Kawachi

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 Kawachi — Japanese • Premium • Tier III • Battleship.

The first dreadnought of the Imperial Japanese Navy. Boasted a sufficiently powerful armor belt. Kawachi's fire control capabilities were strongly affected by the diversity of calibers of her numerous guns. Similar to other warships of her time, Kawachi had insufficient horizontal armor protection and weak torpedo protection.

Kawachi was released as the final reward of the A Light in the Dark 2022 Halloween event, which took place from October 17th to November 7th of that same year.

 Navy: IJN
 Ship: Japanese
 Nation: Japan
 Category: Premium

 Tier: III
 Class: Battleship
 Cost: (Special)

 Entered Service: 1912
 Ships in Series: 2

━━ Ship Traits ━━

Guns Aplenty: A high number of guns allows for a lot of damage from a single salvo.

Compromising: High caliber AP shells overpen the armor, but may still arm, depending on shell velocity.

Money Maker: Grants a significant bonus to XP and credit earnings.

Ship Stats

Survivability

SURVIVBILITY	STOCK	UPGRADED
• Hitpoints	43 700	-
• Armor (mm)	10 - 305	-
• Torpedo damage reduction (%)	9	-

Maneuverability

MANEUVERABILITY	STOCK	UPGRADED
• Maximum speed (kt)	20	-
• Turning circle radius (m)	560	-
• Rudder-shift time (sec)	9.6	-

Concealment

CONCEALMENT	STOCK	UPGRADED
• Detectability by sea (km)	11.9	-
• Detectability by air (km)	9.5	-
• Detectability while firing in smoke (km)	9.1	-

Main Artillery

MAIN BATTERY	STOCK	UPGRADED
• Main artillery name	305mm 41st Year Type	-
• Main artillery arrangement	6x2	-
• Firing range (km)	13.2	-
• Reload time (sec)	30	-
• 180° turn time (sec)	40	-
• HE maximum damage	5100	-
• HE fire chance (%)	29	-
• HE penetration (mm)	51	-
• AP maximum damage	8100	-
• Sigma	2.0	-

Secondary Artillery

SECONDARY ARMAMENT 1	STOCK	UPGRADED
• Name	120mm 41st Year Type	-
• Arrangement	8x1	-
• Firing range (km)	4	-
• Reload time (sec)	5	-
• HE maximum damage	2100	-
• HE fire chance (%)	10	-
• HE penetration (mm)	20	-
SECONDARY ARMAMENT 2	STOCK	UPGRADED
• Name	152mm 41st Year Type	-
• Arrangement	10x1	-
• Firing range (km)	4	-
• Reload time (sec)	10	-
• HE maximum damage	2200	-
• HE fire chance (%)	12	-
• HE penetration (mm)	25	-

Anti-Aircraft Artillery

AA ARMAMENT 1	STOCK	UPGRADED
• Name	76.2mm 3rd Year Type	-
• Arrangement	4x1	-
• DPS	6	-
• Range (km)	3	-

Modules, Modifications & Consumables

Modules

Battleship - Kawachi

	Hit Points	Min Armor (mm)	Max Armor (mm)	Torpedo Damage Reduction (%)	Main Battery Turrets	Rudder Shift (s)
Stock	43 700	10	305	9	6x2	9.6

	Turret Arrangement	Reload Time (s)	180° Turn Time (s)	Max HE Damage	HE Fire Chance (%)	Max AP Damage
305mm 41st Year Type	6x2	30	40	5100	29	8100

	Main Battery Firing Range
Stock	13.2 km

	Maximum Speed
Stock	20 kn

Modifications

Battleship - Kawachi

SLOT 1

Main Battery Mod 2 Main Battery traverse speed +20%

Aiming Systems Mod 1 Dispersion of Main Battery -7% Torpedo tubes traverse speed +20% Secondary Battery firing range +5% Dispersion of secondary battery -5%

Secondary Battery Mod 2 Secondary Battery firing range +20% Dispersion of Secondary Battery -20%

Consumables

Battleship - Kawachi

Damage Control Party

Accelerates repairs to damage modules, firefighting efforts and recovery from flooding.

Duration: 10s Reload time: 80s The number of consumables is unlimited

Repair Party

Partially restores the ship's HP by repairing light damage.

HP per second: +218 Duration: 28s Reload time: 80s Number of consumables: 3

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 - Kawachi

Pros:

• Large number of main batteries: with turrets on both sides, she can be quite flexible in maneuvering while firing.
• Low detection range.
• Very tight turning circle.
• Has somewhat effective secondaries, giving her a better chance of taking on destroyers.
• Good turret traverse.
• Powerful HE main battery shells.
• Decent rudder shift time for a battleship.

Cons:

• Bad mobility: her speed, though appreciably better than her American tier counterpart South Carolina, makes getting anywhere a slow process.
• Inefficient turret placement: the way her turrets are arranged means that at least 2 turrets will be masked when aiming and firing.
• Difficult gun characteristics: her guns have low range, slow reload and very large dispersion.
• Extremely poor AA armament.
• Relatively high citadel, making it risky to fire a full volley.
• Unlike Nassau, upon whose design it is based, Kawachi's en-echelon turrets do not converge on target when facing the enemy bow-on.

Performance

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