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10cm Twin High-angle Gun Mount
No.3 10cm連装高角砲
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Coastal Defense Ship | Destroyer |
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Heavy Cruiser | Training Cruiser |
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Introduction
防空型駆逐艦の主砲です。画期的な長砲身半自動装填砲を動力砲塔に備えた「長10cm」と呼ばれた新型の防空用高角砲で、「秋月」型駆逐艦に搭載されました。複雑な構造のため量産には不向きでしたが、敵機の跳梁を抑える艦隊防空の切り札の一つです。
Main weapon for AA destroyers. The groundbreaking long-barrel semi-automatic loaded gun mounted on turret, popularly known as "Long 10 cm", equipped on Akizuki-class destroyers. Its complex structure made it difficult to mass-produce, but it's a silver bullet against enemy aircraft.
Notes
Buildable
- Not to be confused with the 10cm Twin High-angle Gun Mount (Carriage).
Trivia
One of Japan's relatively successful anti-air weapon, being equipped on carrier Taihou, light cruiser Ooyodo and Akizuki-class destroyers (the illustration shows the turret-mounted variant seen on Akizuki-class; Ooyodo and Taihou were equipped with carriage-mounted ones). Both muzzle velocity and operating speed were increased significantly compared to traditional destroyer guns, making it more effective against enemy aircraft. Its anti-surface ability was not as high due to accuracy and ammunition mass but in-game it has the same firepower stat as the twin 12.7 cm. Although the gun proved effective, the IJN's anti-air ability still lagged behind as the anti-air fire control device was outdated.
It is easily accessible in-game as most destroyers carry it as stock equipment upon remodel; Chief Developer Kensuke Tanaka once regretted that this weapon "was deployed rather too early, even before the Akizuki-class appeared in-game" in an interview.[1]