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Sinop

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U.S.S.R. · Tier VI · Battleship · Tech Tree: Juggernaut Battleships

Bow-tank anchorHold the line bow-in and soak fire while the team trades.

Playstyle

Anchor a flank at 14-17 km where the team can rotate behind you
Avoid: Absorbing focus without trading back

Key characteristics

High fire chanceSpotter planeSlow reload

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Playstyle

Overview

Sinop is a Tier VI Soviet tank battleship (65,000 HP): top-decile hit points let her hold trades that drain peer BBs out faster than the shells they fire back. The kit is line-holder, not striker.

Positioning

Anchor a flank at 14-17 km where the team can rotate behind you. The HP pool lets you absorb focus that drains peer BBs out, but absorbing focus without trading is just wasted HP; pick salvo targets that exploit the angle others avoid.

Potato Avoidance

Absorbing focus without trading back

The HP pool is a tool for holding the angle while you reload, not a license to sit broadside; every salvo you skip is a salvo your team had to land instead.

Signature Traits

Burny secondaries

12.0% best HE fire chance per secondary shell (before target resistance), best of T6 BBs. Stacks fires faster than peers in a brawl.

High HP pool

65000.0 HP, top decile of T6 BBs.

Heavy secondary DPM

282900.0 secondary DPM per side, top decile of T6 BBs. Per-side barrels × shots/min × alpha across every secondary family; real damage scales with hit rate against the target.

Fast DCP cycle

40.0 s Damage Control reload, top quartile of T6 BBs. Fire / flood stacks come off cooldown sooner.

Slow reload

29.7 s reload, bottom decile of T6 BBs. Salvos punish more, but cycle is slower than peers.

Stiff AP fuse

68.0 mm AP arming threshold, bottom decile of T6 BBs. Over-pens thin plates; the trade-off pays off when most targets are battleship belt armor.

Acquisition

How to get Sinop

Sinop is available in the Juggernaut Battleships branch of the U.S.S.R. Tech Tree for 9,000,000 credits after researching it in the branch. Known module upgrades cost up to 2,250,000 credits.

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U.S.S.R. Tech Tree

Sinop sits in the Juggernaut Battleships branch. The highlighted path shows the local branch context inside the full U.S.S.R. tree.

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Cohort position

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Where Sinop sits among Tier VI BBs (27 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.

BestSecondary fire chance12% (1/26) Top 10%Hit points65,000 HP (3/27) Top 10%Secondary DPM (per side)282,900 (3/27) Top 25%Rudder shift16.9 s (7/27) Top 25%HE fire chance41% (5/27) Top 25%HE alpha2,200 (5/26) Top 25%Secondary HE pen25 mm (6/26) Bottom 25%Traverse-to-turn ratio3.62 × (24/27) Bottom 25%Main battery reload29.7 s (25/27) Bottom 25%HE velocity766.5 m/s (22/27) Bottom 25%AP arming threshold68 mm (22/27) Bottom 25%Turn-speed retention104.2 hp/m (22/27) Bottom 25%AA DPS262 (22/27) Bottom 25%Max armor300 mm (25/27) WorstSigma1.5 (1 of 3 tied) WorstSecondary range4.5 km (1 of 4 tied) WorstNo torpedoes (22 of 27 in cohort) WorstRepair charges2 (1 of 4 tied) WorstDeck armor50 mm (26/26)

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Not standouts for Sinop -- 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 speed27 kt(19/27) Concealment14.56 km(13/27) Air detection11.65 km(14/27) Main battery caliber406 mm(8/27) Main battery range16.08 km(11/27) HE shell damage5,850(9/27) Fires per minute7.45(9/27) HE DPM106,364(14/27) AP shell damage12,000(9/27) AP DPM218,182(17/27) Main dispersion207 m(12/27) AP velocity766.5 m/s(21/27) Acceleration8.1 s(9/27) Engine power100,000 hp(17/27) Displacement45,798 t(21/27) Power-to-weight2.18 hp/t(17/27) AA range5 km(11/27) AA threat1,013(17/27) Citadel belt300 mm(18/26) Bow armor26 mm(11/26) Stern armor26 mm(11/26) NormSecondary dispersion bracket57(20 of 27 tied at this value) NormAP fuse timer0.03 s(18 of 27 tied at this value) NormAP ricochet start45°(24 of 27 tied at this value) NormAP auto-bounce angle60°(24 of 27 tied at this value) NormRepair heal rate0.5 %/s(17 of 27 tied at this value)

Peers in this cohort

Francesco Caracciolo vs

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Stats & specs

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

Repair 2Fighter

Survivability

Hit PointsInitial: 61,600 → 65,000

Displacement45,798 t

Armor range12–300 mm

Plate armor thicknesses12, 16, 21, 26, 32, 35, 40, 50, 70, 75, 100, 113, 125, 200, 300 mm

Armor material/layer entries60

Fire resistanceInitial: 26.6% → 30%

Fire duration60 s

Torp Reduction16%

Magazine HP

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.

32,500

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.

19,500

Main Battery

ModuleArtillery: 406 mm/45 Model 1915 Vickers

Mounts / barrels3 mounts / 9 barrels

Reload time33 s

Firing range (base)14.6 km

Firing range (top fire control)16.1 km

Turret traverse3 °/s

Shell Grouping (σ)

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

1.5

Max Horiz Disp

Horizontal dispersion ellipse width at max range. (R/30·(idealRadius−minRadius)/idealDistance + minRadius)·30 = (14620/30·(13−1.1)/1000 + 1.1)·30 = 207 m

207 m

Max Vert Disp

Vertical dispersion ellipse height at max range = max horizontal × radiusOnMax = 207 × 0.75 = 155.2 m

155.2 m

Med Horiz Disp

50%-hit horizontal radius = max horizontal × GetHalfHitsRatio(σ) = 207 × 0.382 (σ=1.5) = 79 m

79 m

Med Vert Disp

50%-hit vertical radius = max vertical × GetHalfHitsRatio(σ) = 155.2 × 0.382 (σ=1.5) = 59.3 m

59.3 m

Turret turn time

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

60 s

Base shells/min

9 broadside guns x 60 / 33 s base reload = 16.4.

16.4

HE shells

HE Damage5,850

HE Velocity766.5 m/s

Fire Chance41%

HE penetration

68 mm ≈ 406 mm caliber / 6 (standard HE penetration ratio).

68 mm

HE full-salvo alpha

5,850 HE damage x 9 broadside guns = 52,650.

52,650

Base HE DPM

52,650 HE full-salvo alpha x 60 / 33 s base reload = 95,727.

95,727

Base fires/min

9 HE shells x 60 / 33 s reload x 41% fire chance = 6.71.

6.71

AP shells

AP Damage12,000

AP Velocity766.5 m/s

Min Ricochet45 deg

Guaranteed Ricochet60 deg

Fuse Timer0.033 s

Fuse Threshold68 mm

AP overmatch

floor(406 mm caliber / 14.3) = 28 mm (AP auto-penetrates plating this thick or less).

28 mm

AP Pen Close

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 × 2430 × 1116^0.69 × 0.406^-1.07 × 766.5^1.38 = 772.7 mm. Matches the in-game spec card.

772.7 mm

AP Pen Far

Same formula at the ship's max firing range (20.1 km), where the shell has slowed to 477 m/s: 1e-7 × 2430 × 1116^0.69 × 0.406^-1.07 × 477^1.38 = 401.5 mm.

401.5 mm

AP full-salvo alpha

12,000 AP damage x 9 broadside guns = 108,000.

108,000

Base AP DPM

108,000 AP full-salvo alpha x 60 / 33 s base reload = 196,364.

196,364

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.

120

AA Defense

AA mount pointsInitial: 18 → 16

Close-range AA DPS

Sum across every AA aura on this ship of (aura.continuous_damage x 3.5 x aura.hit_probability). Here: (76×3.5×0.75) + (24×3.5×0.75) = 262. 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.

262

Maximum AA range

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

5 km

37 mm 66-K (upgraded hull only)12×2 37mm

37 mm 46-K (upgraded hull only)4×4 37mm

76 mm 34-K (stock hull only)4×1 76mm

37 mm 70-K (stock hull only)12×1 37mm

12.7 mm DShK (stock hull only)2×1 13mm

100 mm/56 B-54 (DP)6×2 100mm

DPS

Includes 24 continuous AA damage from dual-purpose secondaries firing as AA in this range band.

Range5 km

DPS76

Range3.5 km

Total DPS in Aura

Far 24 + Medium 76 = 100

100

Secondary Battery

Mounts18 → 16

Firing range4.5 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 @ 4.5 km

4.5 km × 57 + 30 = 286.5 m.

286.5 m

Caliber100 mm

Reload time3.75 s

HE Damage1,400

Muzzle Velocity895 m/s

Fire Chance6%

Armor Pen17 mm

Min Ricochet91°

Max Ricochet60°

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Caliber152 mm

Reload time8 s

HE Damage2,200

Muzzle Velocity950 m/s

Fire Chance12%

Armor Pen25 mm

Min Ricochet91°

Max Ricochet60°

Caliber152 mm

Reload time8 s

HE Damage2,200

Muzzle Velocity823 m/s

Fire Chance12%

Armor Pen25 mm

Min Ricochet91°

Max Ricochet60°

Maneuverability

Engine moduleEngine: 100,000 hp

Engine power100,000 hp

Maximum speed27 kt

Turning circle radius960 m

Engine power multiplier speed threshold7 kt

Traverse-to-turn ratio3.6× drags

Concealment

Detectability by sea14.56 km

Detectability by air11.65 km

Smoke firing penalty14.08 km

Detect after firing main guns14.56 km

Detect Fire Sea16.56 km

Detect Fire Air14.65 km

Guaranteed Detect2 km

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Consumables

Damage Control Party3 charges · 40 s reload · 10 s active

Repair Party2 charges · 80 s reload · 28 s active · 0.5% heal per second · 14% of max HP total heal

Choose one

Catapult Fighter4 charges · 60 s reload · 55 s active · 5.56 km patrol radius · 1 squadron size

Observation Seaplane4 charges · 200 s reload · 30 s active · 1 squadron size · +10% main-battery range bonus

Secondary Battery Booster3 charges · 160 s reload · 30 s active · +100% damage boost · +50% reload boost

Module options (2)

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

HullTrade-off

Hit points61,600 → 65,000
Rudder shift23.6 → 16.9 s
AA mounts18 → 16
Close-range AA DPS50 → 76
Maximum AA range3.2 → 3.5 km
Turret traverse3 → 10 °/s

Fire controlUpgrade

Main battery range14,620 → 16,082 m

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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)1.5

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

Max Horiz Disp207 m

Horizontal dispersion ellipse width at max range. (R/30·(idealRadius−minRadius)/idealDistance + minRadius)·30 = (14620/30·(13−1.1)/1000 + 1.1)·30 = 207 m

Max Vert Disp155.2 m

Vertical dispersion ellipse height at max range = max horizontal × radiusOnMax = 207 × 0.75 = 155.2 m

Med Horiz Disp79 m

50%-hit horizontal radius = max horizontal × GetHalfHitsRatio(σ) = 207 × 0.382 (σ=1.5) = 79 m

Med Vert Disp59.3 m

50%-hit vertical radius = max vertical × GetHalfHitsRatio(σ) = 155.2 × 0.382 (σ=1.5) = 59.3 m

AP Pen Close772.7 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 × 2430 × 1116^0.69 × 0.406^-1.07 × 766.5^1.38 = 772.7 mm. Matches the in-game spec card.

AP Pen Far401.5 mm

Same formula at the ship's max firing range (20.1 km), where the shell has slowed to 477 m/s: 1e-7 × 2430 × 1116^0.69 × 0.406^-1.07 × 477^1.38 = 401.5 mm.

HE penetration68 mm

68 mm ≈ 406 mm caliber / 6 (standard HE penetration ratio).

AP overmatch28 mm

floor(406 mm caliber / 14.3) = 28 mm (AP auto-penetrates plating this thick or less).

AP AOE Radius120

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 time60 s

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

HE full-salvo alpha52,650

5,850 HE damage x 9 broadside guns = 52,650.

AP full-salvo alpha108,000

12,000 AP damage x 9 broadside guns = 108,000.

Base HE DPM95,727

52,650 HE full-salvo alpha x 60 / 33 s base reload = 95,727.

Base AP DPM196,364

108,000 AP full-salvo alpha x 60 / 33 s base reload = 196,364.

Base shells/min16.4

9 broadside guns x 60 / 33 s base reload = 16.4.

Base fires/min6.71

9 HE shells x 60 / 33 s reload x 41% fire chance = 6.71.

AA defense

Close-range AA DPS262

Sum across every AA aura on this ship of (aura.continuous_damage x 3.5 x aura.hit_probability). Here: (76×3.5×0.75) + (24×3.5×0.75) = 262. 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 range5 km

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

AA threat index1013

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.

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 @ 4.5 km286.5 m

4.5 km × 57 + 30 = 286.5 m.

Secondary battery firepower

Secondary DPM (per side)282,900

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: 6×2 100 mm (6/side) × 60/3.75 × 1400 = 134,400 + 6×2 152 mm (6/side) × 60/8 × 2200 = 99,000 + 6×1 152 mm (3/side) × 60/8 × 2200 = 49,500. Assumes every shell hits (real hit rate is lower; the Brawl matchup tool on the Compare page folds in dispersion + target armor).

Max HE alpha2200

Maximum HE damage per shell across secondary HE families. Best on this ship: 2200 from the 152 mm family.

Max HE fire chance12%

Maximum per-shell fire chance across secondary HE families (before target fire resistance is applied). Best on this ship: 12% from the 152 mm family.

Max HE pen25 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: 25 mm from the 152 mm family.

Armor

Hull HP 61,600 → 65,000 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	26 mm primary (range 26–125 mm)	2,000 (3% of HP)	Overmatched by 380mm+ (Bayern, Richelieu)Angle bounces 356mm26 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)	16 mm primary (range 12–300 mm)	48,800 (75% of HP)	Overmatched by 283mm+ (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	26 mm primary (range 26–200 mm)	1,400 (2% of HP)	Overmatched by 380mm+ (Bayern, Richelieu)Angle bounces 356mm26 mm: HE pens from 203mm+	Mirror of bow. Same fast saturation.
Citadel	300 mm primary (range 32–300 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).
Turret (module, per magazine)	separate HP pool, does not drain ship HP	32,500 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.
Secondary mount (152 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.
Engine (module, research)	engine coefficient (unconfirmed)	-0.100 research estimate	Largest on BB/BC; zero on destroyers	Engine durability isn't a per-ship HP field in the binary. This small negative coefficient is non-zero only on battleships, battlecruisers, and the heaviest cruisers, and is exactly zero on every destroyer, so it scales with hull displacement rather than any commander skill. Most likely an engine drag or power term in the same family as the decoded deceleration fields; exact meaning unconfirmed in the current decoder.
Rudder (module)	separate HP pool, does not drain ship HP	19,500 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.

Balance History

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

Nerf ×2Main Battery ×2

2021-12-16

Holiday Update: Chilling With the Beasts

AP shell maximum damage decreased from 12,950 to 12,000.
Main battery shell grouping reduced by 6%.

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Exteriors

Skins & permanent camouflages

Every custom exterior Sinop can equip, from in-game data.

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2021-12-16 · Patch notes Holiday Update: Chilling With the Beasts Patch notes 2025-10-30 · Patch notes November Update: Into Black Waters Patch notes