H8K2 "Emily"A well defended, tough Axis bomber/transport/recon aircraft.
The Emily was capable of carrying eight 250 kilogram (550 pound) bombs or two 800 kilogram (1,764 pound) torpedoes. The transport version could carry 64 troops.
Armed with 5 20mm cannon as well as some lighter calibre guns.
Armament:Bow turret:
1 x 20 mm type 99 model 1 cannon
Dorsal Turret:
1 x 20 mm type 99 model 1 cannon
Cockpit hatch:
1 x .3 (7.7 mm) type 92 machine gun
Side hatches:
2 x .3 (7.7 mm) type 92 machine guns
Ventral hatch:
1 x .3 (7.7 mm) type 92 machine gun
Beam Blisters:
2 x 20 mm type 99 model 1 cannon
Tail Turret:
1 x .20 mm type 99 model 1 cannon
Here's a waist gun, 20mm cannon, position, without the gun:
Each crew position was armored, as were the engines and the fuel tanks were self sealing. This was one of the toughest, if not toughest, aircraft of the Pacific War.
Here's more:
Captured Japanese Kawanishi H8K2 "Emily" at Oak Harbor in
December 1945. With an endurance of 24 hours, the aircraft was one
of the best flying-boats of the war. Armed with five 20mm cannons
in powered turrets, allied fighter pilots treated the "Emily" with respect.(Photo courtesy of the National Archives)
The first use of the Emily came in March, 1942.
167 Emilys were built.
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