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?|InTheGame_performance= The first heavy cruiser within Japan's cruiser tree, the Furutaka has a surprisingly powerful complement of six 203mm guns, allowing her to deal with anything it encounters. While slow-firing, their large calibre and accuracy allows the Furutaka to deal large amounts of damage in a single salvo. Fully upgraded, her guns have a range of 13km, while her torpedoes can hit 10km. A common tactic is to fire at the target with her guns, close in and fire off one spread of torpedoes and run away while firing another salvo or spread of torpedoes from the other side when the opportunity arises. While her speed is good, she rapidly loses speed when turning, as such you will be the most vulnerable when turning to run away from the opponent.+
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?If possible, do not draw attention to yourself as your ship has poor armour overall as even destroyers will have no problem making your life miserable. Avoid getting drawn into a close range gunfight at all costs, as the Furutaka will almost always lose - she excels most when firing at unsuspecting targets from a distance (despite having a relatively short range). Except for the poor armour, playing the Furutaka leans more towards behaving like a strike cruiser rather than a typical heavy cruiser. While an experienced player can duel cruisers of equivalent and even of a +1 tier one on one, often the best way to play the cruiser, especially in higher tier battles, is to find a battleship or destroyer to support (and to draw fire).+
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?The Furutaka's weak armor can be compensated by putting the Furutaka in erratic and evasive maneuvers, but be warned, speed will be lost in the turn (which admittedly, can be used to a player's advantage). Moreover, the Furutaka's hull is strong enough so it can be angled against equivalent tier cruisers to improve its survivability and protect its citadel, but Battleship guns will quite easily overmatch such angling. Try to avoid engaging battleships unless supported by other ships.+
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?Due to patches, the Furutaka's Hull C upgrade has changed quite drastically to reflect its historical appearance. Aside from increasing the AA suite's armament, the upgrade now rearranges the cruiser's six guns into three dual-gun turrets, two superfiring turrets on the front and one on the rear. This basically doubles the Furutaka's forward armament compared to its Hull B, allowing it to chase and track targets far more effectively with its forward guns, and carry out evasive maneuvers while firing. Moreover, the upgrade allows for some of the more awkwardly positioned central turrets to be placed into more effective positions.+
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?Get the Type B or Second Hull first, Then get the Fire Control system upgrade for a little added range.+
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?If you are able to afford it after upgrading the Fire Control, get the Refitted guns for +200 extra AP damage and increased rate of fire. +
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?Lastly Upgrade the hull to Type C. Try to get this ASAP because the dual mounted turrets do make a noticeable difference in increasing the Furutaka's forward firepower.+
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?If you wish to improve your torpedoes as this heavy cruiser can perform torpedo runs to a degree, upgrade the torpedoes.+
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?'''Pros'''+
?* Powerful, accurate guns at her tier with very large firing arcs on all turrets(which can be a double edged sword).+
?* Upon upgrade to Hull C, the Furutaka can fire a salvo of four 8 inch shells together from both her front turrets fairly easily, allowing the cruiser to pursue and harass fleeing ships with relative ease.+
?* Fast when going in a straight line, easily keeping up with destroyers+
?* Excels at Destroyer screening for Battleships.+
?* Has good broadside potential despite carrying single mount turrets+
?* Potent torpedoes with good range (very good for killing battleships).+
?* The hydroacoustic ability, combined with her heavy guns, virtually makes her into a dangerous destroyer killer at her tier.+
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?'''Cons'''+
?* Loses speed rapidly in turns and rudder shift is sluggish.+
?* Thin armour for a heavy cruiser and easy-to-hit citadel.+
?* 13km gun range means you need to get in closer than most cruisers.+
?* Player who just got this ship need to change the playing style completely, because she isn't a light cruiser like Kuma and her guns have a much slower traverse speed.+
?* Limited ability to fully utilise torpedoes due to being mounted on one triple-mount on each side of the ship and the ship's poor handling+
?* Long gun reload time and arduously slow turret turning time (situation is improved slightly with Hull C upgrade particularly for frontal armament, but it can still be quite slow)+
?* AA suite is below average; carriers hellbent on killing her will practically be like shooting fish in a barrel (the catapult fighter does help, but it cannot withstand a fully concentrated torpedo assault).+
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?The Furutaka-class cruisers (古鷹型巡洋艦 Furutaka-gata jun'yōkan?) were a class of two Japanese heavy cruisers which saw service during World War II. Both vessels of this class were sunk in 1942.+
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?File:Furutaka.jpeg{{!}}Heavy cruiser Furutaka in 1926. Note the turrets are only mounted single gun.+
?File:Furutaka1940.jpg{{!}}US Navy recognition diagrams, World War II+
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