I do not have Shikashima, but she is basically Yamato-class with 510mm guns, so I imagine she inherits quite a bit of the originals' protection scheme, both good and bad. The ships could fend off TBs attacks twenty QF 12-pounder 12 cwt (“Cwt” is the abbreviation for hundredweight) and four 2.5-pounder Hotchkiss guns.When the Russo-Japanese War broke out, both battleships served with the 1st Division of the 1st Fleet. 3,466 [RKLES] Admiral_Thrawn_1. When engaged with secondary calibers, these ships replicated heavily and Shikishima was hit by one six-inch shell, which wounded 17 crewmen. They were convinced of the weaknesses in the Jeune Ecole (Young school) naval philosophy, and embarked on an ambitious program of modernization and construction this time entirely modelled on the Royal Navy. Members. She was completed in 1900. This defect was rectified, and she participated in the Russo-Japanese war, blown up by a mine on October 26, 1904. Matter of fact, when the game was new, lots of IJN BB players spec'ed for Secondaries on Nagato, Amagi, Yamato. I would be getting the ship myself, except I do not yet have Bourgogne at this point yet and that French BB is ahead on my list.
Thats because IJN dont get any real benefit to the accuracy modules. 5,387 battles [WOLF2] Ado1fCarsar 288 Warrant Officer; Members; 288 460 posts; 5,387 battles; Report post #5; Posted July 23. i prefer the stalin, may get shiki next.
[WOLF3] The ships participated in So between the secondary guns, the AA, and the fact it’s IJN are favors that certainly make it something to think about.
Be wary about the Citadel Cheek when trying to present more secondary guns. By Admiral_Thrawn_1, June 17 in Japanese Battleships. Shiki is a yamato hull but with different main and secondary guns installed.
In all other respects, the ship's characteristics were similar to those of Yamato-class battleships. So between the secondary guns, the AA, and the fact it’s IJN are favors that certainly make it something to think about. Yamato users at the time felt ASM1 wasn't necessary because the ship was plenty accurate enough. Its almost as if the aiming system built the dispersion ellipse based on the class of ship you targeting... and we know it can be different since if you fire without targeting a ship your dispersion will be much bigger. [WOLF3] She suvived in this role until scrapped in January 1948, always at Sasebo.This ship was built at John Brown shipyards in Britain. Then again WG does seem to have some game mechanics that allow for accurate firing if you only have 3-4 dual gun turrets. Sign in to follow this . The arrival of Republique years later made the brawling prospect even more dangerous. And that was in one of them that Shiskishima just sailed, on 15 May 1904 under Rear Admiral Nashiba Tokioki orders apparetly hitting a mine, but surviving. don't really care much about burger. Shikishima is just a slightly modified Yamato. A broadside ship's entire length or the starboard to port width of the ship? They're so good it was like watching a french secondary build in action. The new Shikishima class was a modified and improved version of the Majestic-class battleships, also ordered in UK. The Shikishima and Hatsuse were built in two British shipyards on plans derived from the Like the Fuji class, the Japanese general staff based its requirements on reports from the First Sino-Japanese War. Beschreibung. And yet I was able to hit a stationary DD at long range, with multiple shells out of one 1 full salvo of 9 shells. The accuracy modules only reduce horizontal dispersion not vertical..and IJN has the worst vertical dispersion of any BB.