battleship Yamato-class battleship, Yamato (1945): King of the Monsters

[PrussianOwl 438]

I'm 99 percent sure they're gonna add the Yamato now

[Fireraid233 4,274]

On 30/11/2020 at 16:32, SPANISH_AVENGER said:

 

Any Iowa Class with the historical super heavy shells would be a good match for Yamato. I would even say it the other way around: Yamato would be a good match for Iowa.

 

Also Gaijin confirmed that, due to the nature of ship design and building, laid down ships count as real when it comes to introducing them, so we will be getting things like H-39 (2 ships laid down) and Sovietsky Soyuz (4 ships laid down).

Iowa compared to Yamato will be a bit more squisher. Considering we don't have FCS systems which would be the main advantage of the Iowa in game. Yamato holds most of the advantages, Fire power is equal to Iowa, better armor making it a tankier ship compared to Iowa, over 100 25mm guns so AA will be more then enough. the Yamato can engage Iowa at longer ranges due to better armor and still brawl at close ranges against other BBs. Iowa and Yamato would be a fun and equal match but Yamato will be pretty strong with what it offers.

Edited December 2, 2020 by Fireraid233

[jon_man1199 563]

On 30/11/2020 at 15:32, SPANISH_AVENGER said:

 

Any Iowa Class with the historical super heavy shells would be a good match for Yamato. I would even say it the other way around: Yamato would be a good match for Iowa.

 

Also Gaijin confirmed that, due to the nature of ship design and building, laid down ships count as real when it comes to introducing them, so we will be getting things like H-39 (2 ships laid down) and Sovietsky Soyuz (4 ships laid down).

They also mentioned ships with fully completed designs, that were never laid down for whatever reason so Montana might be in the running 

[Hisui_Soseki1218@psn 45]

When I see Yamato in-game, I want to see Double Salvo (2:44 in the video) in-game first.  Yamato will look cooler.

[y_BNR32 73]

It doesn't matter if it's not balanced. GJ has already passed OPs to only one country many times (like Graf Spee).
I want to see the final form of Yamato.

[aizenns 3,590]

"Warship Yamato, Basic Plan Material" (軍艦大和基本計画資料), by Navy Shipbuilding Captain Matsumoto Kitaro

https://jmapps.ne.jp/yamatomuseum/det.html?data_id=131831

https://jmapps.ne.jp/yamatomuseum/det.html?data_id=131832

 

Perhaps this document is interesting for not only reference of Yamato but also design of several battleships. For example, in volume 1 there are drawings of A140, Amagi, Tosa, Mutsu, Kongo, Nelson, Lord Nelson, Hercules, Hood, Royal Oak, Royal Sovereign, Queen Elizabeth, Iron Duke, Agincourt, Canada, Colorado, California, New Mexico, Arizona, Nevada, Texas, Arkansas, Deutschland, Kaiser, Nassau, König, Erin, Thüringen, Lexington, Indianapolis and Northampton is exist. Also, in volume 2 there are simple drawing of Admiral Hiraga's personal new battleship plan

Spoiler

Hiraga personal plan

 

[Noveos_Republic 503]

We should also get the Yamato variant before they took out the secondaries

[굴러온 310]

	speed	penetration
0 m	780 m/s (2,559 f/s)	853.31 mm
5 km	690 m/s (2,264 f/s)	716.09 mm
10 km	620 m/s (2,034 f/s)	614.51 mm
15 km	562 m/s (1,844 f/s)	533.99 mm
20 km	521 m/s (1.709 f/s)	479.17 mm

 

I've calculated Type 91 and Type 1 APC's penetration based on War Thunder Armor Piercing calculator(https://wiki.warthunder.ru/New_formuls_for_calculating_of_the_armour_piercing)

 

So if spawn range didn't get lengthened from nowdays, battle between last battleships(ex. Iowa, Yamato, etc) in War Thunder would be fight between eggs with hammers. Angling could make longer survive time, but I'm worried about Yamato's angled citadel makes weaker protection in such situation.

 

Edited July 15, 2021 by im_blind_idiot

[Zarosun 106]

Yes!!!!!!+1

[굴러온 310]

https://i.imgur.com/F000xMq.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/1ZFTU5o.jpg

 

find a photo that taken in January 1945, it seems that front 25 mm AA cannons were connected with bridges, which current Yamato museum's model didn't.

 

https://i.imgur.com/6LVtAmu.jpg

 

Pit-roads' new Yamato model in 2019 seems more accurate than Yamato museum's model for this case.

[Fireraid233 4,274]

https://warthunder.dmm.com/news/detail/8558

[NotKringe 227]

21 minutes ago, Fireraid233 said:

https://warthunder.dmm.com/news/detail/8558

Basically. They confirmed that the Yamato will be eventually added, but need to wait for the game to be ready for it (aka solving compression issue and adding suitable competitors for most nations).

 

So, now they are slowly progressing towards more advanced design, as we seen from the Fusou teaser.

[modern_primat 182]

+1

On 07/07/2021 at 20:12, im_blind_idiot said:

	speed	penetration
0 m	780 m/s (2,559 f/s)	853.31 mm
5 km	690 m/s (2,264 f/s)	716.09 mm
10 km	620 m/s (2,034 f/s)	614.51 mm
15 km	562 m/s (1,844 f/s)	533.99 mm
20 km	521 m/s (1.709 f/s)	479.17 mm

 

i REALLY want to know how will APFSDS work for this vehicle? 10000mm pen? huh? xD

[굴러온 310]

Recently, I found out some video  investigating remnant of IJN Yamato, and got shocked that some of 'what has to be' 25mm triple mount were actually 25mm dual mount.

Spoiler

about 00:06 ~ 00:17

 

 It maybe due to the overall shortage of anti-aircraft weapon in Japan, which were already shown by IJN Musashi, which was originally going to install three additional 127mm dual mount but actually install 25mm triple mount. In this case, I'm worrying that it is 'unhistorical' to say IJN Yamato(1945) has 52 triple 25mm mount, and IJN Yamato(1944) would be rather 'historical' option that we can consider.

 

https://warthunder.dmm.com/news/detail/8558

  As DMM announce they will gather information about IJN Yamato, I wish they would find how many 25mm did IJN Yamato actually carry in 1945, or just decide to decide give Gaijin information of IJN Yamato(1942) or (1944)

[JPAU401 37]

@SovietShipFcker I'm only seeing 25mm triple mounts and 127mm dual mounts in the video you linked. Maybe you're mistaking the 25mm triple mount seen as a dual mount instead? 

 

Spoiler

1. 25mm triple mount
2. 127mm dual mount
3. 127mm dual mount (unshielded)

 

 

Edited November 9, 2021 by JPAU401
Added 127mm unshielded mount

[굴러온 310]

8 hours ago, JPAU401 said:

@SovietShipFcker I'm only seeing 25mm triple mounts and 127mm dual mounts in the video you linked. Maybe you're mistaking the 25mm triple mount seen as a dual mount instead? 

 

 

00:06~00:17 there are a caption below in Japanese meaning "25mm twin machine gun" unconfirmed in existing material. And even without video, I heard a lot of things about change in analysis of IJN Yamato 1945. For example here were a enclosed passage between main superstructure and 25mm enclosed triple mount which were not seen on the blueprint. From 2016, we have to say IJN Yamato in Operation Ten-1-go is quite different from what we used to say she was.

Edited November 10, 2021 by SovietShipFcker

[Fireraid233 4,274]

I know this was posted before but it such a cool video on the reload cycle, almost looks automated.

[CokeSpray 7,272]

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