Prototype 15cm Nonuple ASW Rocket Launcher

Prototype 15cm Nonuple ASW Rocket Launcher No.288 試製15cm9連装対潜噴進砲
Depth Charge Effects: +1 +15 Scrap Value: 9 3 2
Development
Craftable	Improvable
Refittable Class
Coastal Defense Ship	Destroyer
Light Cruiser	Torpedo Cruiser
Heavy Cruiser	Aviation Cruiser
Battleship	Aviation Battleship
Fast Battleship	Light Carrier
Standard Carrier	Armored Carrier
Seaplane Tender	Submarine Tender
Submarine	Submarine Carrier
Repair Ship	Training Cruiser
Fleet Oiler	Amphibious Assault Ship
Special Restrictions
CVL: Taiyou Kai and Taiyou Kai Ni only. AV: AV excluding Commandant Teste.

Introduction

爆雷投下軌条は艦の後方、従来型の三式爆雷投射機は艦の舷側方向に爆雷を投射可能でしたが、艦首方向にも爆雷を投射可能な新対潜装備が本噴進爆雷砲です。
まだ、試作段階で欧米の同種兵装に比べて発展途上ではありますが、和製ヘッジホッグに発展する可能性もあった兵装です。

Depth charge launchers on ships' sterns and existing Type 3 depth charge projectors could throw depth charges to the sides of a ship, but this rocket launcher could throw depth charges ahead of the ship's bow as well.
This system was still a mere prototype in comparison to Western developments of similar weaponry, but it had the potential to become something akin to a Japanese-made Hedgehog.