Kita fails because of bad gun angles (you can't fire straight ahead or behind you). Also
not enough ammo storage for those times when there is lots of aerial food. That is why
you seldom see Kita AAW boats.

bestest thing is use
Kitakami AA.

put 3.69`.
fast reload

Hazelkai is right, the only really viable IJN AAW config is Myoko/Mog with 6.1A trips.
They do clear the sky and are a load of fun. Except at close range. Put your main
gunners at T-slots with hedgehogs.

I have tried IJN AAW config in Kita (fail because of firing angles) and Asama (4 x 4.7 is
not enough firepower).
The 3.9 twins have great spammability but the range is too short.
The 5.0 twins have better firepower but range is WAY too short.

@Michaelius: 6.1N fail for AAW because of (1) weight and (2) they blockshot and (3)
slightly longer reload. Blocking is fun for sinking DD/CL but 15 x 6" bullets does not
make much of a dent in GB and makes for difficult AA?g (not enough spread).

Well I must say that those after patch 6.1A triples are more than impressive and I can put
bunch of lvl 80 sailors into myoko with them. I remember using 6.1 Ns prepatch and they
were nowhere near close to that AA firepower.

Altrough removal of anti-ship ammo hurts.

Forget about the Asama, 4.7 and the 5 duals.

Put some 6.1A triple on your mog cl/ca or myoko and rape the sky. I killed way more planes
with this setup than I ever will with 4.7 or any other AA capable guns(Yamato/SY w/ 4.7 is
the only exception).

The reload is longer but all you need is one hit to kill most t1/t2 planes and sometime
you will shoot down a whole group with just one salvo. It has the same range and golden
angle as the 4.7 after buff and the only transitional adjustment you need is to get the
timing/target lead right since the reload is slower.

How are the 5/40 dual turrets after all the patches?

I wonder about putting them on Asama since 4,7s lack stopping power at that level.

I hadn't realized this, but I saw the ultimate IJN AAW ship: Amagi. Amagi has 12 x
trip6.1a (that is 6 guns per side). Eighteen 6.1" aa bullets per salvo. I would guess
that your DP gunners would be at the reload cap by the time you reach Amagi level.

Downside: you'd need to shoot down lots of planes to earn the repair credits.

Downside 2: You need a high level crew.

Downside 3: I suppose that your teammates would not be pleased with a bb6
equipped as AAW.

(p.s. this comment is tongue-in-cheek - no flames please)

very nice guid. well done. i did know somethings but not all ty.

@Sintri - I tried out the 3.9 on my Kita and they were a lot of fun. With lvl 83 dp
gunners it was like shooting a machine gun. With HE bullets loaded I actually sunk a
couple of hapless dd. Lots of fun. I'll experiment more with this.

For those guns, pretty much only the Mog CL/CA and Myoko'll carry em. The
firepower for the most part can be overlooked when you get a decent enough
spread since you'll be one shotting them with the 4.7s sooner or later plus you'll
have a faster reload for multiple engagements.

The IJN for the most part lacks a low end end of the line AA ship. Akitsuki/kai,
Tsuikikei, Tatsu/Yubari to some extent, Shinshumaru, are pretty much the only
availiable low end AA ships. Mog, Moyko, Kita to some extent, Asama if you have
one, are all somewhat servicable AA ships. But all of them pretty much pales in
comparison to the Yamato/Super Yamato, followed by the Asama, followed by the
B65. Course the catch with those is, you'll need to shoot other ships and not just
planes.

Hence you're stuck with the Mog,Myoko, Asama, and Kita. None of them are really
spectacular AA ships, but they are servicable. There are some notes that you should
watch out for while in each of those ships but don't suppose they're too hard to
figure out plus don't really want to impose.

Poste note:
Possibly the greatest thing about the Yamato/Super isn't really directly the fact that
it has 8 gun broadsides, but rather how they're arranged. The continous fire mode
that results from it is probably the nicest thing you'll see in game.