Japanese heavy cruiser development -- Japanese naval strategy and the role of the light cruiser -- Japanese light cruiser weapons: Main guns Torpedo armament -- Heavy antiaircraft armament Light antiaircraft armament Radar -- The light cruiser classes: Tenryu class Kuma class Nagara class Sendal class Yubari class Agano class Oyodo class Katori class -- Analysis and conclusion.
Like their heavy cruiser brethren, the light cruisers built by the Imperial Japanese Navy in the build-up to WWII paid little more than lip service to the international naval treaties that were intended to keep the naval powers on a level playing field. The eight classes of light cruiser developed by the IJN were fast, well-armed, and technologically superior to the fleets the Allied powers could bring to bear.Like their heavy cruiser brethren, the light cruisers built by the Imperial Japanese Navy in the build-up to WWII paid little more than lip service to the international naval treaties that were intended to keep the naval powers on a level playing field. The eight classes of light cruiser developed by the IJN were fast, well-armed, and technologically superior to the fleets the Allied powers could bring to bear.Like their heavy cruiser brethren, the light cruisers built by the Imperial Japanese Navy in the build-up to WWII paid little more than lip service to the international naval treaties that were intended to keep the naval powers on a level playing field. The eight classes of light cruiser developed by the IJN were fast, well-armed, and technologically superior to the fleets the Allied powers could bring to bear.",,,,,"Imperial Japanese Navy Light Cruisers 1941-45"."Imperial Japanese Navy Light Cruisers 1941-45"."Imperial Japanese Navy Light Cruisers 1941-45"."Imperial Japanese Navy Light Cruisers 1941-45"."Imperial Japanese Navy Light Cruisers 1941-45"."Imperial Japanese Navy Light Cruisers 1941-45".