Combat envelope
Range and detection
Every bar uses the same 10 km scale. Surface detection is a visibility threshold, not a weapon range.
Ship Database
Tier V
Destroyer
Japan
Minekaze
The "large" destroyers were conceived to escort Amagi-class battlecruisers. They featured an extended forecastle, and the bridge was set well back from its break—a bank of torpedo tubes was mounted in the well thus created. The Minekaze class was the first mass-produced Japanese destroyer to be equipped with geared turbines. The lead ship was laid down...
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The "large" destroyers were conceived to escort Amagi-class battlecruisers. They featured an extended forecastle, and the bridge was set well back from its break—a bank of torpedo tubes was mounted in the well thus created. The Minekaze class was the first mass-produced Japanese destroyer to be equipped with geared turbines. The lead ship was laid down in April 1918. She escorted aircraft carrier Akagi in the 1930s and patrolled the Chinese coast during the Sino-Japanese War. Throughout World War II, the ship was engaged in patrol and escort duties in the East China Sea and Western Pacific regions.
- Credits
- 1,380,000
At a glance
The numbers that shape the ship
- Hit points
- 9,600
- Maximum speed
- 39.0 knots
- Surface detection
- 6.0 km
- Main battery range
- 8.1 km
- Main battery reload
- 10.0 s
Damage comparison
Published maximum per hit
Bars are normalized only against this ship's highest listed hit. They are not salvo damage, expected damage or DPM.
Handling, concealment and protectionOverview
Handling
- Maximum speed
- 39.0 knots
- Turning circle radius
- 550 m
- Rudder shift time
- 3.2 s
Concealment
- Surface detection
- 6.0 km
- Air detection
- 2.5 km
- Submarine detection
- 2.5 km
Survivability
- Hit points
- 9,600
- Torpedo damage reduction
- 0 %
Published armour thickness
Only positive values supplied by the API are shown.
- Overall published range
- 6–18 mm
Weapons and payloadsArmament
Surface armament
Main battery
- Maximum range
- 8.1 km
- Reload time
- 10.0 s
- Rate of fire
- 5.5 rounds/min
- 180° turn time
- 30.0 s
- Maximum dispersion
- 75 m
Shells
Damage is the API's published maximum for one shell hit.
120 mm HE Type1
HE- Maximum damage per hit
- 1,700
- Fire chance
- 7.0 %
- Muzzle velocity
- 825 m/s
- Shell mass
- 20 kg
120 mm AP Type0
AP- Maximum damage per hit
- 2,000
- Muzzle velocity
- 825 m/s
- Shell mass
- 20 kg
Gun layout
- Mount
- 120 mm/45 3rd Year Type on a Model G mount
- Mounts
- 4
- Barrels each
- 1
Automatic armament
Secondary battery
Underwater armament
Torpedoes
533 mm Type6
- Maximum range
- 7.0 km
- Maximum damage per hit
- 10,833
- Reload time
- 42 s
- Speed
- 57 knots
- Detectability
- 1.2 km
- 180° turn time
- 7.2 s
Torpedo-tube layout
- Mount
- 533 mm Twin
- Mounts
- 3
- Tubes each
- 2
Anti-aircraft defence
- Aura
- 7.7 mm/80 Type 92 on a single mount
- Calibre
- 7 mm
- Mounts
- 2
Depth charges
- Maximum damage per charge
- 4,600
- Maximum packs
- 2
- Charges per pack
- 4
- Reload time
- 40.0 s
Modules, hull and progressionTechnical data
Default hull
- Hull hit points
- 9,600
- Main-battery barrels
- 4
- Torpedo tubes
- 3
- AA mounts
- 2
Engine
- Published maximum speed
- 39.0 knots
Fire control
Module research tree
Names, research prices and defaults are reported directly by the API.
Type5 mod. 1
Default- Type
- Suo
- Purchase
- 70,000 credits
- Next modules
- 1
Type5 mod. 2
- Type
- Suo
- Research
- 1,600 XP
- Purchase
- 155,000 credits
120 mm/45 3rd Year Type on a Model G mount
Default- Type
- Artillery
- Purchase
- 105,000 credits
- Next modules
- 1
120 mm/45 3rd Year Type on a Model G mount
- Type
- Artillery
- Research
- 2,300 XP
- Purchase
- 210,000 credits
Minekaze (A)
Default- Type
- Hull
- Purchase
- 110,000 credits
- Next modules
- 1
Minekaze (B)
- Type
- Hull
- Research
- 3,300 XP
- Purchase
- 300,000 credits
- Next ships
- 1
Propulsion: 38,500 hp
Default- Type
- Engine
- Purchase
- 105,000 credits
Type 6
Default- Type
- Torpedoes
- Purchase
- 200,000 credits
Compatible upgrades
Official modernization descriptions and listed purchase prices. Effects still depend on the slot and configuration used in game.
Torpedo Tubes Modification 1
Modernization- Credits
- 500,000
Main Armaments Modification 1
Modernization- Credits
- 125,000
Aiming Systems Modification 1
Modernization- Credits
- 500,000
Main Battery Modification 2
Modernization- Credits
- 500,000
Damage Control System Modification 1
Modernization- Credits
- 250,000
Auxiliary Armaments Modification 1
Modernization- Credits
- 125,000
AA Guns Modification 1
Modernization- Credits
- 500,000
Next ships
Research costs published in this ship's official progression data.
- Ship
- Hatsuharu
- Research cost
- 34,000 XP
- Available module groups
- 10
- Compatible upgrades
- 7
- Researchable next ships
- 1
- Upgrade slots
- 3
- Published battle levels
- 5–7
Cross-nation comparison
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