These guns were originally designed to be dual purpose and could elevate as high as 70 degrees. The Takao class was the first class of cruisers designed to carry the new 203mm guns which were later fitted onto most Japanese heavy cruisers. The new cruisers were also designed to achieve higher maximum speeds than their Allied counterparts. The new hull design was very similar to those prior, but it featured a shorter and thicker armor belt as well as deck mounted torpedo launchers instead of hull mounted tubes. This new design was created to address many of the issues with the previous classes as well as incorporate knowledge learned from the experimental cruiser Yūbari. Originally planned to be built as Myoko class cruisers, Atago and her sister ships were redesigned into the newer Takao class heavy cruisers. Torpedoes Sixteen (4x4) 61cm Type 93 TorpedoesĪircraft Facilities 1 Mitsubishi F1M2 floatplanes

Secondary Eight (4x2) 12.7cm/40 Type 89 dual-purpose gunsĪnti-aircraft Sixty (4x3, 8x2, 32x1) 25mm Type 96 AA gunsįour (2x2) 13.2mm Type 93 AA machine guns She does have a few drawbacks, with a very large citadel hitbox - due to the large bridge/boiler area amidships - as well as a slow rate of fire and a mediocre anti-aircraft suite, but she is overall a very powerful ship.Ītago B, 1944 Specifications 14,616 tons displacement, standardĪrmament Main Ten (5x2) 20.3cm/50 3rd Year Type mod. With a full concealment build she can even fire torpedoes from beyond her detection radius in certain situations. Her impressively low detection range means that she can engage the enemy at her terms, and if situations go awry she can sneak away (providing there are no aircraft patrolling the sky or a nearby destroyer to detect her. She also gains access to the Repair Party consumable, allowing her to recover HP, unlike most other cruisers (at Tier VIII). While her main battery rate of fire is slower, her torpedoes are quadruple tube mounts (for a total of 16 instead of 12) and the forward launcher on each side fires forwards instead of backwards, making it useful against enemies in front of the ship. Bearing the same ABC-XY turret layout of her historical predecessor Myoko, this heavy cruiser is fairly similar to her predecessor, but improves on many traits such as turret traverse and overall handling. The data presented in the AA Defense sidebar section may be incorrect.įor a graphic summary of ships Tiers VIII thru XI see LittleWhiteMouse's 'Actual AA DPS'.Ītago was the first Tier VIII premium ship released for World of Warships and replaced Kitakami at the end of the Closed Beta.

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