Thread:Vcharng/@comment-1915363-20160205145050/@comment-68.191.49.101-20160205184157

Akizuki's 10cm HA guns were very good, and were the closest to the 5inch DP guns in the war when it came to AA capabilities. The 5inch DP guns still wins out most of the time do to being a bigger caliber, ammo having VT fuses, and being radar guided though. It also should be noted that the 10cm guns did not have ammo designed for surface engagments. While the 5inch DP guns had SP(special purpose) ammo for armor piercing, the 10cm HA guns only had AA ammo designed for it and nothing more.

However, while the 10cm HA guns were good, the IJN simply did not have guns that compared to the 40mm Bofors or the 20mm Oerlikons secoundaries. Not only did the USN secoundaries have VT fuses and were radar guided, they also had a much higher RoF, heavier rounds, were much faster at tracking aircraft, and did not have problems with elevation and heating.

The Akizuki's main advantage over the Fletchers, Sumners, and Gearings, was having a extra main 10cm HA gun turret, but it came at a price. Akizuki had a far lower number of torpedo tubs than the average DD and less DC tracks and throwers for ASW.

Akizuki was designed for one thing, and one thing only, and that was AA. It was also very good at it, but came up a little short when compared to the all purpose DDs the USA built.