Thread:Vcharng/@comment-1915363-20160205145050/@comment-68.191.49.101-20160206023137

Actually, the fuses were introduced in late 1942, and became a common ammonition for front line ships by the middle of 1944(When the USA's industry was going on overdrive). That is what I read in Navweapons.com anyways, it's the source I use for naval weponary. I was wrong about the VT fuses with the Bofors though, got them mixed up with the 3"/50 AA guns.

Also, equipment in this game does take accessories into account, which is most highlighted in Yamato's 46cm cannons. Their AA stat is incredibly high compared to any other gun like it, mainly do to being the only BB guns that had a designated AA shell with the Sankaidans.

As for in-game stats if a USN DD is introduced, well, it's a tricky thing. Real world performance doesn't seem to be the end all factor that determines a ship's qaulities in KC. All you got to do is look at Prinz Eugene and how in Kai form, she is almost as powerful as Choukai is in Kai Ni when it comes to attack power. In reality, Prinz had two less gun barrels and only had around twelve torpedo tubes compared to a Takao class' sixteen(Not to mention having less powerful torpedoes the IJN had too).