"Keith Willshaw" writes:

From
http://www.warships1.com/Weapons/WNJAP_18-45_t94.htm

"As were most Japanese warships, the Yamato and Musashi were provided with a
special anti-aircraft incendiary shrapnel shell officially designated as
"Type 3 Common" but nicknamed "San Shiki" (The Beehive). This round weighed

Correction to the quoted part: `san shiki' is merely Japanese for Type
3, the short form of the name of the shell. I could't find out what
the nickname was in Japanese, but beehive is `mitsuhachi no su', not
very catchy. In the past, `beehive' was also known as `hankyujo'
(lit. 'hemisphere-shape'), which sounds a lot more likely. Anyone
else know for sure ?

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G Hassenpflug * IJN & JMSDF equipment/history fan