Editing Japanese battleship Musashi (section)

===Armament===
[[File:Musashi-colorized.jpg|left|thumb|''Musashi'' firing her [[46 cm/45 Type 94 naval gun|46 cm guns]] on sea trials off the Iyonada Strait near [[Ōita Prefecture|Ōita]], July 26 1942.]]
[[File:Musashi bow view.png|thumb|''Musashi'', August 1942, seen from the bow]]
''Musashi''{{'}}s [[main battery]] consisted of nine 45-[[caliber (artillery)|calibre]] [[40 cm/45 Type 94|460-milliimetre Type 94]] guns mounted in three triple gun turrets, numbered from front to rear. The guns had a rate of fire of 1.5 to 2 rounds per minute.<ref name=c8>Sturton, p. 178</ref> The ship's [[secondary armament|secondary battery]] consisted of twelve 60-calibre [[15.5 cm/60 3rd Year Type naval gun|155-millimetre 3rd Year Type guns]] mounted in four triple turrets, one each fore and aft of the [[superstructure]] and one on each side [[amidships]]. These had become available once the ''Mogami''-class cruisers were rearmed with [[20 cm/50 3rd Year Type naval gun|{{convert|200|mm|adj=on}}]] guns.<ref>Garzke & Dulin, pp. 91–92</ref> Heavy [[anti-aircraft warfare|anti-aircraft defence]] was provided by a dozen 40-calibre [[  12.7 cm/40 Type 89 naval gun|127-millimetre (5&nbsp;in) Type 89]] [[dual-purpose gun]]s in six twin turrets, three on each side of the superstructure. ''Musashi'' also carried thirty-six [[Type 96 25 mm AT/AA Gun|25-millimetre (1&nbsp;in) Type 96]] light [[Anti-aircraft gun|anti-aircraft (AA) guns]] in 12 triple-gun mounts, all mounted on the superstructure.<ref name=s20>Skulski, p. 20</ref> The ship was also provided with two twin mounts for the [[licence-built]] [[13.2 mm Hotchkiss machine gun|{{convert|13.2|mm|adj=on}} Type 93]] anti-aircraft [[machine gun]]s, one on each side of the [[bridge (nautical)|bridge]].<ref name=c8/>

While the ship was under repair in April 1944, the two 155&nbsp;mm [[wing turret]]s were removed and replaced with three triple 25&nbsp;mm gun mounts each. A total of sixteen triple 25&nbsp;mm mounts and twenty-five single mounts were added at that time, giving the ship a light AA armament of 115 guns.<ref name=cfrecord/>