Weimar
Also called: 魏玛 Beta- Work the islands rather than a firing line
- Avoid: Pushing in blind because the kit says brawler
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Across 16,000+ Standard battles from 180+ players, Weimar averages a 64% win rate, 74,000 damage and 1.3 kills per battle, and survives 41% of them.
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Playstyle
Overview
Weimar is a Tier VII German light cruiser whose 150mm guns bring 244,800 HE DPM (3rd of 50), with Sonar as her vision tool: it lets her contest islands and smoke without exposing the hull. Her sonar reaches 5.4 km, which is the range at which she can commit to a contest without guessing. She also puts out cohort-best AP (540,000 AP DPM), making her a dual-threat gunship: keep AP up against broadsides and citadels, and switch to HE against bow-in ships, superstructures, and the thin or angled targets AP over-penetrates or bounces off. HE pen sits at the 1/4 caliber ratio instead of the standard 1/6, so HE spam is a real damage option here. Standout traits: torpedo belt percent in T7 CAs (22, 4th of 58) and fast reload in T7 CAs (5 s, 4th of 58). The trade is hit points in T7 CAs (32,000 HP, 57th of 58).
Positioning
Work the islands rather than a firing line. Sonar (5.4 km on ships, 3.8 km on torpedoes) is the whole kit, and it only pays inside that radius, so hold the cover beside a contested cap and use it to catch destroyers and torpedoes coming around the corner: HE into the destroyer, AP into any cruiser that shows you a broadside while it sits in smoke. Firing from a friendly smoke reveals you at 6.4 km, so pick the salvo rather than holding the trigger. 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. Once the rudder is over she turns tightly for her cohort (650 m), so a committed turn costs less water than most of what she is fighting.
Potato Avoidance
Pushing in blind because the kit says brawler
5.4-km Sonar is what makes the close fight winnable, and it only helps once you are already committed; it does not tell you what is waiting two islands over. Push when a destroyer is lit or a teammate holds vision, not to find out who is there.
Signature Traits
HE pen at the 1/4 caliber ratio instead of the standard 1/6. HE-spam is a real damage option here, not just a fire-starter, shared by 9/58 T7 CAs.
- AP DPM machine · 540000 AP
- HE DPM machine · 244800 HE
- Fast reload · 5 s
- High fire pressure · 11.52 fires/min
22% torpedo damage reduction, top decile of T7 CAs.
4 launchers, best of the 43 T7 CAs with torpedoes. Each fires its own spread: aim them at different escape routes, or stack them on one line for more hits.
- Fragile HP pool · 32000 HP
- Shallow effective · 42752 effective
How to get Weimar
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Builds
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Cohort position
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Where Weimar sits among Tier VII CAs (57 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.
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Not standouts for Weimar -- 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.
Peers in this cohort
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Stats & specs
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How 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.ƒ
180° − 150° (the most restricted aft-facing mount's arc) = 30° off bow; 180° − 144° (the most restricted forward-facing mount's arc) = 36° 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.ƒ
In practice: the baseline curve for a standard cruiser -- at max range (15.2 km) shells land in an ellipse about 138 m wide and 83 m tall. Also on this curve (215): AL Baltimore, AL Chapayev, AL Cheshire, AL Harbin, AL Montpelier, AL Tallinn, AL Zara, Aberdeen, Accord, Agano, Albemarle, Algérie and 203 more.ƒ
Horizontal dispersion ellipse width at max range, from the dispersion model:ƒ
Vertical dispersion ellipse height at max range:ƒ
50%-hit horizontal radius:ƒ
50%-hit vertical radius:ƒ
180 degrees / 7.6 deg/s traverse speed = 23.7 s.ƒ
12 broadside guns x 60 / 5 s base reload = 144.HE shells
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38 mm ≈ 150 mm caliber / 4 (improved HE penetration: German BBs, Yamato-class, and a handful of others).ƒ
1,700 HE damage x 12 broadside guns = 20,400.ƒ
20,400 HE full-salvo alpha x 60 / 5 s base reload = 244,800.ƒ
144 shells/min × 0.08 (8% fire chance) = 11.52.AP shells
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floor(150 mm caliber / 14.3) = 10 mm (AP auto-penetrates plating this thick or less).ƒ
AP formula evaluated at muzzle velocity: .ƒ
Same formula at the ship's max firing range (15.2 km), where the shell has slowed to 311 m/s: .ƒ
3,750 AP damage x 12 broadside guns = 45,000.ƒ
45,000 AP full-salvo alpha x 60 / 5 s base reload = 540,000.ƒ
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.ƒ
Most 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: . 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.ƒ
38,100 warhead alpha / 3 + 1,000 blast = 13,700. 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.ƒ
Per-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.ƒ
How long a target has to dodge after your torpedo is spotted at its detectability range (lower means less warning): . 2.6855 converts knots to m/s on the game clock. Base value; commander torpedo-concealment skills lower it further.ƒ
This torpedo carries a flooding-chance value of 2.27 per hit, shown as . 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.ƒ
Time to rotate the launchers 180 deg: .ƒ
One side firing, all torpedoes hitting: per-side tubes x per-torpedo simulated damage = 6 x 12,700 = 76,200. Each hit on the target's torpedo belt is reduced by its torpedo protection %.ƒ
Longest-reaching family on the in-game AA card. Base AirDefense aura max range is 3.5 km; dual-purpose mount auras extend it.ƒ
Dual-purpose: your secondaries doing double duty against aircraft. The same mounts appear on the Secondary Battery card - shared guns, not extra hardware.ƒ
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 82 from dual-purpose secondaries firing as AA in this range band.ƒ
Effective DPS: 25 raw aura damage × 3.5 × 0.9 hit probability = 79 - the same in-game units as the Close-range AA DPS headline.ƒ
Far 82 + Medium 79 = 161ƒ
Effective DPS: 47 raw aura damage × 3.5 × 0.85 hit probability = 140 - the same in-game units as the Close-range AA DPS headline.ƒ
Far 82 + Medium 79 + Near 140 = 301ƒ
Each ~2 s salvo fires 2 AA explosions in quick succession, each leaving 3 clouds ahead of the attacking squadron, plus 1 stray cloud farther out that appear off-beat between salvos - up to 7 clouds per salvo × 190 damage each. Planes that fly into a cloud take its damage; clouds dissipate before the next salvo lands. Defensive AA Fire, where fitted, multiplies the AA explosions within each salvo, and commander skills that raise the Number of AA explosions add to it.ƒ
Damage a plane takes for flying into one flak cloud, before any reductions.ƒ
Each cloud in the pattern rolls this chance to spawn, so salvos 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.ƒ
A new flak salvo (the AA explosions above) fires roughly every 2 s.ƒ
Flak keeps firing while at least one secondary battery mount is operational - even losing every dedicated AA mount does not stop it.ƒ
The activation band: flak fires while attacking planes are inside it. Clouds are placed ahead of the planes' path, so clouds can land short of 3.5 km or past 4.5 km - once planes get inside the band, new salvos stop. AA range bonuses push the outer edge out; the 3.5 km inner edge does not move.ƒ
Sum across all secondary families of (per-side barrels × 60 / reload_s × alpha), with each reload counted in whole 1/7 s ticks (guns fire on the first tick after the reload), where per-side barrels = mounts × barrels-per-mount / 2 (the guns that bear on one broadside target). Per-family: 4×2 105 mm (4/side) × 60/3.429 s (3.35 s = 24 ticks) × 1200 = 84,000. Assumes every shell hits (real hit rate is lower; the Brawl matchup tool on the Compare page folds in dispersion + target armor).ƒ
Fires/min (per side) 3.5 × (1 − 0.366 fire resistance) × 60 s × 0.003 of max HP per second × 65,000 HP = 25,962. Per side: the barrels that bear on one broadside target (mounts × barrels / 2). A ceiling: assumes every shell hits and ignores the four-fire cap and Fire Prevention.ƒ
Secondary DPM (per side) 84,000 + secondary fire DPM 25,962 = 109,962: shell damage plus fire damage against one T7 battleship, every shell hitting.ƒ
Dual-purpose: the same mounts also fire at aircraft, so they appear on the AA Defense card too - shared guns, not extra hardware.ƒ
4×2 barrels / 2 sides × 60 / 3.429 s (3.35 s = 24 ticks) × 0.05 (5% fire chance) = 3.5. Per side: the barrels that bear on one broadside target (mounts × barrels / 2). A ceiling: assumes every shell hits and ignores the four-fire cap and Fire Prevention.ƒ
Max dispersion = range (km) × 57 + 30. Each dispersion type sets its own slope; this is not a percentage applied to a standard baseline.ƒ
5 km × 57 + 30 = 315 m.ƒ
top speed / 4 + 4.9 = 31 / 4 + 4.9 = 12.7 kt. Base value; speed modifiers scale it.ƒ
Speed below which the engine's built-in power boost applies in reverse.ƒ
With the rudder hard over the hull turns 5.8°/s, so a target drifts across the bow at that rate. Turret traverse minus hull turn: 7.6 − 5.8 = +1.8°/s, so the guns hold the target through the turn. Main Battery Mod. 2 (+20% traverse) and Mod. 3 (−15%) move this line.ƒ
Base value, no camouflage. With a Grade IV permanent camo (or any disposable camo): 12.98 km x 0.955 = 12.4 km. Camouflage does not change detectability by air.ƒ
Detectability by sea 12.98 km x 0.955 (Grade IV permanent camo or any disposable camo) = 12.4 km.ƒ
max(main battery range, sea detectability 12.98 km) = 15.21 km. Equal to the ship's main battery range (never below base detectability): firing makes you visible to everyone you can reach.ƒ
Air detectability 7.79 km + gun-firing bloom 3 km = 10.79 km. The bloom tracks main-battery caliber 150 mm × 0.020 = 3 km.ƒ
Sea detectability 12.98 km + 2.0 km while burning = 14.98 km.ƒ
Air detectability 7.79 km + 3.0 km while burning = 10.79 km.
Damage Control Party∞ charges · 60 s reload · 5 s active
Sonar2 charges · 180 s reload · 116 s active · 5.43 km ship detect ƒ
Derived from the consumable's 30 m grid-unit range (km = grid units x 30 / 1000):ƒ
Derived from the consumable's 30 m grid-unit range (km = grid units x 30 / 1000):
Defensive AA Fire3 charges · 140 s reload · 25 s active · ×2 flak burst boost ƒ
Repeats the flak burst pattern ×2 within each salvo - more clouds in the air over the salvo, at the same spots.
Catapult Fighter3 charges · 80 s reload · 70 s active · 5 km patrol radius ƒ
Derived from the consumable's 30 m grid-unit range (km = grid units x 30 / 1000):
Repair Party2 charges · 60 s reload · 28 s active · 5,376 HP (16.8% of max HP) total heal (per charge) ƒ
0.006 of max HP per second (0.6%) × 28 s effective active time = 0.168 of max HP × 32,000 HP = 5,376 HP: up to 16.8% of max HP restored per charge.ƒ
0.168 of max HP per charge × 2 charges = 0.336 × 32,000 HP = 10,752 HP: up to 33.6% of max HP if the whole Repair Party loadout is used.ƒ
0.006 (0.6% of max HP) × 32,000 HP = 192 HP/s. WoWS heals a flat percent of MAX HP each second, so this rate holds at any health level.
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
The standard cruiser dispersion curve.(166.7 × (8 − 1.1) / 1000 + 1.1) × 30 = 67.5 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.(333.3 × (8 − 1.1) / 1000 + 1.1) × 30 = 102 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.(500 × (8 − 1.1) / 1000 + 1.1) × 30 = 136.5 m. Horizontal scatter at a fixed 15 km, from the same dispersion model - the long-range anchor. Only shown when the ship's guns reach 15 km.How tall the scatter ellipse is at a fixed 5 km, from the same model, comparable from ship to ship. The height/width ratio is a piecewise-linear curve through three points from the ship's own dispersion data: at 0 m, at m, and at 15213 m. Below the kink: , so .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: at 0 m, at m, and at 15213 m. Above the kink: , so .How tall the scatter ellipse is at a fixed 15 km, from the same model. Only shown when the ship's guns reach 15 km. The height/width ratio is a piecewise-linear curve through three points from the ship's own dispersion data: at 0 m, at m, and at 15213 m. Above the kink: , so .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 , where 591.7 m/s is the shell's speed when it arrives at 5 km (from 875 m/s at the muzzle). Fixed anchors make ships directly comparable at the same fighting distance; the Charts card plots the full curve.AP penetration at a fixed 10 km, from the same ballistic curve as AP Pen Close/Far: the shell's impact velocity at that range fed through the AP formula , where 410 m/s is the shell's speed when it arrives at 10 km (from 875 m/s at the muzzle). Fixed anchors make ships directly comparable at the same fighting distance; the Charts card plots the full curve.AP penetration at a fixed 15 km, from the same ballistic curve as AP Pen Close/Far: the shell's impact velocity at that range fed through the AP formula , where 314 m/s is the shell's speed when it arrives at 15 km (from 875 m/s at the muzzle). Fixed anchors make ships directly comparable at the same fighting distance; the Charts card plots the full curve.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, , where is air density from a standard-atmosphere profile and bundles the shell's drag coefficient, caliber and mass: . That runs from a 875 m/s muzzle velocity in 0.02 s steps under gravity 9.8 m/s² until the shell lands, then divides by 2.77 because the game clock runs faster than real time. Lower is better, since a faster shell is harder to dodge and needs less lead.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, , where is air density from a standard-atmosphere profile and bundles the shell's drag coefficient, caliber and mass: . That runs from a 875 m/s muzzle velocity in 0.02 s steps under gravity 9.8 m/s² until the shell lands, then divides by 2.77 because the game clock runs faster than real time. Lower is better, since a faster shell is harder to dodge and needs less lead.This ship's HE shells use a 1/4 (~0.25) caliber-to-pen ratio instead of the standard 1/6 (~0.167) - 0.253 in this case. Lets HE pen ~37mm armor instead of ~25mm. Hits every German cruiser (150mm CL, 203mm CA) and BB (350mm+), British heavy cruisers / Lion / Nelson, a handful of other premiums.4 mounts × 3 barrels = 12; all 12 bear on the broadside.Model inputs
Armor-penetration constant of the AP shell; penetration scales straight with it, so a 10% higher Krupp is 10% more penetration at every range.Enters penetration as mass^0.69 and slows the shell's drag deceleration, so a heavier shell keeps more velocity at range.Air drag on the AP shell in flight; lower keeps velocity, and with it penetration, at long range.Starting speed of the AP shell; penetration scales with velocity^1.38.Starting speed of the HE shell; sets its flight time and lead.Horizontal dispersion growth per idealDistance of range, in 30 m units; the slope of the scatter-width line.Horizontal dispersion at zero range, in 30 m units; the intercept of the scatter-width line.Range step over which horizontal dispersion grows by idealRadius.Inside this range the scatter width tapers toward minRadius instead of following the line.Vertical scatter as a share of horizontal at zero range.Vertical scatter as a share of horizontal at the delim point.Vertical scatter as a share of horizontal at maximum range.Where the vertical-scatter curve bends, as a share of maximum range.Torpedoes
1300 m / (64.0 kt × 2.6855) = 7.6 s. detectability / (speed kt x 2.6855 m/s per knot on the game clock).6000 m / (64.0 kt × 2.6855) = 34.9 s. range / (speed kt x 2.6855 m/s per knot on the game clock).4 launchers × 3 tubes.12 wing tubes / 2 = 6: the 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.All tubes hitting one target: tubes x per-torpedo simulated damage = 12 x 12,700 = 152,400. Each hit on the target's torpedo belt is reduced by its torpedo protection %.AA defense
Only families that reach 4.5 km contribute at the outer edge of the AA bubble. In-game families: 40mm flak 28 6x1 -> 79 DPS @ 3.5 km; 20mm Flak 38 4x1 -> 35 DPS @ 2 km; 20mm Flack 38 quad 4x4 -> 35 DPS @ 2 km; 20mm Flak 38 M43U 8x2 -> 70 DPS @ 2 km; 105 mm SKC 33 4x2 -> 82 DPS @ 4.5 km.@ 4.5 km: 82 from one family; @ 3.5 km: 79 + 82 = 161; @ 2 km: 79 + 35 + 35 + 70 + 82 = 301. 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.79 + 35 + 35 + 70 + 82 = 301 DPS: the sum of every family's average DPS, achievable only inside the closest-range family (2 km).79 × 3.5 + 35 × 2 + 35 × 2 + 70 × 2 + 82 × 4.5 = 926. 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.Secondary battery firepower
The only family (105 mm): 1200. Maximum HE damage per shell across secondary HE families. Best on this ship: 1200 from the 105 mm family.The only family (105 mm): 5%. Maximum per-shell fire chance across secondary HE families (before target fire resistance is applied). Best on this ship: 5% from the 105 mm family.The only family (105 mm): 20 mm. Maximum HE armor penetration across secondary HE families (caliber × 1/6 for most nations; 1/4 for German/UK BBs). Shells whose pen falls under a plate's armor thickness shatter for 0 hull damage though fire chance still applies. Best on this ship: 20 mm from the 105 mm family.Ship Charts
Background
A light cruiser that carries twelve 150 mm guns. A variant of cruiser Yorck with a different artillery composition.
Armor Beta
Hull HP 32,000, distributed across 5 hull zones, each with its own plate thicknesses, saturation cap, and pen thresholds.
Overmatched by 142+ AP guns across the bracket. Can’t reliably bow-tank; gets bow-citadelled and overpenned.
Thin belt: battleship AP citadels straight through it broadside. Rely on angle, speed and concealment, never sit flat.
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 16–30 mm) | 1,100 (3% of HP) | Overmatched by 283mm+ AP (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) | 25 mm primary (range 20–80 mm) | 24,000 (75% of HP) | Overmatched by 380mm+ AP (Gneisenau, Richelieu)Angle bounces 356mm25 mm: HE pens from 150mm+ | Largest HP pool. Citadel sits behind these plates; thinner deck and side plating absorb the rest. |
| Stern | 16 mm primary (range 16–51 mm) | 900 (3% of HP) | Overmatched by 283mm+ AP (Scharnhorst, Scharnhorst '43)Angle bounces 203mm16 mm: HE pens from 127mm+ | Mirror of bow. Same fast saturation. |
| Citadel | 80 mm primary (range 13–80 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 | 20 mm primary (range 20–150 mm) | 1,700 (5% 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 | 16,000 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. |
| Secondary mount (105 mm mount) | separate HP pool, does not drain ship HP | 800 per-mount HP | Destroyed at 0 HP | Per-mount HP for the heaviest secondary on this ship. A mount destroyed at 0 HP is out for the rest of the battle; DCP does not repair destroyed mounts. Smaller (lighter-caliber) secondaries typically share the same HP value. |
| 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 | 9,600 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.
Balance History
Balance updates affecting Weimar. Cards are condensed; use each source link for full context.
September Update: Full Progress Ahead
- Small armor additions to turret rings:
- The turret bottom thickness increased from 16 to 40 mm.
- The turret ring has been filled with 40 mm armor.
Anniversary Update: New Horizons
- German Premium cruiser Weimar has been moved from Tier VI to Tier VII with the following adjustments:
- Repair Party consumable added.
- Economy changed according to the new Tier VII standard: credit bonus is now 55%, cost of entering battle is 95,200 credits.
Skins & permanent camouflages
Every custom exterior Weimar can equip.
DefaultThe ship’s standard exterior
Primary official WG sources
Filtered to official World of Warships: Legends pages where this ship is a focus, reward, line member, or high-context variant mention.
