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La Pampa

Also called: 拉潘帕 Beta

Pan-America · Tier ★ · Destroyer · Premium

Torpedo destroyerFast, hard-hitting torpedoes; a torpedo-spam kit, not a gun trader.

Playstyle

Fight from the edge of her 7.0 km detection, not inside it
Her guns reach only 10.74 km and her HE flies at 746 m/s, so spot and torpedo first
Avoid: Trading gunfire in the open with a gunboat destroyer

Key characteristics

SmokeTorp Reload BoosterLong heal windowWide always-pen zoneSlowFragile

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Community Data

La Pampa Community Stats

Across 30 Standard battles from 4 players, La Pampa averages a 67% win rate, 61,900 damage and 0.9 kills per battle, and survives 47% of them.

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Playstyle

Overview

La Pampa is a Pan-American Legendary Tier destroyer bought with Steel, built as a stealthy hybrid rather than a gunboat. Her 7.0 km surface detectability ranks 3rd of 14 Legendary destroyers, lower being better, her 560 m turning circle is the tightest of the 14, and her four 114 mm guns reload in 2.8 s against a 4.1 s median. Her torpedoes hit for 16,400 and run 10.5 km, but reload in 130 s, 3rd-slowest of the 14. Optional sonar spots ships at 6.0 km, longest of the five sonar destroyers. The trade is survival: 18,800 HP, 2nd-smallest of the 14, and 34 knots, 2nd-slowest of them.

Positioning

Fight from the edge of her 7.0 km detection, not inside it. Her guns reach only 10.74 km and her HE flies at 746 m/s, so spot and torpedo first, and open fire on destroyers only when a cap contest forces it. Smoke is her safest firing spot: shooting inside it reveals her at just 2.38 km, 2nd-smallest of 14. At 34 knots she is too slow to escape by speed alone, so keep an island or smoke between her and the enemy and use the 560 m turning circle and 3rd-fastest rudder shift to dodge. With sonar, its 6.0 km ship range lets her hold a cap from smoke.

Potato Avoidance

Trading gunfire in the open with a gunboat destroyer

Her four barrels put out 126,000 HE damage per minute, below the cohort median, from the 2nd-smallest health pool of the 14 at 18,800 HP, and at 34 knots she is the 2nd-slowest of them, so she cannot disengage once lit. A lost gun duel ends with her sunk early and her team without its spotter. Go dark, smoke up or let the torpedoes do the work.

Signature Traits

Big torpedo salvo ↗

15 tubes per side, best of Legendary DDs. More torpedoes per launch: spread wide to cover a reposition, or tight for more hits on a thin target.

Long heal window ↗

28 s Repair Party duration, best of Legendary DDs. Restores HP for longer per activation.

ELITE MAIN BATTERY ↗

Wide always-pen zone · 60°
Late auto-bounce · 67.5°

WEAK MOBILITY ↗

Slow acceleration
Slow for the class · 34 kt

Acquisition

How to get La Pampa

La Pampa is a Premium ship and not available to unlock in the Tech Tree. Acquisition path: Steel.

SteelListed by GamingDiver as a Steel ship, obtained through the Steel/Forge-style economy when available.

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

Official WG availability sources

Halloween Update: The Restless Fleet Steel Start: 2026-10-01
- New Pan-American Legendary Tier destroyer La Pampa is coming to the Store for Steel on October 5 and will remain there indefinitely.

Builds

Invest first in concealment and survivability: her 7.0 km detection is her real armour and 18,800 HP leaves no margin. Next, shorten the 130 s torpedo reload, since it is her weakest number and her main damage against big ships. Gun reload and range come after that, because 10.74 km guns rarely win long-range duels. Take sonar over the heal only if she plays the cap. Check current picks in the Build Tool before committing points.

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Cohort position

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Where La Pampa sits among Legendary DDs (13 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.

BestTurning circle560 m (1/14) BestAP arming threshold19 mm (1 of 3 tied) BestAP ricochet start60° (1 of 4 tied) BestAP auto-bounce angle67.5° (1 of 4 tied) Top 10%Smoke fire bloom2.38 km (2/14) Top 10%Displacement3,290 t (2/14) Top 25%Stealth profile7 km / 3.5 km (3/14 / 3/14) Top 25%Rudder shift3.5 s (3/14) Top 25%Main dispersion95.5 m (3/14) Top 25%Torpedo reaction time6.8 s (3/14) Bottom 25%Hit points18,800 HP (13/14) Bottom 25%Max speed34 kt (13/14) Bottom 25%Main battery range10.74 km (13/14) Bottom 25%AP DPM176,400 (10/11) Bottom 25%Power / turn radius89.3 hp/m (11/13) Bottom 25%Power-to-weight15.2 hp/t (11/13) Bottom 25%AA DPS183 (12/14) Bottom 25%AA threat710 (12/14) Bottom 25%Flak damage per salvo (expected)480 (10/11) Bottom 25%Torpedo reload130 s (12/14) WorstMain battery caliber114 mm (1 of 3 tied) WorstHE shell damage1,500 (1 of 3 tied) WorstAP velocity746 m/s (1 of 3 tied) WorstHE velocity746 m/s (1 of 3 tied) WorstAcceleration (0-12 kt)5.4 s (1 of 2 tied) WorstEngine power50,000 hp (13/13) WorstAP pen at 10 km49 mm (1 of 3 tied) WorstRepair heal rate0.5 %/s (1 of 2 tied)

See 15 mid-pack stats

Not standouts for La Pampa -- 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.

Main battery reload2.8 s(5/14) HE fire chance8%(8/14) Fires per minute6.72(8/14) HE DPM126,000(11/14) Time to 90% speed16.8 s(8/13) Effective HE DPM (incl. fire)181,085(9/14) AA range5 km(7/14) Torpedo range10.5 km(8/14) Torpedo damage≈16,400(7/14) Torpedo speed60 kt(11/14) NormSigma2(13 of 14 tied at this value) NormAP fuse timer0.01 s(10 of 11 tied at this value) NormTurn speed retained81%(11 of 14 tied at this value) NormMax armor20 mm(12 of 14 tied at this value) NormCitadel belt20 mm(12 of 14 tied at this value)

Peers in this cohort

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Stats & specs

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Survivability

Hit Points18,800

Displacement3,290 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.

114 x 12.1 m

Armor range13–20 mm

Plate armor thicknesses13, 16, 19, 20 mm

Armor material/layer entries21

Fire resistance

top hull: 1 − 0.6004 fire coefficient = 40%. 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.

40%

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 × 18,800 HP = 1,692 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 × 18,800 HP = 1,880 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.

9,400

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.

5,600

Effective HP

Base 18,800 HP plus everything Repair Party can restore: 0.005 of max HP per second (0.5%) × 28 s × 18,800 HP = 2,632 HP per charge, × 2 charges = 5,264 HP. Ceiling, not a prediction: a charge only restores damage actually taken, and only the regeneratable share of it. In practice ships realize about half of this, mostly because half the charges go unspent; a charge that is used returns about 97% of the per-charge figure above. Repair Party is one choice in its slot on this ship, so this applies only if you take it.

24,064

Repairable: penetration70%

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 × 3,100 = 6,200), 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.

3,100

Casemate 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

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 × 14,100 = 28,200), 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.

14,100

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 × 1,200 = 2,400), 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.

1,200

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 × 1,400 = 2,800), 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 ×. 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.

1,400

Main Battery

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

ModuleArtillery: 4×114 mm

Mounts / barrels2 mounts / 4 barrels

Reload time2.8 s

Firing range10.7 km

Turret traverse20 °/s

Turret armor6 mm

Shell Grouping (σ)2

Dispersion type

In practice: the baseline curve for a standard destroyer -- at max range (10.7 km) shells land in an ellipse about 96 m wide and 57 m tall. 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{10740}{30} \cdot \frac{8 - 0.5}{1000} + 0.5) \cdot 30 = 95.5 m

95.5 m at 10.7 km

Max Vert Disp

Vertical dispersion ellipse height at max range:

σ_{V} = σ_{H} \cdot radiusOnMax

= 95.5 \cdot 0.6 = 57.3 m

57.3 m at 10.7 km

Med Horiz Disp

50%-hit horizontal radius:

σ_{H, 50} = σ_{H} \cdot \frac{0.6}{σ}

= 95.5 \cdot \frac{0.6}{2} = 28.7 m

28.7 m at 10.7 km

Med Vert Disp

50%-hit vertical radius:

σ_{V, 50} = σ_{V} \cdot \frac{0.6}{σ}

= 57.3 \cdot \frac{0.6}{2} = 17.2 m

17.2 m at 10.7 km

Turret turn time

180 degrees / 20 deg/s traverse speed = 9 s.

9 s

Shells/min

Zero upgrades: 4 broadside guns x 60 / 2.857 s (2.8 s = 20 ticks) base reload = 84. All upgrades (Main Battery Mod. 3 = -10% reload): 4 broadside guns x 60 / 2.571 s (2.5 s = 18 ticks) all-upgrades reload (2.8 s × 0.9 Main Battery Mod. 3 = 2.5 s) = 93.3.

Initial: 84 → 93.3

HE shells

HE alpha1,500

HE Velocity746 m/s

Fire Chance8%

HE fire DPM vs T8 BB55085

Effective HE DPM vs T8 BB181085

HE penetration

19 mm ≈ 114 mm caliber / 6 (standard HE penetration ratio).

19 mm

HE full-salvo alpha

1,500 HE damage x 4 broadside guns = 6,000.

6,000

HE DPM

Zero upgrades: 6,000 HE full-salvo alpha x 60 / 2.857 s (2.8 s = 20 ticks) base reload = 126,000. All upgrades (Main Battery Mod. 3 = -10% reload): 6,000 HE full-salvo alpha x 60 / 2.571 s (2.5 s = 18 ticks) all-upgrades reload (2.8 s × 0.9 Main Battery Mod. 3 = 2.5 s) = 140,000.

Initial: 126,000 → 140,000

Fires/min

Zero upgrades: 84 shells/min × 0.08 (8% fire chance) = 6.72. All upgrades (Main Battery Mod. 3 = -10% reload): 93.3 shells/min × 0.08 (8% fire chance) = 7.47.

Initial: 6.72 → 7.47

AP shells

AP alpha2,100

AP Velocity746 m/s

Min Ricochet60 deg

Guaranteed Ricochet67.5 deg

Fuse Timer0.01 s

Fuse Threshold19 mm

AP overmatch

floor(114 mm caliber / 14.3) = 7 mm (AP auto-penetrates plating this thick or less).

7 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 1600 \cdot 25^{0.69} \cdot {0.113}^{- 1.07} \cdot 746^{1.38} = 140.1 mm

140.1 mm point-blank

AP Pen Far

Same formula at the ship's max firing range (10.7 km), where the shell has slowed to 331.6 m/s:

P = 10^{- 7} \cdot 1600 \cdot 25^{0.69} \cdot {0.113}^{- 1.07} \cdot {331.6}^{1.38} = 45.7 mm

45.7 mm at 10.7 km

AP full-salvo alpha

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

8,400

AP DPM

Zero upgrades: 8,400 AP full-salvo alpha x 60 / 2.857 s (2.8 s = 20 ticks) base reload = 176,400. All upgrades (Main Battery Mod. 3 = -10% reload): 8,400 AP full-salvo alpha x 60 / 2.571 s (2.5 s = 18 ticks) all-upgrades reload (2.8 s × 0.9 Main Battery Mod. 3 = 2.5 s) = 196,000.

Initial: 176,400 → 196,000

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.

Torpedoes

ModuleTorpedoes: 533 mm PR Mk II

Launchers / tubes3 launchers × 5 tubes = 15 tubes

Reload time130 s

Projectile speed60.0 kt

Range10.5 km

Maximum simulated damage

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:

D_{sim} = α \cdot c = 49, 200 \cdot 0.333 = 16, 400

. 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.

≈ 16,400

Maximum damage (ammunition)

49,200 warhead alpha / 3 + 1,100 blast = 17,500. 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.

17,500

Torpedo module damage

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.

1,100

Torpedo detectability1.1 km

Reaction time

How long a target has to dodge after your torpedo is spotted at its detectability range (lower means less warning):

t_{react} = \frac{1.1 km}{60 kt \times 2.6855} = 6.8 s

. 2.6855 converts knots to m/s on the game clock. Base value; commander torpedo-concealment skills lower it further.

6.8 s

Flooding chance

This torpedo carries a flooding-chance value of 2.96 per hit, shown as

2.96 \times 100 = 296 %

. 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.

296%

Torpedo launcher traverse25 °/s

Launch arcscentreline 240°

Torp Turn

Time to rotate the launchers 180 deg:

t_{turn} = \frac{180 °}{25 ° / s} = 7.2 s

7.2 s

Torp Arming191 m

Per-side salvo damage

One side firing, all torpedoes hitting: per-side tubes x per-torpedo simulated damage = 15 x 16,400 = 246,000. Each hit on the target's torpedo belt is reduced by its torpedo protection %.

246,000

AA Defense

AA mount points6

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 km

40 mm/56 OQF Mk.XI2×2 40mm

40mm Bofors MkV3×1 40mm

STAAG MarkV1×2 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 46 from dual-purpose main battery firing as AA in this range band.

Range5 km

Guns40 mm/56 OQF Mk.XI + 40mm Bofors MkV + STAAG MarkV

Continuous DPS

Effective DPS: 39 raw aura damage × 3.5 × 1 hit probability = 136 - the same in-game units as the Close-range AA DPS headline.

136

Range3.5 km

Total DPS in Aura

Far 46 + Medium 136 = 182

182

AA explosions

Each ~2 s salvo fires 2 AA explosions in quick succession, each leaving 1 cloud ahead of the attacking squadron - up to 2 clouds per salvo × 240 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.

2 per salvo, 1 cloud each

Cloud damage

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

240

Cloud spawn chance

Every potential cloud spawns - the full pattern, every salvo. Often called flak 'hit chance', but spawned clouds always damage planes that fly into them - the roll is on spawning.

100%

Salvo interval

A new flak salvo (the AA explosions above) fires roughly every 2 s.

every ~2 s

Fired by

Flak keeps firing while at least one main battery mount is operational - even losing every dedicated 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 clouds can land short of 2.5 km or past 5 km - once planes get inside the band, new salvos stop. AA range bonuses push the outer edge out; the 2.5 km inner edge does not move.

2.5-5 km

See the AA layers diagram ↓

Maneuverability

Engine power50,000 hp

Maximum speed34.0 kt

Turning circle radius560 m

Rudder shift time3.5 s

Engine power-boost threshold7.0 kt

Engine spool-up time7.7 s

Reverse spool-up time3.8 s

Reverse speed

top speed / 4 + 4.9 = 34 / 4 + 4.9 = 13.4 kt. Base value; speed modifiers scale it.

13.4 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.

15.9 s

Engine boost threshold (reverse)

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

10.2 kt

Acceleration 0-90%

Time to reach 90% of top speed (30.6 kt of 34.0 kt).

16.8 s

Acceleration 0-99%

Time to reach 99% of top speed (33.7 kt of 34.0 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.

28.2 s

Guns in a full turn

With the rudder hard over the hull turns 7.9°/s, so a target drifts across the bow at that rate. Turret traverse minus hull turn: 20 − 7.9 = +12.1°/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 (+12.1°/s spare)

See the full acceleration curve ↓

Concealment

Detectability by sea

Base value, no camouflage. With a Grade IV permanent camo (or any disposable camo): 7 km x 0.955 = 6.68 km. Camouflage does not change detectability by air.

7 km

With Grade IV camouflage (sea)

Detectability by sea 7 km x 0.955 (Grade IV permanent camo or any disposable camo) = 6.68 km.

6.68 km

Detectability by air3.5 km

Smoke firing penalty2.38 km

Detect when firing (sea)

Larger of 10.74 km range and 2.38 km smoke firing penalty = 10.74 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.

10.74 km

Detect when firing (air)

Air detectability 3.5 km + gun-firing bloom 2.26 km = 5.76 km. The bloom tracks main-battery caliber x 0.020.

5.76 km

Detect when on fire (sea)

Sea detectability 7 km + 2.0 km while burning = 9 km.

9 km

Detect when on fire (air)

Air detectability 3.5 km + 3.0 km while burning = 6.5 km.

6.5 km

Guaranteed Detect2 km

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Consumables

Damage Control Party∞ charges · 40 s reload · 5 s active

Smoke Generator2 charges · 240 s reload · 20 s emit / 97 s cloud active · 450 m radius

Torpedo Reload Booster2 charges · 300 s reload · 1 s active · 5 s torpedo launchers reload time
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While active, torpedo tubes reload in this time instead of the full reload, letting you fire a second spread right after the first.

Choose one

Repair Party2 charges · 80 s reload · 28 s active · 2,632 HP (14% of max HP) total heal (per charge)
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0.005 of max HP per second (0.5%) × 28 s effective active time = 0.14 of max HP × 18,800 HP = 2,632 HP: up to 14% of max HP restored per charge.
· 5,264 HP (28% of max HP) total heal (all charges)
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0.14 of max HP per charge × 2 charges = 0.28 × 18,800 HP = 5,264 HP: up to 28% of max HP if the whole Repair Party loadout is used.
· 94 HP/s (0.5% of max HP) heal per second
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0.005 (0.5% of max HP) × 18,800 HP = 94 HP/s. WoWS heals a flat percent of MAX HP each second, so this rate holds at any health level.

Advanced Sonar2 charges · 120 s reload · 90 s active · 4.44 km ship detect
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Derived from the consumable's 30 m grid-unit range (km = grid units x 30 / 1000): $\frac{148 \times 30}{1000} = 4.44 km$
· 3.12 km torpedo detect
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Derived from the consumable's 30 m grid-unit range (km = grid units x 30 / 1000): $\frac{104 \times 30}{1000} = 3.12 km$

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 DDStandard

The standard destroyer dispersion curve.

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 km25.2 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  $delim \cdot R_{m a x} = 0.5 \cdot 10740 = 5370$  m, and  $radiusOnMax = 0.6$  at 10740 m. Below the kink:  $k = 0.2 + (0.5 - 0.2) \cdot \frac{5000}{5370} = 0.4793$ , so  $σ_{V} = σ_{H} \cdot k = 52.5 \cdot 0.4793 = 25.2 m$ .

Shell scatter height @ 10 km52.8 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  $delim \cdot R_{m a x} = 0.5 \cdot 10740 = 5370$  m, and  $radiusOnMax = 0.6$  at 10740 m. Above the kink:  $k = 0.5 + (0.6 - 0.5) \cdot \frac{10000 - 5370}{10740 - 5370} = 0.5862$ , so  $σ_{V} = σ_{H} \cdot k = 90 \cdot 0.5862 = 52.8 m$ .

AP pen 5 km80 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  $P = 10^{- 7} \cdot K \cdot m^{0.69} \cdot d^{- 1.07} \cdot v^{1.38}$   $= 10^{- 7} \cdot 1600 \cdot 25^{0.69} \cdot {0.113}^{- 1.07} \cdot {498.8}^{1.38} = 80 mm$ , where 498.8 m/s is the shell's speed when it arrives at 5 km (from 746 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 km49 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  $P = 10^{- 7} \cdot K \cdot m^{0.69} \cdot d^{- 1.07} \cdot v^{1.38}$   $= 10^{- 7} \cdot 1600 \cdot 25^{0.69} \cdot {0.113}^{- 1.07} \cdot {347.1}^{1.38} = 49 mm$ , where 347.1 m/s is the shell's speed when it arrives at 10 km (from 746 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 km7.46 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:  $k = \frac{π C_{d} d^{2}}{8 m} = \frac{π \cdot 0.329 \cdot {0.113}^{2}}{8 \cdot 24.95} = 6.61 \times 10^{- 5}$ . That runs from a 746 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 km7.46 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:  $k = \frac{π C_{d} d^{2}}{8 m} = \frac{π \cdot 0.3296 \cdot {0.113}^{2}}{8 \cdot 25} = 6.61 \times 10^{- 5}$ . That runs from a 746 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

2 mounts × 2 barrels = 4; all 4 bear on the broadside.

Model inputs

Krupp (AP)1,600

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 mass25 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 coefficient0.3296

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

AP muzzle velocity746 m/s

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

HE muzzle velocity746 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.

Torpedoes

Estimated torpedo reaction time6.8 s

1100 m / (60.0 kt × 2.6855) = 6.8 s. detectability / (speed kt x 2.6855 m/s per knot on the game clock).

Torpedo speed60.0 kt

Travel time to max range65.2 s

10500 m / (60.0 kt × 2.6855) = 65.2 s. range / (speed kt x 2.6855 m/s per knot on the game clock).

Tube count15

3 launchers × 5 tubes.

Per-side salvo15 torpedoes

3 launchers × 5 tubes = 15, all to either side (centreline launchers train across - full salvo to either side).

Full-salvo damage246,000

All tubes hitting one target: tubes x per-torpedo simulated damage = 15 x 16,400 = 246,000. Each hit on the target's torpedo belt is reduced by its torpedo protection %.

AA defense

AA DPS at max range46

Only families that reach 5 km contribute at the outer edge of the AA bubble. In-game families: 40mm Bofors MkV 3x1 -> 56 DPS @ 3.5 km; STAAG MarkV 1x2 -> 28 DPS @ 3.5 km; 40mm Bofors Twin 2x2 -> 53 DPS @ 3.5 km; Far AA (?) -> 46 DPS @ 5 km.

AA DPS layered by range46 DPS @ 5 km, 183 DPS @ 3.5 km

@ 5 km: 46 from one family; @ 3.5 km: 56 + 28 + 53 + 46 = 183. 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-blank183

56 + 28 + 53 + 46 = 183 DPS: the sum of every family's average DPS, achievable only inside the closest-range family (3.5 km).

AA threat index710

56 × 3.5 + 28 × 3.5 + 53 × 3.5 + 46 × 5 = 710. 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.

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Background

Battle-class destroyers were built in the 1940s in Great Britain. While still on the slipway, one of the unfinished ships could have been purchased by Argentina, which in the post-war decades sought to strengthen its navy by purchasing "surplus" ships from Great Britain and the U.S. Part of the ship's original artillery armament was sacrificed to install a third torpedo launcher.

Armor Beta

Hull HP 18,800, distributed across 5 hull zones, each with its own plate thicknesses, saturation cap, and pen thresholds. HP caps are estimates.

Bow & stern19 mm

Overmatched by 76+ AP guns across the bracket. Can’t reliably bow-tank; gets bow-citadelled and overpenned.

Farming13 mm

Superstructure and extremities take HE pens and AP overpens from nearly any gun: steady chip damage. Fire resistance 40%, fires burn 30s. Range-by-range in the Compare tool →

Section	Plates	HP cap	Threats	Tactic
Bow	19 mm primary (range 19–20 mm)	≈ 940 (~5% of HP)	Overmatched by 283mm+ AP (Gouden Leeuw)Angle bounces 203mm19 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)	19 mm primary (range 16–19 mm)	≈ 14,100 (~75% of HP)	Overmatched by 283mm+ AP (Gouden Leeuw)Angle bounces 203mm19 mm: HE pens from 127mm+	Largest HP pool. Citadel sits behind these plates; thinner deck and side plating absorb the rest.
Stern	19 mm primary (range 16–20 mm)	≈ 940 (~5% of HP)	Overmatched by 283mm+ AP (Gouden Leeuw)Angle bounces 203mm19 mm: HE pens from 127mm+	Mirror of bow. Same fast saturation.
Citadel	20 mm primary (range 19–20 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	13 mm primary (range 13–19 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.

Exteriors

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