Azuma B: Tier IX Japanese Premium Heavy Cruiser 1940 (Black Friday 2024)
A powerful high-speed ship (Project B-65) designed to destroy American heavy cruisers and confront Alaska-class "large cruisers". Some design solutions were borrowed from Yamato-class battleships. She was armed with nine 310 mm guns and had good anti-torpedo protection.

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Developed in 1941, the super cruisers of Project B-65 were supposed to play a key role in the "Kantai Kessen" or "Decisive Battle" doctrine for the defeat of the U.S. Navy in the impending war.
Features and Tactics
- Main Strengths:
- 310 mm Guns: Excellent base range of 19.1 km, pinpoint accuracy, high-damage HE shells, and powerful AP shells.
- Versatility: Ability to deal significant damage to both cruisers and battleships.
- Survivability:
- HP Pool: Considerable pool of 58,350 HP.
- Repair Party: Augmented Repair Party consumable for better survivability.
- Weaknesses:
- Armor: Vulnerable to battleship AP salvos and torpedo spreads.
- Positioning: Important to keep distance and avoid close engagements.
- Tactics:
- Target Selection: Focus on vulnerable targets.
- Awareness: Stay aware of enemy positions and how many ships are targeting you.
Azuma B Info:
Ship Name:
IX Azuma B


Level: 9
Class: WG Project Heavy Cruiser
WG introduction: September 30th, 2024
Resource Cost:
16,350 doubloons or Cash, also can be obtained in Black Friday Containers (See below)

Nation:
Japan

Current development status: Released
How to Obtain during the 2024 Black Friday Event
Black Friday 2024 Premium Container Contents - 12%
Black Friday 2024 standard Container Contents - 0.4%
Find out more about the '2024 Black Friday' containers in this link
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Azuma Armor:
Health Points: 58,350 hp
Overall: 13~305 mm
Superstructure: 16 mm
Fore Athwartships: 21 mm
Citadel Fore Athwartships: 101-195 mm
Aft Athwartships: 21 mm
Citadel Aft Athwartships: 101-195 mm
Armor Belt: 27 mm
Citadel Armor Belt: 96-178 mm
Citadel Deck: 125 mm
Citadel Armored Deck Slopes: 125 mm
Citadel Bottom: 40 mm
Turret Plating: 102-305 mm
Conning Tower: 215 mm
Torpedo Protection: 22%
Tonnage: 34,689 t
Main Battery Armament:
3 × 3 310 mm/50 Type 0 in a triple turret:
Max Range: 19.1 km
Reload: 20.0 s
180° Turn Time: 36.0 s
Dispersion at Max Range: 196 m
Sigma: 2.00σ
Shell Types:
HE Shells:
9x 310 mm HE Type92:
Alpha Damage: 5,100
Ammo Type: High Explosive
Alpha Piercing HE: 52.0 mm
Shell Air Drag: 0.337
Shell Always Ricochet At: 60.0°
Normalization: 8.0°
Shell Detonator: 0.001
Shell Detonator Threshold: 2.0
Shell Diameter: 310 mm
Shell Krupp: 1.0
Shell Mass: 448.8 kg
Shell Ricochet At: 91.0°
Velocity: 836.0 m/s
Burn Probability: 27%
AP Shells:
9x 310 mm AP Type92:
Alpha Damage: 8,650
Ammo Type: Armor Piercing
Shell Air Drag: 0.244
Shell Always Ricochet At: 60.0°
Normalization: 6.0°
Shell Detonator: 0.033
Shell Detonator Threshold: 52.0 mm
Shell Diameter: 310 mm
Shell Krupp: 2365.0
Shell Mass: 448.8 kg
Shell Ricochet At: 45.0°
Velocity: 836.0 m/s
Depth Charges Airstrike:
Aircraft HP: 2,000
Available Flights: 2
No of Aircraft in Attacking Flight: 1
Bombs Type: 2 × Experimental 45 kg
Max Bomb Damage: 4200
Max Range: 7 km
Reload: 30 s
Chance of Fire: 24%
Secondaries:
8 × 2 100 mm HE Type98:
Max HE Shell Damage: 1,700
Range: 7.0 km
Reload: 3.0 s
Ammo Type: High Explosive
Alpha Piercing HE: 30.0 mm
Shell Air Drag: 0.331
Shell Always Ricochet At: 60.0°
Normalization: 68.0°
Shell Detonator: 0.001
Shell Detonator Threshold: 2.0
Shell Diameter: 100 mm
Shell Krupp: 480.0
Shell Mass: 13.0 kg
Shell Ricochet At: 91.0°
Velocity: 1000.0 m/s
Burn Probability: 6%
AA Defence:
Long Range:
8 × 2 100 mm/65 Type 98 on a Model A mount:
Firing range: ~5.8 km
Hit Probability: 90 %
Damage Within an Explosion: 1470
Damage by long range AA guns: 207
Continuous Damage: 261
Number of Explosions Per Salvo: 8
Action Zone: 3.5 - 5.8 km
Short Range:
24 × 3 25 mm/60 Type 96 on a triple mount
6 × 2 25 mm/60 Type 96 on a twin mount:
6 × 2 25 mm/60 Type 96 on a twin mount:
Firing range: 2.5 km
Hit Probability: 85 %
Damage by Zone Area AA: 203
Action Zone: 0.1 - 2.5 km
Mobility:
Maximum Speed: 34.0 kts
Turning Circle Radius: 920 m
Rudder Shift Time: 13.9 s
Propulsion: 170,000 hp
Detection:
Surface Detectability: 14.7 km
Detectability by depths: 0-10.7 km
Air Detectability: 10.7 km
Detectability after Firing Main Guns in Smoke: 11.8 km
Consumables:
Slot 1: Damage Control Party:
Work Time: 5 s
Reload Time: 60 s
Slot 2: Defensive AA:
Charges: 3
Action Time: 40 s
Reload Time: 80 s
Slot 2: Hydroacoustic Search:
Charges: 3.
Action time: 100 s.
Reload time: 120 s.
Torpedo detection range: 3.5 km.
Ship detection range: 5.0 km.
Submarine spotting range max depth: 5.0 km.
Slot 3: Spotting Aircraft:
Charges: 4.
Action Time: 100 s.
Reload time: 240 s.
Range: +20%.
Slot 4: Repair Party:
Charges: 4
Action time: 28 s
Reload Time: 40 s
HP Per sec: +291 hp/s