Prototype Toukai

[Edit] Prototype Toukai No.269 試製東海
Land-based Attack Aircraft Effects: +2 +10 +5 Combat Radius: 8 (Deployment Cost: 9) Scrap value: 3 3 12 (Unbuildable)
Card Fairy Equipment Combination
Refittable Class
Coastal Defense Ship	Destroyer
Light Cruiser	Torpedo Cruiser
Heavy Cruiser	Training Cruiser
Aviation Cruiser	Fast Battleship
Battleship	Aviation Battleship
Light Carrier	Standard Aircraft Carrier
Armored Carrier	Seaplane Tender
Submarine	Aircraft Carrying Submarine
Submarine Tender	Fleet Oiler
Repair Ship	Amphibious Assault Ship

Introduction

十七試哨戒機として開発された本格的な陸上発進の対潜哨戒機です。低速ではありますが対潜哨戒に特化された機体性能に新開発の艦磁気探知機「KMX」も装備、基地航空隊の対潜戦力として活躍が期待されていました。

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Notes

Unbuildable

Category Ships with Prototype Toukai as stock equipment not found

Category Equipment that consume Prototype Toukai during improvement not found

• Fall 2017 Event E-2 Medium/Hard reward.
• Winter 2018 Event E-1 Hard reward.
• Quest F81 offers this as a choice between three rewards
• Quest B143 offers this as a choice between two rewards
• Anti-Submarine Patrol capabilities have been improved as of 11 December 2017.

Trivia

• This is the world's first purpose-built Anti-Submarine Warfare aircraft.
• The 901st and 903rd Naval Air Groups were the only operators of the Toukai during the war.
• The Toukai is equipped with was supposed to be equipped with a newer radar, but due to development problems it was equipped with the older Type 3 Kū Mark 6 Model 4 "Wireless Telegraph" (H-6 Radar) and the KMX Magnetic Anomaly Detector to supplement its detection capabilities. It also included a "C device" capable of causing interference to surfaced submarines.
• During its service it never sank a submarine, even though it was designed for this role.

See also

• Kyushu Q1W
• 東海 (航空機) - Wikipedia (Japanese link)