Minekaze

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 Minekaze — Japanese • Tech Tree • Tier IV • Destroyer.

A ship that had a remarkable influence on the development of destroyers in the Imperial Japanese Navy. Owing to her powerful turbines, Minekaze could produce very high speeds that were superior to many of the destroyers built later.

 Navy: IJN
 Ship: Japanese
 Nation: Japan
 Category: Tech Tree

 Tier: IV
 Class: Destroyer
 Cost: 500 000
 XP: 24 000

 Entered Service: 1920
 Ships in Series: 15
 Predecessor: Mutsuki
 Successors: Hatsuharu, Shiratsuyu

━━ Ship Traits ━━

Fast: Above average maximum movement speed.

Agile: Above average ability to change direction.

Fragile Tech: Ship is susceptible to suffering critical damage to her engine and steering gear.

Ship Stats

Survivability

SURVIVBILITY	STOCK	UPGRADED
• Hitpoints	9600	10 900
• Armor (mm)	6 - 18	-
• Torpedo damage reduction (%)	0	0

Maneuverability

MANEUVERABILITY	STOCK	UPGRADED
• Maximum speed (kt)	39	39
• Turning circle radius (m)	550	550
• Rudder-shift time (sec)	3.2	2.1

Concealment

CONCEALMENT	STOCK	UPGRADED
• Detectability by sea (km)	5.8	-
• Detectability by air (km)	2.9	-
• Detectability while firing in smoke (km)	2.1	-

Torpedoes

TORPEDOES	STOCK	UPGRADED
• Name	533mm double	533mm double
• Arrangement	3x2	3x2
• Reload time (sec)	42	42
• 180° turn time (sec)	7.2	7.2
• Maximum simulated damage	10 833	10 833
• Detectability by sea (km)	1.2	1.2
• Range (km)	6	6
• Speed (kt)	59	59

Main Artillery

MAIN BATTERY	STOCK	UPGRADED
• Main artillery name	120mm 3rd Year Type	120mm 3rd Year Type
• Main artillery arrangement	4x1	4x1
• Firing range (km)	8.7	9.6
• Reload time (sec)	10.9	10
• 180° turn time (sec)	20	20
• HE maximum damage	1700	1700
• HE fire chance (%)	7	7
• HE penetration (mm)	20	20
• AP maximum damage	2000	2000
• Sigma	2.0	-

Anti-Aircraft Artillery

AA ARMAMENT 1	STOCK	UPGRADED
• Name	7.7mm Type92	13mm Type93
• Arrangement	2x1	2x1
• DPS	3	5
• Range (km)	1	1.2

Modules, Modifications & Consumables

Modules

Destroyer - Minekaze

	Hit Points	Min Armor (mm)	Max Armor (mm)	Torpedo Damage Reduction (%)	Main Battery Turrets	Torpedo Launchers	Rudder Shift (s)	Purchase Price
Stock	9600	6	18	0	4x1	3	3.2	0
Hull B	10 900	6	18	0	4x1	3	2.1	100 000

	Turret Arrangement	Reload Time (s)	180° Turn Time (s)	Max HE Damage	HE Fire Chance (%)	Max AP Damage	Purchase Price
120mm 3rd Year Type	4x1	10.9	20	1700	7	2000	0
120mm 3rd Year Type	4x1	10	20	1700	7	2000	12 500

	Firing Range Increase (%)	Main Battery Firing Range	Purchase Price
Stock	0 %	8.7 km	0
Targeting System Type4 mod. 2	10 %	9.6 km	12 500

	Launcher Arrangement	Reload Time (s)	180° Turn Time (s)	Max Damage	Range	Speed	Detection
533mm double	3x2	42s	7.2s	10 833	6	59	1.2
533mm double	3x2	42s	7.2s	10 833	6	59	1.2

	Maximum Speed
Stock	39 kn

Modifications

Destroyer - Minekaze

SLOT 1

Main Battery Mod 2 Main battery traverse speed +20% Torpedo launchers traverse speed +20%

Aiming Systems Mod 1 Main battery dispersion -7% Secondary battery firing range +5% Secondary battery dispersion -5%

AA Guns Mod 2 AA guns firing range +20%

Consumables

Destroyer - Minekaze

Damage Control Party

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

Duration: 5s Reload time: 40s The number of consumables is unlimited

Smoke Generator

Generates a smoke screen behind the ship that reduces the risk of being detected by the enemy.

Duration: 20s Dispersion time: 73s Reload time: 240s Number of consumables: 2

Engine Boost

Temporarily increases the maximum ship speed.

Maximum speed: +8% Duration: 120s Reload time: 180s Number of consumables: 2

Community Contributions

Player Opinion

Destroyer - Minekaze

Pros:

• Workable torpedoes with considerable damage.
• Decent torpedo range of 6km.
• Rudder shift time and turning circle radius are almost nonexistent, which makes shell and torpedo dodging a snap.
• Excellent torpedo reload time at 42 seconds which is among the fastest of all destroyers from Tier IV-★.
• Flexible three (3) twin torpedo tube configuration which makes it easy to spread out torpedoes.
• Very fast at 39 knots.

Cons:

• Guns have a very slow traverse speed, reload, and do mediocre damage, aside from the fact they are vastly inferior to both her Russian and American counterparts.
• Weak anti-aircraft suite that is all bark and rarely bites.
• Low HP pool.

Performance

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