San-Shiki Dan ( Type 3 Normal Shell ) is used at large caliber gun for AA to shoot down aircraft 10 thousand yards away , some IJN captain like to use this . It's very hard to hit enemy aircraft 10 Km away without radar support . And it use 20- 25mm incendy projectile in large caliber shell , even hit , it doesn't deal enough damege to armored plane . As American pilots said "seems like firework" . Some shot this at ship or land target , it cause serious fire , but no direct damege to structure .
Type 3 shell used in limited gun . Gunlist : 25mm incendy 3X18.1"/45 Type 94 Yamato Gun 2X16.1"/45 Type 3 Nagato Gun 2X14"/45 Type 41 Ise/Fuso/Kongo Gun 20mm incendy 2X8"/50 Type 3 Mogami(CA) Gun 5"/50 Type 3 Destroyers Main Gun 5"/40 Type 89 High Angle AA Gun
But this will be intresting if IJN have those Type 3 shell . In BB/CA maingun , it can shot at aircraft far away , but you must give up AP or HE shell . In 5" , It become another AA shell choice .
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