Cosmetic-only variant of En Gabolde. Identical to En Gabolde on every audited stat (main and secondary battery, survivability, maneuverability, concealment, AA, modules, consumables, and secondary dispersion type); differs in appearance and acquisition only.
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En. Gabolde W is a Tier II French torpedo destroyer. The torpedoes travel, so target reaction time is shorter than peer DDs; this is a torpedo-spam kit, not a gun trade kit. Standout traits: top-decile close-range AP pen in T2 DDs (115.5 mm) and top-decile long-range AP brick in T2 DDs (32.2 mm).
Sit at the edge of a contested cap from concealment and cycle torpedo waves into lanes the enemy has to use - 7 km reach at 52 kt means the wall arrives before targets can react. Drop on probable lanes from cover, stay unspotted between waves, and let the wall do the work. Your guns lose penetration at range, so aim AP at broadsides you can still citadel and put HE into superstructures and upper-hull sections, rather than the bow-in or belt armor your shells bounce and shatter on.
The kit pays out by saturating lanes, not by waiting for guaranteed broadsides; missed waves still force rotations and protect your team's flank. Idle torpedo tubes are the worst output state.
+20% speed, 120 s duration. Engine Boost consumable temporarily raises top speed. Mobility on demand to reposition, chase a kill, or break contact.
9.0 mm superstructure, top decile of T2 DDs. HE farms less.
1.2 km torpedo detect, worst of T2 DDs. Easy to dodge if targets are looking.
This ship has no anti-air armament. Aircraft take zero damage from it. Position so the rest of the team can cover the sky.
En. Gabolde W is a Premium ship and not available to unlock in the Tech Tree. Acquisition path: Premium/Event.
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Where En. Gabolde W sits among Tier II DDs (24 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.
Not standouts for En. Gabolde W -- 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.
Damage Control Party∞ charges · 40 s reload · 5 s active
Engine Boost2 charges · 180 s reload · 120 s active · +20% speed bonusAll values are ship base stats with modifications and upgrade changes denoted inline.
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.
Horizontal dispersion ellipse width at max range, from the verified WoWS dispersion model: $\sigma_H = \left(\dfrac{R}{30}\cdot\dfrac{\text{idealRadius}-\text{minRadius}}{\text{idealDistance}} + \text{minRadius}\right)\cdot 30$ $= \left(\dfrac{8753}{30}\cdot\dfrac{8-0.5}{1000} + 0.5\right)\cdot 30 = 80.6\,\text{m}$Vertical dispersion ellipse height at max range: $\sigma_V = \sigma_H \cdot \text{radiusOnMax}$ $= 80.6 \cdot 0.6 = 48.4\,\text{m}$50%-hit horizontal radius: $\sigma_{H,50} = \sigma_H \cdot \text{GetHalfHitsRatio}(\sigma)$ $= 80.6 \cdot 0.32\;(\sigma = 2) = 25.8\,\text{m}$50%-hit vertical radius: $\sigma_{V,50} = \sigma_V \cdot \text{GetHalfHitsRatio}(\sigma)$ $= 48.4 \cdot 0.32\;(\sigma = 2) = 15.5\,\text{m}$Canonical community AP formula (jcw780/wows_shell), evaluated at muzzle velocity: $P = 10^{-7}\cdot K \cdot m^{0.69} \cdot d^{-1.07} \cdot v_0^{1.38}$ $= 10^{-7}\cdot 2100 \cdot 13.5^{0.69} \cdot 0.1^{-1.07} \cdot 780^{1.38} = 145.6\,\text{mm}$. Matches the in-game spec card.Same formula at the ship's max firing range (10.9 km), where the shell has slowed to 261.5 m/s: $P = 10^{-7}\cdot 2100 \cdot 13.5^{0.69} \cdot 0.1^{-1.07} \cdot 261.5^{1.38} = 32.2\,\text{mm}$.17 mm ≈ 100 mm caliber / 6 (standard HE penetration ratio).floor(100 mm caliber / 14.3) = 6 mm (AP auto-penetrates plating this thick or less).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.All 3 barrels bear on the broadside.180 degrees / 20 deg/s traverse speed = 9 s.1,400 HE damage x 3 broadside guns = 4,200.1,600 AP damage x 3 broadside guns = 4,800.4,200 HE full-salvo alpha x 60 / 5.2 s base reload = 48,462.4,800 AP full-salvo alpha x 60 / 5.2 s base reload = 55,385.3 broadside guns x 60 / 5.2 s base reload = 34.6.34.6 shells/min x 6% fire chance = 2.08.detectability / (speed kt x 2.6 community game-speed factor).range / (speed kt x 2.6 community game-speed factor).2 launchers x 2 tubes.4 (centerline launchers train across - full salvo to either side).All tubes hitting one target: tubes x per-torpedo simulated damage = 4 x 6,633 = 26,532.One side firing, all torpedoes hitting: per-side tubes x per-torpedo simulated damage = 4 x 6,633 = 26,532.Continuous AA damage summed across AirDefense module auras (no usable per-aura data available, so the formula prediction couldn't be applied on this ship).Longest-reaching aura across AA-only + dual-purpose auras.Hull HP 7,600, distributed across 5 hull zones, each with its own plate thicknesses, saturation cap, and pen thresholds. HP caps are estimated from the standard WoWs damage-allocation model.
Overmatched by 106+ guns across the bracket. Can’t reliably bow-tank; gets bow-citadelled and overpenned.
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 ballistics tool →
| Section | Plates | HP cap | Threats | Tactic |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bow | 6 mm primary (range 6–9 mm) | ≈ 380 (~5% of HP) | Overmatched by 127mm+ (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. |
| Stern | 6 mm primary (range 6–9 mm) | ≈ 380 (~5% of HP) | Overmatched by 127mm+ (Farragut, Shenyang)6 mm: HE pens from 127mm+ | Mirror of bow. Same fast saturation. |
| Citadel | 10 mm primary (range 6–10 mm) | 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 | 9 mm | no cap | 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). |
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.
Every custom exterior En. Gabolde W can equip, from in-game data.
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