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Also known as Alm. Barroso

Almirante Barroso

Also called: 巴罗索海军上将 Beta

Pan-America · Tier II · CL Cruiser · Premium

All-rounder cruiserCompetent at AP citadels, HE pressure, and cap support; adapt to the matchup.

Playstyle

Open the guns from an angle that keeps a hard cover break one turn away
With no smoke or heal, the island you are shooting past is the only reset she gets
Avoid: Trading into multiple shooters as though a heal is coming

Key characteristics

Tight pattern at max rangeFast turret traverseFlat-trajectory sniperLight secondaries

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Playstyle
How to get Almirante Barroso
Builds
Cohort position
Stats and specs
Charts
Background
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Community Data

Almirante Barroso Community Stats

Almirante Barroso has 22 Standard battles from 20 players so far, too few for stable community averages.

Community Data

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Playstyle

Overview

Almirante Barroso is a Tier II Pan-American cruiser: a 152mm HE and AP battery with four secondary mounts reaching 2.5 km. Damage Control Party is her only consumable, with no heal, smoke, or sonar to fall back on, so her health is a one-way resource and the kit is about picking fights she can finish before return fire stacks up.

Positioning

Open the guns from an angle that keeps a hard cover break one turn away. With no smoke or heal, the island you are shooting past is the only reset she gets.

Potato Avoidance

Trading into multiple shooters as though a heal is coming

Nothing repairs this hull, so damage taken early is damage carried for the rest of the match.

Signature Traits

ELITE MAIN BATTERY ↗

Tight pattern at max range · 92.4 m
Fast turret traverse · 10°/s
Flat-trajectory sniper

Light secondaries ↗

20400 secondary DPM (theoretical), bottom decile of T2 CAs. Less per-minute secondary throughput than peers; brawl trade depends more on the mains.

Light citadel belt ↗

25 mm citadel belt, bottom decile of T2 CAs. Citadels through angle are possible.

Acquisition

How to get Almirante Barroso

Almirante Barroso is a Premium ship and not available to unlock in the Tech Tree. Acquisition path: Collection reward.

Collection rewardReward for completing a collection.

History: Early Access Mar 2026 – Apr 2026 (temporary crate drops, now ended).

While you save up, check active promo codes for free doubloons, camouflages, and other rewards.

Official WG availability sources

Pan-American Cruisers Are Coming to Early Access Collection reward Start: 2026-03-27 · End: 2026-04-29
- With these 23 crates, you're guaranteed to complete the collection for free.
- Here is what you'll receive once you complete each of the three collection sets:
- All 12 cards: Pan-American Tier II Premium cruiser Almirante Barroso
April Update: Victorious in Metal Collection reward Start: 2026-03-26
- Look for the cards in Pan-American Collection crates and complete the collection to receive new Pan-American Tier II Premium cruiser Almirante Barroso and more rewards.

Builds

Start with the standard cruiser priorities: survivability, concealment or positioning control where relevant, and enough reload/accuracy pressure to keep the ship useful all match.

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Cohort position

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Where Almirante Barroso sits among Tier II CAs (25 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 dispersion92.4 m (1/26) Top 10%Rudder shift4.3 s (3/26) Top 10%Turning circle370 m (2/26) Top 10%Time to 90% speed22.1 s (3/26) Top 10%Displacement3,437 t (2/26) Top 25%Main battery reload5.6 s (4/26) Top 25%Secondary HE alpha1,700 (5/16) Top 25%Secondary HE pen20 mm (5/16) Top 25%AP velocity853 m/s (7/25) Top 25%HE velocity853 m/s (7/25) Top 25%AP pen at 10 km76 mm (6/25) Bottom 25%Main battery range10.32 km (23/26) Bottom 25%AP DPM107,100 (20/25) Bottom 25%Engine power7,500 hp (23/26) Bottom 25%Power / turn radius20.3 hp/m (24/26) Bottom 10%Fires per minute2.94 (24/25) Bottom 10%Citadel belt25 mm (25/26) WorstSecondary DPM (per side)20,400 (16/16) WorstSecondary range2.5 km (1 of 7 tied) WorstNo AA (9 of 26 in cohort) WorstNo torpedoes (20 of 26 in cohort)

See 21 mid-pack stats

Not standouts for Almirante Barroso -- 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 points23,300 HP(11/26) Max speed20.2 kt(20/26) Concealment9.45 km(18/26) Smoke fire bloom4.15 km(17/26) Air detection5.67 km(18/26) Main battery caliber152 mm(9/26) Sigma2(12/26) HE shell damage2,100(13/25) HE DPM88,200(15/25) AP shell damage2,550(19/25) Acceleration (0-12 kt)10.3 s(10/26) AP arming threshold25 mm(16/25) Power-to-weight2.18 hp/t(16/26) Max armor76 mm(20/26) NormSecondary fire chance4%(11 of 16 tied at this value) NormAP fuse timer0.025 s(14 of 25 tied at this value) NormAP ricochet start45°(24 of 25 tied at this value) NormAP auto-bounce angle60°(24 of 25 tied at this value) NormTurn speed retained81%(24 of 26 tied at this value) NormBow armor6 mm(24 of 26 tied at this value) NormStern armor6 mm(23 of 26 tied at this value)

Peers in this cohort

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Stats & specs

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Survivability

Hit Points23,300

Displacement3,437 t

Hull dimensions

Length x beam at the waterline, plus draft. Length matters when dodging torpedoes; beam and draft shape how hard the ship is to hit.

105.5 x 13.3 m

Armor range6–76 mm

Plate armor thicknesses6, 10, 13, 16, 25, 38, 76 mm

Armor material/layer entries36

Fire resistance

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.

3.3%

Fire duration30 s

Fire damage

One unattended fire: 0.003 of max HP per second (0.3%) × 30 s = 0.09 of the pool; 0.09 × 23,300 HP = 2,097 HP on this ship. 4 fire points can burn at once.

0.3% of HP per second

Flood duration40 s

Flood damage

One unattended flood: 0.0025 of max HP per second (0.25%) × 40 s = 0.1 of the pool; 0.1 × 23,300 HP = 2,330 HP on this ship.

0.25% of HP per second

Torp Reduction

1 − 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.

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.

7,700

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.

4,600

Repairable: penetration50%

Repairable: citadel50%

Repairable: steering gear50%

Bow section HP

Damage saturation pool for the bow: penetrations here deal their normal share until twice this much penetration damage has landed on the section (2 × 1,300 = 2,600), 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.

1,300

Auxiliary section HP

Damage saturation pool for the auxiliary room: penetrations here deal their normal share until twice this much penetration damage has landed on the section (2 × 1,800 = 3,600), 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.

1,800

Hull section HP

Damage saturation pool for the hull: penetrations here deal their normal share until twice this much penetration damage has landed on the section (2 × 11,500 = 23,000), 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.

11,500

Superstructure section HP

Damage saturation pool for the superstructure: penetrations here deal their normal share until twice this much penetration damage has landed on the section (2 × 400 = 800), 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.

400

Stern section HP

Damage saturation pool for the stern: penetrations here deal their normal share until twice this much penetration damage has landed on the section (2 × 1,100 = 2,200), 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 ×. 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.

1,100

Citadel section HP

This 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

Main Battery

ModuleArtillery: 152 mm/50 Mk.5

Mounts / barrels6 mounts / 6 barrels

Reload time5.6 s

Firing range10.3 km

Turret traverse10 °/s

Turret armor51 mm

Turret traverse arcs

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.

±137°, 4x 147° arc, ±142°

Guns to bear

180° − 137° (the most restricted aft-facing mount's arc) = 43° off bow; 180° − 142° (the most restricted forward-facing mount's arc) = 38° 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.

43° off bow / 38° off stern

Shell Grouping (σ)2

Dispersion type

In practice: 11% tighter (better) horizontal dispersion and 11% less vertical spread at max range (10.3 km) than a standard cruiser: about 92 m wide × 55 m tall, against 104 m × 63 m. 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

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

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

= (\frac{10318}{30} \cdot \frac{8 - 0.5}{1000} + 0.5) \cdot 30 = 92.4 m

92.4 m at 10.3 km

Max Vert Disp

Vertical dispersion ellipse height at max range:

σ_{V} = σ_{H} \cdot radiusOnMax

= 92.4 \cdot 0.6 = 55.4 m

55.4 m at 10.3 km

Med Horiz Disp

50%-hit horizontal radius:

σ_{H, 50} = σ_{H} \cdot \frac{0.6}{σ}

= 92.4 \cdot \frac{0.6}{2} = 27.7 m

27.7 m at 10.3 km

Med Vert Disp

50%-hit vertical radius:

σ_{V, 50} = σ_{V} \cdot \frac{0.6}{σ}

= 55.4 \cdot \frac{0.6}{2} = 16.6 m

16.6 m at 10.3 km

Turret turn time

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

18 s

Shells/min

4 broadside guns x 60 / 5.714 s (5.6 s = 40 ticks) base reload = 42.

HE shells

HE alpha2,100

HE Velocity853 m/s

Fire Chance7%

HE penetration

25 mm ≈ 152 mm caliber / 6 (standard HE penetration ratio).

25 mm

HE full-salvo alpha

2,100 HE damage x 4 broadside guns = 8,400.

8,400

HE DPM

8,400 HE full-salvo alpha x 60 / 5.714 s (5.6 s = 40 ticks) base reload = 88,200.

88,200

Fires/min

42 shells/min × 0.07 (7% fire chance) = 2.94.

2.94

AP shells

AP alpha2,550

AP Velocity853 m/s

Min Ricochet45 deg

Guaranteed Ricochet60 deg

Fuse Timer0.025 s

Fuse Threshold25 mm

AP overmatch

floor(152 mm caliber / 14.3) = 10 mm (AP auto-penetrates plating this thick or less).

10 mm

AP Pen Close

AP formula 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 1830 \cdot {47.7}^{0.69} \cdot {0.152}^{- 1.07} \cdot 853^{1.38} = 219.2 mm

219.2 mm point-blank

AP Pen Far

Same formula at the ship's max firing range (10.3 km), where the shell has slowed to 388 m/s:

P = 10^{- 7} \cdot 1830 \cdot {47.7}^{0.69} \cdot {0.152}^{- 1.07} \cdot 388^{1.38} = 73.9 mm

73.9 mm at 10.3 km

AP full-salvo alpha

2,550 AP damage x 4 broadside guns = 10,200.

10,200

AP DPM

10,200 AP full-salvo alpha x 60 / 5.714 s (5.6 s = 40 ticks) base reload = 107,100.

107,100

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.

Secondary Battery

Mounts4

Firing range2.5 km

Shell Grouping (σ)1

Secondary DPM (per side)

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: 4×1 120 mm (2/side) × 60/10 s × 1700 = 20,400. Assumes every shell hits (real hit rate is lower; the Brawl matchup tool on the Compare page folds in dispersion + target armor).

20,400

120 mm/50 Mk.34×1 120mm

Caliber120 mm

Reload time10 s

HE alpha1,700

Muzzle Velocity675 m/s

Fire Chance4%

Secondary fires/min (per side)

4×1 barrels / 2 sides × 60 / 10 s × 0.04 (4% fire chance) = 0.5. 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.

0.5

HE Pen20 mm

Secondary dispersion type

Max dispersion = range (km) × 57 + 30. Each dispersion type sets its own slope; this is not a percentage applied to a standard baseline.

Standard

Max secondary dispersion @ 2.5 km

2.5 km × 57 + 30 = 172.5 m.

172.5 m

Maneuverability

Engine power7,500 hp

Maximum speed20.2 kt

Turning circle radius370 m

Rudder shift time4.3 s

Engine power-boost threshold10.1 kt

Engine spool-up time15.3 s

Reverse spool-up time7.7 s

Reverse speed

top speed / 4 + 4.9 = 20.2 / 4 + 4.9 = 10.0 kt. Base value; speed modifiers scale it.

10.0 kt

Crash stop

Seconds 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.

28.8 s

Engine boost threshold (reverse)

Speed below which the engine's built-in power boost applies in reverse.

6.0 kt

Acceleration 0-90%

Time to reach 90% of top speed (18.2 kt of 20.2 kt).

22.1 s

Acceleration 0-99%

Time to reach 99% of top speed (20.0 kt of 20.2 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.

37.4 s

Guns in a full turn

With the rudder hard over the hull turns 6.6°/s, so a target drifts across the bow at that rate. Turret traverse minus hull turn: 10 − 6.6 = +3.4°/s, so the guns hold the target through the turn. Main Battery Mod. 2 (+20% traverse) and Mod. 3 (−15%) move this line.

hold target (+3.4°/s spare)

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Concealment

Detectability by sea

Base value, no camouflage. With a Grade IV permanent camo (or any disposable camo): 9.45 km x 0.955 = 9.02 km. Camouflage does not change detectability by air.

9.45 km

With Grade IV camouflage (sea)

Detectability by sea 9.45 km x 0.955 (Grade IV permanent camo or any disposable camo) = 9.02 km.

9.02 km

Detectability by air5.67 km

Smoke firing penalty4.15 km

Detect when firing (sea)

Larger of 10.32 km range and 4.15 km smoke firing penalty = 10.32 km. When you fire, you can be seen out to your main battery range. Skills that shorten your range don't shorten this below your smoke firing penalty.

10.32 km

Detect when firing (air)

Air detectability 5.67 km + gun-firing bloom 3.04 km = 8.71 km. The bloom tracks main-battery caliber 152 mm × 0.020 = 3.04 km.

8.71 km

Detect when on fire (sea)

Sea detectability 9.45 km + 2.0 km while burning = 11.45 km.

11.45 km

Detect when on fire (air)

Air detectability 5.67 km + 3.0 km while burning = 8.67 km.

8.67 km

Guaranteed Detect2 km

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Consumables

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

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 cruiser11% tighter H · 11% shorter V

H = horizontal, V = vertical spread. This ship's curve against the standard cruiser curve, both evaluated at this ship's max range (10.3 km) with the same model as Max Horiz/Vert Disp: horizontal 92 / 104 m − 1 = -11%, vertical 55 / 63 m − 1 = -11%. Shell grouping (σ) is separate: it sets how shells bunch toward the centre of this ellipse.

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.

Shell scatter width @ 10 km90 m

(333.3 × (8 − 0.5) / 1000 + 0.5) × 30 = 90 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 height @ 5 km25.8 m

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:  $radiusOnZero = 0.2$  at 0 m,  $radiusOnDelim = 0.5$  at  $delim \cdot R_{m a x} = 0.5 \cdot 10318 = 5159$  m, and  $radiusOnMax = 0.6$  at 10318 m. Below the kink:  $k = 0.2 + (0.5 - 0.2) \cdot \frac{5000}{5159} = 0.4908$ , so  $σ_{V} = σ_{H} \cdot k = 52.5 \cdot 0.4908 = 25.8 m$ .

Shell scatter height @ 10 km53.4 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  $delim \cdot R_{m a x} = 0.5 \cdot 10318 = 5159$  m, and  $radiusOnMax = 0.6$  at 10318 m. Above the kink:  $k = 0.5 + (0.6 - 0.5) \cdot \frac{10000 - 5159}{10318 - 5159} = 0.5938$ , so  $σ_{V} = σ_{H} \cdot k = 90 \cdot 0.5938 = 53.4 m$ .

AP pen 5 km127 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  $P = 10^{- 7} \cdot K \cdot m^{0.69} \cdot d^{- 1.07} \cdot v^{1.38}$   $= 10^{- 7} \cdot 1830 \cdot {47.7}^{0.69} \cdot {0.152}^{- 1.07} \cdot {573.7}^{1.38} = 127 mm$ , where 573.7 m/s is the shell's speed when it arrives at 5 km (from 853 m/s at the muzzle). Fixed anchors make ships directly comparable at the same fighting distance; the Charts card plots the full curve.

AP pen 10 km76 mm

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  $P = 10^{- 7} \cdot K \cdot m^{0.69} \cdot d^{- 1.07} \cdot v^{1.38}$   $= 10^{- 7} \cdot 1830 \cdot {47.7}^{0.69} \cdot {0.152}^{- 1.07} \cdot {396.2}^{1.38} = 76 mm$ , where 396.2 m/s is the shell's speed when it arrives at 10 km (from 853 m/s at the muzzle). Fixed anchors make ships directly comparable at the same fighting distance; the Charts card plots the full curve.

HE flight time @ 10 km6.46 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:  $k = \frac{π C_{d} d^{2}}{8 m} = \frac{π \cdot 0.3415 \cdot {0.152}^{2}}{8 \cdot 47.7} = 6.5 \times 10^{- 5}$ . That runs from a 853 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.

AP flight time @ 10 km6.46 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:  $k = \frac{π C_{d} d^{2}}{8 m} = \frac{π \cdot 0.3415 \cdot {0.152}^{2}}{8 \cdot 47.7} = 6.5 \times 10^{- 5}$ . That runs from a 853 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.

Guns per full salvo (alpha, DPM)4

Counted from each mount's firing arc: most barrels that bear at once: 4 of 6, on the beam; casemate/wing mounts only fire one side.

Model inputs

Krupp (AP)1,830

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 mass47.7 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 coefficient0.3415

Air drag on the AP shell in flight; lower keeps velocity, and with it penetration, at long range.

AP muzzle velocity853 m/s

Starting speed of the AP shell; penetration scales with velocity^1.38.

HE muzzle velocity853 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.

Secondary battery firepower

Max HE alpha1700

The only family (120 mm): 1700. Maximum HE damage per shell across secondary HE families. Best on this ship: 1700 from the 120 mm family.

Max HE fire chance4%

The only family (120 mm): 4%. Maximum per-shell fire chance across secondary HE families (before target fire resistance is applied). Best on this ship: 4% from the 120 mm family.

Max HE pen20 mm

The only family (120 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 120 mm family.

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Background

In an attempt to rebuild and reinforce its fleet after the revolution of 1889 and the mutinies of the 1890s, Brazil ordered a series of armored cruisers from Armstrong. However, due to financial difficulties, only one ship actually entered service with the Brazilian Navy - Almirante Barroso, which was transferred in 1897. She was the first ship in the country equipped with a radiotelegraph. Almirante Barroso served with the Brazilian Navy until 1931, representing Brazil in Argentina and Chile.

Armor Beta

Hull HP 23,300, 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
Bow	6 mm primary (range 6–13 mm)	1,300 (6% 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.
Hull (midship)	6 mm primary (range 6–13 mm)	11,500 (49% of HP)	Overmatched by 127mm+ AP (Farragut, Shenyang)6 mm: HE pens from 127mm+	Largest HP pool. Citadel sits behind these plates; thinner deck and side plating absorb the rest.
Stern	6 mm primary (range 6–25 mm)	1,100 (5% of HP)	Overmatched by 127mm+ AP (Farragut, Shenyang)6 mm: HE pens from 127mm+	Mirror of bow. Same fast saturation.
Citadel	25 mm primary (range 10–25 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	6 mm primary (range 6–76 mm)	400 (2% 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	7,700 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.
Secondary mount (120 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.
Rudder (module)	separate HP pool, does not drain ship HP	4,600 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.

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