Type 2 Large Flying Boat

[Edit] Type 2 Large Flying Boat No.138 二式大艇
Large Flying Boat Effects: +1 +1 +12 Combat Radius: 20 (Deployment Cost: 25) Scrap value: 9 2 26 (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

四発の大型飛行艇「二式大型飛行艇」、通称「二式大艇」です。
巨大な翼と船のような構造を持つ機体で、長距離偵察や司令部要員の移動等に用いられました。同時代の世界水準を大きく超えた傑作機で、今の時代もその後継は空に海に活躍しています。

The quad engine large size flying boat 'Type 2 Large Flying Boat' is more commonly known as the 'Type 2 Flying Boat'. With its large wings and boat like airframe, it is used for long range reconnaissance and transport of important personnel. In its era, it was a masterpiece that greatly exceeded contemporaries and its descendants are still in use today, be it in the skies or at the seas.

Notes

Unbuildable

Ships with Type 2 Large Flying Boat as stock equipment

Category Equipment that consume Type 2 Large Flying Boat during improvement not found

• Spring 2015 Event E-5 Hard and E-6 Medium/Hard reward.
• It increases the chance of "Great Success" at the scouting nodes in 6-3.
  • Increase hit rate(?)
• Can be used to attack submarines.
• Cannot be used for artillery spotting unlike other seaplanes.
• Can trigger contact.
• If assigned to an airbase for Land Base Aerial Support, the Type 2 Large Flying Boat will increase the maximum combat range of all aircraft in the airbase by 3.

Trivia

Also known as the Seikuu (晴空, "Clear Sky"), it is widely considered the best plane in its class, the Kawanishi H8K was designed to replace the aging and lacking H6K. Its huge size allowed it to wield outstanding defensive and offensive armaments such as 4000 pounds of bombs or depth charges, 2 torpedoes and 8-10 turrets. Despite its size, it was also fast (for a flying boat), extremely long ranged, well armored and had the capacity to hold about 64 soldiers for transport or paratroop operations. Although it could perform these impressive feats, it ended up being used mostly for transport, communications, recon, ASW and rescue operations.

• The H8K had on board several commodities such as a restroom with a flushing toilet (predating the Boeing 707), air conditioning, beds and refrigerators for long-distance flights. Smoking was strictly forbidden to prevent fires or fuel explosions.
• It was nicknamed "Flying Porcupine" by the Allies for its heavy defenses. Today, it has gained a new nickname by the Japanese, Taitei-chan, because of Akitsushima's obsession for the flying boat.
• Although the in-game plane is the Model 12, it can only do ASW attacks and recon.

See also

• Kawanishi H8K
• 二式飛行艇 (Japanese Link)
• Kawanishi H6K/H8K additional reading material
• Kawanishi H8K diagram