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| 7s | Japan was undeniably one of the main naval powers of the WW2 era. |
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| 11s | The Imperial Navy commanded hundreds of ships, |
| 14s | and some of them were pretty remarkable indeed. |
| 16s | Today we’re going to talk about the most outstanding |
| 18s | vessels on the Japanese roster: |
| 20s | the biggest, the fastest, and the most dangerous! |
| 26s | The Ise-class, IJN Ise, holds two records. |
| 31s | First, it’s the largest ship by displacement: |
| 33s | 42,302 tons! |
| 36s | A monster of this size is pretty hard to sink. |
| 39s | Furthermore, she’s no slouch in the firepower department either: |
| 42s | with twelve 356-mm cannons, |
| 45s | this battleship can hold her own against practically anyone. |
| 48s | The second record is for carrying more aircraft than anybody else: |
| 51s | the battleship is equipped to operate three reconnaissance floatplanes |
| 54s | that are very handy for quick captures and bombing runs against smaller targets. |
| 62s | Fuso, a dreadnought battleship, has more crew members than any other Japanese ship: |
| 67s | 1900 people. |
| 69s | Eliminating some of them can make the Fuso less scary in combat, |
| 72s | but it’s very hard to incapacitate her completely |
| 75s | as any losses are quickly replaced. |
| 77s | Keep in mind though that even this gargantuan crew |
| 80s | won’t save the battleship from a good hit to a magazine. |
| 85s | The Type T-14 motor torpedo boat is the tiniest Japanese vessel, |
| 89s | with a displacement of only 14,5 tons. |
| 92s | The small size of this MTB is both an advantage and a disadvantage. |
| 96s | On the one hand, the Type T-14 is pretty easy to knock out; |
| 100s | on the other hand, it can move around more freely than larger vessels. |
| 103s | For instance, it can go through very narrow straits and pop out in unexpected places, |
| 108s | which is excellent for launching surprise torpedo attacks |
| 110s | or dropping depth charges in a sneaky way. |
| 116s | The battleship Haruna is a gun god. |
| 119s | Eight 356-mm cannons, eight 152-mm cannons, |
| 124s | twelve 127-mm cannons |
| 127s | and a ludicrous amount of smaller anti-air guns on top of that... |
| 130s | That’s 146 barrels in total. |
| 133s | Obviously, you can’t use all of them against a single target, but who cares: |
| 138s | even when engaging larger ships, the Haruna is always safe |
| 141s | against bombers and small fry with torpedoes. |
| 150s | The Type T-1 motor torpedo boat holds a sad record |
| 153s | for having the least effective guns among all Japanese vessels |
| 156s | as it is fitted with only two 7.7-mm machine guns. |
| 160s | Doesn’t mean that it can’t do well though: |
| 162s | in the hands of an experienced captain, |
| 164s | the Type T-1 can certainly deal a lot of damage to enemy targets. |
| 169s | That requires fitting it with two 450-mm torpedoes... |
| 173s | and coming up with a solid game plan. |
| 179s | Naturally, it’s not just boats that use torpedoes. |
| 182s | Bigger ships were often equipped with torpedo tubes as well. |
| 185s | Take a look at the Nagato-class, IJN Mutsu. |
| 188s | This battleship has two records under its belt: |
| 191s | first, she carries more torpedoes than any other ship of her class; |
| 195s | second, she’s armed with the biggest guns. |
| 197s | Eight 410-mm cannons can wreck just about anyone, regardless of their size, |
| 203s | with a single salvo. |
| 204s | As if that crazy firepower wasn’t enough, you also get 24 torpedoes to play with: |
| 209s | thanks to them, the Mutsu is never really defenseless, |
| 212s | even when her main guns are in the middle of a reload. |
| 218s | If we’re talking about the craziest torpedo salvos though, |
| 221s | then we simply have to mention the IJN Shimakaze, a heavy-duty destroyer. |
| 227s | She is equipped with three quintuple torpedo launchers |
| 230s | that can fire all at once at a single target at either side. |
| 235s | That means that it takes the destroyer just a few seconds |
| 237s | to send a wall of fifteen deadly Type-93 torpedoes at you. |
| 242s | With that many Long Lances in the water, |
| 244s | you can turn huge swathes of the sea into a no-go zone. |
| 248s | A Long Lance is not just any torpedo either: |
| 250s | it can travel at a maximum speed of 91 km/h, |
| 254s | has a range of 15 km, |
| 256s | and carries a warhead with almost 1000 kg of TNT! |
| 262s | Finally, the last champion on our list is a humble missile boat. |
| 266s | This is the PG-02, the fastest Japanese vessel in the game. |
| 270s | Thanks to her sleek hydrofoil design, |
| 272s | the boat can reach a speed of 96 km/h: |
| 275s | it’s like driving an F1 car, but on water! |
| 278s | The superior mobility of the PG-02 allows the boat to play by its own rules: |
| 282s | it forces opponents to constantly guess where the next attack will be coming from. |
| 287s | The boat is also armed with a 20-mm Vulcan rotary cannon |
| 290s | that can tear any other boat in half in just a few seconds. |
| 297s | In War Thunder, the Japanese Navy is certainly a force to be reckoned with. |
| 301s | The overwhelming firepower of the Mutsu, |
| 303s | the swift torpedoes of the Shimakaze, |
| 305s | and monstrous cannons of Haruna can give hell to any opponent, |
| 310s | however dangerous and tenacious they might be. |
| 312s | What do you think about Japanese ships though? |
| 315s | Do you have any favorites? |
| 316s | Tell us in the comments below... |