IJN Fuso

IJN Fuso

IJN Fuso

Description

The Fuso-class, IJN Fuso, 1944 (扶桑, namesake: classical name for Japan) is a rank Japanese battleship with a battle rating of (AB), (RB), and (SB). It was introduced in Update "Fire and Ice".

Commissioned in 1915, Fusō played no role during WWI. She was modernized in 1930–1935 and again in 1937–1941, with improvements to her armor and propulsion machinery and her iconic rebuilt superstructure in the pagoda mast style. She appears in War Thunder in her 1944 modernization, offering plenty of onboard anti-air which will shred any plane at medium-close range due to the sheer amount of guns (8 x 127 mm; 89 x 25 mm; 10 x 13.2 mm).

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

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

5 cm/50 Type 41 (152 mm)/Ammunition

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
127 mm HE	HE	25	25	25	25	25	25
127 mm HE-TF	HE-TF	25	25	25	25	25	25

Shell details
Ammunition	Type of warhead	Velocity (m/s)	Projectile mass (kg)	Fuse delay (m)	Fuse sensitivity (mm)	Explosive mass (TNT equivalent) (kg)	Ricochet
							0%	50%	100%
127 mm HE	HE	720	23	0	0.1	1.96	79°	80°	81°
127 mm HE-TF	HE-TF	720	23	0	0.1	1.96	79°	80°	81°

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

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