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Vrijheid

Also called: 弗赖海特 Beta

Netherlands · Tier VII · CL Cruiser · Premium

Airstrike cruiserGuns up front, airstrikes for the caps you cannot reach with the hull.

Playstyle

Use islands, concealment, and mid-range kiting lanes to stack pressure without becoming the easiest target
Avoid: Do not sit still waiting for gimmick damage

Key characteristics

Strong AAStealthy (11.5 km)Lobs over islandsSmokeEngine BoostFragile

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Community stats
Playstyle
How to get Vrijheid
Builds
Cohort position
Stats and specs
Armor
Charts
Balance history
Exteriors

Community Data

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Playstyle

Overview

Dutch cruiser area denial and fire support is the core job. Use islands, concealment, and mid-range kiting lanes to stack pressure without becoming the easiest target. Look for clustered ships where Dutch airstrike-style pressure and cruiser fire can force movement.

Positioning

Use islands, concealment, and mid-range kiting lanes to stack pressure without becoming the easiest target. Look for clustered ships where Dutch airstrike-style pressure and cruiser fire can force movement.

Potato Avoidance

Sit still waiting for gimmick damage

Vrijheid should keep guns active, preserve escape routes, and use area denial to shape enemy movement.

Signature Traits

Airstrike alt-armament

The alt-armament fires a bomber line in place of torpedoes. Rewards behind-cover positioning with the cap in range.

Engine Boost

+20% speed, 60 s duration. Engine Boost consumable temporarily raises top speed. Mobility on demand to reposition, chase a kill, or break contact, uncommon in T7 CAs.

Extra heal charges ↗

3 Repair Party charges, best of T7 CAs. More total HP available across a match.

LOBBING BATTERY ↗

High-arc shells · 34.28°
Fast reload · 4.2 s

Saturates bow fast ↗

600 HP bow pool, top decile of T7 CAs. A small pool saturates quickly, after which bow-on penetrations do about a tenth -- angle and they stop mattering.

Light citadel belt ↗

75 mm citadel belt, bottom decile of T7 CAs. Citadels through angle are possible.

Acquisition

How to get Vrijheid

Vrijheid is a Premium ship and not available to unlock in the Tech Tree. Acquisition path: Global XP.

Global XP750,000 GXP in the Legends Store (Mar 2026).

Official WG availability sources

Age of Discovery: New Ships and the Spirit of Adventure 750,000 Global XP 2026-03-02 Tier VII default; exact price not in source

Builds

Build for cruiser concealment, survivability, reload, and consumable/airstrike tempo where available. Inspirations that help you stay dark or disengage are valuable.

Karel Doorman

Airstrike specialist

InspirationsCornelis van der Windt · Commander Worf

Doorman extends airstrike range, cruise speed, and plane HP via Bird's Eye View / Sea Wings / Iron Feathers so your bombers reach the target and survive AA. Cornelis van der Windt's Flame Storm trait adds bomb burning chance for more fire starts; Worf's Sky Attack trait raises damage on every projectile your aircraft drop. Treat the airstrike like a long-range torpedo: drop bombs across the path of a target rotating to cap or hiding behind an island, then use your main battery to punish whoever you've forced into the open.

Karel Doorman

Fire DoT cruiser

InspirationsJohan Furstner · Cornelis van der Windt

Same Doorman skill spine (airstrike range / cruise speed / plane HP). Furstner's Minister of the Navy trait raises fire damage from your cruiser's shells or bombs; Cornelis van der Windt's Flame Storm adds bomb burning chance on top. Each fire that lands does more DPS, and you start more of them. Pairs well with Burn It Down XXL on the main battery so HE salvos and airstrike bombs both leave heavier DoT.

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Cohort position

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Where Vrijheid sits among Tier VII CAs (56 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.

BestRepair charges3 (1 of 6 tied) Top 10%Stealth profile11.46 km / 6.88 km (5/57 / 4/57) Top 10%Main battery reload4.2 s (2/57) Top 10%Main dispersion137.5 m (6/57) Top 10%Displacement11,850 t (6/57) Top 10%AA threat2,028 (4/57) Top 10%Flak per wave (expected)1,944 (5/57) Top 25%Traverse-to-turn ratio8.88 × (7/57) Top 25%AP velocity940 m/s (11/57) Top 25%HE velocity940 m/s (10/50) Top 25%AP arming threshold20 mm (7/57) Top 25%AA DPS529 (7/57) Top 25%AA range5.2 km (7/57) Top 25%Deck armor75 mm (11/52) Bottom 25%HE fire chance8% (45/50) Bottom 25%AP fuse timer0.01 s (49/57) Bottom 25%Engine power85,000 hp (45/56) Bottom 25%Turn-speed retention118.1 hp/m (48/56) Bottom 10%Hit points33,400 HP (55/57) Bottom 10%Main battery range15.15 km (53/57) Bottom 10%HE shell damage1,850 (46/50) Bottom 10%Max armor100 mm (53/57) WorstMain battery caliber127 mm (1 of 2 tied) WorstAP shell damage2,100 (1 of 2 tied) WorstNo secondaries (7 of 57 in cohort) WorstAP pen at 10 km67 mm (55/55) WorstNo torpedoes (15 of 57 in cohort) WorstRepair heal rate0.5 %/s (1 of 18 tied) WorstCitadel belt75 mm (1 of 2 tied) WorstEnd plates16 mm (1 of 8 tied / 1 of 8 tied)

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Not standouts for Vrijheid -- 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 speed33 kt(31/57) Rudder shift9 s(29/57) Sigma2(29/57) Fires per minute9.14(20/50) HE DPM211,429(18/50) AP DPM240,000(41/57) Acceleration26.5 s(35/56) Power-to-weight7.17 hp/t(27/56) Effective HE DPM (incl. fire)279,228(19/50) NormAP ricochet start45°(40 of 57 tied at this value) NormAP auto-bounce angle60°(40 of 57 tied at this value) NormTurn speed retained81%(53 of 57 tied at this value)

Peers in this cohort

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Stats & specs

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Survivability

Hit Points33,400

Displacement11,850 t

Armor range13–100 mm

Plate armor thicknesses13, 15, 16, 20, 30, 40, 50, 60, 75, 80, 100 mm

Armor material/layer entries69

Fire resistance36.6%

Fire duration30 s

Torp Reduction19%

Magazine HP

Per-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.

16,700

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.

10,000

Effective HP

Base 33,400 HP plus everything Repair Party can restore: 0.5%/s x 28 s = 4,676 HP per charge, x3 charges = 14,028 HP. Ceiling, not a prediction: a charge only restores damage actually taken, and only the regeneratable share of it. Across 1,826 players in our replay corpus the median ship realized about half of this, mostly because half the charges go unspent — when Repair Party IS pressed it returns ~97% of the per-charge figure above.

47,428

Repairable: penetration50%

Repairable: citadel33%

Repairable: steering gear50%

Main Battery

These main guns are dual-purpose: they also fire at aircraft and feed the AA Defense card.

ModuleArtillery: 8×127 mm

Mounts / barrels4 mounts / 8 barrels

Reload time4.7 s

Firing range15.2 km

Turret traverse12 °/s

Turret armor125 mm

AP pen max range43 mm

HE fire DPM vs T7 BB60605

Effective HE DPM vs T7 BB249541

Shell Grouping (σ)2

Max Horiz Disp

Horizontal dispersion ellipse width at max range, from the verified WoWS dispersion model:

σ_{H} = (\frac{R}{30} \cdot \frac{idealRadius - minRadius}{idealDistance} + minRadius) \cdot 30

= (\frac{15150}{30} \cdot \frac{8 - 1.1}{1000} + 1.1) \cdot 30 = 137.5 m

137.5 m

Max Vert Disp

Vertical dispersion ellipse height at max range:

σ_{V} = σ_{H} \cdot radiusOnMax

= 137.5 \cdot 0.6 = 82.5 m

82.5 m

Med Horiz Disp

50%-hit horizontal radius:

σ_{H, 50} = σ_{H} \cdot \frac{0.6}{σ}

= 137.5 \cdot \frac{0.6}{2} = 41.3 m

41.3 m

Med Vert Disp

50%-hit vertical radius:

σ_{V, 50} = σ_{V} \cdot \frac{0.6}{σ}

= 82.5 \cdot \frac{0.6}{2} = 24.8 m

24.8 m

Turret turn time

180 degrees / 12 deg/s traverse speed = 15 s.

15 s

Shells/min

Zero upgrades: 8 broadside guns x 60 / 4.7 s base reload = 102.1. All upgrades (Main Battery Mod. 3 = -10% reload): 8 broadside guns x 60 / 4.2 s all-upgrades reload = 114.3.

Initial: 102.1 → 114.3

HE shells

HE Damage1,850

HE Velocity940 m/s

Fire Chance8%

HE penetration

In-game data: 20 mm = 127 mm caliber / 6.35 (non-standard HE penetration ratio).

20 mm

HE full-salvo alpha

1,850 HE damage x 8 broadside guns = 14,800.

14,800

HE DPM

Zero upgrades: 14,800 HE full-salvo alpha x 60 / 4.7 s base reload = 188,936. All upgrades (Main Battery Mod. 3 = -10% reload): 14,800 HE full-salvo alpha x 60 / 4.2 s all-upgrades reload = 211,429.

Initial: 188,936 → 211,429

Fires/min

Zero upgrades: 102.1 shells/min x 8% fire chance = 8.17. All upgrades (Main Battery Mod. 3 = -10% reload): 114.3 shells/min x 8% fire chance = 9.14.

Initial: 8.17 → 9.14

AP shells

AP Damage2,100

AP Velocity940 m/s

Min Ricochet45 deg

Guaranteed Ricochet60 deg

Fuse Timer0.01 s

Fuse Threshold20 mm

AP overmatch

floor(127 mm caliber / 14.3) = 8 mm (AP auto-penetrates plating this thick or less).

8 mm

AP Pen Close

Canonical community AP formula (jcw780/wows_shell), evaluated at muzzle velocity:

P = 10^{- 7} \cdot K \cdot m^{0.69} \cdot d^{- 1.07} \cdot v_{0}^{1.38}

= 10^{- 7} \cdot 2400 \cdot {23.5}^{0.69} \cdot {0.12}^{- 1.07} \cdot 940^{1.38} = 259.7 mm

. Matches the in-game spec card.

259.7 mm

AP Pen Far

Same formula at the ship's max firing range (18.9 km), where the shell has slowed to 274.6 m/s:

P = 10^{- 7} \cdot 2400 \cdot {23.5}^{0.69} \cdot {0.12}^{- 1.07} \cdot {274.6}^{1.38} = 47.5 mm

47.5 mm

AP full-salvo alpha

2,100 AP damage x 8 broadside guns = 16,800.

16,800

AP DPM

Zero upgrades: 16,800 AP full-salvo alpha x 60 / 4.7 s base reload = 214,468. All upgrades (Main Battery Mod. 3 = -10% reload): 16,800 AP full-salvo alpha x 60 / 4.2 s all-upgrades reload = 240,000.

Initial: 214,468 → 240,000

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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Squadrons

Plane HP2,000

Plane max speed180 kn

Planes per strike4

OrdnanceHE bomb, 6,300 dmg

Fire chance38%

Bomb penetration36.5 mm

Bomb velocity300 m/s

Charges2

Range10.5 km

Reload54 s

Launch arc-124° to 124°

AA Defense

AA mount points17

Maximum AA range

Longest-reaching family on the in-game AA card. Base AirDefense aura max range is 3.5 km; dual-purpose mount auras extend it.

5.2 km

40 mm/56 Bofors Model 193610×2 40mm

40 mm/56 Bofors7×1 40mm

Gunsmain battery (DP)

Continuous DPS

Effective DPS in in-game units (raw aura damage × 3.5 × hit probability, summed per contributing aura) - matches the Close-range AA DPS headline's currency. Includes 104 from dual-purpose main battery firing as AA in this range band.

104

Range5.2 km

Guns40 mm/56 Bofors + 40 mm/56 Bofors Model 1936

Continuous DPS

Effective DPS: 135 raw aura damage × 3.5 × 0.9 hit probability = 425 - the same in-game units as the Close-range AA DPS headline.

425

Range3.5 km

Total DPS in Aura

Far 104 + Medium 425 = 529

529

Bursts

Each ~2 s wave fires 2 quick salvos of 4 clouds ahead of the attacking squadron, plus 1 stray cloud farther out that appear off-beat between waves - up to 9 clouds per wave × 240 damage each. Planes that fly into a cloud take its damage; clouds dissipate before the next wave lands. Defensive AA Fire, where fitted, multiplies the salvo repeats within each wave.

2 salvos × 4 clouds + 1 outer

Cloud damage

Damage a plane takes for flying into one flak cloud, before any reductions.

240

Cloud spawn chance

Each cloud in the pattern rolls this chance to spawn, so waves average fewer clouds than the maximum. Often called flak 'hit chance', but spawned clouds always damage planes that fly into them - the roll is on spawning.

90%

Wave rate

A flak wave spawns roughly every 2 s - timed frame-by-frame from gameplay footage and consistent across ships.

every ~2 s

Fired by

Flak keeps firing while at least one main battery mount is operational - even losing every other AA mount does not stop it.

Main battery

Flak zone

The activation band: flak fires while attacking planes are inside it. Clouds are placed ahead of the planes' path, so bursts can land short of 2.5 km or past 5.2 km - once planes get inside the band, new waves stop.

2.5-5.2 km

See the AA layers diagram ↓

Maneuverability

Engine power85,000 hp

Maximum speed33 kt

Turning circle radius720 m

Rudder shift time9 s

Engine power-boost threshold7 kt

Engine spool-up time15.3 s

Reverse spool-up time7.7 s

Acceleration 0-90%

Time to reach 90% of top speed (29.7 kt of 33 kt), from our in-house acceleration model.

26.5 s

Acceleration 0-99%

Time to reach 99% of top speed (32.7 kt of 33 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.

43.4 s

Traverse-to-turn ratio

How many degrees the turret can swing for each degree the hull turns. Turn rate

ω_{hull} = \frac{180}{π} \cdot \frac{V_{max} (m/s)}{R_{turn}} = \frac{180}{π} \cdot \frac{33.0 \cdot 0.5144}{720} = 1.35 ° / s

, so

ratio = \frac{ω_{turret}}{ω_{hull}} = \frac{12}{1.35} = 8.9 \times

. Below 5 the turrets drag in a turning fight; 25+ keeps up with any rudder.

8.9× ok

See the full acceleration curve ↓

Concealment

Detectability by sea11.46 km

Detectability by air6.88 km

Smoke firing penalty5.37 km

Detect after firing main guns

max(base sea detectability, gun-firing bloom range). Firing never pulls your detection closer than base concealment.

11.46 km

Detect Fire Sea13.46 km

Detect Fire Air9.88 km

Guaranteed Detect2 km

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Consumables

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

Choose one

Engine Boost4 charges · 100 s reload · 60 s active · +20% speed bonus

Defensive AA Fire3 charges · 140 s reload · 25 s active · ×2 flak burst boost
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Repeats the flak burst pattern ×2 within each wave - more clouds in the air over the wave, at the same spots.

Smoke Generator3 charges · 160 s reload · 20 s emit / 90 s cloud active · 450 m radius

Repair Party3 charges · 40 s reload · 28 s active · 4,676 HP (14% of max HP) total heal (per charge)
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Heal per second (0.5%) x effective active time (28 s) = up to 14% of max HP restored per charge.
· 14,028 HP (42% of max HP) total heal (all charges)
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14% per charge x 3 charges = up to 42% of max HP if the whole Repair Party loadout is used.
· 167 HP/s (0.5% of max HP) heal per second
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0.5% of max HP (33,400 HP) per second = 167 HP/s. WoWS heals a flat percent of MAX HP each second, so this rate holds at any health level.

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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

Max Horiz Disp137.5 m

Horizontal dispersion ellipse width at max range, from the verified WoWS dispersion model:  $σ_{H} = (\frac{R}{30} \cdot \frac{idealRadius - minRadius}{idealDistance} + minRadius) \cdot 30$   $= (\frac{15150}{30} \cdot \frac{8 - 1.1}{1000} + 1.1) \cdot 30 = 137.5 m$

Shell scatter width @ 5 km67.5 m

Horizontal scatter at a fixed 5 km, from the same verified dispersion model as the rows below - a knife-fight-range anchor comparable across ships.

Shell scatter width @ 10 km102 m

How wide your shells scatter at 10 km, from the same dispersion model as the max-range figure above. Picking a fixed range makes this number directly comparable from ship to ship: max-range dispersion makes a longer-range gun look worse even when it's tighter at any common range. The interactive Dispersion tab on the Charts card plots the full curve from 0 to max range.

Shell scatter width @ 15 km136.5 m

Horizontal scatter at a fixed 15 km, from the same verified dispersion model - the long-range anchor. Only shown when the ship's guns reach 15 km.

Max Vert Disp82.5 m

Vertical dispersion ellipse height at max range: $σ_{V} = σ_{H} \cdot radiusOnMax$ $= 137.5 \cdot 0.6 = 82.5 m$

Shell scatter height @ 10 km54.3 m

How tall the same scatter ellipse is at 10 km. Comparable from ship to ship for the same reason as the width value above. The height/width ratio is a piecewise-linear curve through three points from the ship's own dispersion data:  $radiusOnZero = 0.2$  at 0 m,  $radiusOnDelim = 0.5$  at  $delim \cdot R_{m a x} = 0.5 \cdot 15150 = 7575$  m, and  $radiusOnMax = 0.6$  at 15150 m. Above the kink:  $k = 0.5 + (0.6 - 0.5) \cdot \frac{10000 - 7575}{15150 - 7575} = 0.532$ , so  $σ_{V} = σ_{H} \cdot k = 102 \cdot 0.532 = 54.3 m$ .

Med Horiz Disp41.3 m

50%-hit horizontal radius: $σ_{H, 50} = σ_{H} \cdot \frac{0.6}{σ}$ $= 137.5 \cdot \frac{0.6}{2} = 41.3 m$

Med Vert Disp24.8 m

50%-hit vertical radius: $σ_{V, 50} = σ_{V} \cdot \frac{0.6}{σ}$ $= 82.5 \cdot \frac{0.6}{2} = 24.8 m$

AP Pen Close259.7 mm

Canonical community AP formula (jcw780/wows_shell), evaluated at muzzle velocity:  $P = 10^{- 7} \cdot K \cdot m^{0.69} \cdot d^{- 1.07} \cdot v_{0}^{1.38}$   $= 10^{- 7} \cdot 2400 \cdot {23.5}^{0.69} \cdot {0.12}^{- 1.07} \cdot 940^{1.38} = 259.7 mm$ . Matches the in-game spec card.

AP Pen Far47.5 mm

Same formula at the ship's max firing range (18.9 km), where the shell has slowed to 274.6 m/s:  $P = 10^{- 7} \cdot 2400 \cdot {23.5}^{0.69} \cdot {0.12}^{- 1.07} \cdot {274.6}^{1.38} = 47.5 mm$ .

AP pen 5 km131 mm

AP penetration at a fixed 5 km, read off the same PC-validated ballistic curve as AP Pen Close/Far: the shell's impact velocity at that range fed through the canonical community AP formula  $P = 10^{- 7} \cdot K \cdot m^{0.69} \cdot d^{- 1.07} \cdot v^{1.38}$ . Fixed anchors make ships directly comparable at the same fighting distance; the Charts card plots the full curve.

AP pen 10 km67 mm

AP penetration at a fixed 10 km, read off the same PC-validated ballistic curve as AP Pen Close/Far: the shell's impact velocity at that range fed through the canonical community AP formula  $P = 10^{- 7} \cdot K \cdot m^{0.69} \cdot d^{- 1.07} \cdot v^{1.38}$ . Fixed anchors make ships directly comparable at the same fighting distance; the Charts card plots the full curve.

AP pen 15 km43 mm

AP penetration at a fixed 15 km, read off the same PC-validated ballistic curve as AP Pen Close/Far: the shell's impact velocity at that range fed through the canonical community AP formula  $P = 10^{- 7} \cdot K \cdot m^{0.69} \cdot d^{- 1.07} \cdot v^{1.38}$ . Fixed anchors make ships directly comparable at the same fighting distance; the Charts card plots the full curve.

HE flight time @ 10 km6.51 s

How long an HE shell takes to reach a target at a fixed 10 km, from the same numerically integrated trajectory the Charts card plots. The shell slows under quadratic air drag,  $a_{drag} = k ρ v^{2}$ , where  $ρ$  is air density from a standard-atmosphere profile and  $k$  bundles the shell's drag coefficient, caliber and mass:  $k = \frac{π C_{d} d^{2}}{8 m} = \frac{π \cdot 0.3345 \cdot {0.12}^{2}}{8 \cdot 23.5} = 8.05 \times 10^{- 5}$ . That runs from a 940 m/s muzzle velocity in 0.02 s steps under gravity 9.8 m/s² until the shell lands, then divides by 2.77: the game clock runs faster than real time, and that factor was measured against stopwatch runs in the Training Room. Lower is better, since a faster shell is harder to dodge and needs less lead.

AP flight time @ 10 km6.51 s

How long an AP shell takes to reach a target at a fixed 10 km, from the same numerically integrated trajectory the Charts card plots. The shell slows under quadratic air drag,  $a_{drag} = k ρ v^{2}$ , where  $ρ$  is air density from a standard-atmosphere profile and  $k$  bundles the shell's drag coefficient, caliber and mass:  $k = \frac{π C_{d} d^{2}}{8 m} = \frac{π \cdot 0.3345 \cdot {0.12}^{2}}{8 \cdot 23.5} = 8.05 \times 10^{- 5}$ . That runs from a 940 m/s muzzle velocity in 0.02 s steps under gravity 9.8 m/s² until the shell lands, then divides by 2.77: the game clock runs faster than real time, and that factor was measured against stopwatch runs in the Training Room. Lower is better, since a faster shell is harder to dodge and needs less lead.

HE penetration20 mm

In-game data: 20 mm = 127 mm caliber / 6.35 (non-standard HE penetration ratio).

AP overmatch8 mm

floor(127 mm caliber / 14.3) = 8 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 alpha8

All 8 barrels bear on the broadside.

Turret turn time15 s

180 degrees / 12 deg/s traverse speed = 15 s.

HE full-salvo alpha14,800

1,850 HE damage x 8 broadside guns = 14,800.

AP full-salvo alpha16,800

2,100 AP damage x 8 broadside guns = 16,800.

HE DPMInitial: 188,936 → 211,429

Zero upgrades: 14,800 HE full-salvo alpha x 60 / 4.7 s base reload = 188,936. All upgrades (Main Battery Mod. 3 = -10% reload): 14,800 HE full-salvo alpha x 60 / 4.2 s all-upgrades reload = 211,429.

AP DPMInitial: 214,468 → 240,000

Zero upgrades: 16,800 AP full-salvo alpha x 60 / 4.7 s base reload = 214,468. All upgrades (Main Battery Mod. 3 = -10% reload): 16,800 AP full-salvo alpha x 60 / 4.2 s all-upgrades reload = 240,000.

Shells/minInitial: 102.1 → 114.3

Zero upgrades: 8 broadside guns x 60 / 4.7 s base reload = 102.1. All upgrades (Main Battery Mod. 3 = -10% reload): 8 broadside guns x 60 / 4.2 s all-upgrades reload = 114.3.

Fires/minInitial: 8.17 → 9.14

Zero upgrades: 102.1 shells/min x 8% fire chance = 8.17. All upgrades (Main Battery Mod. 3 = -10% reload): 114.3 shells/min x 8% fire chance = 9.14.

AA defense

AA DPS at max range104

Only families that reach 5.2 km contribute at the outer edge of the AA bubble. In-game families: 40mm Bofors Mark IV Hazemeyer 10x2 -> 250 DPS @ 3.5 km; 40mm Bofors Mk3 7x1 -> 175 DPS @ 3.5 km; Far AA (?) -> 104 DPS @ 5.2 km.

Maximum AA range5.2 km

Longest-reaching family on the in-game AA card. Base AirDefense aura max range is 3.5 km; dual-purpose mount auras extend it.

AA DPS layered by range104 DPS @ 5.2 km, 529 DPS @ 3.5 km

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-blank529

Sum of every family's average DPS, achievable only inside the closest-range family (3.5 km).

AA threat index2028

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 Beta

Hull HP 33,400, 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.

Bow & stern16 mm

Overmatched by 141+ guns across the bracket. Can’t reliably bow-tank; gets bow-citadelled and overpenned.

Belt / citadel75 mm

Thin belt: battleship AP citadels straight through it broadside. Rely on angle, speed and concealment, never sit flat.

Farming13 mm

Superstructure and extremities take HE pens and AP overpens from nearly any gun: steady chip damage. Fire resistance 37%, fires burn 30s. Range-by-range in the Compare tool →

Section	Plates	HP cap	Threats	Tactic
Bow	16 mm primary (range 16–40 mm)	600 (2% of HP)	Overmatched by 283mm+ (Scharnhorst, Scharnhorst '43)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)	80 mm primary (range 16–100 mm)	25,100 (75% of HP)	No common caliber overmatches80 mm: standard HE shatters; improved HE (DE / FR BB) pens from 356mm+	Largest HP pool. Citadel sits behind these plates; thinner deck and side plating absorb the rest.
Stern	16 mm primary (range 16–75 mm)	500 (1% of HP)	Overmatched by 283mm+ (Scharnhorst, Scharnhorst '43)Angle bounces 203mm16 mm: HE pens from 127mm+	Mirror of bow. Same fast saturation.
Citadel	75 mm primary (range 15–75 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.
Superstructure	13 mm primary (range 13–75 mm)	3,100 (9% 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	16,700 magazine HP	Turret knocked out	Per-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 (40 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	10,000 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.

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Nerf ×1Commander Skill ×1

2026-04-30

Ministry of Balance: Viva la Marina!

Nerf affecting Dutch cruisers above Tier IV: Air Support special-effect activation distance reduced from 7.5/8/8.5/9 km to 7/7.4/7.7/8 km.

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