A6M

A6M."ZEKE"Mitsubishi TypeZero Carrier-born Fighter

Last up date Aug,6.1996

OUTLINE
CHARACTERISTIC
DATA
WING_types
PRODUCTION NUMBER
DETAILS...color,etc.
From curator

*** OUTLINE ***

ZeroFighter is the airplane that was produced most frequently in Japan during the general condition Pacific War. It was used with front to an end of the war from a pearl harbor attack before. "Zeke" is although it pronounces with "zero-sen" in Japan at present. However,it is "reishiki-kanjo-sentohki" or "rei-sen" officially.

*** CHARACTERISTIC ***

Advantage

Zero is the performance peculiar to limit with 1,000 horsepower engines.
The manoeuvrability that should be surprised.
Extremely fine operation nature.
Longlong range.
High operation rate.
It has 20 mm machine gun equipment.

Disadvantage.

The body strength is not moderate it due to weight reduction.
The proof against bullets device is meager.
It has turned into old fashioned in late of the war which fighters of 2,000 horsepower class has increased.

Performance comparison with P-51D. *** DATA ***

Data	A6M2 model_11	A6M2b model_21	A6M2-N "Rufe"	A6M3 model_32	A6M3,a model_22	A6M5,a,b model_52	A6M5c model_52hei	A6M7 model_63	A6M8 model_64(54)
Official adoption	7/1939	12/1940	7/1942	4/1942	1/1943	8/1943	10/1944	5/1945	7/1945
Wingspan(m)	12.00	12.00	12.00	11.00	12.00	11.00	11.00	11.00	11.00
Length(m)	9.050	"	10.131	9.060	"	9.121	"	"	"
Hight(m)	3.525	"	4.305	3.570	"	"	"	"	"
Wing area(m^2)	22.44	"	"	21.54	22.44	21.30	"	"	"
Weight(kg) empty full equipment	1695 2,338	1,745 2,421	1,921 2,460	1,807 2,535	1,863 2,679	1,894 2,743	2,155 3,150	2,050 3,000	2,150 3,150
Engine Power(hp)	"sakae"-12 940	"	"	"sakae"-21 1,130	"	"	" "	"sakae"-31or"koh" "	"kinsei"-62 1,500
Fuel(l) (octan)	518+330 92	"	518+325 "	470+330 "	570+330 "	570+320 "	500+300 91	" "	650+300 "
Speed(kt/m) maximum cruising landing	288/4550 160-180 60	" 180/4,700 "	235/4,300 160 "	294/6,000 - -	292/6,000 200/4,180 -	305/6,000 200 63.5	292/6,000 200/4,180 68.5	293/6,000 200 73	309/6,000 200/4,000 74.5
takeoff run distance(m)	198	"	-	187	-	179	248	-	200
climb(min-sec/m)	7-27/6,000	5-50/5,000	6-43/5,000	7-19/6,000	-	7-1/6,000	5-40/5,000	9-58/8,000	6-50/6,000
Range(km)	-	3,350	1,778	2,380	3,300?	1,920?	3,420	2,960	-
practical use Ceiling(m)	10,800	10,300	9,700	11,050	"	11,740	11,050	10,180	10,780
Armaments(mmx*) bomb(kg)	7.7x2,20x2 30/60X2	" "	" "	" "	" "	A6M5b7.7x1,13.x1,20x2 "	13x3,20x2 30x4/60x2	" 250/500x1/30x4/60x2	" "
Others		Revolution [Radius(m)/(sec)] usual=186/9.33, quick=341/5.62

*** WING_types ***

A6M1:prototype A6M2a:Model_11 A6M2-N:Type2 Float Fighter "RUFE" (with starboard wing) A6M2b:Model_21 A6M3,a:Model_22	Wing span=12m
A6M3:Model_32 "HAMP"	Wing span=11m
A6M5,a,b,c:Model_52 A6M6c:Model_53 A6M7:Model_63 A6M8:Model_64(54)	Wing span=11m

*** PRODUCTION NUMBER ***

: "ZERO-FIGHTER"was manufactured by Mitsubishi and Nakajima industry.; The numbers of finished "ZERO-FIGHTERS" are Mitsubishi=3,842 Nakajima=6,572. (without 517 of training model)

	Mitsubishi	Nakajima
A6M1:Prototype	2	0
A6M2a:Model_11	64	0
A6M2b:Model_21	740	2628
A6M2-N:Type2 Float Fighter "RUFE"	0	327
A6M3:Model_32 A6M3,a:Model_22	343 560	0
A6M5a,b,c:Model_52 A6M7:Model_63	2130	3573
A6M6c:Model_53	1	0
A6M8c:Model_64(54)	2	0

** I SUSPECT THIS NUMBERS ARE NOT ACCURATE. UNDER INVESTIGATION. **

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