceleration model.

16 s

Acceleration 0-99%

Time to reach 99% of top speed (33.7 kt of 34 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.

27.1 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{34.0 \cdot 0.5144}{590} = 1.70 ° / s

, so

ratio = \frac{ω_{turret}}{ω_{hull}} = \frac{12}{1.70} = 7.1 \times

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

7.1× ok

See the full acceleration curve ↓

Concealment

Detectability by sea6.58 km

Detectability by air3.29 km

Smoke firing penalty2.46 km

Detect when firing (sea)

max(main battery range, sea detectability 6.58 km) = 10.65 km. Equal to the ship's main battery range (never below base detectability): firing makes you visible to everyone you can reach. Matches the in-game 'Detect Firing Sea' value on all 8 unmodified captures, and range-modified captures track the modified range.

10.65 km

Detect when firing (air)

Air detectability 3.29 km + gun-firing bloom 2.54 km = 5.83 km. The bloom tracks main-battery caliber x 0.020. Matches the in-game 'Detect Firing Air' value on every captured ship.

5.83 km

Detect when on fire (sea)

Sea detectability 6.58 km + 2.0 km while burning = 8.58 km; matches the in-game 'Detect Fire Sea' value on every captured ship.

8.58 km

Detect when on fire (air)

Air detectability 3.29 km + 3.0 km while burning = 6.29 km; matches the in-game 'Detect Fire Air' value on every captured ship.

6.29 km

Guaranteed Detect2 km

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Consumables

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

Exhaust Smoke Generator2 charges · 240 s reload · 90 s emit / 10 s cloud active · 600 m radius

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

Sonar3 charges · 110 s reload · 60 s active · 4.35 km ship detect
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Derived from the consumable's 30 m grid-unit range (km = grid units x 30 / 1000): $\frac{145 \times 30}{1000} = 4.35 km$
· 4.35 km torpedo detect
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Derived from the consumable's 30 m grid-unit range (km = grid units x 30 / 1000): $\frac{145 \times 30}{1000} = 4.35 km$

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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

Dispersion typeStandard destroyer

In practice: the baseline curve for a standard destroyer -- at max range (10.7 km) shells land in an ellipse about 95 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.

vs standard DDStandard

The standard destroyer dispersion curve.

Max Horiz Disp94.9 m at 10.7 km

Horizontal dispersion ellipse width at max range, from the verified WoWS dispersion model:  $σ_{H} = (\frac{R}{30} \cdot \frac{idealRadius - minRadius}{idealDistance} + minRadius) \cdot 30$   $= (\frac{10650}{30} \cdot \frac{8 - 0.5}{1000} + 0.5) \cdot 30 = 94.9 m$

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 verified 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.

Max Vert Disp56.9 m at 10.7 km

Vertical dispersion ellipse height at max range: $σ_{V} = σ_{H} \cdot radiusOnMax$ $= 94.9 \cdot 0.6 = 56.9 m$

Shell scatter height @ 5 km25.3 m

How tall the scatter ellipse is at a fixed 5 km, from the same verified 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  $delim \cdot R_{m a x} = 0.5 \cdot 10650 = 5325$  m, and  $radiusOnMax = 0.6$  at 10650 m. Below the kink:  $k = 0.2 + (0.5 - 0.2) \cdot \frac{5000}{5325} = 0.4817$ , so  $σ_{V} = σ_{H} \cdot k = 52.5 \cdot 0.4817 = 25.3 m$ .

Shell scatter height @ 10 km52.9 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  $delim \cdot R_{m a x} = 0.5 \cdot 10650 = 5325$  m, and  $radiusOnMax = 0.6$  at 10650 m. Above the kink:  $k = 0.5 + (0.6 - 0.5) \cdot \frac{10000 - 5325}{10650 - 5325} = 0.5878$ , so  $σ_{V} = σ_{H} \cdot k = 90 \cdot 0.5878 = 52.9 m$ .

Med Horiz Disp28.5 m at 10.7 km

50%-hit horizontal radius: $σ_{H, 50} = σ_{H} \cdot \frac{0.6}{σ}$ $= 94.9 \cdot \frac{0.6}{2} = 28.5 m$

Med Vert Disp17.1 m at 10.7 km

50%-hit vertical radius: $σ_{V, 50} = σ_{V} \cdot \frac{0.6}{σ}$ $= 56.9 \cdot \frac{0.6}{2} = 17.1 m$

AP Pen Close219 mm point-blank

Canonical community AP formula (jcw780/wows_shell), evaluated at muzzle velocity:  $P = 10^{- 7} \cdot K \cdot m^{0.69} \cdot d^{- 1.07} \cdot v_{0}^{1.38}$   $= 10^{- 7} \cdot 2266 \cdot 23^{0.69} \cdot {0.127}^{- 1.07} \cdot 915^{1.38} = 219 mm$ . Matches the in-game spec card.

AP Pen Far46.5 mm at 10.7 km

Same formula at the ship's max firing range (10.7 km), where the shell has slowed to 297.7 m/s:  $P = 10^{- 7} \cdot 2266 \cdot 23^{0.69} \cdot {0.127}^{- 1.07} \cdot {297.7}^{1.38} = 46.5 mm$ .

AP flight time @ 10 km7.25 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:  $k = \frac{π C_{d} d^{2}}{8 m} = \frac{π \cdot 0.334 \cdot {0.127}^{2}}{8 \cdot 23} = 9.2 \times 10^{- 5}$ . That runs from a 915 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 km7.25 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:  $k = \frac{π C_{d} d^{2}}{8 m} = \frac{π \cdot 0.334 \cdot {0.127}^{2}}{8 \cdot 23} = 9.2 \times 10^{- 5}$ . That runs from a 915 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 penetration21 mm

21 mm ≈ 127 mm caliber / 6 (standard HE penetration ratio).

AP overmatch8 mm

floor(127 mm caliber / 14.3) = 8 mm (AP auto-penetrates plating this thick or less).

AP AOE Radius13

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.

Guns per full salvo (alpha, DPM)4

2 mounts × 2 barrels = 4; all 4 bear on the broadside.

Turret turn time15 s

180 degrees / 12 deg/s traverse speed = 15 s.

HE full-salvo alpha8,600

2,150 HE damage x 4 broadside guns = 8,600.

AP full-salvo alpha8,600

2,150 AP damage x 4 broadside guns = 8,600.

HE DPMInitial: 99,231 → 109,787

Zero upgrades: 8,600 HE full-salvo alpha x 60 / 5.2 s base reload = 99,231. All upgrades (Main Battery Mod. 3 = -10% reload): 8,600 HE full-salvo alpha x 60 / 4.7 s all-upgrades reload = 109,787.

AP DPMInitial: 99,231 → 109,787

Zero upgrades: 8,600 AP full-salvo alpha x 60 / 5.2 s base reload = 99,231. All upgrades (Main Battery Mod. 3 = -10% reload): 8,600 AP full-salvo alpha x 60 / 4.7 s all-upgrades reload = 109,787.

Shells/minInitial: 46.2 → 51.1

Zero upgrades: 4 broadside guns x 60 / 5.2 s base reload = 46.2. All upgrades (Main Battery Mod. 3 = -10% reload): 4 broadside guns x 60 / 4.7 s all-upgrades reload = 51.1.

Fires/minInitial: 4.15 → 4.6

Zero upgrades: 46.2 shells/min x 9% fire chance = 4.15. All upgrades (Main Battery Mod. 3 = -10% reload): 51.1 shells/min x 9% fire chance = 4.6.

Torpedoes

Torpedo detectability1.6 km

Estimated torpedo reaction time8.9 s

1600 m / (67 kt × 2.6855) = 8.9 s. detectability / (speed kt x 2.6855 game-speed factor, m/s per knot, calibrated from in-game measurement; the community's traditional 2.6 reads about 3% slower).

Torpedo speed67 kt

Travel time to max range63.9 s

11500 m / (67 kt × 2.6855) = 63.9 s. range / (speed kt x 2.6855 game-speed factor, m/s per knot, calibrated from in-game measurement).

Torpedo module damage1,400

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; the exact module-HP conversion is not published.

Tube count8

2 launchers x 4 tubes.

Per-side salvo8 torpedoes

2 launchers × 4 tubes = 8, all to either side (centerline launchers train across - full salvo to either side).

Full-salvo damage156,536

All tubes hitting one target: tubes x per-torpedo simulated damage = 8 x 19,567 = 156,536.

Per-side salvo damage156,536

One side firing, all torpedoes hitting: per-side tubes x per-torpedo simulated damage = 8 x 19,567 = 156,536.

AA defense

AA DPS at max range122

Only families that reach 3.1 km contribute at the outer edge of the AA bubble. In-game families: 13mm76 Type93 single 4x1 -> 17 DPS @ 1.2 km; 25mm Type96 3x3 -> 19 DPS @ 3.1 km; 25mm Type96 single 15x1 -> 97 DPS @ 3.1 km; 25mm Type96 double 1x2 -> 6 DPS @ 3.1 km.

Maximum AA range3.1 km

Longest-reaching family on the in-game AA card. Base AirDefense aura max range is 3.1 km; dual-purpose mount auras extend it.

AA DPS layered by range122 DPS @ 3.1 km, 139 DPS @ 1.2 km

@ 3.1 km: 19 + 97 + 6 = 122; @ 1.2 km: 17 + 19 + 97 + 6 = 139. 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-blank139

17 + 19 + 97 + 6 = 139 DPS: the sum of every family's average DPS, achievable only inside the closest-range family (1.2 km).

AA threat index399

17 × 1.2 + 19 × 3.1 + 97 × 3.1 + 6 × 3.1 = 399. SUM over AA auras of (aura DPS x aura range km). A plane crossing the AA bubble is exposed to each aura for a time proportional to that aura's range, so long-reach DPS is worth more than the same DPS in a short bubble. Units: DPS*km; used to rank overall AA threat across the cohort.

Near aura range3.1 km

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Background

Shigure, one of ten Shiratsuyu-class destroyers built for the Imperial Japanese Navy, had built up a distinguished service record by the time she was sunk by an American submarine in January 1945. During the Pacific War, she earned a reputation for being "lucky" or "unsinkable" after emerging from several battles with no damage and twice surviving as the sole ship of a Japanese force.

Armor Beta

Hull HP 14,200, distributed across 5 hull zones, each with its own plate thicknesses, saturation cap, and pen thresholds. HP caps are estimated from the standard WoWs damage-allocation model.

Bow & stern19 mm

Overmatched by 137+ AP guns across the bracket. Can’t reliably bow-tank; gets bow-citadelled and overpenned.

Farming6 mm

Superstructure and extremities take HE pens and AP overpens from nearly any gun: steady chip damage. Fire resistance 37%, fires burn 30s. Range-by-range in the Compare tool →

Section	Plates	HP cap	Threats	Tactic
Bow	19 mm primary (range 19–20 mm)	≈ 710 (~5% of HP)	Overmatched by 283mm+ AP (Scharnhorst, Scharnhorst '43)Angle bounces 203mm19 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.
Stern	19 mm primary (range 6–20 mm)	≈ 710 (~5% of HP)	Overmatched by 283mm+ AP (Scharnhorst, Scharnhorst '43)Angle bounces 203mm19 mm: HE pens from 127mm+	Mirror of bow. Same fast saturation.
Citadel	20 mm primary (range 10–20 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	6 mm primary (range 6–13 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.

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