Another entry, this time two preliminar design for the Myoko class heavy cruiser. the first, dating early 1923, features no torpedo armament (following Yuzuru Hiraga remarks about their dangerous placement just above the engine room), anti-aircraft suite composed of four 4.7-inch (120mm) single guns...
Here is furutaka as of 1939, after her main reconstruction: http://img11.imageshack.us/img11/3138/cafurutaka1939templatex.png That's the last drawing here, with this the furutaka class project is completed, and with it the whole IJN heavy cruiser lineage. Thanks you guys, for everyone who helped and...
just like it was before their major refit the way to distinguish the two Furutaka class ships was to look at the stram pipes setup on the fore-funnel, as Kako sported a different arrangement.
Here is furutaka as of 1941: http://img32.imageshack.us/img32/6296/cafurutaka1941templatex.png the main reconstruction was completed 2 years earlier, nearly everything was rebuilt back then, the 6 single 20mm guns where replaced by 3 twin 203mm guns, the hull bulged, superstructure and bridge comple...