Kansas

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Battleship | U.S.A. | Tier VIII

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VIII

11,000,000

Kansas — American Tier VIII battleship.

This battleship design was used as the basis for constructing of a number of warships after World War I. She was similar to the Colorado class in many aspects, being, in fact, an enhanced version of her with more powerful armament. This warship was the crown of the developmental process of "standard" battleships in the U.S. Navy.

Modules

	Rate of Fire (shots/min)	180° Turn Time (sec)	Maximum Dispersion (m)	Maximum HE Shell Damage (HP)	Chance of Fire on Target Caused by HE Shell (%)	Maximum AP Shell Damage (HP)		Research price (exp)	Purchase price ( )
406 mm/45 Mk.7 in a turret	1.5	45	266	5,700	36	11,800		0	800,000

	Hit Points (HP)	Armor (mm)	Armor (mm)	Main Turrets (pcs.)	Secondary Gun Turrets (pcs.)	AA Mounts (pcs.)	Torpedo Tubes (pcs.)	Hangar Capacity (pcs.)		Research price (exp)	Purchase price ( )
Kansas (A)	61,300	19	457	4	8	12/23/8		0		0	1,200,000
Kansas (B)	67,000	19	457	4	8	8/23		0		45,000	3,900,000

	Firing Range Increase (%)	Maximum Firing Range (km)		Research price (exp)	Purchase price ( )
Mk8 mod. 1	0	20.6		0	800,000
Mk8 mod. 2	10	22.7		30,000	2,600,000

	Maximum Speed (knot)		Research price (exp)	Purchase price ( )
Propulsion: 68,000 hp	23		0	800,000

Compatible Upgrades

Slot 1
Slot 2
Slot 3
Slot 4
Slot 5

Player Opinion

Pros:

Heavy broadside of twelve (12) 406mm main guns
Excellent main battery range
Tight turn radius for a battleship
The citadel is located below the waterline, and is hard to hit
Good torpedo damage reduction, torpedo bulges cover most of the ship's sides
Good AA suite, bolstered by the Defensive AA Fire () consumable

Cons:

The slowest Tier 8 battleship, with a base speed of 23 knots
Extremely slow reload speed - 40 seconds unmodified
High dispersion, very poor sigma (1.5) and low AP penetration at range
Extensively covered in 32mm plating, very vulnerable to HE spam and large caliber AP overmatch, making her very squishy.
Like California, Kansas has shot traps on both sides of the ship, hindering its angling potential
Lacks the improved Repair Party () found on other tech tree American battleships
Most of Kansas's AA defenses are open mounts, and can be easily destroyed with HE
Despite its underwater citadel, Kansas can take massive amounts of normal penetration damage when showing a full broadside

Optimal Configuration

Commander Skills

Recommended Commander Skills
Cost (points)	Endurance		Attack		Support		Versatility
1	Priority Target Situational Awareness indicator will show the number of opponents currently aiming at you with main battery guns. ★★	Preventative Maintenance -30% to the risk of incapacitation of main turrets, torpedo tubes, steering gear, engines. ★	Expert Loader -50% to reload time when shell type is switched. ★	Air Supremacy -5% aircraft restoration time. Χ	Direction Center for Fighters +1 fighter to carrier fighter squadrons or catapult fighters. ★	Improved Engine Boost +10% Aircraft engine boost time. Χ	Incoming Fire Alert Indicator of long-range enemy artillery fire. ★	Last Gasp Completely restores the engine boost for the last attack flight of the carrier's planes. Χ
2	High Alert -10% to reload time of Damage Control Party consumable. ★★	Jack of All Trades -5% to reload time of all consumables. ★★	Expert Marksman +2.5 deg/sec to traverse speed of guns with a caliber up to 139mm. +0.7 deg/sec to traverse speed of guns with a caliber above 139mm. ★★★	Torpedo Acceleration +5 knots to torpedo speed. -20% to torpedo range. Χ	Smoke Screen Expert +20% to the radius of the smoke screen. Χ	Improved Engines +2.5% Squadron speed. Χ	Adrenaline Rush -0.2% to reload times of all types of armament for each 1% of total health lost. +0.2% squadron speed for each 1% of total health lost. ★★★	Last Stand The ship remains able to move and maneuver while the engine or steering gears are incapacitated.
3	Basics of Survivability -15% to time of repair, fire extinguishing, and recovery from flooding. ★★★	Survivability Expert +350 ship HP for each ship tier. +15 aircraft HP for each ship tier. ★	Torpedo Armament Expertise -10% to reload time of torpedo tubes. Χ	Aircraft Armor Reduces continuous damage to aircraft in all AA defense zones. -10% continuous damage. Χ	Basic Firing Training -10% to reload time of main battery guns with a caliber up to and including 139mm and all secondary battery guns. +10% to continuous damage from AA guns. ★★	Superintendent +1 additional charge to all consumables mounted on a ship. ★★★	Demolition Expert +2% chance of HE shells causing a fire on target. +1% chance of rockets causing a fire on target. +5% chance of HE bombs causing a fire on target. ★	Vigilance +25% to detection range of enemy torpedoes. ★
4	Manual Fire Control for Secondary Armament Tightens dispersion of secondary batteries. -15% for Tier I-VI ships. -60% for Tier VII-X ships. Manually selected target only. ★★	Fire Prevention -10% to the risk of fire. The maximum number of fires on a ship is reduced to three. ★★★	Inertia Fuse for HE Shells +25% to the armor penetration of HE shells. -50% to base chance of fire caused by HE shells.	Sight Stabilization Speeds up the aiming of a carrier's aircraft. +7.5% attack aircraft and torpedo bomber aiming speed. +15% dive bomber aiming speed. Χ	Advanced Firing Training +20% to firing range of main battery guns with a caliber up to 139mm and all secondary battery guns. +15% AA flak burst damage. ★★	Massive AA Fire +100% instantaneous damage. No boost to continuous damage in a reinforced sector. Shorter effective cooldown.	Radio Position Finding Shows the direction to the nearest enemy ship. The enemy is alerted that a bearing has been taken.	Concealment Expert -10% to the detection radius of all ships and aircraft. ★★★
Key: ★★★ - Extremely Useful ★★ - Frequently Useful ★ - Occasionally Useful No stars - Meh Χ - Not recommended

Gallery

Ships of U.S.A.

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Cruisers	I Erie • II Chester • II Albany  • III St. Louis • III Charleston  • IV Phoenix • V Omaha • V Marblehead  • V Marblehead Lima  • VI Pensacola • VI Dallas • VII Atlanta  • VII New Orleans • VII Helena • VII Indianapolis  • VII Atlanta B  • VII Boise  • VII Flint  • VIII Baltimore • VIII Cleveland • VIII Wichita  • VIII Anchorage  • VIII AL Montpelier  • IX Buffalo • IX Seattle • IX Alaska  • IX Alaska B  • X Des Moines • X Worcester • X Puerto Rico • X Salem  • X Austin
Battleships	III South Carolina • IV Wyoming • IV Arkansas Beta  • V New York • V Oklahoma  • V Texas  • VI New Mexico • VI Arizona  • VI W. Virginia 1941  • VII Colorado • VII Florida  • VII California  • VIII North Carolina • VIII Kansas • VIII Alabama  • VIII Massachusetts  • VIII Alabama VL  • VIII Constellation • VIII Massachusetts B  • VIII Alabama ST  • IX Iowa • IX Minnesota • IX Missouri  • IX Georgia  • X Montana • X Vermont • X Ohio
Aircraft Carriers	IV Langley • VI Ranger • VIII Lexington • VIII Enterprise  • VIII Saipan  • X Midway • X Franklin D. Roosevelt

Battleships

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U.S.S.R.	III Knyaz Suvorov • IV Imperator Nikolai I  • IV Gangut • V Pyotr Velikiy • V Oktyabrskaya Revolutsiya  • VI Izmail • VII Sinop • VII Poltava  • VIII Vladivostok • VIII Lenin  • VIII Borodino • VIII V. I. Lenin • IX Sovetsky Soyuz • IX AL Sov. Rossiya  • X Kremlin • X Slava
U.S.A.	III South Carolina • IV Wyoming • IV Arkansas Beta  • V New York • V Oklahoma  • V Texas  • VI New Mexico • VI Arizona  • VI W. Virginia 1941  • VII Colorado • VII Florida  • VII California  • VIII North Carolina • VIII Kansas • VIII Alabama  • VIII Massachusetts  • VIII Alabama VL  • VIII Constellation • VIII Massachusetts B  • VIII Alabama ST  • IX Iowa • IX Minnesota • IX Missouri  • IX Georgia  • X Montana • X Vermont • X Ohio
Italy	IV Dante Alighieri • V Conte di Cavour • V Giulio Cesare  • VI Andrea Doria • VII Francesco Caracciolo • VIII Vittorio Veneto • VIII Roma  • VIII AL Littorio  • IX Lepanto • IX Marco Polo  • X Cristoforo Colombo
Germany	III Nassau • III König Albert  • IV Kaiser • V König • VI Bayern • VI Prinz Eitel Friedrich  • VII Gneisenau • VII Scharnhorst  • VII Scharnhorst B  • VIII Tirpitz  • VIII Bismarck • VIII Odin  • VIII Tirpitz B  • IX Friedrich der Grosse • IX Pommern  • X Grosser Kurfürst
Europe	V Viribus Unitis
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U.K.	III Bellerophon • III Dreadnought  • IV Orion • V Iron Duke • V Agincourt • VI Warspite  • VI Queen Elizabeth • VII King George V • VII Hood  • VII Nelson  • VII Duke of York  • VIII Monarch • VIII Vanguard  • IX Lion • X Conqueror • X Thunderer
Pan-Asia	IX Bajie  • IX Wujing
Commonwealth	VII Yukon
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+| rating12 = 1 <!-- Preventive Maint -->
+| rating13 = 1 <!-- Expert Loader -->
+| rating14 = 0 <!-- Air Supremacy -->
+| rating15 = 1 <!-- Direction Center for Fighters -->
+| rating16 = 0 <!-- Improved Engine Boost -->
+| rating17 = 1 <!-- Incoming Fire Alert -->
+| rating18 = 0 <!-- Last Gasp -->
+| rating21 = 2 <!-- High Alert -->
+| rating22 = 2 <!-- Jack of All Trades -->
+| rating23 = 3 <!-- Expert Marksman -->
+| rating24 = 0 <!-- Torpedo Acceleration -->
+| rating25 = 0 <!-- Smoke Screen Expert -->
+| rating26 = 0 <!-- Improved Engines -->
+| rating27 = 3 <!-- Adrenaline Rush -->
+| rating28 =  <!-- Last Stand -->
+| rating31 = 3 <!-- Basics of Survivability -->
+| rating32 = 1 <!-- Survivability Expert-->
+| rating33 = 0 <!-- Torpedo Armament Expertise-->
+| rating34 = 0 <!-- Aircraft Armor -->
+| rating35 = 2 <!-- Basic Firing Training -->
+| rating36 = 3 <!-- Superintendent -->
+| rating37 = 1 <!-- Demolition Expert -->
+| rating38 = 1 <!-- Vigilance -->
+| rating41 = 2 <!-- Manual Fire Control for Secondary Armament -->
+| rating42 = 3 <!-- Fire Prevention -->
+| rating43 =  <!-- Inertia Fuse for HE Shells -->
+| rating44 = 0 <!-- Sight Stabilization -->
+| rating45 = 2 <!-- Advanced Firing Training -->
+| rating46 =  <!-- Massive AA Fire -->
+| rating47 =  <!-- Radio Position Finding -->
+| rating48 = 3 <!-- Concealment Expert -->
+}}
 |Consumables=<!-- write text about selection of Consumables below -->

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