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Certain equipment combinations will provide a chance for an Anti-Air Cut-In (AACI) during the aerial combat. When activated, the cut-in CG (shown on the right) would appear before engaging the enemy fighters, but does not appear to affect the resulting air control state (AS+, AS, Air Parity or Denial). Although there's currently no conclusion on how it's applied onto the [http://kancolle.wikia.com/wiki/Combat#Fleet_Anti-air_Defense Fleet Anti-air Defense formula], a general consensus suggests the effectiveness scales with the AA stat ({{AA}}) of the ship triggering it.

Certain equipment combinations will provide a chance for an Anti-Air Cut-In (AACI) during the aerial combat. When activated, the cut-in CG (shown on the right) would appear before engaging the enemy fighters, but does not appear to affect the resulting air control state (AS+, AS, Air Parity or Denial). Although there's currently no conclusion on how it's applied onto the [http://kancolle.wikia.com/wiki/Combat#Fleet_Anti-air_Defense Fleet Anti-air Defense formula], a general consensus suggests the effectiveness scales with the AA stat ({{AA}}) of the ship triggering it.

'''Requirement:'''

'''<u>Requirement:</u>'''

* One of the following sets:

* One of the following sets:

** Heavy main gun{{Template:RedGunHeavy}}, Type 3 Shell {{GreenAmmo}}, AA fire director {{AntiAircraftFireDirector}}

*# <u>Heavy Main Gun</u>{{Template:RedGunHeavy}}, <u>Type 3 Shell</u> {{GreenAmmo}}, plus <u>Anti-Aircraft Fire Director</u>''' (AAFD)''' {{AntiAircraftFireDirector}}

*** Can be supplemented with an AA RADAR {{Radar}}

*#* ''Can be supplemented with an AA RADAR'' {{Radar}}

** High-angle mount (main or secondary) {{GreenGunDP}}, AA fire director {{AntiAircraftFireDirector}}

*#* Only available for BB(V)s.

*** Can be supplemented with an AA RADAR {{Radar}}

*# <u>High-Angle mount</u> ([http://kancolle.wikia.com/wiki/List_of_Main_Guns_by_stats main gun] or [http://kancolle.wikia.com/wiki/List_of_Secondary_Guns_by_stats secondary]) {{GreenGunDP}}, plus <u>'''AAFD'''</u>{{AntiAircraftFireDirector}}

** [[10cm Twin High-angle Mount + Anti-Aircraft Fire Director]], AA RADAR {{Radar}}

*#* ''Can be supplemented with an AA RADAR'' {{Radar}}

*** Can be supplemented with a second 10cm Twin High-angle Mount + Anti-Aircraft Fire Director

*#* Achievable by any surface ship.

** [[25mm Triple Autocannon Mount (Concentrated Deployment)]], [[List of Anti-Air Guns by stats|AA Gun]] {{GreenGunMG}}, AA RADAR {{Radar}}

*# [[10cm Twin High-angle Mount + Anti-Aircraft Fire Director|'''<u>10cm Twin High-angle Mount + AAFD</u>''']], plus <u>AA RADAR</u>{{Radar}}

* Akizuki has a built-in AA fire director, which allows her to trigger AACI without an AA fire director with the following setups

*#* ''Can be supplemented with another 10cm Twin High-angle Mount + AAFD''

** High-angle mount (any) {{GreenGunDP}} plus either or both:

*#* Only available for DD & CL(T).

*** RADAR (any kind) {{Radar}}

*# [[25mm Triple Autocannon Mount (Concentrated Deployment)|'''<u>25mm Triple Autocannon Mount (Concentrated Deployment)</u>''']], plus [[List of Anti-Air Guns by stats|<u>AA Gun</u>]] (any) {{GreenGunMG}} and <u>AA RADAR</u> {{Radar}}

*** High-angle mount (any) {{GreenGunDP}}

*#* ''If supplemented with AAFD (either equipment or built-in)''', '''the machine guns will not be shown on the AACI image.''

*For [[Maya|Maya Kai 2]] only:

** [[25mm Triple Autocannon Mount (Concentrated Deployment)]], High-angle mount {{GreenGunDP}}

* '''[http://kancolle.wikia.com/wiki/Akizuki Akizuki]''' has a built-in AA fire director, which allows her to trigger AACI without an AAFD with the following setup

*** Can be supplemented with an AA RADAR {{Radar}}

** <u>High-Angle mount</u> (any) {{GreenGunDP}} plus either or both:

*** ''<u>RADAR</u> (any kind)'' {{Radar}}

*** ''<u>High-Angle mount</u> (any)'' {{GreenGunDP}}

*[[Maya|Maya Kai 2]] may trigger AACI with a unique setup:

** [[25mm Triple Autocannon Mount (Concentrated Deployment)|'''<u>25mm Triple Autocannon Mount (Concentrated Deployment)</u>''']], plus <u>High-Angle mount</u> (any) {{GreenGunDP}}

*** ''Can be supplemented with an AA RADAR'' {{Radar}}

'''Effect''':

'''<u>Effect:</u>'''

* Provide an AoE blast on all the incoming enemy '''bombers''', from the ship who is triggering it.'' ([http://kancolle.wikia.com/wiki/User_blog:Reikyu/A_brief_look_at_AA_defense_and_AA_cut-in_performance source 1], [http://kankoregouchin.blog.fc2.com/blog-entry-41.html 2])''

* Provide an AoE blast on all the incoming enemy '''bombers''', from the ship who is triggering it.'' ([http://kancolle.wikia.com/wiki/User_blog:Reikyu/A_brief_look_at_AA_defense_and_AA_cut-in_performance source 1], [http://kankoregouchin.blog.fc2.com/blog-entry-41.html 2])''

'''Trigger chance''':

 

* AA stat ({{AA}}) of the ship performing the cut-in (equipment bonuses included) affects trigger rate.  The correlation seems to be about +0.4% trigger rate for every point of AA.  ''([http://kankoregouchin.blog.fc2.com/blog-entry-43.html source 1], [http://kankoregouchin.blog.fc2.com/blog-entry-41.html 2])''

'''<u>Trigger Chance:</u>'''

* Luck stat does not affect the trigger rate significantly. ''([http://kankoregouchin.blog.fc2.com/blog-entry-40.html source])''

* '''AA stat''' ({{AA}}) of the ship performing the cut-in (equipment bonuses included) affects trigger rate.  The correlation seems to be about +0.4% trigger rate for every point of AA ?  ''([http://kankoregouchin.blog.fc2.com/blog-entry-43.html source 1], [http://kankoregouchin.blog.fc2.com/blog-entry-41.html 2])''

* Air radar on CA does not increase the trigger chance on a large scale.'' ([http://kankoregouchin.blog.fc2.com/blog-entry-41.html source], require further verification)''

* '''Air radars''' provide marginal bonuses on AACI:

** It's currently unknown what (if any) innate trigger rate differences there are between other equipment setups.

** For HA + AAFD setup, Air radar on CA does not increase the trigger chance on a large scale ??.'' ([http://kankoregouchin.blog.fc2.com/blog-entry-41.html source])''

** Type 13 Air radar Kai on Akizuki (and other DDs?) increases the trigger chance by '''~10%'''. When AACI was activated, it also helps with shooting down more bombers. (''[http://kankoregouchin.blog.fc2.com/blog-entry-43.html source]'')

With an AA Cut-In from a ship with high AA stat ({{AA}}), it is possible to '''obliterate all incoming bombers''' before they inflict any damage, and even prevent opposing carriers from shelling since they have 0 bombers left.''' In PVP Exercises, opposing fleets can do AA Cut-Ins, but the animation is not shown.'''

With an AA Cut-In from a ship with high AA stat ({{AA}}), it is possible to '''obliterate all incoming bombers''' before they inflict any damage, and even prevent opposing carriers from shelling since they have 0 bombers left.''' In PVP Exercises, opposing fleets can do AA Cut-Ins, but the animation is not shown.'''