Yamato

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 Yamato — Japanese • Legendary Tier • Battleship.

The biggest warship of World War II and the world's largest battleship. Yamato was designed around the idea that an individual ship could have superiority over any battleship of a potential enemy. Her main guns had overwhelming firepower. The ship maintained a very high level of survivability due to reliable armor and robust torpedo protection. Yamato’s AA capabilities were highly efficient due to carrying numerous AA artillery guns.

Yamato was released as a Bureau project reward on May 18th, 2020.

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

 Tier: Legendary
 Class: Battleship
 Cost: (Research Bureau)

 Entered Service: 1941
 Ships in Series: 4
 Predecessor: Izumo

━━ Ship Traits ━━

Ironclad: Above average armor thickness. Greater resisitance to all forms of armor penetration.

Superior AP pen: Above-average AP shell penetration.

Big Guns: This ship is armed with high-caliber main battery guns.

Ship Stats

Survivability

SURVIVBILITY	STOCK	UPGRADED
• Hitpoints	90 000	-
• Armor (mm)	16 - 650	-
• Torpedo damage reduction (%)	55	-

Maneuverability

MANEUVERABILITY	STOCK	UPGRADED
• Maximum speed (kt)	27	-
• Turning circle radius (m)	900	-
• Rudder-shift time (sec)	19.2	-

Concealment

CONCEALMENT	STOCK	UPGRADED
• Detectability by sea (km)	16.1	-
• Detectability by air (km)	12.9	-
• Detectability while firing in smoke (km)	15.1	-

Main Artillery

MAIN BATTERY	STOCK	UPGRADED
• Main artillery name	460mm Type94	-
• Main artillery arrangement	3x3	-
• Firing range (km)	17.7	-
• Reload time (sec)	30	-
• 180° turn time (sec)	45	-
• HE maximum damage	7300	-
• HE fire chance (%)	35	-
• HE penetration (mm)	115	-
• AP maximum damage	14 800	-
• Sigma	2.1	-

Secondary Artillery

SECONDARY ARMAMENT 1	STOCK	UPGRADED
• Name	127mm Type89 mod. 3	-
• Arrangement	12x2	-
• Firing range (km)	5	-
• Reload time (sec)	6	-
• HE maximum damage	2100	-
• HE fire chance (%)	8	-
• HE penetration (mm)	21	-
SECONDARY ARMAMENT 2	STOCK	UPGRADED
• Name	155mm 3rd Year Type	-
• Arrangement	2x3	-
• Firing range (km)	5	-
• Reload time (sec)	12	-
• HE maximum damage	3300	-
• HE fire chance (%)	11	-
• HE penetration (mm)	26	-

Anti-Aircraft Artillery

AA ARMAMENT 1	STOCK	UPGRADED
• Name	13mm Type93	-
• Arrangement	2x2	-
• DPS	7	-
• Range (km)	1.2	-
AA ARMAMENT 2	STOCK	UPGRADED
• Name	25mm/60 Type96 mod. 1	-
• Arrangement	6x1	-
• DPS	11	-
• Range (km)	3.1	-
AA ARMAMENT 3	STOCK	UPGRADED
• Name	25mm Type96 mod. 2	-
• Arrangement	52x3	-
• DPS	317	-
• Range (km)	3.1	-
AA ARMAMENT 4	STOCK	UPGRADED
• Name	127mm Type89 mod. 3	-
• Arrangement	12x1	-
• DPS	121	-
• Range (km)	5	-

Modules, Modifications & Consumables

Modules

Battleship - Yamato

	Hit Points	Min Armor (mm)	Max Armor (mm)	Torpedo Damage Reduction (%)	Main Battery Turrets	Rudder Shift (s)
Stock	90 000	16	650	55	3x3	19.2

	Turret Arrangement	Reload Time (s)	180° Turn Time (s)	Max HE Damage	HE Fire Chance (%)	Max AP Damage
460mm Type94	3x3	30	45	7300	35	14 800

	Main Battery Firing Range
Stock	17.7 km

	Maximum Speed
Stock	27 kn

Modifications

Battleship - Yamato

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%	Secondary Battery Mod 2 Secondary battery firing range +20% Secondary battery dispersion -20%	AA Guns Mod 2 AA guns firing range +20%
SLOT 2	Damage Control System Mod 2 Damage Control Party duration +20% Fire duration -15% Flood duration -15%	Steering Gears Mod 2 Rudder-shift time -25%	Propulsion Mod 2 Time taken to reach full power when accelerating -50%
SLOT 3	Chromium Plated Barrels Main battery dispersion -5%	Concealment System Mod 1 Detectability range -10% Incoming fire dispersion +5%	Target Acquisition System Mod 1 Spotting range +20% Torpedo acquisition range +20% RGA of ships +50%
SLOT 4	Main Battery Mod 3 Main battery reload time -10% Main battery traverse speed -15%	Secondary Battery Mod 3 Secondary battery reload time -20%	AA Guns Mod 3 Cooldown time for all consumables -10% Average AA damage per second +25%

Consumables

Battleship - Yamato

Damage Control Party

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

Duration: 8s Reload time: 80s The number of consumables is unlimited

Repair Party

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

HP per second: +450 Duration: 28s Reload time: 80s Number of consumables: 2

Catapult Fighter

Follows the ship and automatically attacks enemy aircraft.

Duration: 90s Reload time: 80s Number of consumables: 4

Observation Seaplane

Temporarily tightens main battery shell grouping.

Main battery shell grouping: +10% Duration: 30s Reload time: 200s Number of consumables: 4

Enhanced Secondary Targeting

Reduces secondary battery dispersion and tightens shell grouping.

Secondary battery shell grouping: +100% Secondary battery dispersion: -50% Duration: 30s Reload time: 160s Number of consumables: 3

Community Contributions

Player Opinion

Battleship - Yamato

Pros:

• Yamato's main gun caliber is large enough to let AP shells overmatch 32mm plating
• Decent main battery accuracy
• Shell velocity is average, but does not bleed much at range thanks to shell mass
• Large HP pool and thick deck and belt armor make Yamato durable when properly positioned
• Impressive torpedo damage reduction
• Ridiculous main battery armor; Yamato's main turrets are very hard to disable or destroy

Cons:

• Despite the great accuracy, dispersion can be frustratingly poor at times
• Low top speed and poor maneuverability
• Massive target with poor concealment
• Enormous citadel that, while well armored, rises high above the waterline and makes Yamato exceptionally vulnerable when showing broadside, or when her bow "cheeks" (the bow plating below the main turrets) are presented to enemy guns
• Only comes with 2 charges of the Repair Partyconsumable, instead of the standard 3

Performance

Changes

Battleship - Yamato

The Redinforcements

• Shell grouping decreased by 5%
• Main battery turret traverse speed decreased from 4.5°/s to 4°/s

Christmas on the Waves

• Main battery shell grouping increased by 16.6% (from 1.8 to 2.1 sigma)
• Changed dispersion parameters from U.S.-style dispersion to Japanese-style dispersion curve
• Updated Yamato's HP saturation to post-Tier VIII standards with no change to total HP:

• Bow HP reduced from 19 500 to 7200
• Casemate HP reduced from 23 500 to 8700
• Stern HP reduced from 20 750 to 7600
• Hull HP reduced from 72 900 to 67 500
• Steering gear HP reduced from 29 200 to 27 000
• Superstructure HP reduced from 3750 to 3400
• Engine HP reduced from 97 200 to 90 000

• Armor update:

• Thickness of several bowls on the aft section of the ship, around the secondary battery and catapults, increased from 19 mm to 32 mm

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