combat

Accuracy

Gun Accuracy (Dispersion)

In one sentence:

The radius of the shot dispersion circle at 100 m of range — lower is better.

What it means

Accuracy in World of Tanks is expressed as the dispersion of your gun in meters at 100 m range. A gun listed at 0.32 puts shots inside a much tighter circle than one at 0.44, and the circle scales linearly with distance — at 400 m the spread is four times wider. Every shot lands somewhere inside the fully aimed reticle, with a distribution biased toward the center.

How it's calculated

Dispersion circle radius at target = listed accuracy × (range / 100 m)

Example

A gun with 0.32 m accuracy has a ~1.28 m dispersion radius at 400 m. Against a 2.4 m tall target that is workable; a 0.44 m gun blows out to 1.76 m and starts missing entirely.

Why it matters

Accuracy decides whether you can hit weakspots at range and snipe on open maps. Tanks with poor accuracy must brawl at close range where dispersion matters less.

Common pitfall

⚠ Accuracy is only half the story — dispersion penalties from moving and turning (see dispersion) often matter more in practice than the listed value.
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