
Whilst most ships are from the Imperial Japanese Navy, the lineup will also consist of more modern ships from the post-war Japanese Self-Defense Marine Forces. Sadly enough, Yugumo sank during the battles around the Solomon Islands, but perhaps you’ll do better this time around. It is equipped with eight torpedo tubes in two traversable quad-turrets mounted at the center of the ship. The light cruiser Agana was vital in the evacuation of Japanese forces from Guadalcanal whilst the destroyer Yugumo escorted Admiral Nagumo’s strike force against Midway.

If you haven’t, well, they’re quite spectacular. If you have good knowledge of the participants in World War II, you’ll be able to recognize some of the names of these ships.

The initial lineup of Japanese ships will include more than twenty ships, all ranging from torpedo to gunboats, from destroys to cruisers. The beta testing of the initial lineup of the Japanese ships will begin at the end of May, with the next major content update of War Thunder. Gaijin Entertainment has announced that the Japanese Navy will be joining War Thunder as the fifth Naval Forces vehicle tree.
