Tosa BR

[mpc2163]

To fight the American ships I just put up here, I designed the Japanese 8-8-8 ships, at least the ones I have models for. Here's the first one, the Tosa Battleships. These are basically just a stretched Nagato and somehow comes in with fewer hull points than the Nagato despite being 8,000 tons heavier. Oh well...

Tosa
Hull: 154
Speed: 6
FC: JPN
AV: 17
SAV: 6
AA/ASW: 12/0
To Hit: 6+
Move: Battleship, Shoot: Battleship

Main Battery:
Size Guns/Turret #Turrets Arc of Fire
16.1"/45 2 2 F/P/S
16.1"/45 2 1 P/S
16.1"/45 2 2 A/P/S

Secondary Battery:
Size Guns/Turret #Turrets Arc of Fire
5.5"/50 1 10 P
5.5"/50 1 10 S

Gun Data:
Size S M L X Pen Dmg
16.1"/45 19 38 57 76 14 11
5.5"/50 9 18 27 39 3 3

[regiamarina]

Looks good. You could simply add 32 hull points to the Nagato to represent the extra 8000t displacement. One question though should it be a Fast Battleship, to hit 7+? The Nagato is a regular 6+ to hit battleship and this one seems just as slow.

Martin

[mpc2163]

I just dropped it to a 6+ to hit as it isn't all that fast. It may have been a knot or two faster that Nagato, but 6" speed doesn't seem like enough to jump up into the fast battleship category. The Kii and Amagi are certainly fast enough to get that 7+ to hit though.

[shigure]

There are two items to consider in your between wars never-was or never-completed IJN ships.
If you wish to play as built the Tosa would have 8 x 24" TT (4 per side).

If you wish to use in WWII (consider refit), drop the 8 x 24" TT and at least two 5.5"/50 (one per side) and add 8 x 5"/40 ( 2x2 per side).