Board Thread:Game Updates/@comment-26091666-20160624120924/@comment-26574811-20160628014854

Hyper Shinchan wrote: Vcharng wrote:

K2B: B(乙) means B-class destroyers (Akizuki-class), since Kasumi K2B is focused on AA and other fleet escort roles. Kasumi got 12.7cm Type 89 guns in her K2B art, which incidentally is Matsu's main armament, a pseudo Akizuki would have received the 10cm Type 98 guns like Fubuki Kai Ni.

In the first place I'm completely unconvinced that those letters refer to destroyer classes with only A/Kou being a most peculiar (and convenient) exception. Unconvinced as some may be, this is how the Japanese wiki explains Kasumi K2B now. We have to find a way to explain why K2C is missing anyway.

Type B means "Fleet AA Destroyers" (hence Akizuki), while Type D means "simplefied wartime destroyers". So even though Kasumi K2B uses Matsu's armament, it won't make her a Type D. Another charactersitics of Type D would be focusing on Tokyo express (as Matsu-class carried two Shouhatsus to fulfill this role, Asashio also spent most of her time doing this, while Kasumi never did.) and probably capable of carrying midget submarines (as Matsu-class carried Kaitens, which would be replaced by Ko-Hyoutekis in this game).