Type 3 Shell

	[Edit] Type 3 Shell No.35 三式弾
	Anti-Aircraft Shell Effects: +5; Provides bonuses against installations Scrap value: 9 6 3 (Buildable)
	Refittable Ship Types
Fast Battleship	Battleship
Aviation Battleship	Standard Aircraft Carrier
Armored Carrier	Light Carrier
Heavy Cruiser	Aviation Cruiser
Light Cruiser	Torpedo Cruiser
Training Cruiser	Destroyer
Coastal Defense Ship	Submarine
Aircraft Carrying Submarine	Seaplane Tender
Fleet Oiler	Submarine Tender
Repair Ship	Amphibious Assault Ship

Introduction

戦艦の主砲から放たれる対空用特殊砲弾。
榴散弾の一種で、大量の子弾が爆散、敵を編隊ごと一網打尽に殲滅することが可能。
戦艦主砲の射撃装置の問題で命中率が低いのが難点だが、艦隊の防空力を大きく高めます。
戦艦・航空戦艦・重巡洋艦が使用可能。

A special kind of main battery shell used by battleships that is specifically used as an anti-air weapon.
The shrapnel, when ejected from the bullet in large quantities, potentially encases and then annihilates all enemy planes in formation.
The questionable accuracy rate of the firing mechanism of the main battery of battleships is the only weakness, but this is traded for the immense AA firepower boost.
Can be deployed on battleships, aviation battleships, and heavy cruisers.

Mechanics

AA Shells are mainly used for an Anti-Installation role, notably dealing great damages to "Soft-Skinned Installations".

They also provide some minor Anti-Air boost, and are required to trigger some AACI.
The can be equipped in the RE of FBB, BB, BBV, CA, and CAV.

Notes

How To Obtain

Buildable:

Best craft recipe	10	90	60	30	Kongou-classSecretary: Kongou-class Kongou-class

Stock equipment of: Haruna Kai Ni, Hiei Kai Ni

From quest: B40, B129 (x2, choice), B171 (x2, choice)

From limited-time quest: 21Su LB1 (choice), 20WiB1 (choice), 20WiB2 (x2, choice), 20WiD1 (choice)

Event reward for:

Summer 2023 Event E-6: Casual Choice

Uses

Used to improve: Type 3 Shell, Type 3 Shell Kai, Type 3 Shell Kai Ni

Used by quest: Fm3

Updates History

2013-04-23: Implemented with initial game release
2019-02-22: Visible bonuses added
2019-02-27: Became improvable and upgradeable to Type 3 Shell Kai
2023-07-07: Became equippable in the RE of all FBB, BB, BBV, CA, CAV
2024-12-03: Icon changed

Fit Bonuses

Type 3 Shell Equipment Bonuses
Ship	Extra Requirement				Note
Kongou Kai Ni /C Hiei Kai Ni C Kirishima Kai Ni C	(1st equipped)	+1	+1		One-time
Haruna Kai Ni /B/C	(1st equipped)		+1	+1	One-time
Kirishima Kai Ni	(1st equipped)	+1			One-time
Hiei Kai Ni	(1st equipped)		+1		One-time

Improvement

Type 3 Shell
Improvement			→	Conversion
★ Improvement Level	0~5	6~9		Type 3 Shell Kai
Consumed	7/8	8/10		10/16
Consumed	4/4	5/7		8/10
Equipment Consumed	-
Items Consumed	-
Resources	50 120 210 170

Ship Helper	Conversion
Kongou/Kai/Ni/C	Type 3 Shell Kai
Mon		Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat	Sun

Hiei/Kai/Ni
Mon		Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat	Sun

Hiei Kai Ni C
Mon		Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat	Sun

Haruna/Kai
Mon		Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat	Sun

Haruna Kai Ni/B/C
Mon		Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat	Sun

Kirishima/Kai/Ni/C
Mon		Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat	Sun

Improvement effects
	1★	2★	3★	4★	5★	6★	7★	8★	9★	Max★
	1.00	1.41	1.73	2.00	2.23	2.44	2.64	2.82	3.00	3.16
	1.00	1.41	1.73	2.00	2.23	2.44	2.64	2.82	3.00	3.16
Day	1.00	1.41	1.73	2.00	2.23	2.44	2.64	2.82	3.00	3.16
Night	1.30	1.84	2.25	2.60	2.91	3.18	3.44	3.68	3.90	4.11

Trivia

The Sanshiki (San-shiki or sanshiki-dan, lit. "type 3 shell") anti-aircraft shell, also known as "Beehives", was designed for several gun calibers, from the 12.7 cm to the 46.0 cm guns of the Yamato-class battleships.

The round was equipped with a delay fuse set before firing that detonated the shell at the set altitude; on explosion, the steel stays and the incendiary tubes were ejected in a cone, with the shell fragments from the explosion itself further increasing the amount of debris, in which the explosion of the shell deals heavy damage to incoming aircraft.

However, since it used the battleship's main gun, the low rate of fire means the battleship is vulnerable for a period of time, but it does increase the AA stat of the ship.