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Taranto

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Italy · Tier II · Cruiser · Tech Tree: Evasive Cruisers

AP citadel cruiserPunish broadsides with AP; angle to deny return citadels.

Playstyle

Sit under 10 km on a lane that the torpedoes can reach without exposing the hull
Avoid: Holding torpedoes for a perfect drop

Key characteristics

Long torps (8 km)2 sigma accuracyStealthy (7.9 km)Low AP DPM

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Playstyle

Overview

Taranto is a Tier II Italian light cruiser with a long-range torpedo battery reaching 8 km. The torpedoes are the threat tool; the guns are how she earns damage between drops. Standout traits: top-decile torpedo detection in T2 CAs (1 km) and top-decile surface detection in T2 CAs (7.9 km).

Positioning

Sit under 10 km on a lane that the torpedoes can reach without exposing the hull. Drop on choke points and predictable rotations rather than direct lines; the torps are the threat tool, the guns are how you earn damage between waves.

Potato Avoidance

Holding torpedoes for a perfect drop

The torps are a threat tool: putting them into a lane forces rotations even when they miss. Drops on probable lanes are worth more than waiting for a guaranteed broadside that never appears.

Signature Traits

Long-range torps

8.01 km torpedo range, best of T2 CAs.

Best-in-class stealth

7.94 km surface detect, top decile of T2 CAs. Stays dark longer.

Stealthy torps

1.0 km torpedo detect, top quartile of T2 CAs. Harder to dodge.

AP citadel cruiser

AP alpha and sigma both top-bracket. Punishes broadside cruisers and BB superstructures.

Low AP DPM

82222 AP DPM, bottom decile of T2 CAs. Citadel windows matter more than spam.

Acquisition

How to get Taranto

Taranto is available in the Evasive Cruisers branch of the Italy Tech Tree for 13,000 credits after researching it in the branch. Known module upgrades cost up to 2,600 credits.

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Italy Tech Tree

Taranto sits in the Evasive Cruisers branch. The highlighted path shows the local branch context inside the full Italy tree.

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Cohort position

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Where Taranto sits among Tier II CAs (19 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.

BestConcealment7.94 km (1/19) BestTorpedo range8.01 km (1/5) Top 10%Air detection4.76 km (2/19) Top 25%Main dispersion102.5 m (5/19) Bottom 25%Main battery reload10.8 s (17/19) Bottom 25%HE DPM42,222 (17/18) Bottom 25%AA threat19 (12/13) Bottom 25%Citadel belt40 mm (16/19) WorstFires per minute1.56 (18/18) WorstAP DPM82,222 (18/18) WorstNo secondaries (8 of 19 in cohort) WorstTorpedo speed51 kt (5/5) WorstStern armor10 mm (1 of 7 tied)

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Not standouts for Taranto -- 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.

Hit points19,600 HP(15/19) Max speed28.2 kt(6/19) Rudder shift7.5 s(6/19) Traverse-to-turn ratio3.79 ×(14/19) Main battery caliber150 mm(13/19) Main battery range11.08 km(14/19) Sigma2(9/19) HE shell damage1,900(14/18) AP velocity835 m/s(11/18) HE velocity853 m/s(6/18) Acceleration8.46 s(13/19) AP arming threshold25 mm(11/18) Engine power33,742 hp(6/19) Turn-speed retention75 hp/m(6/19) Displacement5,587 t(6/19) Power-to-weight6.04 hp/t(7/19) AA DPS6(13/19) AA range3 km(8/19) Torpedo reload47 s(3/5) Max armor100 mm(11/19) Bow armor20 mm(8/19) Deck armor60 mm(9/19) NormAP fuse timer0.03 s(11 of 18 tied at this value) NormAP ricochet start45°(17 of 18 tied at this value) NormAP auto-bounce angle60°(17 of 18 tied at this value) NormTorpedo damage9,067(3 of 5 tied at this value)

Peers in this cohort

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Stats & specs

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

Survivability

Hit PointsInitial: 17,600 → 19,600

Displacement5,587 t

Armor range6–100 mm

Plate armor thicknesses6, 10, 20, 40, 60, 100 mm

Armor material/layer entries46

Fire resistanceInitial: 0% → 3.3%

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.

9,800

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.

5,900

Main Battery

ModuleArtillery: 150 mm/45 SK L/45

Mounts / barrels7 mounts / 7 barrels

Reload time12 s

Firing range (base)10.1 km

Firing range (top fire control)11.1 km

Turret traverse7 °/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 = (10074/30·(8−1.1)/1000 + 1.1)·30 = 102.5 m

102.5 m

Max Vert Disp

Vertical dispersion ellipse height at max range = max horizontal × radiusOnMax = 102.5 × 0.6 = 61.5 m

61.5 m

Med Horiz Disp

50%-hit horizontal radius = max horizontal × GetHalfHitsRatio(σ) = 102.5 × 0.32 (σ=2) = 32.8 m

32.8 m

Med Vert Disp

50%-hit vertical radius = max vertical × GetHalfHitsRatio(σ) = 61.5 × 0.32 (σ=2) = 19.7 m

19.7 m

Turret turn time

180 degrees / 7 deg/s traverse speed = 25.7 s.

25.7 s

Base shells/min

4 broadside guns x 60 / 12 s base reload = 20.

HE shells

HE Damage

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baseline1900
In-game data
2023-05-112200
Ministry of Balance Reports: Ship Trimming Main Battery HE Shell Damage increased from 2,100 to 2,200.

2,200

HE Velocity853 m/s

Fire Chance7% → 8%

HE penetration

25 mm ≈ 150 mm caliber / 6 (standard HE penetration ratio).

25 mm

HE full-salvo alpha

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

8,800

Base HE DPM

8,800 HE full-salvo alpha x 60 / 12 s base reload = 44,000.

44,000

Base fires/min

4 HE shells x 60 / 12 s reload x 8% fire chance = 1.6.

1.6

AP shells

AP Damage3,700 → 4,000

AP Velocity835 m/s

Min Ricochet45 deg

Guaranteed Ricochet60 deg

Fuse Timer0.025 s

Fuse Threshold25 mm

AP overmatch

floor(150 mm caliber / 14.3) = 10 mm (AP auto-penetrates plating this thick or less).

10 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 × 1925 × 45.3^0.69 × 0.15^-1.07 × 835^1.38 = 219.1 mm. Matches the in-game spec card.

219.1 mm

AP Pen Far

Same formula at the ship's max firing range (13.9 km), where the shell has slowed to 266 m/s: 1e-7 × 1925 × 45.3^0.69 × 0.15^-1.07 × 266^1.38 = 45.2 mm.

45.2 mm

AP full-salvo alpha

4,000 AP damage x 4 broadside guns = 16,000.

16,000

Base AP DPM

16,000 AP full-salvo alpha x 60 / 12 s base reload = 80,000.

80,000

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: 533 mm tubo lanciasiluri

Launchers / tubes2 launchers × 2 tubes = 4 tubes

Reload time47 s

Projectile speed51 kt

Range8.01 km

Maximum simulated damage8,267 (est.)

Alpha damage24,800

Torpedo detectability1 km

Torpedo launcher traverse25 °/s

Torp Turn7.2 s

Torp Arming157 m

Per-side salvo damage

per-side salvo x per-torpedo simulated damage.

16,534

AA Defense

AA mount points2

Close-range AA DPS

Sum across every AA aura on this ship of (aura.continuous_damage x 3.5 x aura.hit_probability). Here: (2×3.5×0.9) = 6. 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 range

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

3 km

76.2 mm/40 Ansaldo 1917 (upgraded hull only)2×1 76mm

88 mm/45 SK L45 (stock hull only)2×1 88mm

DPS2

Range3 km

Maneuverability

Engine moduleEngine: 33,742 hp

Engine power33,742 hp

Maximum speed28.2 kt

Turning circle radius450 m

Engine power multiplier speed threshold27 kt

Traverse-to-turn ratio3.8× drags

Concealment

Detectability by sea7.94 km

Detectability by air4.76 km

Smoke firing penalty3.39 km

Detect after firing main guns7.94 km

Detect Fire Sea9.94 km

Detect Fire Air7.76 km

Guaranteed Detect2 km

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Consumables

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

Module options (2)

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

HullTrade-off

Hit points17,600 → 19,600
Rudder shift10.5 → 7.5 s
Close-range AA DPS1 → 2
Maximum AA range4 → 3 km
Turret traverse7 → 4 °/s

Fire controlUpgrade

Main battery range10,074 → 11081.4 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)2

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

Max Horiz Disp102.5 m

Horizontal dispersion ellipse width at max range. (R/30·(idealRadius−minRadius)/idealDistance + minRadius)·30 = (10074/30·(8−1.1)/1000 + 1.1)·30 = 102.5 m

Max Vert Disp61.5 m

Vertical dispersion ellipse height at max range = max horizontal × radiusOnMax = 102.5 × 0.6 = 61.5 m

Med Horiz Disp32.8 m

50%-hit horizontal radius = max horizontal × GetHalfHitsRatio(σ) = 102.5 × 0.32 (σ=2) = 32.8 m

Med Vert Disp19.7 m

50%-hit vertical radius = max vertical × GetHalfHitsRatio(σ) = 61.5 × 0.32 (σ=2) = 19.7 m

Dispersion familyCruiser Disp.

Standard cruiser dispersion baseline.

AP Pen Close219.1 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 × 1925 × 45.3^0.69 × 0.15^-1.07 × 835^1.38 = 219.1 mm. Matches the in-game spec card.

AP Pen Far45.2 mm

Same formula at the ship's max firing range (13.9 km), where the shell has slowed to 266 m/s: 1e-7 × 1925 × 45.3^0.69 × 0.15^-1.07 × 266^1.38 = 45.2 mm.

HE penetration25 mm

25 mm ≈ 150 mm caliber / 6 (standard HE penetration ratio).

AP overmatch10 mm

floor(150 mm caliber / 14.3) = 10 mm (AP auto-penetrates plating this thick or less).

AP AOE Radius10

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

Broadside guns used for alpha4

Barrels that can bear on one beam (4 of 7); casemate/wing mounts only fire one side.

Turret turn time25.7 s

180 degrees / 7 deg/s traverse speed = 25.7 s.

HE full-salvo alpha8,800

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

AP full-salvo alpha16,000

4,000 AP damage x 4 broadside guns = 16,000.

Base HE DPM44,000

8,800 HE full-salvo alpha x 60 / 12 s base reload = 44,000.

Base AP DPM80,000

16,000 AP full-salvo alpha x 60 / 12 s base reload = 80,000.

Base shells/min20

4 broadside guns x 60 / 12 s base reload = 20.

Base fires/min1.6

4 HE shells x 60 / 12 s reload x 8% fire chance = 1.6.

Torpedoes

Torpedo detectability1 km

Estimated torpedo reaction time7.5 s

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

Torpedo speed51 kt

Travel time to max range60.4 s

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

Tube count4

2 launchers x 2 tubes.

Per-side salvo2 torpedoes

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

Full-salvo damage33,068

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

Per-side salvo damage16,534

per-side salvo x per-torpedo simulated damage.

AA defense

Close-range AA DPS6

Sum across every AA aura on this ship of (aura.continuous_damage x 3.5 x aura.hit_probability). Here: (2×3.5×0.9) = 6. 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 range3 km

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

AA threat index19

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.

Armor

Hull HP 17,600 → 19,600 with hull upgrade, distributed across 5 hull zones, each with its own plate thicknesses, saturation cap, and pen thresholds. HP caps are the exact in-game values, not estimated.

Section	Plates	HP cap	Threats	Tactic
Bow	20 mm primary (range 6–60 mm)	600 (3% of HP)	Overmatched by 305mm+ (Cavour, Derfflinger)Angle bounces 283mm20 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)	6 mm primary (range 6–40 mm)	14,700 (75% of HP)	Overmatched by 127mm+ (Farragut, Shenyang)6 mm: HE pens from 127mm+	Largest HP pool. Citadel sits behind these plates; thinner deck and side plating absorb the rest.
Stern	10 mm primary (range 6–60 mm)	1,000 (5% of HP)	Overmatched by 150mm+ (Celebes, Königsberg)Angle bounces 127mm10 mm: HE pens from 127mm+	Mirror of bow. Same fast saturation.
Citadel	40 mm primary (range 6–40 mm)	≈ 165,500 (effectively no cap)	Citadel pen ×0.10 damageOver-pen: ×0.10 damage	Effectively no cap; citadel pool sits at ~165k HP on every ship. Damage is gated by pen/over-pen multipliers instead (×0.10 direct pen, ×0.10 over-pen).
Superstructure	6 mm primary (range 6–100 mm)	800 (4% 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	9,800 magazine HP	Magazine detonation1–30% chance · below ~75% HP	Per-turret powder-magazine HP. Detonation chance scales from 1% (no mag damage) to 30% (full mag damage); this range is the in-game value. Detonation can't roll while the ship is above ~75% HP (the standard detonation-protection threshold, not a per-ship stat). Smaller magazines saturate to the 30% ceiling faster.
AA mount (76 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	5,900 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 Taranto. Cards are condensed; use each source link for full context.

Buff ×4Main Battery ×5

2023-05-11

Ministry of Balance Reports: Ship Trimming

Main Battery HE Shell Damage increased from 2,100 to 2,200.
Main Battery HE Shell Fire Chances increased from 7 to 8%.

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2023-01-12

Ministry of Balance Reports: Big Small Changes!

Upgraded main battery AP shell damage increased from 3,700 to 4,000.
Added SAP upgrade module — Artillery: 150 mm/45 SK L/45-2 SAP.
Increases reload time to 13 s.
SAP shell damage: 3,550.
Penetrates 42 mm of armor.

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Exteriors

Skins & permanent camouflages

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