Montana

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Montana — American Tier X battleship.

The Montana class was intended as a successor to the Iowa-class battleships: They were larger, better armored, and more heavily armed. Their armament was supposed to consist of twelve 406 mm guns housed in four triple-gun turrets. Preliminary design work began before the U.S. entered World War II. The attack on Pearl Harbor delayed the construction of battleships, and the success of aircraft carriers in the Battle of the Coral Sea and Battle of Midway led the U.S. Navy to abandon the Montana class in favor of aircraft carriers, assault ships, and anti-submarine ships.

Modules

	Rate of Fire (shots/min)	180° Turn Time (sec)	Maximum Dispersion (m)	Maximum HE Shell Damage (HP)	Chance of Fire on Target Caused by HE Shell (%)	Maximum AP Shell Damage (HP)		Research price (exp)	Purchase price ()
406 mm/50 Mk.7 in a turret	2	45	296	5,700	36	13,500		0	2,200,000

	Hit Points (HP)	Armor (mm)	Armor (mm)	Main Turrets (pcs.)	Secondary Gun Turrets (pcs.)	AA Mounts (pcs.)	Torpedo Tubes (pcs.)	Hangar Capacity (pcs.)		Research price (exp)	Purchase price ()
Montana	96,300	6	457	4	10	20/20/20/10				0	3,400,000

	IDS_SHIP_PARAM_SUO_INCREASE_DIST (%)	Maximum Firing Range (km)		Research price (exp)	Purchase price ()
Mk10 mod. 1		0		0	2,100,000

	Maximum Speed (knot)		Research price (exp)	Purchase price ()
Propulsion: 172,000 hp	30		0	550,000

Compatible Upgrades

Slot 1
Slot 2
Slot 3
Slot 4
Slot 5
Slot 6

Player Opinion

Performance

Often being called as the "Yamato killer" for the US Navy, the Montana at first glance is basically a supersized Iowa with an additional triple mount turret and having thicker belt and deck armor. Her offense capability relies on her heavy broadside to smash enemy battleships or destroy anything smaller should the rounds connect. She also has an extremely powerful AA suite, able to protect herself from lower tiered CVs, but is not strong enough to defend against tier X carriers. However, while she can sail at 30 kts, her large size and slow rudder shift time make her vulnerable to torpedo attack, and with only 16 in guns, they do not get the ability to overmatch 32mm thick armor like Yamato's 46cm guns can, meaning you may have to sling HE at well angled battleships.

The dispersion of her main guns were recently buffed, making her more precise and less of a "shotgun", but her dispersion is still higher than Yamato even after the Artillery Plotting Room Modification 2 is installed. However they are more accurate than Kurfurst at range, while having a slower turret traverse (45 sec vs Kurfurst' 40 sec on both guns). Her secondaries are not as numerous as her counterparts, but they are better armored than both. This means that cruisers firing HE are unable to destroyer her secondaries unlike with Yamato or Kurfurst. They have better range than on Iowa and have the best rate of fire and the highest fire chance of all Tier 10 battleships.

The Montana is a ship that does not excel at any one thing for a battleship (AA doesn't count). IN a close range fight she will outpace Yamato's turret traverse but not Kurfurst, while at range she will be more accurate than Kurfurst but not as accurate as Yamato. Flexibility is her strength, but it is also her weakness.

Pros:

12 guns generally means that something will hit even if your aim is slightly off and can seriously damage destroyers without swapping ammunition
Phenomenal broadside killing power exceeds even Yamato and can one-salvo anything that floats; losing or masking a turret still leaves you with Iowa broadside firepower
Best AA suite in the game
Secondaries have the best fire chance (9%) and rate of fire (4/sec) of T10 BBs
Quick turret traverse speed
Two turrets still deliver 6 shells, allowing Montana to fire effective salvos at two targets simultaneously
Faster than Yamato (30 kts compared to 27)

Cons:

Uses same guns as the Iowa, no real upgrade for a tier up
Bad dispersion without artillery plotting room 2
Large citadel that sits high above the waterline
Bow is overmatched by Yamato 460mm shells (like every other ship). Belt armor angling can still work but is open to RNG letting shells through
Smallest gun caliber of all tier X battleships
In the game's current state, has difficulty of beating other tier X battleships in a 1v1 duel.

Research

Montana comes elited automatically, nothing to research.

Optimal Configuration

Building up for Concealment on the Montana is never a bad choice. With the captain skill, concealment modification, and camoflauge she drops down to 13.4 km range. While still long enough for Destroyers or Cruisers to spot you before you spot them, it will give the Montana more leeway for turning due to her high citadel. The Steering Gear modification 2 will reduce her rudder shift time down to 17.8 seconds.

In the T9 slot you can either go with the Artillery Plotting Room 2 to give her guns more accuracy, or put in the Main Gun Modification 3 to improve her fire rate at the expense of her turret traverse. The APM2 will make it so that at ranges of ~12-13 kilometers she is very accurate, much more so than either of her contemporaries due to how dispersion works, but she can then be out DPMed by BBs who take MGM3. MGM3 will increase her DPM which is already the highest of the t10 battleships, and may surprise a Cruiser who still expects you to be reloading, but makes it so long range shots are more or less German in their spread while making her tuurets take longer to turn.

In the 2nd slot you have several choices. Artillery Plotting Room 1 will increase her already impressive range, and give her secondaries a slight boost in rage and accuracy. AA Modification 2 will give her a huge aura for her AA guns to work with, and with captain skills they can reach out to 7.2 km. Secondary Modification 2 will boost the range and accuracy of her secondaries instead, and with captain skills and flags those can reach out to 9.1km.

For the 1st and 4th slot both should just have Main Gun Modification 1 for better health on your big guns, and Damage Control System Modification 1 to reduce the chance of fires and torpedo damage slightly.

Commander Skills

Recommended Commander Skills
Cost (points)	Endurance		Attack		Support		Versatility
1	Priority Target Situational Awareness indicator will show the number of opponents currently aiming at you with main battery guns. ★★	Preventative Maintenance -30% to the risk of incapacitation of main turrets, torpedo tubes, steering gear, engines. ★	Expert Loader -50% to reload time when shell type is switched. ★	Air Supremacy -5% aircraft restoration time.	Direction Center for Fighters +1 fighter to carrier fighter squadrons or catapult fighters.	Improved Engine Boost +10% Aircraft engine boost time.	Incoming Fire Alert Indicator of long-range enemy artillery fire. ★	Last Gasp Completely restores the engine boost for the last attack flight of the carrier's planes.
2	High Alert -10% to reload time of Damage Control Party consumable. ★★	Jack of All Trades -5% to reload time of all consumables. ★	Expert Marksman +2.5 deg/sec to traverse speed of guns with a caliber up to 139mm. +0.7 deg/sec to traverse speed of guns with a caliber above 139mm. ★★★	Torpedo Acceleration +5 knots to torpedo speed. -20% to torpedo range.	Smoke Screen Expert +20% to the radius of the smoke screen.	Improved Engines +2.5% Squadron speed.	Adrenaline Rush -0.2% to reload times of all types of armament for each 1% of total health lost. +0.2% squadron speed for each 1% of total health lost. ★★	Last Stand The ship remains able to move and maneuver while the engine or steering gears are incapacitated.
3	Basics of Survivability -15% to time of repair, fire extinguishing, and recovery from flooding. ★★	Survivability Expert +350 ship HP for each ship tier. +15 aircraft HP for each ship tier.	Torpedo Armament Expertise -10% to reload time of torpedo tubes.	Aircraft Armor Reduces continuous damage to aircraft in all AA defense zones. -10% continuous damage.	Basic Firing Training -10% to reload time of main battery guns with a caliber up to and including 139mm and all secondary battery guns. +10% to continuous damage from AA guns. ★★	Superintendent +1 additional charge to all consumables mounted on a ship. ★★★	Demolition Expert +2% chance of HE shells causing a fire on target. +1% chance of rockets causing a fire on target. +5% chance of HE bombs causing a fire on target. ★	Vigilance +25% to detection range of enemy torpedoes. ★
4	Manual Fire Control for Secondary Armament Tightens dispersion of shells from secondary batteries. -15% for Tier I-VI ships. -60% for Tier VII-X ships. Manually selected target only. ★★	Fire Prevention -10% to the risk of fire. The maximum number of fires on a ship is reduced to three. ★★	Inertia Fuse for HE Shells +30% to the armor penetration capacity of HE shells. -1% chance of fire on target caused by shells <=139mm. -3% chance of fire on target caused by shells >139mm.	Sight Stabilization Speeds up the aiming of a carrier's aircraft. +5% attack aircraft aiming speed. +5% torpedo bomber aiming speed. +10% dive bomber aiming speed.	Advanced Firing Training +20% to firing range of main battery guns with a caliber up to 139mm and all secondary battery guns. +15% damage/sec. within the explosion radius of shells fired from long-range AA defenses. ★★★	Massive AA Fire Instantaneous Damage +100%. Priority AA sector cooldown +50%.	Radio Position Finding Shows the direction to the nearest enemy ship. The enemy is alerted that a bearing has been taken.	Concealment Expert -10% to the detection radius of all ships and aircraft. ★★★
Key: ★★★ - Extremely Useful ★★ - Frequently Useful ★ - Occasionally Useful No stars - Meh Χ - Not recommended

Gallery

Ships of U.S.A.

Destroyers	II Sampson • II Smith • III Wickes • IV Clemson • V Nicholas • V Hill • VI Farragut • VI Monaghan • VII Mahan • VII Sims • VII Sims B • VIII Benson • VIII Kidd • IX Fletcher • IX Benham • IX Halford • IX Black B • IX Black • X Gearing • X Somers • X Forrest Sherman • ★ Joshua Humphreys
Cruisers	I Erie • II Chester • II Albany • III St. Louis • III Charleston • IV Phoenix • V Omaha • V Marblehead • V Marblehead Lima • V Rattlehead • VI Pensacola • VI Dallas • VII Atlanta • VII New Orleans • VII Helena • VII Indianapolis • VII Atlanta B • VII Boise • VII Flint • VIII Baltimore • VIII Cleveland • VIII Wichita • VIII Anchorage • VIII Congress • VIII Rochester • VIII San Diego • VIII AL Montpelier • IX Buffalo • IX Seattle • IX Vallejo • IX Alaska • IX Tulsa • IX Alaska B • X Des Moines • X Worcester • X Puerto Rico • X Salem • X Austin • ★ Annapolis
Battleships	III South Carolina • IV Wyoming • IV Arkansas Beta • V New York • V Oklahoma • V Texas • VI New Mexico • VI Arizona • VI W. Virginia '41 • VII Colorado • VII Florida • VII West Virginia '44 • VII California • VIII North Carolina • VIII Kansas • VIII Nebraska • VIII Alabama • VIII Massachusetts • VIII Alabama VL • VIII Constellation • VIII Massachusetts B • VIII Alabama ST • VIII North Carolina CLR • IX Iowa • IX Minnesota • IX Delaware • IX Missouri • IX Kearsarge • IX Illinois • IX Kearsarge B • IX Georgia • X Montana • X Vermont • X Louisiana • X Ohio • X Rhode Island • X Wisconsin • ★ Maine
Aircraft Carriers	IV Langley • VI Independence • VI Ranger • VIII Yorktown • VIII Lexington • VIII Enterprise • VIII Saipan • VIII Hornet • VIII Saipan B • X Essex • X Midway • X Franklin D. Roosevelt • ★ United States

Battleships

Japan	II Mikasa • III Kawachi • IV Myōgi • IV Ishizuchi • V Kongō • V ARP Kongō • V ARP Kirishima • V ARP Haruna • V ARP Hiei • V HSF Hiei • VI Fusō • VI Mutsu • VI Ise • VII Nagato • VII Ashitaka • VII Hyūga • VIII Amagi • VIII Yumihari • VIII Kii • VIII Ignis Purgatio • VIII Ragnarok • IX Izumo • IX Adatara • IX Musashi • IX Hizen • IX Iwami • IX Daisen • IX Tsurugi • IX Iwami B • X Yamato • X Bungo • X Shikishima • X ARP Yamato • ★ Satsuma
U.K.	III Bellerophon • III Indefatigable • III Dreadnought • IV Orion • IV Queen Mary • V Iron Duke • V Tiger • V Agincourt • VI Warspite • VI Queen Elizabeth • VI Renown • VI Repulse • VI Repulse B • VII King George V • VII Rooke • VII Hood • VII Nelson • VII Duke of York • VII Collingwood • VII Renown '44 • VII Duke of Bronte • VIII Monarch • VIII Hawke • VIII Vanguard • IX Lion • IX Duncan • IX Marlborough • IX Scarlet Thunder • X Conqueror • X St. Vincent • X Thunderer • X Incomparable • ★ Devastation
France	III Turenne • IV Courbet • V Bretagne • VI Normandie • VI Dunkerque • VI Dunkerque B • VII Lyon • VII Strasbourg • VIII Richelieu • VIII Gascogne • VIII Champagne • VIII Flandre • VIII Picardie • IX Alsace • IX Jean Bart • IX Jean Bart B • X République • X Bourgogne • ★ Patrie
U.S.S.R.	III Knyaz Suvorov • IV Imperator Nikolai I • IV Gangut • V Pyotr Velikiy • V Oktyabrskaya Revolutsiya • VI Izmail • VI Novorossiysk • VII Sinop • VII Poltava • VIII Vladivostok • VIII Lenin • VIII Borodino • IX Sovetsky Soyuz • IX Navarin • IX AL Sov. Rossiya • X Kremlin • X Slava • ★ Admiral Ushakov
U.S.A.	III South Carolina • IV Wyoming • IV Arkansas Beta • V New York • V Oklahoma • V Texas • VI New Mexico • VI Arizona • VI W. Virginia '41 • VII Colorado • VII Florida • VII West Virginia '44 • VII California • VIII North Carolina • VIII Kansas • VIII Nebraska • VIII Alabama • VIII Massachusetts • VIII Alabama VL • VIII Constellation • VIII Massachusetts B • VIII Alabama ST • VIII North Carolina CLR • IX Iowa • IX Minnesota • IX Delaware • IX Missouri • IX Kearsarge • IX Illinois • IX Kearsarge B • IX Georgia • X Montana • X Vermont • X Louisiana • X Ohio • X Rhode Island • X Wisconsin • ★ Maine
Germany	III Nassau • III Von der Tann • III König Albert • IV Kaiser • IV Moltke • V König • V Derfflinger • VI Bayern • VI Mackensen • VI Prinz Eitel Friedrich • VII Gneisenau • VII Prinz Heinrich • VII Scharnhorst • VII AL Prinz Heinrich • VII Scharnhorst B • VII Scharnhorst '43 • VIII Tirpitz • VIII Bismarck • VIII Zieten • VIII Odin • VIII Brandenburg • VIII Anhalt • VIII Brandenburg B • VIII Tirpitz B • IX Friedrich der Grosse • IX Prinz Rupprecht • IX Pommern • IX Pommern B • X Grosser Kurfürst • X Schlieffen • X Preussen • X Mecklenburg • ★ Hannover
Pan-Asia	IX Bajie • IX Wujing • IX Sun Yat-Sen • IX Louchuan
Spain	IX Victoria
Europe	V Viribus Unitis • IX Karl XIV Johan
Netherlands
Italy	IV Dante Alighieri • V Conte di Cavour • V Giulio Cesare • VI Andrea Doria • VII Francesco Caracciolo • VIII Vittorio Veneto • VIII Roma • VIII AL Littorio • IX Lepanto • IX Marco Polo • IX Giuseppe Verdi • X Cristoforo Colombo • X Ruggiero di Lauria • X Sicilia
Commonwealth	VII Yukon
Pan-America	V Rio de Janeiro • VIII Atlântico

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+Building up for Concealment on the Montana is never a bad choice. With the captain skill, concealment modification, and camoflauge she drops down to 13.4 km range. While still long enough for Destroyers or Cruisers to spot you before you spot them, it will give the Montana more leeway for turning due to her high citadel. The Steering Gear modification 2 will reduce her rudder shift time down to 17.8 seconds.
+In the T9 slot you can either go with the Artillery Plotting Room 2 to give her guns more accuracy, or put in the Main Gun Modification 3 to improve her fire rate at the expense of her turret traverse. The APM2 will make it so that at ranges of ~12-13 kilometers she is very accurate, much more so than either of her contemporaries due to how dispersion works, but she can then be out DPMed by BBs who take MGM3. MGM3 will increase her DPM which is already the highest of the t10 battleships, and may surprise a Cruiser who still expects you to be reloading, but makes it so long range shots are more or less German in their spread while making her tuurets take longer to turn.
+In the 2nd slot you have several choices. Artillery Plotting Room 1 will increase her already impressive range, and give her secondaries a slight boost in rage and accuracy. AA Modification 2 will give her a huge aura for her AA guns to work with, and with captain skills they can reach out to 7.2 km. Secondary Modification 2 will boost the range and accuracy of her secondaries instead, and with captain skills and flags those can reach out to 9.1km.
+For the 1st and 4th slot both should just have Main Gun Modification 1 for better health on your big guns, and Damage Control System Modification 1 to reduce the chance of fires and torpedo damage slightly.
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 | Vigilance = 1
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+| Manual Fire Control for Secondary Armament = 2
 | Fire Prevention = 2
 | Inertia Fuse for HE Shells =

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