Mitsubishi A6M7
GENERAL DATA |
Navy
Type 0 carrier fighter "Zero" Model 62 or 63, A6M Rei-sen,
Zeke (official Allied reporting name) |
Carrier-borne
Fighter, Dive-Bomber
|
1 |
Mitsubishi Heavy
Industries, Nakajima |
150 on total of 10939 A6M All-model
aircraft produced. |
1945 |
May 1945 |
Variants |
Sakae-31 engine. Fighter bomber. Became
available in 1945. |
Based on the A6M6 Model 53c. Had bomb under the fuselage.
Drop tanks (150 liter) were under the wings. Tail section was strengthened
for dive bombing. |
DIMENSIONS (Model 63) |
2049 kg |
2999.6kg |
11 m |
9.10 m |
3.50 m |
? m² |
? kg/m² |
|
ARMAMENT (Model 63) |
2× 20 mm Type 99-2 cannon
|
2 x125 |
3 x 13.2 mm (.51 in) Type 3 MG |
3 x 240 |
1× 7.7 mm (0.303 in) Type 97 MG |
1x 600 |
2× 60 kg bombs or 1×
250 kg bomb |
POWERPLANT (Model 63) |
1 ×
Nakajima Sakae-31a |
14 cylinder air-cooled
radial , 27.9 L |
1130
hp |
393,18 hp / ton * |
590 l (internal
wing tank), 355 l (external drop tank) or 2 x 150 L (external drop
tank)
|
(*) with Loaded Weight
PERFORMANCES (Model 63) |
542 km/h
at 6000 m |
? km/h |
? km/h |
10180 m |
15.7 m/s |
1746 km, ? km (maximum) |
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