User:島風/Pros and cons

Pros:

Japan

* AXX as a carrier-based fighter:

• • Arrestor hook
  • Strictly air-to-air role
    • Gets 2 x 60 kg Type 97 No. 6 Land Bombs, though strongly ill-advised for air battles
  • Decent cannon armament
  • Extremely manoeuvrable
    • Excellent turn rate
    • Excellent roll rate
  • Very short takeoff distance

* BXX as a carrier-based torpedo bomber:

• • Bomber spawn
  • Arrestor hook
  • 1 x Type 91 Aerial Torpedo
    • Torpedo has the highest drop speed in the game at 580 km/h and is one of the most feared torpedoes in Naval Battles
  • 6 x 60 kg Type 97 No. 6 Land Bombs
    • Gets a bomb bay of 6 x 60 kg bombs which can be used to hit multiple targets
  • 1 x 800 kg No. 80 Land Bombs
    • Heaviest bomb the Japanese Navy has to offer

* DXX as a carrier-based dive bomber:

• • Bomber spawn
  • Arrestor hook
  • Airbrakes
  • Medium sized bomb (choice)

* HXX as a flying boat:

• • Bomber spawn
  • Landing floats
    • Can capture points in Naval
  • Decent combined defensive armament
  • 2 x Type 91 Aerial Torpedoes
    • Torpedo has the highest drop speed in the game at 580 km/h and is one of the most feared torpedoes in Naval Battles
  • 12 x 60 kg Type 97 No. 6 Land Bombs
    • Gets 2 x bomb racks of 6 x 60 kg bombs which can be used to hit multiple targets
  • 2 x 800 kg No. 80 Land Bombs
    • Heaviest bomb the Japanese Navy has to offer

* GXX as a land-based attack bomber:

• • Bomber spawn
  • Decent combined defensive armament

* JXX as a land-based fighter:

• • Usually gets interceptor spawn
  • Powerful armament
    • Plenty of ammo
  • Armour and self-sealing fuel tanks
  • Excellent climb rate
  • Excellent top speed
  • Excellent dive characteristics
  • Great energy retention

* NXX as a hydroplane fighter:

• • Landing floats
    • Can capture points in Naval
  • Breaking off the floats makes you a capable dogfighter

* Common Navy plane construction:

• • Decent (Model 2) offensive armament: 20 mm Type 99 Model 2 Cannon
    • Ground targets: Great for Ground battles

• AP-I:

• Shreds soft targets, and can weaken/destroy tanks with weak top armour, especially engine decks
• Easily sets fire to air targets

• HEF(T):

• Tracer can help you aim on target
• The few rounds in the belt can still wreck havoc on enemy planes with their HE filler

• Stealth: Great for Air battles

• No tracers
• HEF:

• Near full HE belt
• Wrecks havoc on enemy planes with HE filler

• AP-I:

• Easily sets fire to air targets

• Excellent manoeuvrability
• Nose-mounted armament
• Little radiator drag

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Other Examples:

• B6N specific:
  • Great engine power, produces 1,660 hp
  • High top speed for a torpedo bomber (464 km/h)

• D4Y specific:
  • Fast, can outrun almost anything, save P-38s
    • Its speed forces the enemy to tail behind your gunner, giving you a chance to shoot at the approaching fighter with your turret

• D4Y3 Ko specific:
  • Improved defensive armament
  • Improved radial engine which won't overheat, and is an improvement from the D4Y1 and D4Y2

Cons:

Japan

* AXX as a carrier-based fighter:

• • Strictly air-to-air role
  • Limited ammo
  • Slow
  • Low dive speed, and compresses easily in a dive

* BXX as a carrier-based torpedo bomber:

• • No offensive armament
  • No airbrakes
  • Relatively large target

* DXX as a carrier-based dive bomber:

• • Has bomb cradle, significant delay in fuselage bomb drop
  • Few ordnance options
  • Not good for bombing bases

* HXX as a flying boat:

• • Huge target
  • Slow
  • Lack of land-suitable gear
    • Very unreliable to land on regular runways

* GXX as a land-based attack bomber:

• • Large target

* JXX as a land-based fighter:

• • Severe control stiffening at higher speeds
    • Doesn't turn well
    • Elevator doesn't respond well

* NXX as a hydroplane fighter:

• • Excessive drag due to pontoon
    • Poor climb rate and turn time
    • Very poor dogfighter

* Common Navy plane construction:

• • Poor (low calibre) offensive armament: 7.7 mm Type 97 MG
  • Poor (Model 1) off/defensive armament: 20 mm Type 99 Model 1 Cannon
    • Very low muzzle velocity
  • Poor (Model 2) offensive armament when stock: 20 mm Type 99 Model 2 Cannon
    • No HE filler
    • T & FI rounds usually do nothing
  • Poor defensive armament: 7.7 mm Type 92 MG
  • Fragile, little armour, and no self-sealing fuel tanks
  • Exposed tail gunner

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• B6N specific:
  • Dead zones directly behind the aircraft, you are better off turn fighting and using your turrets while they struggle to complete the turn

• B6N1 Model 11 specific:
  • Single 7.7 mm in the left wing