The ship also carried 105 Type 96 25 mm (1 in) light AA guns in 35 triple-gun mounts. These guns had an effective range of , and an effective ceiling of at an elevation of +85 degrees. The maximum effective rate of fire was only between 110 and 120 rounds per minute because of the frequent need to change the fifteen-round magazines. This was the standard Japanese light AA gun during World War II, but it suffered from severe design shortcomings that rendered it largely ineffective. According to historian Mark Stille, the weapon had many faults including an inability to "handle high-speed targets because it could not be trained or elevated fast enough by either hand or power, its sights were inadequate for high-speed targets, it possessed excessive vibration and muzzle blast"... These guns were supplemented by a dozen 28-round AA rocket launchers. Each rocket weighed and had a maximum velocity of . Their maximum range was .