World of Warships: Legends ship guide

V-25

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Torpedo destroyerBuilt around the torpedo battery: flood lanes with fish and avoid stand-up gun fights.
Playstyle
  • Sit at the edge of a contested cap from concealment and cycle torpedo waves into lanes the enemy has to use - 7 km reach at 52 kt means the wall arrives before targets can react
  • Avoid: Holding 7-km torpedoes for a perfect shot
Key characteristics
Long, heavy torpedoes (7 km)Stealthy (5.2 km)SmokeEngine BoostHeavy AP shellsShort gun range
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Across 1,400+ Standard battles from 270+ players, V-25 averages a 58% win rate, 21,600 damage and 1.1 kills per battle, and survives 33% of them.

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Playstyle

Overview

V-25 is a Tier II German torpedo destroyer. The kit is torpedo spam rather than gun trades: put fish into lanes the enemy has to cross and let the guns fill the gaps between reloads. Smoke plus 7 km of reach on a 38 s reload lets her launch from a position the target cannot see. Standout traits: best heavy AP shells in T2 DDs (2,300, 1st of 21) and best AP DPM in T2 DDs (103,500, 1st of 21). The trade is short gun range in T2 DDs (8.5 km, 21st of 23).

Positioning

Sit at the edge of a contested cap from concealment and cycle torpedo waves into lanes the enemy has to use - 7 km reach at 52 kt means the wall arrives before targets can react. Drop on probable lanes from cover, stay unspotted between waves, and let the wall do the work. Your guns lose penetration at range, so aim AP at broadsides you can still citadel and put HE into superstructures and upper-hull sections, rather than the bow-in or belt armor your shells bounce and shatter on. Shooting from the cloud gives you away at 2 km, and a destroyer here is spotted at about 5.6 km, so you see it coming with roughly 3.6 km to spare. Vision is mutual: past the 2 km guaranteed ring you cannot see out either, and nothing in her kit sees through it, so pop the smoke where someone is already lighting the enemy or you will sit in it with nothing to shoot. Once the rudder is over she turns tightly for her cohort (440 m), so a committed turn costs less water than most of what she is fighting.

Potato Avoidance

Holding 7-km torpedoes for a perfect shot

The kit pays out by saturating lanes, not by waiting for guaranteed broadsides; missed waves still force rotations and protect your team's flank. Idle torpedo tubes are the worst output state.

Signature Traits

Torpedoes on both beams

One launcher on each beam plus two centreline launchers, 5 tubes per side. Each launcher reloads on its own, so she can fire one side, turn and fire the other without waiting, or ambush ships on both sides of an island at once, shared by 6/23 T2 DDs.

Engine Boost

+8% speed (about +2.9 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.

ELITE MAIN BATTERY ↗
  • Heavy AP shells · 2300 damage
  • AP DPM machine · 103500 AP
  • Big-caliber AP overmatch · 7.3 mm
Fast for the class ↗

36 kt, best of T2 DDs. Lets you rotate flanks or escape disengagements.

Best-in-class stealth ↗

5.2 km surface detect, top decile of T2 DDs. Stays dark longer.

MAIN BATTERY DOWNSIDES ↗
  • Short gun range · 8.5 km
  • Pattern widens fast with range
Acquisition

How to get V-25

V-25 is available in the Area-Control Destroyers branch of the Germany 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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Builds

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Commanders frequently paired with this ship AL Z24Blue FurioraErich Bey

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Cohort position

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Where V-25 sits among Tier II DDs (22 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.

BestMax speed36 kt (1 of 3 tied) BestConcealment5.21 km (1/23) BestTurning circle440 m (1 of 3 tied) BestAP DPM103,500 (1 of 2 tied) Top 10%Air detection2.61 km (2/23) Top 10%Main battery reload4 s (3/23) Top 10%Main dispersion78.8 m (3/23) Top 10%Power-to-weight25.44 hp/t (3/23) Top 25%Main battery caliber105 mm (5/23) Top 25%Acceleration (0-12 kt)4.8 s (5/23) Top 25%Power / turn radius56.4 hp/m (5/23) Top 25%Torpedo damage≈9,800 (4/23) Top 25%Torpedo reaction time7.2 s (6/23) Bottom 25%Hit points7,600 HP (19/23) Bottom 25%Main battery range8.5 km (21/23) Bottom 25%HE shell damage1,200 (21/23) Bottom 25%HE fire chance5% (21/23) Bottom 25%AP velocity715 m/s (17/21) Bottom 25%HE velocity715 m/s (19/23) Bottom 25%AP arming threshold18 mm (19/21) Bottom 25%AA DPS10 (14/17) WorstAA range1 km (1 of 3 tied) WorstAA threat10 (1 of 3 tied)
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Not standouts for V-25 -- 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.

Smoke fire bloom2 km(13/23) Rudder shift2.1 s(7/23) Fires per minute2.25(11/23) HE DPM54,000(10/23) Time to 90% speed15 s(11/23) Engine power24,800 hp(9/23) Displacement975 t(7/23) Torpedo range6.99 km(13/23) Torpedo speed52 kt(15/23) Torpedo reload38 s(12/23) Max armor9 mm(15/23) Citadel belt9 mm(15/23) NormAP fuse timer0.01 s(18 of 21 tied at this value) NormAP ricochet start45°(20 of 21 tied at this value) NormTurn speed retained81%(21 of 23 tied at this value) NormStern armor6 mm(21 of 23 tied at this value)
Survivability
Hit PointsInitial: 6,900 → 7,600
Displacement975 t
Hull dimensions
ƒLength x beam at the waterline, plus draft. Length matters when dodging torpedoes; beam and draft shape how hard the ship is to hit.
79.9 x 8.8 m (ship-model figure)
Armor range6–9 mm
Plate armor thicknesses6, 9 mm
Armor material/layer entries25
Fire resistance
ƒstock hull: 1 − 1 fire coefficient = 0%; top hull: 1 − 0.9667 fire coefficient = 3.3%. Lowers how often hits set you on fire. It does not reduce the damage a burning fire does per second; fires burn at the full rate on every ship.
Initial: 0% → 3.3%
Fire duration30 s
Fire damage
ƒOne unattended fire: 0.003 of max HP per second (0.3%) × 30 s = 0.09 of the pool; 0.09 × 7,600 HP = 684 HP on this ship. 4 fire points can burn at once.
0.3% of HP per second
Flood duration40 s
Flood damage
ƒOne unattended flood: 0.0025 of max HP per second (0.25%) × 40 s = 0.1 of the pool; 0.1 × 7,600 HP = 760 HP on this ship.
0.25% of HP per second
Torp Reduction
ƒ1 − 0.333 hull torpedo-damage coefficient / 0.333 unprotected baseline = 0%. Reduces torpedo hit damage. It does not affect flooding: floods start as often and tick at the full rate.
0%
Magazine HP
ƒPer-turret powder-magazine HP, a separate pool from the ship's. Penetrating hits wear it down and the turret is likelier to be knocked out as it falls, so a larger pool keeps the guns firing through punishment that silences a peer's.
3,800
Steering gear HP
ƒDurability 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.
2,300
Repairable: penetration50%
Repairable: steering gear50%
Section HP
Bow section HP
ƒDamage saturation pool for the bow: penetrations here deal their normal share until twice this much penetration damage has landed on the section (2 × 1,000 = 2,000), then further hits on it deal half damage. A penetration deals 0.33 × the shell's max damage; once the section is saturated it deals exactly half of that (0.5 × 0.33 = 0.165 × max damage), so a 3,000-damage shell's pen goes from 990 to 495. Overpens (0.1 × max damage) and citadels (1.0 ×) ignore saturation. Pens on the ship's other, unsaturated sections still deal the normal 0.33 ×. 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.
1,000
Casemate section HP
ƒThis 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
ƒDamage saturation pool for the hull: penetrations here deal their normal share until twice this much penetration damage has landed on the section (2 × 5,700 = 11,400), then further hits on it deal half damage. A penetration deals 0.33 × the shell's max damage; once the section is saturated it deals exactly half of that (0.5 × 0.33 = 0.165 × max damage), so a 3,000-damage shell's pen goes from 990 to 495. Overpens (0.1 × max damage) and citadels (1.0 ×) ignore saturation. Pens on the ship's other, unsaturated sections still deal the normal 0.33 ×. 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.
5,700
Superstructure section HP
ƒDamage saturation pool for the superstructure: penetrations here deal their normal share until twice this much penetration damage has landed on the section (2 × 600 = 1,200), then further hits on it deal half damage. A penetration deals 0.33 × the shell's max damage; once the section is saturated it deals exactly half of that (0.5 × 0.33 = 0.165 × max damage), so a 3,000-damage shell's pen goes from 990 to 495. Overpens (0.1 × max damage) and citadels (1.0 ×) ignore saturation. Pens on the ship's other, unsaturated sections still deal the normal 0.33 ×. 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
ƒDamage saturation pool for the stern: penetrations here deal their normal share until twice this much penetration damage has landed on the section (2 × 700 = 1,400), then further hits on it deal half damage. A penetration deals 0.33 × the shell's max damage; once the section is saturated it deals exactly half of that (0.5 × 0.33 = 0.165 × max damage), so a 3,000-damage shell's pen goes from 990 to 495. Overpens (0.1 × max damage) and citadels (1.0 ×) ignore saturation. Pens on the ship's other, unsaturated sections still deal the normal 0.33 ×. 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.
700
Main Battery
ModuleArtillery: 88 mm L/45 Tbts LC/13
Mounts / barrels3 mounts / 3 barrels
Reload time4 s
Firing range (base)7.7 km
Firing range (top fire control)8.5 km
Turret traverse10 °/s
Turret armor6 mm
Turret traverse arcs
ƒHow 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.
±164°
Guns to bear
ƒ180° − 164° (the most restricted aft-facing mount's arc) = 16° off bow; 180° − 167° (the most restricted forward-facing mount's arc) = 13° 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.
16° off bow / 13° off stern
Shell Grouping (σ)2
Dispersion type
ƒIn practice: the baseline curve for a standard destroyer -- at max range (8.5 km) shells land in an ellipse about 79 m wide and 47 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
ƒHorizontal dispersion ellipse width at max range, from the dispersion model: σH=(R30·idealRadius−minRadiusidealDistance+minRadius)·30 =(850330·8−0.51000+0.5)·30=78.8m
78.8 m at 8.5 km
Max Vert Disp
ƒVertical dispersion ellipse height at max range: σV=σH·radiusOnMax =78.8·0.6=47.3m
47.3 m at 8.5 km
Med Horiz Disp
ƒ50%-hit horizontal radius: σH,50=σH·0.6σ =78.8·0.62=23.6m
23.6 m at 8.5 km
Med Vert Disp
ƒ50%-hit vertical radius: σV,50=σV·0.6σ =47.3·0.62=14.2m
14.2 m at 8.5 km
Turret turn time
ƒ180 degrees / 10 deg/s traverse speed = 18 s.
18 s
Shells/min
ƒ3 broadside guns x 60 / 4 s base reload = 45.
45
HE shells
HE alpha1,200
HE Velocity715 m/s
Fire Chance5%
HE penetration
ƒ18 mm ≈ 105 mm caliber / 6 (standard HE penetration ratio).
18 mm
HE full-salvo alpha
ƒ1,200 HE damage x 3 broadside guns = 3,600.
3,600
HE DPM
ƒ3,600 HE full-salvo alpha x 60 / 4 s base reload = 54,000.
54,000
Fires/min
ƒ45 shells/min × 0.05 (5% fire chance) = 2.25.
2.25
AP shells
AP alpha2,300
AP Velocity715 m/s
Min Ricochet45 deg
Guaranteed Ricochet60 deg
Fuse Timer0.01 s
Fuse Threshold18 mm
AP overmatch
ƒfloor(105 mm caliber / 14.3) = 7 mm (AP auto-penetrates plating this thick or less).
7 mm
AP Pen Close
ƒAP formula evaluated at muzzle velocity: P=10−7·K·m0.69·d−1.07·v01.38 =10−7·1870·18.20.69·0.105−1.07·7151.38=134.1mm.
134.1 mm point-blank
AP Pen Far
ƒSame formula at the ship's max firing range (8.5 km), where the shell has slowed to 274.2 m/s: P=10−7·1870·18.20.69·0.105−1.07·274.21.38=35.7mm.
35.7 mm at 8.5 km
AP full-salvo alpha
ƒ2,300 AP damage x 3 broadside guns = 6,900.
6,900
AP DPM
ƒ6,900 AP full-salvo alpha x 60 / 4 s base reload = 103,500.
103,500
AP AOE Radius
ƒAP 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
Torpedoes
ModuleG/6D
Launchers / tubes1 + 1 + 2 + 2 tubes = 6 tubes
Reload time38 s
Projectile speed
ƒSpeed of the top torpedo module (all-upgrades configuration, 52.0 kt); the stock torpedo module runs 49.0 kt.
Initial: 49 kt → 52 kt
RangeInitial: 6 km → 6.99 km
Maximum simulated damage
ƒMost targets only intersect one hull section, so a hit transfers about 1/3 of the warhead alpha (2/3 when the warhead blast >= 5000 and the burst reaches a second section). For this ship: Dsim=α·c=29,400·0.333=9,800. In battle, a hit on the torpedo belt deals the per-hit figure × (1 − the target's torpedo protection %), a bow or stern hit deals it in full, and a torpedo never counts as a citadel hit.
≈ 9,800
Maximum damage (ammunition)
ƒ29,400 warhead alpha / 3 + 800 blast = 10,600. Warhead alpha / 3 plus the blast addend: the per-torpedo damage figure. The 'Maximum simulated damage' row above applies target geometry to the same warhead.
10,600
Torpedo module damage
ƒPer-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.
800
Torpedo detectability1 km
Reaction time
ƒHow long a target has to dodge after your torpedo is spotted at its detectability range (lower means less warning): treact=1 km52 kt×2.6855=7.2 s. 2.6855 converts knots to m/s on the game clock. Base value; commander torpedo-concealment skills lower it further.
7.2 s
Flooding chance
ƒThis torpedo carries a flooding-chance value of 1.73 per hit, shown as 1.73×100=173%. 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.
173%
Torpedo launcher traverse25 °/s
Launch arcscentreline 258°; wing 36° (one launcher per beam)
Torp Turn
ƒTime to rotate the launchers 180 deg: tturn=180°25°/s=7.2s.
7.2 s
Torp Arming170 m
Per-side salvo damage
ƒOne side firing, all torpedoes hitting: per-side tubes x per-torpedo simulated damage = 5 x 9,800 = 49,000. Each hit on the target's torpedo belt is reduced by its torpedo protection %.
49,000
AA Defense
AA mount pointsInitial: 0 → 2
Maximum AA range
ƒInitial: 0 km → 1 km (stock → upgraded). Longest-reaching family on the in-game AA card. Base AirDefense aura max range is 0 km; dual-purpose mount auras extend it.
Initial: 0 km → 1 km
7.92 mm MG 082×1 8mm
Near aura
Guns7.92 mm MG 08
Continuous DPS
ƒEffective DPS: 3 raw aura damage × 3.5 × 0.95 hit probability = 10 - the same in-game units as the Close-range AA DPS headline.
10
Range1 km
Maneuverability
Engine power24,800 hp
Maximum speed36.0 kt
Turning circle radius440 m
Rudder shift timeInitial: 2.9 s → 2.1 s
Engine power-boost threshold7.0 kt
Engine spool-up time7.7 s
Reverse spool-up time3.8 s
Reverse speed
ƒtop speed / 4 + 4.9 = 36 / 4 + 4.9 = 13.9 kt. Base value; speed modifiers scale it.
13.9 kt
Crash stop
ƒSeconds 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, using the ship's own reverse-power ratio. The full curve is on the acceleration chart. Full reverse stops about a quarter faster than a plain Stop order from top speed.
13.7 s
Engine boost threshold (reverse)
ƒSpeed below which the engine's built-in power boost applies in reverse.
9.8 kt
Acceleration 0-90%
ƒTime to reach 90% of top speed (32.4 kt of 36.0 kt).
15 s
Acceleration 0-99%
ƒTime to reach 99% of top speed (35.6 kt of 36.0 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.
24.7 s
Guns in a full turn
ƒWith the rudder hard over the hull turns 10.5°/s, so a target drifts across the bow at that rate. Turret traverse minus hull turn: 10 − 10.5 = -0.5°/s, so the guns fall behind and catch up once the turn eases. Main Battery Mod. 2 (+20% traverse) and Mod. 3 (−15%) move this line.
fall behind by 0.5°/s
Concealment
Detectability by sea
ƒBase value, no camouflage. With a Grade IV permanent camo (or any disposable camo): 5.21 km x 0.955 = 4.98 km. Camouflage does not change detectability by air.
5.21 km
With Grade IV camouflage (sea)
ƒDetectability by sea 5.21 km x 0.955 (Grade IV permanent camo or any disposable camo) = 4.98 km.
4.98 km
Detectability by air2.61 km
Smoke firing penalty2 km
Detect when firing (sea)
ƒmax(main battery range, sea detectability 5.21 km) = 8.5 km. Equal to the ship's main battery range (never below base detectability): firing makes you visible to everyone you can reach.
8.5 km
Detect when firing (air)
ƒAir detectability 2.61 km + gun-firing bloom 2.1 km = 4.71 km. The bloom tracks main-battery caliber 105 mm × 0.020 = 2.1 km.
4.71 km
Detect when on fire (sea)
ƒSea detectability 5.21 km + 2.0 km while burning = 7.21 km.
7.21 km
Detect when on fire (air)
ƒAir detectability 2.61 km + 3.0 km while burning = 5.61 km.
5.61 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 · 20 s emit / 49 s cloud active · 450 m radius
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 points6,900 → 7,600
  • Rudder shift2.9 → 2.1 s
  • AA mounts0 → 2
  • Close-range AA DPS0 → 3
  • Maximum AA range0 → 1 km
Fire controlUpgrade
  • Main battery range7,730 → 8,503 m
TorpedoesUpgrade
  • Range6 → 6.99 km
  • Speed49 → 52 kt

Under the hood

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

The constants behind the formulas and the long tail: shell and dispersion inputs, fixed-range anchors, salvo math, layered AA. Click the formula chip on any row to see how it is calculated.

Main battery formulas

vs standard DDStandard
The standard destroyer dispersion curve.
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 dispersion model as the rows below - a knife-fight-range anchor comparable across ships.
AP pen 5 km59 mm
AP penetration at a fixed 5 km, from the same ballistic curve as AP Pen Close/Far: the shell's impact velocity at that range fed through the AP formula P=10−7·K·m0.69·d−1.07·v1.38 =10−7·1870·18.20.69·0.105−1.07·394.51.38=59mm, where 394.5 m/s is the shell's speed when it arrives at 5 km (from 715 m/s at the muzzle). Fixed anchors make ships directly comparable at the same fighting distance; the Charts card plots the full curve.
Guns per full salvo (alpha, DPM)3
3 mounts × 1 barrels = 3; all 3 bear on the broadside.

Model inputs

Krupp (AP)1,870
Armor-penetration constant of the AP shell; penetration scales straight with it, so a 10% higher Krupp is 10% more penetration at every range.
AP shell mass18.2 kg
Enters penetration as mass^0.69 and slows the shell's drag deceleration, so a heavier shell keeps more velocity at range.
AP drag coefficient0.4125
Air drag on the AP shell in flight; lower keeps velocity, and with it penetration, at long range.
AP muzzle velocity715 m/s
Starting speed of the AP shell; penetration scales with velocity^1.38.
HE muzzle velocity715 m/s
Starting speed of the HE shell; sets its flight time and lead.
idealRadius8
Horizontal dispersion growth per idealDistance of range, in 30 m units; the slope of the scatter-width line.
minRadius0.5
Horizontal dispersion at zero range, in 30 m units; the intercept of the scatter-width line.
idealDistance1,000 m
Range step over which horizontal dispersion grows by idealRadius.
taperDist4,000 m
Inside this range the scatter width tapers toward minRadius instead of following the line.
radiusOnZero0.2
Vertical scatter as a share of horizontal at zero range.
radiusOnDelim0.5
Vertical scatter as a share of horizontal at the delim point.
radiusOnMax0.6
Vertical scatter as a share of horizontal at maximum range.
delim0.5
Where the vertical-scatter curve bends, as a share of maximum range.

Torpedoes

Estimated torpedo reaction time7.2 s
1000 m / (52.0 kt × 2.6855) = 7.2 s. detectability / (speed kt x 2.6855 m/s per knot on the game clock).
Torpedo speed52.0 kt
Travel time to max range50.1 s
6990 m / (52.0 kt × 2.6855) = 50.1 s. range / (speed kt x 2.6855 m/s per knot on the game clock).
Tube count6
1 + 1 + 2 + 2 tubes.
Per-side salvo5 torpedoes
4 centreline + (2 wing tubes / 2) = 5: centreline launchers train to either side; wing launchers sit one per beam, so only half of them reach any one side. Each launcher reloads on its own, so she can fire one beam, turn, and fire the other without waiting.
Full-salvo damage58,800
All tubes hitting one target: tubes x per-torpedo simulated damage = 6 x 9,800 = 58,800. Each hit on the target's torpedo belt is reduced by its torpedo protection %.

AA defense

AA DPS at max range10
Only families that reach 1 km contribute at the outer edge of the AA bubble. In-game families: MachineGunMaxim 7 62 2x1 -> 10 DPS @ 1 km.
AA DPS layered by range10 DPS @ 1 km
@ 1 km: 10 from one family. 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-blank10
10 = 10 DPS: the sum of every family's average DPS, achievable only inside the closest-range family (1 km).
AA threat index10
10 × 1 = 10. 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 range1 km
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Ship Charts

Background

This ship was designed for escorting the battle fleet and belonged to the most numerous series of destroyers in the German Navy. She boasted a very high speed for her time. Initially, ships of this class carried weak artillery, but, during World War I, many destroyers belonging to this class were re-equipped with more powerful guns.

Armor Beta

Hull HP 6,900 → 7,600 with hull upgrade, distributed across 5 hull zones, each with its own plate thicknesses, saturation cap, and pen thresholds.

Bow & stern6 mm

Overmatched by 105+ 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 3%, fires burn 30s. Range-by-range in the Compare tool →

Section Plates HP cap Threats Tactic
Bow6 mm primary (range 6–9 mm)1,000 (13% of HP)
Overmatched by 127mm+ AP (Farragut, Shenyang)6 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.
Stern6 mm primary (range 6–9 mm)700 (9% of HP)
Overmatched by 127mm+ AP (Farragut, Shenyang)6 mm: HE pens from 127mm+
Mirror of bow. Same fast saturation.
Citadel9 mm primary (range 6–9 mm)≈ 165,500 (effectively 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.
Superstructure6 mm primary (range 6–9 mm)600 (8% 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 HP3,800 magazine HPTurret knocked outPer-turret powder-magazine HP, a separate pool that does not drain ship HP. As it is worn down the turret is likelier to be knocked out, and a smaller pool gets there faster.
AA mount (8 mm mount)separate HP pool, does not drain ship HP200 per-mount HPDestroyed at 0 HPPer-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 HP2,300 module HPIncapacitated at 0 HPWhen 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.

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