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Playstyle

Overview

V-170 is a Tier III German stealth-leaning destroyer with strong surface detection (5.6 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. Standout traits: best AP DPM in T3 DDs (153,333).

Positioning

Hold concealment edges on the contested cap at 5.6 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 5.6 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

AP DPM machine

153333 AP DPM, best of T3 DDs. Punishes broadsides.

Hardened superstructure

10.0 mm superstructure, best of T3 DDs. HE farms less.

Tight dispersion

77.1 m max horizontal dispersion, top decile of T3 DDs. Accurate at range.

High-arc HE shells

40.9° HE impact angle at max range, top decile of T3 DDs. Lobs over cover.

Fast reload

3.6 s reload, top quartile of T3 DDs. Top-tier salvo cycle.

High-arc howitzer

Steep impact angle. Shells lob over island cover into targets you can't see directly.

Acquisition

How to get V-170

V-170 is available in the Area-Control Destroyers branch of the Germany Tech Tree for 85,000 credits after researching it in the branch. Known module upgrades cost up to 21,240 credits.

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Germany Tech Tree

V-170 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

AL Z24, Blue Furiora, and Erich Bey are useful German destroyer commander directions. Inspirations usually start with concealment, then add HP, torpedo reload, gun performance, or speed depending on whether you want safer scouting or harder cap fights.

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Commanders frequently paired with this ship AL Z24 Erich Bey

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Cohort position

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Where V-170 sits among Tier III DDs (11 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) BestAP DPM153,333 (1 of 2 tied) BestMain dispersion77.1 m (1/11) Top 25%Max speed35.5 kt (3/11) Top 25%Stealth profile5.58 km / 2.79 km (3/11 / 3/11) Top 25%Fires per minute3.33 (3/10) Top 25%Engine power34,000 hp (3/11) Top 25%Turn-speed retention68 hp/m (3/11) Top 25%Torpedo reload42 s (3/11) Bottom 25%Main battery range9.11 km (10/11) Bottom 25%HE velocity715 m/s (9/10) Bottom 25%AA DPS13 (10/11) Bottom 25%AA threat27 (10/11) WorstHE shell damage1,200 (1 of 2 tied) WorstTorpedo speed54 kt (1 of 2 tied)

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Not standouts for V-170 -- 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 points10,300 HP(8/11) Rudder shift3.5 s(5/11) Traverse-to-turn ratio4.78 ×(9/11) Main battery caliber105 mm(7/11) HE fire chance5%(8/10) HE DPM80,000(5/10) AP velocity715 m/s(7/9) Acceleration9.7 s(5/11) AP arming threshold18 mm(5/9) Displacement1,563 t(4/11) Power-to-weight21.75 hp/t(4/11) AA range2 km(9/11) Torpedo range6.99 km(6/11) Torpedo damage10,600(7/11) Max armor13 mm(6/11) Citadel belt13 mm(5/11) Bow armor13 mm(5/11) Stern armor13 mm(5/11) Deck armor13 mm(5/11) NormAP fuse timer0.01 s(8 of 9 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.

SmokeEngine Boost

Survivability

Hit PointsInitial: 9,100 → 10,300

Displacement1,563 t

Armor range10–13 mm

Plate armor thicknesses10, 13 mm

Armor material/layer entries26

Fire resistanceInitial: 6.7% → 10%

Fire duration30 s

Torp Reduction0%

Magazine HP

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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.

5,200

Steering gear HP

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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.

3,100

Main Battery

ModuleArtillery: 105 mm L/45 Tbts LC/16

Mounts / barrels4 mounts / 4 barrels

Reload time4 s

Firing range (base)8.3 km

Firing range (top fire control)9.1 km

Turret traverse10 °/s

Shell Grouping (σ)

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

2

Max Horiz Disp

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Horizontal dispersion ellipse width at max range. (R/30·(idealRadius−minRadius)/idealDistance + minRadius)·30 = (8280/30·(8−0.5)/1000 + 0.5)·30 = 77.1 m

77.1 m

Max Vert Disp

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Vertical dispersion ellipse height at max range = max horizontal × radiusOnMax = 77.1 × 0.6 = 46.3 m

46.3 m

Med Horiz Disp

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50%-hit horizontal radius = max horizontal × GetHalfHitsRatio(σ) = 77.1 × 0.319 (σ=2) = 24.6 m

24.6 m

Med Vert Disp

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50%-hit vertical radius = max vertical × GetHalfHitsRatio(σ) = 46.3 × 0.32 (σ=2) = 14.8 m

14.8 m

Turret turn time

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180 degrees / 10 deg/s traverse speed = 18 s.

18 s

Base shells/min

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

60

HE shells

HE Damage1,200

HE Velocity715 m/s

Fire Chance5%

HE penetration

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

18 mm

HE full-salvo alpha

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

4,800

Base HE DPM

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

72,000

Base fires/min

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

3

AP shells

AP Damage2,300

AP Velocity715 m/s

Min Ricochet45 deg

Guaranteed Ricochet60 deg

Fuse Timer0.01 s

Fuse Threshold18 mm

AP overmatch

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

7 mm

AP Pen Close

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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 × 1870 × 18.2^0.69 × 0.105^-1.07 × 715^1.38 = 134.1 mm. Matches the in-game spec card.

134.1 mm

AP Pen Far

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Same formula at the ship's max firing range (11.4 km), where the shell has slowed to 233.6 m/s: 1e-7 × 1870 × 18.2^0.69 × 0.105^-1.07 × 233.6^1.38 = 28.6 mm.

28.6 mm

AP full-salvo alpha

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2,300 AP damage x 4 broadside guns = 9,200.

9,200

Base AP DPM

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9,200 AP full-salvo alpha x 60 / 4 s base reload = 138,000.

138,000

AP AOE Radius

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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.

3

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Torpedoes

ModuleTorpedoes: 6 tubes

Launchers / tubes4 launchers × 2 tubes = 6 tubes

Reload time42 s

Projectile speed54 kt

Range6.99 km

Maximum simulated damage9,800 (est.)

Alpha damage29,400

Torpedo detectability1 km

Torpedo launcher traverse25 °/s

Torp Turn7.2 s

Torp Arming167 m

Per-side salvo damage

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per-side salvo x per-torpedo simulated damage.

58,800

AA Defense

AA mount pointsInitial: 0 → 2

Close-range AA DPS

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Sum across every AA aura on this ship of (aura.continuous_damage x 3.5 x aura.hit_probability). Here: (4×3.5×0.95) = 13. 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.

13

Maximum AA range

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

2 km

20 mm Flak 382×1 20mm

DPS4

Range2 km

Maneuverability

Engine moduleEngine: 34,000 hp

Engine power34,000 hp

Maximum speed35.5 kt

Turning circle radius500 m

Engine power multiplier speed threshold7 kt

Traverse-to-turn ratio4.8× drags

Concealment

Detectability by sea5.58 km

Detectability by air2.79 km

Smoke firing penalty2 km

Detect after firing main guns5.58 km

Detect Fire Sea7.58 km

Detect Fire Air5.79 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 / 53 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 points9,100 → 10,300
Rudder shift5 → 3.5 s
AA mounts0 → 2
Close-range AA DPS0 → 4
Maximum AA range0 → 2 km

Fire controlUpgrade

Main battery range8,280 → 9,108 m

TorpedoesTrade-off

Reload38 → 42 s
Speed52 → 54 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 Disp77.1 m

Horizontal dispersion ellipse width at max range. (R/30·(idealRadius−minRadius)/idealDistance + minRadius)·30 = (8280/30·(8−0.5)/1000 + 0.5)·30 = 77.1 m

Max Vert Disp46.3 m

Vertical dispersion ellipse height at max range = max horizontal × radiusOnMax = 77.1 × 0.6 = 46.3 m

Med Horiz Disp24.6 m

50%-hit horizontal radius = max horizontal × GetHalfHitsRatio(σ) = 77.1 × 0.319 (σ=2) = 24.6 m

Med Vert Disp14.8 m

50%-hit vertical radius = max vertical × GetHalfHitsRatio(σ) = 46.3 × 0.32 (σ=2) = 14.8 m

Dispersion familyDD Disp.

Standard destroyer dispersion baseline.

AP Pen Close134.1 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 × 1870 × 18.2^0.69 × 0.105^-1.07 × 715^1.38 = 134.1 mm. Matches the in-game spec card.

AP Pen Far28.6 mm

Same formula at the ship's max firing range (11.4 km), where the shell has slowed to 233.6 m/s: 1e-7 × 1870 × 18.2^0.69 × 0.105^-1.07 × 233.6^1.38 = 28.6 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 Radius3

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 time18 s

180 degrees / 10 deg/s traverse speed = 18 s.

HE full-salvo alpha4,800

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

AP full-salvo alpha9,200

2,300 AP damage x 4 broadside guns = 9,200.

Base HE DPM72,000

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

Base AP DPM138,000

9,200 AP full-salvo alpha x 60 / 4 s base reload = 138,000.

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 km

Estimated torpedo reaction time7.1 s

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

Torpedo speed54 kt

Travel time to max range49.8 s

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

Tube count6

4 launchers x 2 tubes.

Per-side salvo6 torpedoes

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

Full-salvo damage58,800

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

Per-side salvo damage58,800

per-side salvo x per-torpedo simulated damage.

AA defense

Close-range AA DPS13

Sum across every AA aura on this ship of (aura.continuous_damage x 3.5 x aura.hit_probability). Here: (4×3.5×0.95) = 13. 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 range2 km

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

AA threat index27

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 9,100 → 10,300 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	13 mm primary (range 10–13 mm)	1,600 (16% of HP)	Overmatched by 203mm+ (Desert Falcon, Genova)Angle bounces 152mm13 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	13 mm primary (range 10–13 mm)	900 (9% of HP)	Overmatched by 203mm+ (Desert Falcon, Genova)Angle bounces 152mm13 mm: HE pens from 127mm+	Mirror of bow. Same fast saturation.
Citadel	13 mm primary (range 10–13 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).
Superstructure	10 mm primary (range 10–13 mm)	600 (6% 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	5,200 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 (20 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	3,100 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.

Exteriors

Skins & permanent camouflages

Every custom exterior V-170 can equip, from in-game data.

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