YT-Y22 · Original postwar technical investigation · digitised report

Japanese naval guns and mounts under 3 inches: USNTMJ O-47(N)-2

Single, twin and triple mounts; control limitations; 15-round magazines; distinction between 220-round mechanical rate and about 110-round practical rate; blast shields and inventory limitations.

Author
US Naval Technical Mission to Japan
Date
February 1946
Passage
Printed pp.1 and 11–14 / PDF pp.3 and 12–15; Type 96 25 mm gun section

What has been checked

Title, summary, contents, references and selected Type 96 pages visually inspected on 20 October 2026. Complete 95-page scan retained; SHA-256 9355138637127dd800c4762bb7d6ce1c4b7a03aebf98cf02e9338146387c256d.

How to read it

A general postwar weapon assessment, not a firing log from Yamato on 7 April. Its inventory groups Yamato and Musashi without establishing Yamato’s dated final fit. Rates and control arrangements must not be assigned indiscriminately to every mounting or moment in battle.

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