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Taihang

A battleship of the A140-J3 design developed in Japan in the mid-1930s, preceding the construction of the Yamato-class battleships. After World War II, the ship could have been transferred to the U.S.S.R. and modernized with a significant portion of her armament replaced with Soviet models, after which the ship would have been transferred to the PRC in...

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A battleship of the A140-J3 design developed in Japan in the mid-1930s, preceding the construction of the Yamato-class battleships. After World War II, the ship could have been transferred to the U.S.S.R. and modernized with a significant portion of her armament replaced with Soviet models, after which the ship would have been transferred to the PRC in the early 1950s. The battleship's main battery is represented by eight 406-mm guns in four turrets.

Doubloons
28,500
Official profile image of Taihang

At a glance

The numbers that shape the ship

Hit points
80,700
Maximum speed
28.2 knots
Surface detection
16.9 km
Main battery range
23.1 km
Main battery reload
32.0 s

Combat envelope

Range and detection

Scale: 25 km

Every bar uses the same 25 km scale. Surface detection is a visibility threshold, not a weapon range.

  • Surface detection16.9 km
  • Main battery23.1 km
  • Secondary battery7 km

Damage comparison

Published maximum per hit

Ship-relative

Bars are normalized only against this ship's highest listed hit. They are not salvo damage, expected damage or DPM.

  • HE · 406 mm HE Model 1937 5,800
  • AP · 406 mm AP Model 1938 13,250
Handling, concealment and protectionOverview

Handling

Maximum speed
28.2 knots
Turning circle radius
880 m
Rudder shift time
17.1 s
Maneuverability API rating 36

Concealment

Surface detection
16.9 km
Air detection
10.0 km
Submarine detection
10.0 km
Concealment API rating 30

Survivability

Hit points
80,700
Torpedo damage reduction
37 %
Survivability API rating 98

Published armour thickness

Only positive values supplied by the API are shown.

Overall published range
19–495 mm
Weapons and payloadsArmament

Surface armament

Main battery

Artillery API rating 85
Maximum range
23.1 km
Reload time
32.0 s
Rate of fire
1.9 rounds/min
180° turn time
45.0 s
Maximum dispersion
229 m

Shells

Damage is the API's published maximum for one shell hit.

406 mm HE Model 1937
HE
Maximum damage per hit
5,800
Fire chance
40.0 %
Muzzle velocity
830 m/s
Shell mass
1,108 kg
406 mm AP Model 1938
AP
Maximum damage per hit
13,250
Muzzle velocity
830 m/s
Shell mass
1,108 kg
Gun layout
Mount
406 mm/50 B-37 on a twin mount
Mounts
4
Barrels each
2

Automatic armament

Secondary battery

Maximum range
7.0 km
Mount
152 mm HE Model 1907
Maximum damage per hit
2,200
Fire chance
12.0 %
Rate of fire
7.5 rounds/min
Muzzle velocity
823 m/s
Mount
HE-56
Maximum damage per hit
1,400
Fire chance
6.0 %
Rate of fire
16.0 rounds/min
Muzzle velocity
895 m/s

Underwater armament

Torpedoes

Torpedoes API rating 22
Reload time
131 s
180° turn time
7.2 s
Torpedo-tube layout
Mount
533 mm Quad N-7
Mounts
2
Tubes each
4

Anti-aircraft defence

AA defence API rating 82
Aura
25 mm Type 61 AA Mount
Calibre
25 mm
Mounts
18
Aura
25 mm 110-PM on a 4M-120 mount
Calibre
25 mm
Mounts
12
Aura
37 mm 46-K mount
Calibre
37 mm
Mounts
12
Aura
100 mm/56 B-54 on an MZ-14 mount
Calibre
100 mm
Mounts
8
Modules, hull and progressionTechnical data

Default hull

Hull hit points
80,700
Main-battery barrels
4
Secondary barrels
11
Torpedo tubes
2
AA mounts
50

Engine

Published maximum speed
28.2 knots

Fire control

Module research tree

Names, research prices and defaults are reported directly by the API.

53-39 mod. 1

Default
Type
Torpedoes

Propulsion: 145,000 hp

Default
Type
Engine

Taihang

Default
Type
Hull

Type9 mod. 1

Default
Type
Suo

406 mm/50 B-37 on an MK-1-406 mount

Default
Type
Artillery

Compatible upgrades

Official modernization descriptions and listed purchase prices. Effects still depend on the slot and configuration used in game.

Propulsion Modification 1

Modernization

Reduces time to full speed

Credits
1,000,000

Torpedo Tubes Modification 1

Modernization

Credits
500,000

Concealment System Modification 1

Modernization

Credits
2,000,000

Main Armaments Modification 1

Modernization

Credits
125,000

Torpedo Tubes Modification 2

Modernization

Credits
3,000,000

Aiming Systems Modification 1

Modernization

Credits
500,000

Damage Control System Modification 2

Modernization

Credits
1,000,000

Torpedo Lookout System

Modernization

Credits
2,000,000

Main Battery Modification 3

Modernization

Credits
3,000,000

Main Battery Modification 2

Modernization

Credits
500,000

Damage Control System Modification 1

Modernization

Credits
250,000

Steering Gears Modification 1

Modernization

Credits
1,000,000

Secondary Battery Modification 1

Modernization

Credits
500,000

Auxiliary Armaments Modification 1

Modernization

Credits
125,000

Gun Fire Control System Modification 2

Modernization

Credits
3,000,000

AA Guns Modification 1

Modernization

Credits
500,000
Available module groups
10
Compatible upgrades
16
Upgrade slots
6
Published battle levels
9–11

Cross-nation comparison

Ships that fill a similar slot

Closest same-tier, same-class matches from other nations, ranked by published base statistics.

Japan

Iwami

HP
80,700
Speed
28.2 kn
Guns
22.3 km
Torps
20 km
Open comparison

Germany

Pommern

HP
81,900
Speed
31 kn
Guns
21.3 km
Torps
6 km
Open comparison

U.S.S.R.

AL Sov. Rossiya

HP
80,900
Speed
28 kn
Guns
19.4 km
Open comparison