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Originally Posted by tater
Anyone have a clue why even the stock Y gun only shoots in 1 direction? Ain't much of a "Y" is it, more like a "/" gun.
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I believe that would make them a "K" gun, actually - I did find the following on Wikipedia, for what it's worth (not much sometimes, but this does comport with what I remember reading somewhere else before, a long time ago):
The main disadvantage of the Y-gun is that it must be mounted on the centerline of a ship's deck, which may otherwise be occupied by superstructure, masts, or gun turrets. The K-gun, made standard in 1942, replaced the Y-gun as the primary depth charge projector. K-guns could be mounted on the periphery of a ship's deck, thus freeing up valuable centerline space.
I don't think that piece was focused on IJN DC throwers, but I suspect they may have reached the same conclusions as the Allied navies on this point.
Makes me think - when you added your supposedly "Y" guns, did you put then on the centerline with unobstructed firing arcs to both sides? If not, maybe that could explain why they only fired in one direction?