Thread:Vcharng/@comment-1915363-20151222114321/@comment-26574811-20151223052327

Ar-cen-ciel wrote: Vcharng wrote: Ar-cen-ciel wrote: So do they have any noteworthy similarities? Airplanes aside, does Shoukaku and Zuikaku's second remodels bring their performance anywhere close to the Essex-class carriers? Well... Shoukaku K2/K2A was almost entirely fictional, you know, so it is hard to say if they have similarities... Sorry if I got that one mixed up, but well, I'm curious about when you mentioned the similarities between Shoukaku-class and Essex-class as in the real life counterpart.

Vcharng wrote: OP Rei-Go was a counterattack against the Mindoro Landing. The IJN sent six DDs, Ooyodo and Ashigara, and sunk a transport ship, a few PTs, and damaged the airfield nearby, while losing Kiyoshimo. Hmm, does that mean we could expect anti-PT armaments from Kasumi or something like that? Similarity between Shoukaku and Essex in real life? Hmm...Not much. Essex was actually one era later than Shoukaku, while Yorktown carried much more similarity with Shoukaku, as in design, era, capacity, and role.

If we really have to find some non-futile similarities between Shoukaku and Essex, it probably would be the fact that they were the product of the same strategic and tactical doctrines. If you compare them with British carriers of the same era, such as Illustrious or subsequent Implacable, you can see that Essex and Shoukaku both emphasizes aviation capability and range over survivability. It may not sound like a big deal now, but in 1940s, when the age of battleships and heavily armored ships were not so far away, it was very remarkable for someone to argue mobility and attacking power over defense.

As for Kasumi K2.... uhh, we don't have such a thing as an anti-PI armament, and I don't quite think they would introduce such a new category of armaments for Kasumi. However, I think we can hope for a new accuracy-boosting gun armament coming with Kasumi K2, since 12.7cm Model B K2 don't have an accuracy boost. Though it is still possible that they would simply give a 12.7 Model B K2.....