H8K3

H8K3

H8K3

Japan

II Rank

Battle rating:

AB	RB	SB
3.7	4.0	4.0

Class:

PREMIUM

Bomber

Hydroplane

Long Range bomber

Torpedo bomber

Purchase:2 300

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This page is about the premium aircraft H8K3. For the other H8K plane, see H8K2

Description

The H8K3 in the garage

The H8K3 is a Rank II premium Japanese bomber with a battle rating of 3.7 (AB) and 4.0 (RB/SB). This aircraft was introduced in Update 1.57 "Battle March".

General info

Flight Performance

Characteristics
Stock
Max Speed (km/h at ?,000 m)		Max altitude (meters)	Turn time (seconds)		Rate of climb (meters/second)		Take-off run (meters)
AB	RB		AB	RB	AB	RB
?	?	9500	??.?	??.?	??.?	??.?	???
Upgraded
Max Speed (km/h at ?,000 m)		Max altitude (meters)	Turn time (seconds)		Rate of climb (meters/second)		Take-off run (meters)
AB	RB		AB	RB	AB	RB
?	?	9500	??.?	??.?	??.?	??.?	???

Details

Features
Combat flap	Take-off flap	Landing flap	Air brakes	Arrestor gear
X	X	X	X	X

Limits
Wing-break speed (km/h)	Gear limit (km/h)	Combat flap (km/h)	Max Static G
			+	-
0	450	???	~??	~?

Optimal velocities
Ailerons (km/h)	Rudder (km/h)	Elevators (km/h)	Radiator (km/h)
< ???	< ???	< ???	> ???

Compressor (RB/SB)
Setting 1
Optimal altitude	100% Engine power	WEP Engine power
?,??? m	??? hp	?,??? hp

Survivability and armour

• 20mm armour plates protecting rear gunner, 5mm protecting pilot from rear, 5mm protecting dorsal gunner, 5mm protecting hull fuel tanks
• No armour glazing
• Critical components located at the front of aircraft (fuel, pilot, engine, controls)
• More fuel tanks located in wings near the fuselage
• All fuel tanks are self-sealing

Armaments

Offensive armament

• 16x 60kg bombs
• 8x 250kg bombs
• 2x 800kg bombs (Navy and Army variants)
• 2x torpedoes (mod 2 variant)

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Usage in the battles

Manual Engine Control

MEC elements
Mixer	Pitch	Radiator			Supercharger	Turbocharger
		Oil	Water	Type
Controllable	Not controllable	Not controllable	Not controllable	Separate	Not ontrollable	Not controllable

Modules

Tier	Flight performance		Survivability	Weaponry
I	Fuselage Repair	Radiator
II		Compressor	Airframe
III	Wings Repair	Engine
IV		Engine Injection	Cover

Pros and cons

Pros:

• A straight improvement over the H8K2, with more speed and retractable gear
• Incredible speed and climb, making it effectively untouchable if one climbs directly toward a base
• Good armament spread and damage (when they hit), including limited coverage under the plane
• Favourable matchmaking; always on Axis team, BR means cannot fight 4.7's
• Incredible climb rate, further increased slightly over the H8K2
• (RB) Long Range Bomber spawn, putting it at usually around 4,500m on spawn
• Well armoured even for a non-Japanese bomber, with armoured pilot, gunners and self-sealing tanks
• Incredible SL modifier of 2.4 (meaning 480% when including premium vehicle modifier, 720% with premium account), the equal highest in the game
• Good RP modifier of 1.3, comparable to the BV-238 and better than the PBM-3

Cons:

• Expensive at over 2,000 GE for a Tier 2 premium vehicle that is a modification of one already in the tree
• Awful bomb load; 780kg TNT equivalent with largest load, with both wing bombs dropping together
• Guns are unreliable; cannons are the weak 99 mod.1's, machine guns are single 7.7's, long reload on the cannons
• Landing is risky due to lack of land-suitable gear; the H8K must land on its hull
• Additional speed means that in dives, the H8K can rapidly approach its rip speed of ~560 km/h IAS
• Retractable gear can make slowing down more difficult, especially with the landing flaps causing so much lift they can often stall you
• Huge target

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Japan bombers
Navy
Carrier-based attack bomber
B5N	B5N2
B6N	B6N1 · B6N2 · B6N2a
B7A	B7A2 · B7A2 (Homare 23)
Carrier-based dive bomber
D3A	D3A1
D4Y	D4Y1 · D4Y2 · D4Y3 Ko
Shipboard Observation seaplane
F1M	F1M2
Land-based Attack bomber
G4M	G4M1
G5N	G5N1
G8N	G8N1
Flying boat
H6K	H6K4
H8K	H8K2 · H8K3
Land-based Bomber
P1Y	P1Y1
Army
Light	Ki-32
	Ki-48-II otsu
Heavy	Ki-21-Ia · Ki-21-I hei
	Ki-49-I · Ki-49-IIa · Ki-49-IIb · Ki-49-IIb/L
	Ki-67-I Ko · Ki-67-I otsu
Other countries	▅B-17E