Type K-3 No.1
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Description
The Type K-3 No.1, Kusentei is a rank III Japanese sub-chaser
with a battle rating of 3.0 (AB/RB/SB). It was introduced in Update 1.89 "Imperial Navy".
General info
Survivability and armour
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Mobility
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Armament
Primary armament
Primary weapon is a relatively low-shell-speed, high-arcing, high rate of fire dual-barrel 40mm Vickers autocannon. It's an excellent weapon for relatively quickly dispatching targets within 1.5km range, where it's high rate of fire can be used to correct lead and land number of shots before the need to reload. It's extremely useful against small fast vessels, such as hydrofoil torpedo boats. At range however the flight time becomes a near-impossible for tracking anything smaller than a sub-chaser. There is, however, one advantage to the gun at >1500m range: due to it's low shell speed gun will fire at a very high arc, allowing K-3 to be one of a very few ships within its tier capable of reaching enemies hidden behind near-vertical obstacles, making it an excellent killer for various opponents trying to hide behind the islands or other terrain obstacles.
Secondary armament
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Special armament
Depth charges, mines, rocket launchers and missiles are also effective in skilled hands and can take an off-guard opponent by surprise. Evaluate the ammunition of this type of armament and rate its performance in combat. If there are no special armaments, remove this section.
Usage in battles
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Pros and cons
Pros:
- Effective 40 mm twin cannon
- Secondary armament is very powerfull against small ships
- Decent anti-aircraft artillery for its battle rating
- Decent speed
Cons:
- Long ship length makes for an easy torpedo target
- Primary armament is not very effective against big ships
- Prone to catching fire
- Large turning radius
- Big size for its battle rating
History
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Media
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See also
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External links
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