Kitakaze's torpedoes are a useful tool to have in combination with her main battery firepower. However, this launcher has a very long reload time - more than two and a half minutes - reducible to a little over 2 minutes: still a very long reload. With her Torpedo Reload Booster active, she can put twelve fish in the water during a short period of time. Kitakaze has a sextuple torpedo launcher. However, all Japanese 100mm HE shells have 30mm base penetration without IFHE, and 37mm with it. Normally, a 100mm HE shell would not be capable of penetrating more than 17mm of armor without the Inertia Fuse for HE Shells skill. This reload can be further lowered by selecting upgrades and skills - to 2.5 seconds (excluding the effects of Adrenalin Rush). These guns provide most of her offensive firepower, especially considering their blistering three second base reload. Kitakaze has four main gun turrets, each with two guns for a total of eight 100mm rifles. Players who enjoyed Akizuki should feel right at home. She improves on Akizuki's speed, maneuverability, torpedo launchers, concealment, and adds access to the Tier IX upgrade slot. In many ways, Kitakaze is comparable to her predecessor, Akizuki, and a straight upgrade in most regards.

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