What's the maximum penetration on the USN pew pew guns.

[Abo89]

How far can I pen with the 127mm guns.

[Unabletony]

Good enough where you can reliably cit lightly armored cruisers in smoke at 4km range.

 

 

Well, that's just me. 

[Abo89]

Good enough where you can reliably cit lightly armored cruisers in smoke at 4km range.

 

 

Well, that's just me. 

Once you get into higher tiers though, Radar and such and beefier armor is prevalent though

[X15]

Every ship in the game has a superstructure.

 

But for cits, never expect one outside 5km on anything. Some of the squishier cruisers like the British and Russians will be the only things you can cit starting around tier 8.

[Komrade_Rylo]

It's like 200mm up close but it quickly drops off past 1km

[Abo89]

It's like 200mm up close but it quickly drops off past 1km

I looked up the numbers from teal life. I think it's like 150mm at 5km if I remember correctly. I don't think that's realistic in game though.

[Destroyer_Zeka]

USN 127mm guns are meant for close range knife fights with other DDs and cap contesting more then anything else. Their torps are good for dealing with BBs and CAs as well as smoke screen choking.

[Abo89]

USN 127mm guns are meant for close range knife fights with other DDs and cap contesting more then anything else. Their torps are good for dealing with BBs and CAs as well as smoke screen choking.

Yea, I just want to make sure I'm using all my cards. If you can find that magic range that it's still effective, you are talking about dealing citadels every 4 seconds... That's a big tool to have.

[Abo89]

Just double checked. It's 102mm at 5km. (IRL)

[Vekta408]

Around 6km until T8. It's harder to do in T8 but that's about your max range regardless for 127's. 5-6km is generally the range were switching to AP is worth a try. Even if you don't get cits you can get 6-900 pen damage which might be better than an HE salvo depending on angle.

[Abo89]

Around 6km until T8. It's harder to do in T8 but that's about your max range regardless for 127's. 5-6km is generally the range were switching to AP is worth a try. Even if you don't get cits you can get 6-900 pen damage which might be better than an HE salvo depending on angle.

That's sounds completely reasonable.