10 ShatteredJade Members 140 posts 8,668 battles Report post #1 Posted November 30, 2016 (edited) As title, why Yamato's 155 is the only secondary gun of BB firing AP round ? edit : I meant high tie BBs 9 + 10. Edited November 30, 2016 by ShatteredJade Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
964 [PLPT] SergeantHop Members 4,435 posts 6,599 battles Report post #2 Posted November 30, 2016 (edited) As title, why Yamato's 155 is the only secondary gun of BB firing AP round ? It's not. All of the Japanese and German casemate secondaries fire AP, as well as Izumo's 155s, which are the same turret, so it makes sense. Edited November 30, 2016 by SergeantHop Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
445 Deathskyz Members 495 posts 12 battles Report post #3 Posted November 30, 2016 Clearly its to citadel Minotaurs. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
3,186 BlazerSparta Members 11,026 posts 30,665 battles Report post #4 Posted November 30, 2016 Either way, it's stupid, and they'd be much more useful with HE. Although the occasional lucky cit pen is pretty funny. As long as you aren't on the receiving end. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
964 [PLPT] SergeantHop Members 4,435 posts 6,599 battles Report post #5 Posted November 30, 2016 (edited) In regards to your edit, my point still stands. The Kawachi, Nassau and Konig Albert all have some secondaries that fire AP. Either way, it's stupid, and they'd be much more useful with HE. Although the occasional lucky cit pen is pretty funny. As long as you aren't on the receiving end. They have their uses, but are certainly more relevant on the low tier battleships based on the fact that it always aims for the waterline. If it could aim for the superstructure, the AP secondaries would do some serious work. Edited November 30, 2016 by SergeantHop Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
972 [-K--] Killjoy1941 Members 3,075 posts 6,658 battles Report post #6 Posted November 30, 2016 All secondaries above 130mm fire AP. There may be an exception or two, but it holds well as a general rule. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
107 [SIMNZ] SeaKnight_1990 Members 767 posts 7,551 battles Report post #7 Posted November 30, 2016 All secondaries above 130mm fire AP. There may be an exception or two, but it holds well as a general rule. I think they said it in a Naval Academy video from about a year ago. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
10 ShatteredJade Members 140 posts 8,668 battles Report post #8 Posted November 30, 2016 All secondaries above 130mm fire AP. There may be an exception or two, but it holds well as a general rule. both 9/10 german BBs fire all HE, feels unfair to me. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
972 [-K--] Killjoy1941 Members 3,075 posts 6,658 battles Report post #9 Posted November 30, 2016 both 9/10 german BBs fire all HE, feels unfair to me. It's not that big of a deal. How often do you close to secondary range in a Yamato or Montana anyway? Both ships are most effective at 12-15km as it is, where GK needs to get under 10km because of German™ dispersion. Yammy is the most accurate BB in the game with lol-pen guns. Monty can get sub-3s secondary reloads and has US AP. GK has... auto-bounce and secondaries? Seems fair to me... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
964 [PLPT] SergeantHop Members 4,435 posts 6,599 battles Report post #10 Posted November 30, 2016 All secondaries above 130mm fire AP. There may be an exception or two, but it holds well as a general rule. I can think of eight counterexamples, all German. Graf Spee, Scharnhorst, Gneisenau, Tirpitz, Bismarck, Roon, Freiderich der Grosse, and Grosser Kurfurst all have 150mm HE secondaries. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
1,329 Canadatron Members 5,206 posts 3,461 battles Report post #11 Posted November 30, 2016 Secondary range on a Yamato? Something went wrong I think.... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
2,140 [MCWF] K1ra_Yoshikage Beta Testers, In AlfaTesters 7,026 posts 29,098 battles Report post #12 Posted November 30, 2016 They should fire HE in the way the old Mogami did. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
1,662 [CALM] YamatoA150 Beta Testers 6,838 posts 6,088 battles Report post #13 Posted November 30, 2016 I can think of eight counterexamples, all German. Graf Spee, Scharnhorst, Gneisenau, Tirpitz, Bismarck, Roon, Freiderich der Grosse, and Grosser Kurfurst all have 150mm HE secondaries. And WG justified it as they felt that the line would have been weak just firing AP only across all their 150mm secondaries while in brawl range. Though given how good they are, I'm inclined to believe that AP would have been a better choice anyway. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
