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* 20mm armour plates protecting rear gunner, 5mm protecting pilot from rear
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* 20mm armour plates protecting rear gunner, 5mm protecting pilot from rear, 5mm protecting dorsal gunner, 5mm protecting hull fuel tanks
 
* No armour glazing
 
* No armour glazing
 
* Critical components located at the front of aircraft (fuel, pilot, engine, controls)
 
* Critical components located at the front of aircraft (fuel, pilot, engine, controls)
 
* More fuel tanks located in wings near the fuselage
 
* More fuel tanks located in wings near the fuselage
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== Armaments ==
 
== Armaments ==
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=== Defensive armament ===
 
=== Defensive armament ===
 
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== Usage in the battles ==
 
== Usage in the battles ==
 
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'''Pros:'''
 
'''Pros:'''
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* Excellent speed for its BR, though slower than the H8K3
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* Good armament spread and damage (when they hit), including limited coverage under the plane
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* Favourable matchmaking; always on Axis team, BR means cannot fight 4.7's
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* Incredible climb rate
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* (RB) Long Range Bomber spawn, putting it at usually around 4,500m on spawn
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* Well armoured even for a non-Japanese bomber, with armoured pilot, gunners and self-sealing tanks
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* Excellent RP and SL mods for Tier 1, especially as bombs are incredibly cheap
  
 
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'''Cons:'''
 
'''Cons:'''
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* Strictly worse than the H8K3; slower and worse climbing at the same BR
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* Awful bomb load; 780kg TNT equivalent with largest load, with both wing bombs dropping together
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* Guns are unreliable; cannons are the weak 99 mod.1's, machine guns are single 7.7's, long reload on the cannons
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* Landing is risky due to lack of land-suitable gear; the H8K must land on its hull
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* Tier 1 and a BR of 3.3, yet 40,000RP cost (more than the B7A and Ki-49 at 4.3 and Tier 3!)
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* Huge target
  
 
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Revision as of 08:07, 25 March 2019

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Description

The H8K2 in the garage


The H8K2 is a Rank II Japanese flying boat/heavy bomber with a battle rating of 3.3 (AB) and 3.7 (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

      Main article: Bombs-->

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

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:

  • Excellent speed for its BR, though slower than the H8K3
  • 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
  • (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
  • Excellent RP and SL mods for Tier 1, especially as bombs are incredibly cheap

Cons:

  • Strictly worse than the H8K3; slower and worse climbing at the same BR
  • 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
  • Tier 1 and a BR of 3.3, yet 40,000RP cost (more than the B7A and Ki-49 at 4.3 and Tier 3!)
  • Huge target

History

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Media

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Read also

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

Sources

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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