Attack Aircraft

Attack Aircraft — a type of aircraft that is armed with unguided rockets. These aerial weapons are very effective against lightly armored targets and are fairly easy to aim. Some of these rockets can cause fires.

Air Group Baselines

This type of aircraft is usually based on fighters so has a high speed and can reach the desired point in a short time. They are most effective against lightly armored targets.

Attack aricraft armament, rockets, have following performance characteristics:

• maximum damage;
• armor penetration;
• fire chance (HE rockets).

There are two types of ammunition available — rockets with high-explosive (HE) warheads and rockets with armor-piercing (AP) warheads.

AP Rockets

AP rockets are capable of inflicting high damage to the enemy ship, including to the citadel. However, they can ricochet or fail to pierce armor at the acute angle. When hitting thin, e.g. destroyer, armor at right angles they mostly achieve over-penetrations and get only 1/10 of the maximum damage.

HE Rockets

Attack aircraft combat sight.

There are two types of HE rockets available. They vary in damage as follows:

• small damage, compensated by the large number of rockets;
• heavy damage, though from fewer rockets. (available on Tier VIII — X aircraft carriers)

HE rockets can cause fires. The fire chance can be increased by:

• using flag signals Victor Lima and India X-Ray — by +0.5% each;
• learning the Demolition Expert commander skill — by +1%.

Sighting

The attack aircraft sight looks like an ellipse or circle with special marks showing the spread at maximum convergence. The ellipse reduction to the ideal radius occurs in case the aircraft are not making sharp maneuvers.

You can launch rockets as soon as the sight color swap to green, but for maximum efficiency it`s better to reach the ideal radius.

Attack Aircraft by country

U.K.

Germany

U.S.A.

Japan

U.K. Attack Aircraft

	Ship	Config	Speed (knot)	Average Damage per Second (HP/min)	Loadout	Hit Points (HP)		Research price (exp)	Purchase price ()
Skua	Furious	stock	121	0	0	1,820		0	300,000
Sea Hurricane	Furious	top	125	0	0	1,920		7,000	750,000
Firefly	Implacable	stock	133	0	0	2,010		0	600,000
Seafire	Implacable	top	136	0	0	2,100		18,000	1,500,000
Sea Gladiator	Hermes	stock	107	0	0	1,730		0	50,000
Firebrand	Audacious	stock	137	0	0	2,190		0	1,000,000
Wyvern	Audacious	top	140	0	0	2,280		38,000	2,500,000
Sea Hornet	Indomitable	stock	188	0	0	2,100		0	0
Skua	Ark Royal	stock	121	0	0	1,820		0	0

Rockets Data
Rocket	Type	Max. Damage, HP	Fire Chance, %	Deployed Aboard
RP-3 18 lb HE Mk.I	HE	1300	4	Hermes
RP-3 60 lb HE No 1 Mk.I	HE	1500	5	Ark Royal, Furious, Implacable (stock)
RP-3 60lb SAP No2 Mk.I	HE	2350	9	Implacable (top), Audacious

German Attack Aircraft

	Ship	Config	Speed (knot)	Average Damage per Second (HP/min)	Loadout	Hit Points (HP)		Research price (exp)	Purchase price ()
Ar 68	Rhein	stock	114	0	0	1,090		0	50,000
Ar 197	Weser	stock	132	0	0	1,150		0	300,000
Bf 109E	Weser	top	150	0	0	1,210		7,000	750,000
Bf 109T	August von Parseval	stock	153	0	0	1,270		0	600,000
Bf 109G	August von Parseval	top	162	0	0	1,320		18,000	1,500,000
Fw 190A8	Manfred von Richthofen	stock	167	0	0	1,380		0	1,000,000
Me 155G	Manfred von Richthofen	top	172	0	0	1,440		38,000	2,500,000
Bf 109T	Erich Loewenhardt	stock	153	0	0	1,270		0	0
Me 155A	Graf Zeppelin	stock	136	0	0	1,320		0	0
Me 155A	Graf Zeppelin B	stock	136	0	0	1,320		0	0

Rockets Data
Rocket	Type	Max. Damage, HP	Fire Chance, %	Deployed Aboard
RZ-73	AP	1700	—	Rhein, Weser
Spernggranate	AP	2350	—	Erich Loewenhardt, August von Parseval
Spernggranate 2	AP	3100	—	Manfred von Richthofen
Wfr.Gr.21Е	HE	4450	25	Graf Zeppelin, Graf Zeppelin B

U.S. Attack Aircraft

	Ship	Config	Speed (knot)	Average Damage per Second (HP/min)	Loadout	Hit Points (HP)		Research price (exp)	Purchase price ()
F3F Gulfhawk	Langley	stock	121	0	0	1,210		0	50,000
F2A Buffalo	Ranger	stock	149	0	0	1,270		0	300,000
F4F Wildcat	Ranger	top	153	0	0	1,340		7,000	750,000
F6F Hellcat	Lexington	stock	160	0	0	1,400		0	600,000
F4U-1D Corsair Tiny Tim	Lexington	top	169	0	0	1,460		18,000	1,500,000
F4U-1D Corsair HVAR 127 mm	Lexington	2	169	0	0	1,460		18,000	1,500,000
F4U Corsair	Midway	stock	173	0	0	1,530		0	1,000,000
F8F Bearcat Tiny Tim	Midway	top	176	0	0	1,660		38,000	2,500,000
F8F Bearcat HVAR 127 mm	Midway	2	176	0	0	1,590		38,000	2,500,000
TB2D Skypirate	Franklin D. Roosevelt	stock	124	0	0	3,040		0	0
F6F Hellcat	Enterprise	stock	160	0	0	1,400		0	0
F8F Bearcat	Saipan	stock	176	0	0	1,660		0	0
F8F Bearcat	Saipan B	stock	176	0	0	1,660		0	0
F8F Bearcat	Kearsarge	stock	176	0	0	1,840		0	0

Rockets Data
Rocket	Type	Max. Damage, HP	Fire Chance, %	Deployed Aboard
5-inch FFAR	HE	1900	7	Langley, Ranger, Lexington (stock), Enterprise
HVAR 127 mm	HE	2000	7	Lexington (top), Midway
Tiny Tim	HE	5400	33	Lexington (top), Saipan, Midway (top)

Japanese Attack Aircraft

	Ship	Config	Speed (knot)	Average Damage per Second (HP/min)	Loadout	Hit Points (HP)		Research price (exp)	Purchase price ()
A4N	Hōshō	stock	108	0	0	1,150		0	50,000
A5M Claude	Ryūjō	stock	134	0	0	1,210		0	300,000
A6M2 Zero	Ryūjō	top	139	0	0	1,270		7,000	750,000
A6M5 Zero	Shōkaku	stock	144	0	0	1,330		0	600,000
N1K2-J Shiden-Kai	Shōkaku	top	151	0	0	1,390		18,000	1,500,000
A7M Reppū	Hakuryū	stock	156	0	0	1,450		0	1,000,000
A8M Rikufū	Hakuryū	top	165	0	0	1,510		38,000	2,500,000
A6M5 Zero	Kaga	stock	144	0	0	1,330		0	0
A6M5 Zero	Kaga B	stock	144	0	0	1,330		0	0

Rockets Data
Rocket	Type	Max. Damage, HP	Fire Chance, %	Deployed Aboard
12 cm rocket	HE	2200	8	Hosho, Ryujo (stock)
Type 3 No. 1 Mk. 28	HE	2200	8	Ryujo (top), Shokaku, Kaga
Type 3 No. 1 Mk. 28	HE	3450	15	Hakuryu

Machine Gun Action Times

(Update 0.10.5)

Japan
Aircraft Carriers	Attack Aircraft	Machine Gun Action Time (s)
IV Hōshō	A4N	3.8
VI Ryūjō	A5M Claude (stock)	3.8
	A6M2 Zero (researchable)	3.8
VIII Shōkaku	A6M5 Zero (stock)	3.9
	N1K2-J Shiden Kai (researchable)	3.9
VIII Kaga, VIII Kaga B	A6M5 Zero	3.9
X Hakuryū	A7M Reppū (stock)	4
	A8M Rikufū (researchable)	4
U.S.A.
Aircraft Carriers	Attack Aircraft	Machine Gun Action Time (s)
IV Langley	F3F Gulfhawk	3.3
VI Ranger	F2A Buffalo (stock)	3.3
	F4F Wildcat (researchable)	3.6
VIII Lexington	F6F Hellcat (stock)	3.4
	F4U-1D Corsair HVAR 127 mm (researchable)	3.4
	F4U-1D Corsair Tiny Tim (researchable)	4.9
VIII Enterprise	F6F Hellcat	3.4
X Midway	F4U Corsair (stock)	3.5
	F8F Bearcat HVAR 127 mm (researchable)	3.5
	F8F Bearcat Tiny Tim (researchable)	5
VIII Saipan, VIII Sanzang (Pan-Asia)	F8F Bearcat Tiny Tim	5
X Franklin D. Roosevelt	TB2D Skypirate	5
U.K.
Aircraft Carriers	Attack Aircraft	Machine Gun Action Time (s)
IV Hermes	Sea Gladiator	2.8
VI Furious, VI Ark Royal	Skua (stock)	2.9
VI Furious	Sea Hurricane (researchable)	2.9
VI Ark Royal	Skua	2.9
VIII Implacable	Firefly (stock)	2.9
	Seafire (researchable)	2.9
VIII Indomitable	de Havilland Sea Hornet	2.9
X Audacious	Firebrand (stock)	3
	Wyvern (researchable)	3
Germany
Aircraft Carriers	Attack Aircraft	Machine Gun Action Time (s)
IV Rhein	Ar 68	1.5
VI Weser	Ar197 (stock)	1.5
	Bf 109E (researchable)	1.5
VIII August von Parseval	Bf 109T (stock)	1.5
VIII August von Parseval	Bf 109G (researchable)	1.5
VI Erich Loewenhardt	Bf 109T	1.5
VIII Graf Zeppelin, VIII Graf Zeppelin B	Me 155A	3.9
X Manfred von Richthofen	Fw 109A8 (stock)	1.5
	Me 155G (researchable)	1.5

Notes

See:

• Aircraft
• Aircraft carrier