Montana

Tier Legendary | Type: Battleship
Preceded by	Succeeded by
Maine	none
Cost (Research Bureau)
Variants	BA Montana

STOCK STATS

Survivability

Hitpoints96 300

Armor6 - 541 mm

Torpedo Damage Reduction37 %

Artillery

Main Battery

406mm Mk74x3

Firing Range17.4 km

Reload Time30 s

180° Turn Time45 s

HE Maximum Damage5700

HE Fire Chance36 %

HE Penetration68 mm

AP Maximum Damage13 500

Sigma1.9

Secondary Armament 1

127mm Mk4110x2

Firing Range5 km

Reload Time4 s

HE Maximum Damage1800

HE Fire Chance9 %

HE Penetration21 mm

AA Defense

AA Armament 1

20mm Oerlikon Mk420x1

DPS72

Range2 km

AA Armament 2

20mm Oerlikon Mk2020x2

DPS122

Range2 km

AA Armament 3

40mm Bofors Mk220x4

DPS318

Range3.5 km

AA Armament 4

127mm Mk4110x2

DPS157

Range5.2 km

Maneuverability

Maximum Speed30 kn

Turning Circle Radius950 m

Rudder Shift Time22.2 s

Concealment

Detectability by Sea16 km

Detectability by Air12.8 km

Detectability while firing in smoke15.5 km

Montana — American Legendary Tier Battleship.

One of the largest battleships in the world. She is slightly inferior to Iowa-class ships in terms of speed but has more main guns and significantly stronger torpedo protection. Montana's armor is conventionally arranged and considerably reinforced.

Montana was released as a Bureau project reward on November 29th, 2021.


Year of Design: 1941

Ship Traits
Long Reach: Above average main battery range. Hit them before they can hit you.	Guns Aplenty: A high number of guns allows for a lot of damage from a single salvo.	Tough: Above average base HP rating.

Modules

	Hit Points	Min Armor (mm)	Max Armor (mm)	Torpedo Damage Reduction (%)	Main Battery Turrets	Rudder Shift (s)
Stock	96 300	6	541	37	4x3	22.2

	Turret Arrangement	Reload Time (s)	180° Turn Time (s)	Max HE Damage	HE Fire Chance (%)	Max AP Damage
406mm Mk7	4x3	30	45	5700	36	13 500

	Main Battery Firing Range
Stock	17.4 km

	Maximum Speed
Stock	30 kn

Modifications

SLOT 1	Main Battery Mod 2 Main Battery traverse speed +20%	Secondary Battery Mod 2 Secondary Battery firing range +20% Dispersion of Secondary Battery -20%	AA Guns Mod 2 AA guns firing range +20%
SLOT 2	Damage Control System Mod 2 Fire duration -15% Flood duration -15%	Steering Gears Mod 2 Rudder shift time -20%	Propulsion Mod 2 Time taken to reach full power when accelerating -50%
SLOT 3	Concealment System Mod 1 Detectability range -10% Incoming fire dispersion +5%	Target Acquisition System Mod 1 Spotting Range +20% Torpedo visibility range +20% Range of Guaranteed Acquisition of ships +50%
SLOT 4	Main Battery Mod 3 Main battery reload time -10% Main battery traverse speed -15%	Secondary Battery Mod 3 Secondary battery reload time -20%	Artillery Plotting Room Mod 2 Dispersion of Main Battery -10%	AA Guns Mod 3 Average AA damage +25%

Consumables

Damage Control Party

Accelerates repairs to damage modules, firefighting efforts and recovery from flooding.

Duration: 20s Reload time: 80s The number of consumables is unlimited

Repair Party

Partially restores the ship's HP by repairing light damage.

HP per second: +481 Duration: 28s Reload time: 80s Number of consumables: 3

Catapult Fighter

Follows the ship and automatically attacks enemy aircraft.

Duration: 90s Reload time: 80s Number of consumables: 6

Observation Seaplane

Temporarily tightens main battery shell grouping.

Main battery shell grouping: +10% Duration: 30s Reload time: 200s Number of consumables: 6

Enhanced Secondary Targeting

Lower the dispersion and improve the shell grouping of your secondary armament.

Secondary battery shell grouping: +100% Secondary battery dispersion: -50% Duration: 30s Reload time: 160s Number of consumables: 3

Player Opinion

Pros:

• Very strong AP broadside
• Great main battery range
• Good main battery firing angles allow for fairly effective angling
• Very good main battery accuracy when equipped with the Artillery Plotting Room module
• Nice durability - good HP pool, deck armor, and main belt armor
• Strong AA defenses

Cons:

• Poor HE damage output and fire chance
• Very slow rudder shift, worst among Legendary Tier battleships
• Very vulnerable to citadel penetrations when showing a full broadside
• Secondaries are rather ineffective and should not be relied upon
• Poor concealment
• Does not have any unique gimmicks going for it

Performance

Changes

Gold and Crimson

• Main battery shell grouping increased by 2.5% (from 1.85 to 1.9)
• Main battery AP shell damage increased from 13 100 to 13 500
• Ship HP increased from 86 600 to 96 300

• Bow HP reduced from 12 500 to 5000
• Casemate HP reduced from 33 000 to 13 000
• Stern HP reduced from 16 750 to 6600
• Superstructure HP reduced from 10 000 to 3900

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