Designation | Dates | Speed / Range | Guns / Bomb Load | Notes | |
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Interceptors | |||||
A4M "Claude" | 1937-1942 | 270 mph | 2- 77.mm 2- 66 lb | fixed landing gear, open cockpit 1,100 built | |
A6M "Zeke" (Zero) | 1941-1945 | 332 mph | 2- 20mm; 2- 7.7mm 2- 132 lb | 10,450 built | |
Best performing fighter of any country in early WW2, but vulnerable. Continually upgraded, but the design was dated by 1944. | |||||
Japanese Army Fighters | |||||
Ki-27 "Nate" | 1938-1943 | 290 mph | 2-.30 | Similar to Claude, 3,400 built | |
Ki-61 "Tony" | 1943-1945 | 348 mph | 2-.50, 2- 20mm; 2- 550 lb | Similar to Bf-109, 2,750 built | |
Dive Bombers | |||||
D1A "Susie" | 1934-1940 | 193 mph 580 mile | 3- 7.7 mm 1- 550 lb or 2- 66 lb | biplane, open, fixed | |
D3A "Val" | 1940-1945 | 267 mph 900 miles | 3- 7.7 mm 1- 550 lb, 2- 132 lb | fixed landing gear | |
D4Y "Judy" | 1943-1945 | 343 mph 2,417 mile | 2- 7.7mm, 1- 7.9mm
1- 1,100 lb, 2- 66 lb | 2,000+ built | |
Torpedo Bombers | |||||
B2M "none" | 1932-1940 | 132 mph | 2- 7.7mm,; 1- 17.7" torpedo or 1,070 lb of bombs | biplane, open cockpit | |
B4Y "Jean" | 1934-1940 | 173 mph | 1- 7.7mm; 1- 17.7" torpedo or 1100 lb of bombs; | biplane, open cockpit | |
B5M "Mabel" | 1937-1942 | 237 mph 1,400 miles | 1- 7.7mm; 1- 17.7 torpedo or 1,764 lbs | fixed landing gear | |
B5N "Kate" | 1938-1944 | 235 mph 1,237 miles | 1- 7.7mm; 1- 17.7" torpedo or 1,400 lbs | 1,150 built | |
B6N "Jill" | 1943-1945 | 299 mph 1,890 mile | 2- 7.7mm; 1- 17.7" torpedo or 1,764 lbs | 1,130 built |