Armor and Damage

Armor

There are four primary sections of a ship, generally, with varying armor thickness. Going from front to rear is the bow, midsection, and stern. The superstructure contains the physical parts above the deck, including the conning tower.

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How It Works: Armor

General Armor Characteristics

External Section	Internal Part	Armor Thickness
Bow	None	Lightly armored, but bounces shells of similar class when angled
Midsection	Citadel, Engines, Magazine	Heavily armored and location of armor belt
Superstructure	None	Very thinly armored and can be penetrated by both shells easily
Stern	Steering room	Similar characteristics of the bow section

Below is a detailed guide of the level of armor thickness for each ship part

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How It Works: Hit Points

Detailed Armor Characteristics by Part

Armor Part	Armor Thickness	Damage Significance	Strategy for Damage Avoidance
Superstructure	Extremely thin	Majority of gun damage from destroyers and cruisers. Battleships firing AP from long ranges too.	Global unavoidable damage. After it saturates, damage taken there is heavily reduced automatically.
Turrets	Thickest	Blocks damage that would permanently destroy or incapacitate turrets.	In close-mid ranges, angle the turret face away a bit to auto bounce enemy shells. At long ranges, do the same.
Deck	Medium thickness; central part may be thicker	HE damage, Long-range AP penetration damage.	Cannot be penetrated up close except from overmatching. At long ranges, angle the entire ship to minimize citadel profile.
Upper belt	Thick	Penetration damage at mid-close ranges from all classes of ships.	Angle in or away at close ranges.
Citadel deck	Thicker than Deck	Citadel damage from long ranges	Angle away at long ranges.
Main armor belt	Extremely thick	Citadel and penetration damage from close-mid ranges when broadside	Maintain an acute angle to the enemy at all times.
Citadel sides	Very thick	Citadel damage from close-mid ranges	Maintain an acute angle to the enemy at all times.
Torpedo protection belt	Base value by %	Torpedo damage	Ensure that torpedoes hit the central belt and not the bow or stern.

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