page_title: San Shiki (anti-aircraft shell)
hierarchical_section_title: San Shiki (anti-aircraft shell)
caption_attribution_description: English: IJN 46cm Type 3 Incendiary Shrapnel Shell (Sanshikidan) 日本語: 三式弾、大日本帝国海軍
context_page_description: Sanshikidan was a form of ammunition: a World War II-era combined shrapnel and incendiary anti-aircraft round used by the Imperial Japanese Navy. The type of layered construction of the warheads were generically referred to as Beehive rounds. The shells were intended to put up a barrage of flame that any aircraft attempting to attack would have to navigate through. However, U.S. pilots considered these shells to be more of a pyrotechnics display than a competent anti-aircraft weapon.
  The Sanshiki anti-aircraft shell was designed for several gun calibers, including the 46 cm guns of the Yamato-class battleships.
context_section_description: Sanshikidan (三式弾, "type 3 shell") was a form of ammunition: a World War II-era combined shrapnel and incendiary anti-aircraft round  used by the Imperial Japanese Navy. The type of layered construction of the warheads were generically referred to as Beehive rounds. The shells were intended to put up a barrage of flame that any aircraft attempting to attack would have to navigate through. However, U.S. pilots considered these shells to be more of a pyrotechnics display than a competent anti-aircraft weapon.
  The Sanshiki anti-aircraft shell was designed for several gun calibers, including the 46 cm (18.1-inch) guns of the Yamato-class battleships.
caption: A 46cm Sanshiki shell displayed at the Yamato Museum.
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