IJN Fuso

IJN Fuso

IJN Fuso

Description

The Fuso-class, IJN Fuso, 1944 (扶桑, namesake: classical name for Japan) was the first of her class and a symbol of Japan's naval power in the early 20th century. She was designed to maintain Japan's supremacy in the Pacific against the United States and Great Britain, following Japan's victory over Russia at Tsushima in 1905. Fuso had an ever growing distinction: a towering pagoda mast that housed her fire control and observation equipment that grew with nearly every modernization. However, despite undergoing several modernizations and reconstructions, Fuso could not keep up with the newer and faster battleships of Japan and other countries. She was primarily relegated to auxiliary roles during World War II, such as troop transport and training.

IJN Fuso was introduced in Update "Fire and Ice". She has six turrets with twin 356 mm cannons, which can fire a powerful broadside of twelve 356 mm shells every 30 seconds. Fuso appears in War Thunder in her 1944 modernization, which includes a large array of anti-air guns, mostly consisting of the infamous Type 96 (25 mm). These guns are inaccurate and unreliable individually, but in large numbers (Fuso has 89 in total) they create a massive barrage of lead that can deter aerial targets at close to medium range. However, the Fuso also has low mobility, with a top speed of only 23 knots and a large turning radius. Therefore, Fuso is best suited for long-range engagements where she can use her superior firepower to her advantage.

General info

Survivability and armour

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Mobility

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Mobility Characteristics
Game Mode	Upgrade Status	Maximum Speed (km/h)		Turn Time (s)	Turn Radius (m)
		Forward	Reverse
AB	Stock	___	___
	Upgraded
RB/SB	Stock	___	___
	Upgraded

Armament

Primary armament

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Penetration statistics
Ammunition	Type of warhead	Penetration @ 0° Angle of Attack (mm)
		1,000 m	2,500 m	5,000 m	7,500 m	10,000 m	15,000 m
Ordinary SAP	SAPCBC	301	280	248	222	199	168
Type 91 APC	APCBC	635	593	529	476	431	366
Common Type 0	HE	67	67	67	67	67	67

Shell details
Ammunition	Type of warhead	Velocity (m/s)	Projectile mass (kg)	Fuse delay (s)	Fuse sensitivity (mm)	Explosive mass (TNT equivalent) (kg)	Ricochet
							0%	50%	100%
Ordinary SAP	SAPCBC	780	635.58	0.01	26	68.64	48°	63°	71°
Type 91 APC	APCBC	771	671.3	0.05	26	11.66	48°	63°	71°
Common Type 0	HE	805	621	0	0.1	31	79°	80°	81°

Secondary armament

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Penetration statistics
Ammunition	Type of warhead	Penetration @ 0° Angle of Attack (mm)
		1,000 m	2,500 m	5,000 m	7,500 m	10,000 m	15,000 m
Type 0 HE	HE	35	35	35	35	35	35
Type 4 SAP	SAP	81	68	52	40	34	34

Shell details
Ammunition	Type of warhead	Velocity (m/s)	Projectile mass (kg)	Fuse delay (s)	Fuse sensitivity (mm)	Explosive mass (TNT equivalent) (kg)	Ricochet
							0%	50%	100%
Type 0 HE	HE	850	45.26	0	0.1	3.17	79°	80°	81°
Type 4 SAP	SAP	850	45.26	0.01	7	2.92	47°	60°	65°

Anti-aircraft armament

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Usage in battles

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Pros and cons

Pros:

• Effective guns
• Effective anti-air suite
• Adequate armour that can absorb damage
• Large crew complement

Cons:

• Long reload time on main batteries
• Slow cruise speed
• Extremely long turn time

History

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Media

Skins

• Skins and camouflages for the IJN Fuso from live.warthunder.com.

See also

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• reference to the series of the ship;
• links to approximate analogues of other nations and research trees.

External links

• [Devblog] Fusō: A Broadside to Remember

Kure Naval Arsenal (呉海軍工廠)
Heavy Cruisers (CA)
Mogami-class	IJN Mogami*
Battlecruisers (BC)
Tsukuba-class	IJN Ikoma
Battleships (BB)
Kawachi-class	IJN Settsu
Fusō-class	IJN Fuso
Note	*Initially built as a CL with 15.5 cm cannons, refitted with 20.3 cm and reclassified as a CA

Japan battleships
Kawachi-class	IJN Settsu
Fusō-class	IJN Fuso · IJN Yamashiro
Ise-class	IJN Ise · IJN Hyuga
Kongō-class	IJN Kongo · IJN Haruna
Nagato-class	IJN Mutsu