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T-22

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Germany · Tier IV · Destroyer · Tech Tree: Area-Control Destroyers

Destroyer gunboatWin DD duels and cap fights with gun DPM.

Playstyle

Hold concealment edges on the contested cap at 5.8 km detection
Avoid: Burning the 5.8 km concealment advantage on guns

Key characteristics

Long torps (8 km)2 sigma accuracyHigh AP DPMStrong AASlow

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Playstyle

Overview

T-22 is a Tier IV German stealth-leaning destroyer with strong surface detection (5.8 km). The kit opens detection windows most peer DDs cannot match, so her value is contesting caps from concealment edges where the detection band holds. AA (144 AA DPS at 4.5 km) is heavy enough to make her the team's air-defense anchor on top of the lead role; CV strikes route around her, not through. Standout traits: best turret traverse rate in T4 DDs (60).

Positioning

Hold concealment edges on the contested cap at 5.8 km detection. The band opens windows for unspotted torpedo drops and clean repositions; lean into the gaps your peer DDs cannot read, and back out before detection closes.

Potato Avoidance

Burning the 5.8 km concealment advantage on guns

Every salvo lights you up and gives back the detection edge that makes the kit work; reserve guns for finishing damage on already-spotted ships, and prioritize torpedo drops you can fire while undetected.

Signature Traits

Thick stern plate

16.0 mm stern, best of T4 DDs.

High-arc HE shells

39.3° HE impact angle at max range, top decile of T4 DDs. Lobs over cover.

Sensitive AP fuse

18.0 mm AP arming threshold, top decile of T4 DDs. Arms on thinner plates than peers; fewer over-pens against cruisers.

AP DPM machine

146667 AP DPM, top decile of T4 DDs. Punishes broadsides.

Underpowered engine

32000.0 hp engine, bottom decile of T4 DDs. Less headroom for re-accelerating from a stop and holding speed through turns.

Low fire chance

5.0% fire chance per HE shell, bottom quartile of T4 DDs. AP carries more weight.

Acquisition

How to get T-22

T-22 is available in the Area-Control Destroyers branch of the Germany Tech Tree for 500,000 credits after researching it in the branch. Known module upgrades cost up to 125,000 credits.

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Germany Tech Tree

T-22 sits in the Area-Control Destroyers branch. The highlighted path shows the local branch context inside the full Germany tree.

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Carrier

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Builds Beta

Build for concealment, torpedo reload, survivability, and basic gun handling. Utility beats raw aggression.

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Cohort position

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Where T-22 sits among Tier IV DDs (21 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.

BestMain battery reload3.6 s (1 of 2 tied) BestAcceleration9.5 s (1 of 2 tied) BestAP arming threshold18 mm (1/19) BestEnd plates16 mm (3/20 / 1 of 2 tied) Top 10%AP DPM146,667 (2/19) Top 10%Main dispersion82 m (3/21) Top 10%AA DPS144 (3/21) Top 10%AA threat427 (2/21) Top 25%Hit points13,000 HP (5/21) Top 25%Stealth profile5.82 km / 2.91 km (5/21 / 5/21) Top 25%AA range4.5 km (4/21) Top 25%Citadel belt16 mm (5/20) Bottom 25%Max speed34.5 kt (19/21) Bottom 25%HE velocity780 m/s (17/21) Bottom 25%Turn-speed retention59.3 hp/m (18/21) Bottom 10%Engine power32,000 hp (20/21) WorstMain battery caliber105 mm (21/21) WorstHE shell damage1,200 (21/21) WorstHE fire chance5% (1 of 4 tied)

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Not standouts for T-22 -- 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.

Rudder shift3.8 s(10/21) Traverse-to-turn ratio5.58 ×(8/21) Main battery range9.83 km(16/21) Fires per minute3.33(13/21) HE DPM80,000(11/21) AP shell damage2,200(9/19) AP velocity780 m/s(15/19) Displacement1,754 t(7/21) Power-to-weight18.24 hp/t(15/21) Torpedo range7.5 km(7/21) Torpedo damage13,700(10/21) Torpedo speed62 kt(11/21) Torpedo reload68 s(9/21) Max armor16 mm(9/21) NormSigma2(20 of 21 tied at this value) NormAP fuse timer0.01 s(15 of 19 tied at this value)

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Stats & specs

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

SmokeEngine Boost

Survivability

Hit PointsInitial: 11,500 → 13,000

Displacement1,754 t

Armor range10–16 mm

Plate armor thicknesses10, 13, 15, 16 mm

Armor material/layer entries23

Fire resistanceInitial: 13.3% → 16.6%

Fire duration30 s

Torp Reduction0%

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.

6,500

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.

3,900

Main Battery

ModuleArtillery: 105 mm L/45 MPL C/32ge

Mounts / barrels4 mounts / 4 barrels

Reload time4 s

Firing range (base)8.9 km

Firing range (top fire control)9.8 km

Turret traverse10.5 °/s

Shell Grouping (σ)

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

Max Horiz Disp

Horizontal dispersion ellipse width at max range. (R/30·(idealRadius−minRadius)/idealDistance + minRadius)·30 = (8932/30·(8−0.5)/1000 + 0.5)·30 = 82 m

82 m

Max Vert Disp

Vertical dispersion ellipse height at max range = max horizontal × radiusOnMax = 82 × 0.6 = 49.2 m

49.2 m

Med Horiz Disp

50%-hit horizontal radius = max horizontal × GetHalfHitsRatio(σ) = 82 × 0.32 (σ=2) = 26.2 m

26.2 m

Med Vert Disp

50%-hit vertical radius = max vertical × GetHalfHitsRatio(σ) = 49.2 × 0.319 (σ=2) = 15.7 m

15.7 m

Turret turn time

180 degrees / 10.5 deg/s traverse speed = 17.1 s.

17.1 s

Base shells/min

4 broadside guns x 60 / 4 s base reload = 60.

HE shells

HE Damage1,200

HE Velocity780 m/s

Fire Chance5%

HE penetration

18 mm ≈ 105 mm caliber / 6 (standard HE penetration ratio).

18 mm

HE full-salvo alpha

1,200 HE damage x 4 broadside guns = 4,800.

4,800

Base HE DPM

4,800 HE full-salvo alpha x 60 / 4 s base reload = 72,000.

72,000

Base fires/min

4 HE shells x 60 / 4 s reload x 5% fire chance = 3.

AP shells

AP Damage2,200

AP Velocity780 m/s

Min Ricochet45 deg

Guaranteed Ricochet60 deg

Fuse Timer0.01 s

Fuse Threshold18 mm

AP overmatch

floor(105 mm caliber / 14.3) = 7 mm (AP auto-penetrates plating this thick or less).

7 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 × 2040 × 15.1^0.69 × 0.105^-1.07 × 780^1.38 = 145.1 mm. Matches the in-game spec card.

145.1 mm

AP Pen Far

Same formula at the ship's max firing range (12.3 km), where the shell has slowed to 237.5 m/s: 1e-7 × 2040 × 15.1^0.69 × 0.105^-1.07 × 237.5^1.38 = 28.1 mm.

28.1 mm

AP full-salvo alpha

2,200 AP damage x 4 broadside guns = 8,800.

8,800

Base AP DPM

8,800 AP full-salvo alpha x 60 / 4 s base reload = 132,000.

132,000

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.

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Torpedoes

ModuleTorpedoes: G7a T1

Launchers / tubes2 launchers × 3 tubes = 6 tubes

Reload time68 s

Projectile speed62 kt

Range7.5 km

Maximum simulated damage12,700 (est.)

Alpha damage38,100

Torpedo detectability1.3 km

Torpedo launcher traverse25 °/s

Torp Turn7.2 s

Torp Arming191 m

Per-side salvo damage

per-side salvo x per-torpedo simulated damage.

76,200

AA Defense

AA mount pointsInitial: 5 → 7

Close-range AA DPS

Sum across every AA aura on this ship of (aura.continuous_damage x 3.5 x aura.hit_probability). Here: (15×3.5×1) + (20×3.5×0.95) + (7×3.5×1) = 144. 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.

144

Maximum AA range

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

4.5 km

37 mm Flak LM/42Initial: 37 mm Flakzwilling 30 (2×2) → 37 mm Flak LM/42 (2×2)

20 mm Flakvierling 381×4 20mm

20 mm Flakzwilling 38 (upgraded hull only)4×2 20mm

20 mm Flak 38 (stock hull only)2×1 20mm

DPS

Includes 7 continuous AA damage from dual-purpose main battery firing as AA in this range band.

Range4.5 km

DPSInitial: 4 → 15

Range3.5 km

Total DPS in Aura

Far 7 + Medium 15 = 22

DPSInitial: 12 → 20

Range2 km

Total DPS in Aura

Far 7 + Medium 15 + Near 20 = 42

Maneuverability

Engine moduleEngine: 32,000 hp

Engine power32,000 hp

Maximum speed34.5 kt

Turning circle radius540 m

Engine power multiplier speed threshold7 kt

Traverse-to-turn ratio5.6× slow

Concealment

Detectability by sea5.82 km

Detectability by air2.91 km

Smoke firing penalty2 km

Detect after firing main guns5.82 km

Detect Fire Sea7.82 km

Detect Fire Air5.91 km

Guaranteed Detect2 km

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Consumables

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

Smoke Generator2 charges · 240 s reload · 15 s emit / 57 s cloud active

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

Module options (3)

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

HullUpgrade

Hit points11,500 → 13,000
Rudder shift5.3 → 3.8 s
AA mounts5 → 7
Close-range AA DPS16 → 35
Turret traverse10.5 → 60 °/s

Fire controlUpgrade

Main battery range8,932 → 9825.2 m

TorpedoesUpgrade

Range6.99 → 7.5 km
Speed61 → 62 kt

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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 Disp82 m

Horizontal dispersion ellipse width at max range. (R/30·(idealRadius−minRadius)/idealDistance + minRadius)·30 = (8932/30·(8−0.5)/1000 + 0.5)·30 = 82 m

Max Vert Disp49.2 m

Vertical dispersion ellipse height at max range = max horizontal × radiusOnMax = 82 × 0.6 = 49.2 m

Med Horiz Disp26.2 m

50%-hit horizontal radius = max horizontal × GetHalfHitsRatio(σ) = 82 × 0.32 (σ=2) = 26.2 m

Med Vert Disp15.7 m

50%-hit vertical radius = max vertical × GetHalfHitsRatio(σ) = 49.2 × 0.319 (σ=2) = 15.7 m

Dispersion familyDD Disp.

Standard destroyer dispersion baseline.

AP Pen Close145.1 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 × 2040 × 15.1^0.69 × 0.105^-1.07 × 780^1.38 = 145.1 mm. Matches the in-game spec card.

AP Pen Far28.1 mm

Same formula at the ship's max firing range (12.3 km), where the shell has slowed to 237.5 m/s: 1e-7 × 2040 × 15.1^0.69 × 0.105^-1.07 × 237.5^1.38 = 28.1 mm.

HE penetration18 mm

18 mm ≈ 105 mm caliber / 6 (standard HE penetration ratio).

AP overmatch7 mm

floor(105 mm caliber / 14.3) = 7 mm (AP auto-penetrates plating this thick or less).

AP AOE Radius4

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 alpha4

All 4 barrels bear on the broadside.

Turret turn time17.1 s

180 degrees / 10.5 deg/s traverse speed = 17.1 s.

HE full-salvo alpha4,800

1,200 HE damage x 4 broadside guns = 4,800.

AP full-salvo alpha8,800

2,200 AP damage x 4 broadside guns = 8,800.

Base HE DPM72,000

4,800 HE full-salvo alpha x 60 / 4 s base reload = 72,000.

Base AP DPM132,000

8,800 AP full-salvo alpha x 60 / 4 s base reload = 132,000.

Base shells/min60

4 broadside guns x 60 / 4 s base reload = 60.

Base fires/min3

4 HE shells x 60 / 4 s reload x 5% fire chance = 3.

Torpedoes

Torpedo detectability1.3 km

Estimated torpedo reaction time8.1 s

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

Torpedo speed62 kt

Travel time to max range46.5 s

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

Tube count6

2 launchers x 3 tubes.

Per-side salvo6 torpedoes

6 (centerline launchers train across - full salvo to either side).

Full-salvo damage76,200

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

Per-side salvo damage76,200

per-side salvo x per-torpedo simulated damage.

AA defense

Close-range AA DPS144

Sum across every AA aura on this ship of (aura.continuous_damage x 3.5 x aura.hit_probability). Here: (15×3.5×1) + (20×3.5×0.95) + (7×3.5×1) = 144. 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 index427

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 11,500 → 13,000 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	16 mm primary (range 10–16 mm)	1,900 (15% of HP)	Overmatched by 283mm+ (Nassau, Von Der Tann)Angle bounces 203mm16 mm: HE pens from 127mm+	Bow-tank fits behind this exterior plate. Saturation is FAST here; the cap is often only a few thousand HP.
Hull (midship)	16 mm primary (range 13–16 mm)	9,800 (75% of HP)	Overmatched by 283mm+ (Nassau, Von Der Tann)Angle bounces 203mm16 mm: HE pens from 127mm+	Largest HP pool. Citadel sits behind these plates; thinner deck and side plating absorb the rest.
Stern	16 mm primary (range 10–16 mm)	900 (7% of HP)	Overmatched by 283mm+ (Nassau, Von Der Tann)Angle bounces 203mm16 mm: HE pens from 127mm+	Mirror of bow. Same fast saturation.
Citadel	16 mm primary (range 10–16 mm)	≈ 165,500 (effectively no cap)	Citadel pen ×0.50 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 (×0.50 direct pen, ×0.10 over-pen).
Turret (module, per magazine)	separate HP pool, does not drain ship HP	6,500 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.
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	3,900 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.

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 T-22. Cards are condensed; use each source link for full context.

Buff ×14

2023-06-15

Ministry of Balance: Italian Concerto

Stock Hull HP increased from 9,400 to 11,500.
Bow HP increased from 1,400 to 1,700.
Stern HP increased from 600 to 800.
Hull HP increased from 7,100 to 8,600.
Magazine HP increased from 4,700 to 5,800.
Steering Gear HP increased from 2,800 to 3,500.
Superstructure HP increased from 800 to 1,000.
Upgraded Hull HP increased 11,300 to 13,000.
Bow HP increased from 1,700 to 1,900.
Stern HP increased from 800 to 900.
+4 more official change lines in the source post.

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Exteriors

Skins & permanent camouflages

Every custom exterior T-22 can equip, from in-game data.

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