Category:Reconnaissance Aircraft

This category contains all equipment or equipment types classified as Reconnaissance Aircraft.

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Mechanics

Able to trigger Contact.

Does not contribute Fighter-Power in Aerial Combat, and cannot be shot down during it:

• Can be shot down during Detection.

When equipped to a Land-base it:

• In Sortie mode, it can extend the minimum Combat Radius.
  • LB Land-based Reconnaissance Aircraft
    
    will additionally:
    • Add a bonus post-cap damage multiplier to all Aircraft in the base.
    • Add a bonus multiplier to the total Sortie Fighter-Power of the base.
• In Air Defense mode, adds a bonus multiplier to the total Defense Fighter-Power of the base.
• Can contribute Fighter-Power (if it has any Proficiency or ), and can be shot down.
• Cannot gain Proficiency.

Large Flying Boats have most of the properties of other "reconnaissance aircraft".

Listed by stats

• Green : Outstanding
• Yellow : Above average

Reconnaissance Seaplanes

No.	Rarity	Name	Equipment Type										Refittable Types			Notes
25	☆	Type 0 Reconnaissance Seaplane 零式水上偵察機	Reconnaissance Seaplane	0	1	1	2	5	1	0	7	5	CL (Except: Kuma Kai Ni D, Tatsuta Kai Ni, Tenryuu Kai Ni, Yuubari Kai Ni, Yuubari Kai Ni D, Yuubari Kai Ni Toku), CA, CAV, FBB, BB, BBV, SSV, AV, LHA (Only: Shinshuu Maru, Shinshuu Maru Kai), AS, CT, AO (Only: Hayasui, Hayasui Kai, Kamoi, Kamoi Kai Bo); LBAS	✔️	✔️
59	☆ ☆	Type 0 Observation Seaplane 零式水上観測機				2	4	6	2		3	6
102	☆ ☆ ☆	Type 98 Reconnaissance Seaplane (Night Recon) 九八式水上偵察機(夜偵)			0	0	1	3	1		6	8				Enables night battle contact.
115	☆ ☆	Ar196 Kai Ar196改			1	1	5	5	2		3	5		❌
118	☆ ☆ ☆ ☆	Shiun 紫雲				0	2	8	1		4	9
163	☆ ☆ ☆	Ro.43 Reconnaissance Seaplane Ro.43水偵		1	0	1		4	2	1	3	4		✔️
171		OS2U OS2U		0	1		1	6				6		❌
238		Type 0 Reconnaissance Seaplane Model 11B 零式水上偵察機11型乙		1	0		7			0	7	5
239	☆ ☆ ☆ ☆	Type 0 Reconnaissance Seaplane Model 11B (Skilled) 零式水上偵察機11型乙(熟練)		2			8	8	3						❌
304	☆ ☆	S9 Osprey S9 Osprey		0			2	4	2		3	3			✔️
370	☆ ☆ ☆ ☆	Swordfish Mk.II Kai (Reconnaissance Seaplane Model) Swordfish Mk.II改(水偵型)		1		0	6	5				5
371		Fairey Seafox Kai Fairey Seafox改		2		1	3	6		1		6
414	☆ ☆ ☆	SOC Seagull SOC Seagull		0	1	0	1	4				3		✔️
415	☆ ☆ ☆ ☆	SO3C Seamew Kai SO3C Seamew改			0	1	2	7	3	0	4	5		❌	❌
469		Type 0 Reconnaissance Seaplane Model 11B Kai (Night Recon) 零式水上偵察機11型乙改(夜偵)		1			6	5	2		7					Enables night battle contact.
471	☆ ☆ ☆	Loire 130M Loire 130M		0		0	3	3			3	9			✔️
510		Walrus Walrus					4	4	1			10			❌
515	☆ ☆ ☆ ☆	Sea Otter Sea Otter					6	5	2		4	11
521	☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆	Shiun (Skilled) 紫雲(熟練)			1		4	9		2	5	10
522	☆	Type 0 Small Reconnaissance Seaplane 零式小型水上機					1	3	0	1	3	4			✔️
523	☆ ☆ ☆	Type 0 Small Reconnaissance Seaplane (Skilled) 零式小型水上機(熟練)					2	4	1	2					❌
538	☆ ☆ ☆ ☆	Loire 130M Kai (Skilled) Loire 130M改(熟練)		2	0		5	5	3	0		9
539		SOC Seagull Late Model (Skilled) SOC Seagull 後期型(熟練)		0	2		3	7		2	4	3			✔️
540	☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆	Type 0 Reconnaissance Seaplane Model 11A Kai 2 零式水上偵察機11型甲改二		1	0	1	4			0	7	5			❌
No.	Rarity	Name	Equipment Type										Refittable Types			Notes

Carrier-based Reconnaissance Aircraft

No.	Rarity	Name	Equipment Type										Refittable Types			Notes
54	☆ ☆ ☆	Saiun 彩雲	Carrier-based Reconnaissance Aircraft	0	0	0	0	9	2	0	8	9	CVL (Except: Kasuga Maru, Shinyou, Shinyou Kai, Taiyou, Taiyou Kai, Unyou, Unyou Kai, Yawata Maru), BBV (Only: Hyuuga Kai Ni, Ise Kai Ni), CV, CVB; LBAS	✔️	❌	Prevents T-cross disadvantage.
61	☆ ☆	Type 2 Reconnaissance Aircraft 二式艦上偵察機				1		7	3		5	6			✔️
212	☆ ☆ ☆ ☆	Saiun (Eastern Caroline Air Group) 彩雲(東カロリン空)		1		0		10	2		8	9		❌	❌	Prevents T-cross disadvantage.
273		Saiun (4th Recon Squad) 彩雲(偵四)		0		2					7
423	☆ ☆ ☆	Fulmar (Reconnaissance Fighter/Skilled) Fulmar(戦闘偵察/熟練)		2		4	3	4	3	3	4	4
543		SBD VS-2 (Reconnaissance Squadron) SBD VS-2(偵察飛行隊)			6	2	5	6				5			✔️
151	☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆	Prototype Keiun (Carrier-based Reconnaissance Model) 試製景雲(艦偵型)	Carrier-based Reconnaissance Aircraft (II)		0	0	0	11	2	0	8	12	CVB; LBAS
No.	Rarity	Name	Equipment Type										Refittable Types			Notes

Land-based Reconnaissance Aircraft

No.	Rarity	Name	Equipment Type							Refittable Types			Notes
311	☆ ☆	Type 2 Land-based Reconnaissance Aircraft 二式陸上偵察機	Land-based Reconnaissance Aircraft	3	8	0	2	8	7	LBAS	❌	❌
312	☆ ☆ ☆	Type 2 Land-based Reconnaissance Aircraft (Skilled) 二式陸上偵察機(熟練)			9	1	3	9
480		Mosquito PR Mk.IV Mosquito PR Mk.IV		0		2	2		13
No.	Rarity	Name	Equipment Type							Refittable Types			Notes