Despite this, Tone has strong firing angles that allow her to bring most of her guns to bear on a target without showing too much broadside which helps maintain her limited healthpool. Aside from being down a turret compared to other Tier VIII IJN cruisers, the main difference is that all of her guns are mounted forward. On paper, having eight of the 203mm guns that the IJN cruisers are known for isn’t anything to blink at. At the same time, captains should be aware that she is far more detectable by aircraft than other cruisers of the tier with an assured aerial detection range of 6.7km. Among her same-tier IJN counterparts, however, she does sport the best detection radius of 6.2km when firing from smoke. With a 10.1km surface detectability range, she falls more or less in the middle grounds of her same-tier counterparts.
Of note to captains is that she is surprisingly stealthy. This can limit her ability to “torpedo beat” or maneuver up close to threats. A major drawback is that her stock rudder shift time is 10 seconds, making her less responsive than her counterpart. This makes her as fast as Atago and tighter turning by 10 meters. Tone is capable of sailing at 37.3kts, making her reasonably fast, and has a 780 meter turning radius. Lastly, Tone comes with four charges of the Repair party consumable by default which offsets the fact that at 38,900 hitpoints she has the fewest hp of the IJN cruisers at Tier VIII. Next, her citadel isn’t the traditional flat citadel found on her counterparts but the turtleback scheme that helps redirect shells with a shallow angle of incidence (closer range) away from her citadel. The main difference between Tone and her sisters is that her citadel sits much lower, making it harder to hit. Tone and Atago are both designed with 27mm bow and stern armor with 25mm plating running along the length of the ship. As such, the best comparison to her is that of her Tier VIII contemporary Atago.
The main difference is that Ise is built upon a battlecruiser hull where Tone was purpose-built for this role.
This hybrid cruiser carries main battery guns as well as armed floatplanes much like Ise. Tone is a unique class of ship being the lead ship of the Tone class. The data presented in the AA Defense sidebar section may be incorrect.įor a graphic summary of ships Tiers VIII thru XI see LittleWhiteMouse's "Actual AA DPS".
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