Bomb-load: 800 kg of bombs or one 800 kg torpedo.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 load...
Codenamed Kate by the Allies, the Nakajima B5N was already in service for four years by 1941, and was the most modern carrier-based torpedo bomber at the beginning of WWII. It was superior to its Allied counterparts, the TBD Devastator, Fairey Swordfish and Fairey Albacore, and the B5N ...
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...