Her citadel is long and has the same ‘cheek’ (the part of the bow that meets the middle belt section) weakness as other high tier Japanese battleships.

Her armor belt is 356 mm thick and will bounce all AP shells when correctly angled. Her armor is sufficient at shattering most HE shells and protects her from AP shells smaller than 461 mm in caliber when sufficiently angled. Her bow and stern are 32 mm thick and she has a 50 mm armored deck. Iwami’s hull is visibly similar to Izumo and Hizen, but with a different armor scheme. These torpedoes are best used to fire at key areas as area denial but also can be used in close quarter situations. While the launch angles are not terrible, they are more suited for launching while kiting away from enemy threats. They have average speed, bad detection, and 20,967 alpha damage. These are the same torpedoes found on Shimakaze, specifically the 20 km Type 93 torpedoes. Iwami carries eight 610 mm torpedo tubes in two quad launchers. In addition, Iwami has good gun angles, and can fire all guns without showing too much side. Her turrets have a 180-degree turn time of 33.5 seconds. This can be offset by equipping Main Battery Modification 3 bringing the reload down to 24.6 seconds However, due to having only 8 guns, her accuracy can be frustrating due to the low amount of shells per salvo. Iwami’s guns have good dispersion and a great sigma value at 2.1, meaning her shells will generally have tight groupings. Because of the overmatch on her 410 mm guns, good reload and accuracy, players should mainly fire AP at cruisers and capital ships while switching to HE for angled targets. Her HE shells have 30% fire chance and 68 mm of penetration.

Her AP shells can overmatch 27mm armor, meaning her shells will be able to penetrate the bow/stern of Tier IX cruisers. She fires the same shells found on Hizen, with decent alpha damage, good velocity, and good penetration. They have a range of 22.3 km, but does not have a spotter plane to increase the range further. Iwami carries eight 410 mm guns in four dual turrets. Her decent accuracy and good range complement the traditional sniper play style of Japanese battleships. Iwami is a premium Japanese Tier IX battleship armed with eight 410 mm guns.

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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