B5N1 B5N2 Dimensions: Span 15.52 m 15.52 m Length 10.30 m 10.30 m Height 3.70 m 3.70 m Wing area 37.7 m2 37.7 m2 Weights: Empty 2,106 kg 2,279 kg Loaded 3,700 kg 3,800 kg Maximum 4,015 kg 4,100 kg Wing loading 98.1 kg/m2 100.8 kg/m2 Power loading 4.8 kg/...
When Japan attacked the USA, the B5N2 had wholly replaced the B5N1 with operational units. However, with its puny defensive armament of a single machine-gun and laden with a large bomb or torpedo, the B5N began to suffer very heavily. Although the type was fully committed during the ...
The first model of the Kate was the B5N1, and it had its operational debut during the conflict in China. It was used both as a torpedo plane and as a conventional bomber. The second version was the B5N2, which began its combat career at Pearl Harbor, when 144 of these planes took pa...
Quick Build Nakajima's B5N Type 97 Carrier Attack Bomber, known by the Allies as the Kate, entered service with the Imperial Japanese Navy in 1937. The original B5N1 v... B Foster - 《Scale Aircraft Modelling》 被引量: 0发表: 2017年 加载更多 ...