I always heard uk had the worst aa in the game, which explains why what seems
like 99.9% of the players in my server don't use any aa on their uk ships.
On my first crew i was very confused myself if to class my gunners aa or keep em as
regular gunners and class them reload for regular guns to use as aa.

Eventually it turns out i made the right choice. I think the uk player community needs
to take a second look at pom gunners. i can't imagine rp10s being anywhere near to
competition to poms when it comes to taking down planes.

granted they don't have the range my km gunners have, but i have found it makes
up in other ways. once in bb4-5 poms become quite useful agaisnt scouts and
bombers..id say 70% effective if you learn your angles and positioning right,against
fighter planes for the most part id give it 45% effectiveness.

Yes i know it doesnt sound like great numbers, however this all seems to change at
bb6, i think its due to the extra 4aa gun slots we get. Poms become amazing.
effectiveness against scouts/bombers in range becomes 100% and effectiveness
against fighter planes lvl 120 becomes 95%+.

honestly i find poms to be just as if not more deadly than km guns. poms allow for a
bit more flexibility. the typical cv will change height on their fighter pilots and will
sometimes fly right on top of you in circles to make it hard to hit them. on regular aa
this is a real hassle because there is little room for mistake.

However i find with poms the travel delay of the shells actually makes it easier to kill
planes.You can hit them at the angle you are aiming for and just in case their planes
are changing to a lower height, those shells you were firing as you increased angles
are likely to hit them on the way down.

for me the magic numbers are 45-46(46prefered), 26-34,10-25 on occasion 55+ for
those on top of me.

honestly I don't understand why other uk ships don't carry poms or aa at all.
especially considering how amazing the help from cvs usually is when it comes to FC
(HAHAHA!).