Description
The Type 21 Zero Fighter, which had continued to advance favorably in the early stages of the war, began to be inferior in terms of speed and firepower to the new fighter planes of the United States Army and Navy that were appearing one after another in 1945
.
Therefore, the 52 type was developed following the 32 type and 22 type, and the
wingspan was shortened from 12 m of the 21 type and 22 type to 11 m,
the cowling was redesigned, and a thrust type single exhaust pipe was installed. As a result,
the maximum speed is 565km/h, which is 25km/h faster than the 22 type.
In addition, the Type 52 was produced, replacing the 20mm machine gun in the wing with a belt-fed Type 99 Type 2 Type 4 20mm machine gun, and
having thicker main wing skins to increase the steep dive speed limit , but the Navy requested
The 52 type Otsu continued with
the 7.7mm machine gun in the nose section reinforced with a 13mm machine gun on the right side, and the
52 type C which added 13mm machine guns to the outside of the 20mm machine guns on both wings of the Otsu type.The
52 type series was developed by Nakajima and Mitsubishi. Approximately 6,000 aircraft were produced and
continued to fight until the end of the Pacific War.
[Data]
Crew: 1 person
Overall width: 11.00m
Overall length: 9.12m
Overall height: 3.51m
Complete weight: 2,733kg
Engine: Nakajima Sakae 21 type
Maximum output: 1,100 horsepower / 2,850m
Armament: 20mm gun x 2 7.7mm gun x 2
First Flight: August 1943
