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ARP Haguro

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Japan · Tier VI · CA Cruiser · Premium
Improved-AP cruiserIts improved AP fuse citadels cruisers other heavies over-pen; commit to AP and hunt broadsides.
Playstyle
  • Sit 12-15 km from a contested cap where an island shadows you from the opposite battleship line
  • Avoid: Open-water broadside trading
Key characteristics
Long torps (10 km)2.1 sigma accuracy16 km gun rangeHeavy HE shellsHigh fire chanceEasily spotted
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Playstyle

Overview

ARP Haguro is a Tier VI Japanese IJN cruiser with the improved AP fuse: her AP shells arm at 60% of the standard armor threshold, so they citadel cruisers that would over-pen a normal CA round. Lean on AP into broadsides and short-angled cruisers - HE-spamming this hull leaves the cohort's best damage tool on the rack. Sonar (4.2 km on ships and 3 km on torpedoes, 94 s active, 180 s reload, long uptime) lights up DDs and torpedoes inside its bubble, which lets her contest the cap edge without taking the spotting cycle. Standout traits: top-decile sigma in T6 CAs (2.1) and top-decile punchy HE secondaries in T6 CAs (2,100).

Positioning

Sit 12-15 km from a contested cap where an island shadows you from the opposite battleship line. Hydro (4.2 km on ships, 3 km on torpedoes) lights up DDs and incoming torpedoes inside its bubble, so you can push the cap edge from cover without taking the spotting cycle; prefer cover positions over open-water flanks.

Potato Avoidance

Open-water broadside trading

Her 203mm shells citadel cruisers on the wrong frame, and her 39,200-HP hull does not recover from a punished salvo. Pick rotations and angles deliberately; the chip-damage role pays better than the trade-blow role on a cruiser of this profile.

Signature Traits

Improved AP fuse (IJN cruiser)

AP arms at 60% of the standard armor threshold (vs 0.9 default). Lets your AP pen broadsiding cruisers that would over-pen a normal CA, citadel hunts the cohort can't pull off, shared by 7/43 T6 CAs.

ELITE MAIN BATTERY
  • Tight grouping
  • Long gun range · 15.6 km
  • Heavy HE shells · 3600.0 damage
  • High fire chance · 17.0%
Punchy HE secondaries

2100.0 max HE alpha per secondary shell, top decile of T6 CAs. Bigger per-shell damage than peers.

Wide dispersion

140.6 m max horizontal dispersion, bottom decile of T6 CAs. Long-range salvos are noticeably wider than peers'.

Visible torps

1.6 km torpedo detect, bottom decile of T6 CAs. Easy to dodge if targets are looking.

Acquisition

How to get ARP Haguro

ARP Haguro is a Premium ship and not available to unlock in the Tech Tree. Acquisition path: Containers. Container chances are shown as the listed odds of receiving this exact ship, dividing grouped ship-pool odds across the resolved ships and including nested container paths when a crate can drop another crate.

Best listed chance for this ship

  • Arpeggio II Crate 2.5% Arpeggio II Premium Ship Collaboration containers · Arpeggio II Crate · 1 of 2 ships
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Cohort position

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Where ARP Haguro sits among Tier VI CAs (43 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.

BestAP fuse timer0.03 s (1 of 21 tied) Top 10%Main battery range15.6 km (3/43) Top 10%Sigma2.1 (3/43) Top 10%HE shell damage3,600 (3/39) Top 25%Hit points39,200 HP (6/43) Top 25%Max speed35 kt (8/43) Top 25%Rudder shift7.2 s (7/43) Top 25%HE fire chance17% (6/39) Top 25%HE alpha2,100 (5/38) Top 25%Secondary fire chance8% (9/38) Top 25%Secondary HE pen21 mm (9/38) Top 25%Engine power130,000 hp (7/43) Top 25%Turn-speed retention166.7 hp/m (9/43) Top 25%Torpedo damage≈15,933 (9/33) Bottom 25%Concealment13 km (39/43) Bottom 25%Main battery reload14.5 s (35/43) Bottom 25%Secondary DPM (per side)67,200 (30/38) Bottom 25%Displacement15,807 t (34/43) Bottom 10%Main dispersion140.6 m (41/43) WorstTraverse-to-turn ratio3.02 × (1 of 5 tied)
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Not standouts for ARP Haguro -- 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.

Air detection7.19 km(25/43) Main battery caliber203 mm(14/43) Fires per minute7.03(16/39) HE DPM148,966(16/39) AP shell damage4,600(18/42) AP DPM190,345(30/42) AP velocity840 m/s(29/42) HE velocity840 m/s(27/39) Acceleration26.7 s(32/43) AP arming threshold34 mm(29/42) Power-to-weight8.22 hp/t(17/43) AA DPS268(23/43) AA range5 km(15/43) AA threat956(22/43) Torpedo range9.99 km(11/33) Torpedo speed62 kt(13/33) Torpedo reload82 s(15/33) Max armor102 mm(30/43) NormAP ricochet start45°(33 of 42 tied at this value) NormAP auto-bounce angle60°(31 of 42 tied at this value) NormSecondary range4.5 km(26 of 38 tied at this value)
Survivability
Hit Points39,200
Displacement15,807 t
Armor range6–102 mm
Plate armor thicknesses6, 13, 16, 19, 21, 25, 30, 32, 35, 38, 40, 50, 57, 63, 76, 89, 102 mm
Armor material/layer entries59
Fire resistance30%
Fire duration30 s
Torp Reduction13%
Main Battery
ModuleArtillery: 203 mm 3rd Year Type mod. C
Mounts / barrels5 mounts / 10 barrels
Reload time14.5 s
Firing range15.6 km
Turret traverse4 °/s
Shell Grouping (σ)2.1
Max Horiz Disp
ƒHorizontal dispersion ellipse width at max range, from the verified WoWS dispersion model: σH=(R30·idealRadiusminRadiusidealDistance+minRadius)·30 =(1560030·81.11000+1.1)·30=140.6m
140.6 m
Max Vert Disp
ƒVertical dispersion ellipse height at max range: σV=σH·radiusOnMax =140.6·0.6=84.4m
84.4 m
Med Horiz Disp
ƒ50%-hit horizontal radius: σH,50=σH·GetHalfHitsRatio(σ) =140.6·0.308(σ=2.1)=43.3m
43.3 m
Med Vert Disp
ƒ50%-hit vertical radius: σV,50=σV·GetHalfHitsRatio(σ) =84.4·0.308(σ=2.1)=26m
26 m
Turret turn time
ƒ180 degrees / 4 deg/s traverse speed = 45 s.
45 s
Base shells/min
ƒ10 broadside guns x 60 / 14.5 s base reload = 41.4.
41.4
HE shells
HE Damage3,600
HE Velocity840 m/s
Fire Chance17%
HE penetration
ƒ34 mm ≈ 203 mm caliber / 6 (standard HE penetration ratio).
34 mm
HE full-salvo alpha
ƒ3,600 HE damage x 10 broadside guns = 36,000.
36,000
Base HE DPM
ƒ36,000 HE full-salvo alpha x 60 / 14.5 s base reload = 148,966.
148,966
Base fires/min
ƒ41.4 shells/min x 17% fire chance = 7.03.
7.03
AP shells
AP Damage4,600
AP Velocity840 m/s
Min Ricochet45 deg
Guaranteed Ricochet60 deg
Fuse Timer0.033 s
Fuse Threshold34 mm
Improved AP FuseYes
AP overmatch
ƒfloor(203 mm caliber / 14.3) = 14 mm (AP auto-penetrates plating this thick or less).
14 mm
AP Pen Close
ƒCanonical community AP formula (jcw780/wows_shell), evaluated at muzzle velocity: P=107·K·m0.69·d1.07·v01.38 =107·2468·125.850.69·0.2031.07·8401.38=414.7mm. Matches the in-game spec card.
414.7 mm
AP Pen Far
ƒSame formula at the ship's max firing range (19.5 km), where the shell has slowed to 359.4 m/s: P=107·2468·125.850.69·0.2031.07·359.41.38=128.5mm.
128.5 mm
AP full-salvo alpha
ƒ4,600 AP damage x 10 broadside guns = 46,000.
46,000
Base AP DPM
ƒ46,000 AP full-salvo alpha x 60 / 14.5 s base reload = 190,345.
190,345
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.
24
Torpedoes
ModuleTorpedoes: 610 mm triple
Launchers / tubes4 launchers × 3 tubes = 12 tubes
Reload time82 s
Projectile speed62 kt
Range9.99 km
Maximum simulated damage
ƒEstimate of WG's in-game value; matches the in-game port screen within ±5%. Saturation: most targets only intersect one hull section, so the sim transfers ~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=47,800·0.333=15,933.
≈ 15,933
Torpedo detectability1.6 km
Flooding chance287%
Torpedo launcher traverse25 °/s
Torp Turn
ƒTime to rotate the launchers 180 deg: tturn=180°25°/s=7.2s.
7.2 s
Torp Arming191 m
Per-side salvo damage
ƒOne side firing, all torpedoes hitting: per-side tubes x per-torpedo simulated damage = 6 x 15,933 = 95,598.
95,598
AA Defense
AA mount points38
Close-range AA DPS
ƒSum across every AA aura on this ship of (aura.continuous_damage x 3.5 x aura.hit_probability). Here: (64×3.5×0.9) + (21×3.5×0.9) = 268. Covers AA-only mounts plus dual-purpose secondaries (Bismarck 105mm, USN 5"/38 cruiser secondaries) and dual-purpose main batteries (Sumner-class 5"/38, Akizuki-line 100mm). Formula validated against in-game captures on California, Sumner, Manfred von Richthofen, Dante Alighieri (exact) and within +/-17% on the remaining verified ships.
268
Maximum AA range
ƒLongest-reaching aura across AA-only + dual-purpose auras.
5 km
25 mm Type96 mod. 14×3 25mm
25 mm/60 Type96 mod. 126×1 25mm
25 mm Type96 mod. 18×2 25mm
127 mm Type89 mod. A1 (DP)4×2 127mm
Far aura
DPS
ƒIncludes 21 continuous AA damage from dual-purpose secondaries firing as AA in this range band.
21
Range5 km
Medium aura
DPS64
Range3.1 km
Total DPS in Aura
ƒFar 21 + Medium 64 = 85
85
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Secondary Battery
Mounts4
Firing range4.5 km
Shell Grouping (σ)1
Caliber127 mm
Reload time7.5 s
HE Damage2,100
Muzzle Velocity725 m/s
Fire Chance8%
Armor Pen21 mm
Min Ricochet91°
Max Ricochet60°
Secondary dispersion type
ƒMax 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 @ 4.5 km
ƒ4.5 km × 57 + 30 = 286.5 m.
286.5 m
Maneuverability
Engine moduleEngine: 130,000 hp
Engine power130,000 hp
Maximum speed35 kt
Turning circle radius780 m
Rudder shift time7.2 s
Engine power-boost threshold7 kt
Engine spool-up time15.3 s
Reverse spool-up time7.7 s
Acceleration 0-90%
ƒTime to reach 90% of top speed (31.5 kt of 35 kt), from our in-house acceleration model.
26.7 s
Acceleration 0-99%
ƒTime to reach 99% of top speed (34.6 kt of 35 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.
43.6 s
Traverse-to-turn ratio
ƒHow many degrees the turret can swing for each degree the hull turns. Turn rate ωhull=180π·Vmax(m/s)Rturn=180π·35.0·0.5144780=1.32°/s, so ratio=ωturretωhull=41.32=3.0×. Below 5 the turrets drag in a turning fight; 25+ keeps up with any rudder.
3.0× drags
Concealment
Detectability by sea13 km
Detectability by air7.19 km
Smoke firing penalty7.49 km
Detect after firing main guns
ƒmax(base sea detectability, gun-firing bloom range). Firing never pulls your detection closer than base concealment.
13 km
Detect Fire Sea15 km
Detect Fire Air10.19 km
Guaranteed Detect2 km
Consumables
Damage Control Party∞ charges · 60 s reload · 5 s active
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Sonar2 charges · 180 s reload · 94 s active · 4.2 km ship detect
ƒDerived from the consumable's 30 m grid-unit range (km = grid units x 30 / 1000): 140×301000=4.2 km
· 2.97 km torpedo detect
ƒDerived from the consumable's 30 m grid-unit range (km = grid units x 30 / 1000): 99×301000=2.97 km
Defensive AA Fire3 charges · 140 s reload · 25 s active · +100% flak burst boost
Catapult Fighter3 charges · 80 s reload · 90 s active · 5 km patrol radius
ƒDerived from the consumable's 30 m grid-unit range (km = grid units x 30 / 1000): 167×301000=5 km
· 1 squadron size

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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)2.1
Max Horiz Disp140.6 m
Horizontal dispersion ellipse width at max range, from the verified WoWS dispersion model: $\sigma_H = \left(\dfrac{R}{30}\cdot\dfrac{\text{idealRadius}-\text{minRadius}}{\text{idealDistance}} + \text{minRadius}\right)\cdot 30$ $= \left(\dfrac{15600}{30}\cdot\dfrac{8-1.1}{1000} + 1.1\right)\cdot 30 = 140.6\,\text{m}$
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.
Max Vert Disp84.4 m
Vertical dispersion ellipse height at max range: $\sigma_V = \sigma_H \cdot \text{radiusOnMax}$ $= 140.6 \cdot 0.6 = 84.4\,\text{m}$
Shell scatter height @ 10 km53.9 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.
Med Horiz Disp43.3 m
50%-hit horizontal radius: $\sigma_{H,50} = \sigma_H \cdot \text{GetHalfHitsRatio}(\sigma)$ $= 140.6 \cdot 0.308\;(\sigma = 2.1) = 43.3\,\text{m}$
Med Vert Disp26 m
50%-hit vertical radius: $\sigma_{V,50} = \sigma_V \cdot \text{GetHalfHitsRatio}(\sigma)$ $= 84.4 \cdot 0.308\;(\sigma = 2.1) = 26\,\text{m}$
AP Pen Close414.7 mm
Canonical community AP formula (jcw780/wows_shell), evaluated at muzzle velocity: $P = 10^{-7}\cdot K \cdot m^{0.69} \cdot d^{-1.07} \cdot v_0^{1.38}$ $= 10^{-7}\cdot 2468 \cdot 125.85^{0.69} \cdot 0.203^{-1.07} \cdot 840^{1.38} = 414.7\,\text{mm}$. Matches the in-game spec card.
AP Pen Far128.5 mm
Same formula at the ship's max firing range (19.5 km), where the shell has slowed to 359.4 m/s: $P = 10^{-7}\cdot 2468 \cdot 125.85^{0.69} \cdot 0.203^{-1.07} \cdot 359.4^{1.38} = 128.5\,\text{mm}$.
HE penetration34 mm
34 mm ≈ 203 mm caliber / 6 (standard HE penetration ratio).
AP overmatch14 mm
floor(203 mm caliber / 14.3) = 14 mm (AP auto-penetrates plating this thick or less).
AP AOE Radius24
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 alpha10
All 10 barrels bear on the broadside.
Turret turn time45 s
180 degrees / 4 deg/s traverse speed = 45 s.
HE full-salvo alpha36,000
3,600 HE damage x 10 broadside guns = 36,000.
AP full-salvo alpha46,000
4,600 AP damage x 10 broadside guns = 46,000.
Base HE DPM148,966
36,000 HE full-salvo alpha x 60 / 14.5 s base reload = 148,966.
Base AP DPM190,345
46,000 AP full-salvo alpha x 60 / 14.5 s base reload = 190,345.
Base shells/min41.4
10 broadside guns x 60 / 14.5 s base reload = 41.4.
Base fires/min7.03
41.4 shells/min x 17% fire chance = 7.03.

Torpedoes

Torpedo detectability1.6 km
Estimated torpedo reaction time9.9 s
detectability / (speed kt x 2.6 community game-speed factor).
Torpedo speed62 kt
Travel time to max range62 s
range / (speed kt x 2.6 community game-speed factor).
Tube count12
4 launchers x 3 tubes.
Per-side salvo6 torpedoes
tube count / 2 (symmetric port/starboard launcher layout; common on cruisers and battleships with deck torpedoes).
Full-salvo damage191,196
All tubes hitting one target: tubes x per-torpedo simulated damage = 12 x 15,933 = 191,196.
Per-side salvo damage95,598
One side firing, all torpedoes hitting: per-side tubes x per-torpedo simulated damage = 6 x 15,933 = 95,598.

AA defense

Close-range AA DPS268
Sum across every AA aura on this ship of (aura.continuous_damage x 3.5 x aura.hit_probability). Here: (64×3.5×0.9) + (21×3.5×0.9) = 268. Covers AA-only mounts plus dual-purpose secondaries (Bismarck 105mm, USN 5"/38 cruiser secondaries) and dual-purpose main batteries (Sumner-class 5"/38, Akizuki-line 100mm). Formula validated against in-game captures on California, Sumner, Manfred von Richthofen, Dante Alighieri (exact) and within +/-17% on the remaining verified ships.
Maximum AA range5 km
Longest-reaching aura across AA-only + dual-purpose auras.
AA threat index956
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 dispersion

Secondary dispersion typeStandard
Max dispersion = range (km) × 57 + 30. Each dispersion type sets its own slope; this is not a percentage applied to a standard baseline.
Max secondary dispersion @ 4.5 km286.5 m
4.5 km × 57 + 30 = 286.5 m.

Secondary battery firepower

Secondary DPM (per side)67,200
Sum across all secondary families of (per-side barrels × 60 / reload_s × alpha), where per-side barrels = mounts × barrels-per-mount / 2 (the guns that bear on one broadside target). Per-family: 4×2 127 mm (4/side) × 60/7.5 × 2100 = 67,200. Assumes every shell hits (real hit rate is lower; the Brawl matchup tool on the Compare page folds in dispersion + target armor).
Max HE alpha2100
Maximum HE damage per shell across secondary HE families. Best on this ship: 2100 from the 127 mm family.
Max HE fire chance8%
Maximum per-shell fire chance across secondary HE families (before target fire resistance is applied). Best on this ship: 8% from the 127 mm family.
Max HE pen21 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: 21 mm from the 127 mm family.
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