Montana

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 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.

 Navy: USN
 Ship: American
 Nation: United States
 Category: Premium

 Tier: Legendary
 Class: Battleship
 Cost: (Research Bureau)

 Year of Design: 1941
 Predecessor: Maine
 Variants: BA Montana

━━ 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.

Ship Stats

Survivability

SURVIVBILITY	STOCK	UPGRADED
• Hitpoints	96 300	-
• Armor (mm)	6 - 541	-
• Torpedo damage reduction (%)	37	-

Maneuverability

MANEUVERABILITY	STOCK	UPGRADED
• Maximum speed (kt)	30	-
• Turning circle radius (m)	950	-
• Rudder-shift time (sec)	22.2	-

Concealment

CONCEALMENT	STOCK	UPGRADED
• Detectability by sea (km)	16	-
• Detectability by air (km)	12.8	-
• Detectability while firing in smoke (km)	15.5	-

Main Artillery

MAIN BATTERY	STOCK	UPGRADED
• Main artillery name	406mm Mk7	-
• Main artillery arrangement	4x3	-
• Firing range (km)	17.4	-
• Reload time (sec)	30	-
• 180° turn time (sec)	45	-
• HE maximum damage	5700	-
• HE fire chance (%)	36	-
• HE penetration (mm)	68	-
• AP maximum damage	13 500	-
• Sigma	1.9	-

Secondary Artillery

SECONDARY ARMAMENT 1	STOCK	UPGRADED
• Name	127mm Mk41	-
• Arrangement	10x2	-
• Firing range (km)	5	-
• Reload time (sec)	4	-
• HE maximum damage	1800	-
• HE fire chance (%)	9	-
• HE penetration (mm)	21	-

Anti-Aircraft Artillery

AA ARMAMENT 1	STOCK	UPGRADED
• Name	20mm Oerlikon Mk4	-
• Arrangement	20x1	-
• DPS	72	-
• Range (km)	2	-
AA ARMAMENT 2	STOCK	UPGRADED
• Name	20mm Oerlikon Mk20	-
• Arrangement	20x2	-
• DPS	122	-
• Range (km)	2	-
AA ARMAMENT 3	STOCK	UPGRADED
• Name	40mm Bofors Mk2	-
• Arrangement	20x4	-
• DPS	318	-
• Range (km)	3.5	-
AA ARMAMENT 4	STOCK	UPGRADED
• Name	127mm Mk41	-
• Arrangement	10x2	-
• DPS	157	-
• Range (km)	5.2	-

Modules, Modifications & Consumables

Modules

Battleship - Montana

	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

Battleship - Montana

SLOT 1	Main Battery Mod 2 Main battery traverse speed +20% Torpedo launchers traverse speed +20%	Secondary Battery Mod 2 Secondary battery firing range +20% Secondary battery dispersion -20%	AA Guns Mod 2 AA guns firing range +20%
SLOT 2	Damage Control System Mod 2 Damage Control Party duration +20% Fire duration -15% Flood duration -15%	Steering Gears Mod 2 Rudder-shift time -25%	Propulsion Mod 2 Time taken to reach full power when accelerating -50%
SLOT 3	Chromium Plated Barrels Main battery dispersion -5%	Concealment System Mod 1 Detectability range -10% Incoming fire dispersion +5%	Target Acquisition System Mod 1 Spotting range +20% Torpedo acquisition range +20% RGA 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 Main battery dispersion -10%	AA Guns Mod 3 Cooldown time for all consumables -10% Average AA damage per second +25%

Consumables

Battleship - Montana

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

Community Contributions

Player Opinion

Battleship - Montana

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

Battleship - Montana

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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