"and i use my armament sailors (to be aa/dp) in the 'T' slots with torps they can run
(you might also be able to use HH .. if arms sailors can run them ? .. not sure there)"

Arms sailors and main gunners are essentially the only sailors that CAN use HH (AA gunners
cannot). And as you didn't say what tier ship you were in right now, but I do hope your
not using torps on a BB (Particularly when you have the capability to use HHs).

what i am doing on my ijn ships for leveling my aa dp gunners ... is ....

as mentioned main guns with AA shells in the other locker .. with main gunners
(so you hit 'Y' to switch between AA and Normal shells instead of 'T' and 'R')

and i use my armament sailors (to be aa/dp) in the 'T' slots with torps they can run
(you might also be able to use HH .. if arms sailors can run them ? .. not sure there)

and i carry a sonarman on CL's ...... this lets you do ASW as well as AA support duty


not sure if this is noobish or kosher but it lets me level both sets of gunners together

The CV version of the Ise isn't bad for AA too.

IMO, there isn't any options for lower levels. The earliest time you should class your AA
gunners is at B65 level for the 6 T slot broadside on there.

If this isn't your first line, another option is to carry the gunners on another line to
bring them up several levels. Typically when I started new crews, I had gunners 60+
before even rolling the supports/bo for my next line. Its somewhat tedious but makes the
lower level ships more enjoyable and always provided me with usable AA (gain xp/experts).

Arms sailors as said can use guns that carry HE/AA just switch lockers. Downside is the
reload or range is going to suffer on the D/N/L variants compared to the A variants.
Though it does offer one benefit in that you can run your AA gunners up as main gunners,
and then run your main gunners up as main gunners as well. I ended up doing this with my
two US crews and now have 4 sets of 120 gunners that can use AA or Main guns (although IJN
will eventually be classed). The real advantage of this comes when your crew stops
getting good xp on CLs/CAs. Pre-Yammy there are not many good platforms for AA on the IJN
BB line. I've tried kongo, fuso, ise and nagato... they just don't support very good AA.

"Dont class your armament sailors as AA gunners till atleast 75/85. There are a few guides
around here regarding this. "

I think he realizes this already :P

trip 6.1 with HE in your A locker then AA in your B mate. What type of role you prefer and
what room you are in will decide how much of each ammo type you want.

Also what Shira said is correct though useable means they work but are not as effective.

Dont class your armament sailors as AA gunners till atleast 75/85. There are a few guides
around here regarding this.

You can use Dual 5" D or Dual 3.9" D , those gun are "usable" for AA purpose .

those will be your main guns, you can put those on myoko/mogami easily as main guns while
having LHE/HHE equipped in your A-lockers and AA shells in your B-lockers, so you can both
AA and shoot ships

But then who do I put on my main guns...?