Author Topic: Ki-43IIa And/Or Ki-43 IIIb (Read 580 times)

Yoshimbo · « **on:** July 15, 2006, 09:00:11 PM »

Booyakacha...

Performance
Maximum speed: 530 km/h (329 mph) at 4,000 m (13,125 ft)
Range: 1,760 km (1,095 mi) combat; 3,200 km (1,990 mi) ferry
Service ceiling: 11,200 m (36,750 ft)
Rate of climb: 16.5 m/s (3,240 ft/min)

Armament
IIa = 2x12.7mm MGs + 500kg o' boom
IIIb was armed with 20mm cannons instead of MGs

and it could carry 2 drop tanks

this is the IIa, still looking for a IIIb pic

we NEEEEED these at the very least the IIa! it had 13mm of aromr to protect pilot , self sealing fuel tanks, and a 2speed supercharger:D

Rino · « **Reply #1 on:** July 15, 2006, 09:18:58 PM »

Twin fifties means you better not pick a fight. If you shoot someone
you'll just make em mad..and it's not like you can run away

Karnak · « **Reply #2 on:** July 15, 2006, 11:41:30 PM »

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Originally posted by Rino
Twin fifties means you better not pick a fight. If you shoot someone
you'll just make em mad..and it's not like you can run away

But it will out turn the A6M2.

Also, I have shot down an F4F-4 using just the two 7.7mm machine guns on the A6M2 in AH.

I watched it take off so I know there was no other damage. I was out of cannon ammo. It was not a pilot kill and it didn't crash into the ground before I shot its tail off.

Rino · « **Reply #3 on:** July 15, 2006, 11:55:51 PM »

Not saying you can't get kills in the Oscar, but it's definitely a one
trick pony and will be a most frustrating ride in the MA at least.

Saxman · « **Reply #4 on:** July 16, 2006, 12:40:22 AM »

But you probably had to empty those peashooters to do it, too.

Krusty · « **Reply #5 on:** July 16, 2006, 02:20:29 AM »

that's probably how it was in real life too. Against the I-153s and such, and anything the Chinese had at the time, 2x 12.7mm were quite lethal. Also consider that many Italian rides had the same armament. Its a throwback from pre-war times.

In AH it would suck. 4x 50cal are adequate. The wildcat and mustang in AH have proven that. 2x 50cal are just banging your head against a concrete slab. The C202, SBD, TBM, and 109-without-cannon-rounds-left have proven that.

Karnak · « **Reply #6 on:** July 16, 2006, 03:50:03 AM »

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Originally posted by Saxman
But you probably had to empty those peashooters to do it, too.

Nah, I had enough to have taken two more F4F-4s down. It has a lot of ammo and I was glued to his tail.

Karnak · « **Reply #7 on:** July 16, 2006, 01:31:15 PM »

Another thing, we don't need the Ki-43 for the MA. We need it for scenarios and the AvA.

The Ki-44-II-Otsu would be better for the MA and it has the minimum effective armament of four 12.7mm machine guns.

ujustdied · « **Reply #8 on:** July 16, 2006, 02:42:05 PM »

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