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Offline Zacherof

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A5?
« on: April 09, 2013, 12:55:28 AM »
Who doesn't want that little jap plane!
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Offline Zacherof

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Re: A5?
« Reply #1 on: April 09, 2013, 12:59:29 AM »
The "Nate" I believed it was called
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Offline HighTone

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Re: A5?
« Reply #2 on: April 09, 2013, 07:12:16 AM »
The Ki-27 was the nate. The A5M was the Claude.
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Offline TOMCAT21

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Re: A5?
« Reply #3 on: April 09, 2013, 07:13:57 AM »
Anyone got pics of it to post ?
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Offline Saxman

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Re: A5?
« Reply #4 on: April 09, 2013, 07:23:39 AM »
A5M and Ki-27 would both be nice additions to round out the early-war Japanese fighter roster, especially for a Flying Tigers scenario (would need the G3M for that on the bomber side, as well).
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Offline tmetal

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Re: A5?
« Reply #5 on: April 09, 2013, 02:49:32 PM »
For tomcat
Astheticly, the A5M is a smaller plane and the Ki-27 has a closed cockpit

A5M


Ki-27
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Offline SmokinLoon

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Re: A5?
« Reply #6 on: April 09, 2013, 02:51:58 PM »
A Japanese I-16.   :D 
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Offline tmetal

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Re: A5?
« Reply #7 on: April 10, 2013, 02:56:33 PM »
If my fuzzy memory serves correctly, the I-16 was faster than both and even with the lighter gun package option offered in AH the I-16 can hit harder than both too.  Still, both the A5m and the Ki-27 dominated the opposition during the sino-japanese war, china just didn't have anything as modern or as capable during that time frame. 
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Offline Arlo

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Re: A5?
« Reply #8 on: April 10, 2013, 04:53:44 PM »
Quote from: SmokinLoon on April 09, 2013, 02:51:58 PM
A Japanese I-16.   :D 

No retractable gear.

And ....

Specifications (Mitsubishi A5M4)

Data from The Concise Guide to Axis Aircraft of World War II

Performance

    Maximum speed: 440 km/h (237 knots, 273 mph) at 3,000 m (9,840 ft)[19]
    Range: 1,200 km (649 NM, 746 mi)
    Service ceiling: 9,800 m (32,150 ft)
    Wing loading: 95.87 kg/m² (19.6 lb/ft²)
    Power/mass: 0.34 kW/kg (0.21 hp/lb)

Armament

    Guns: 2× 7.7 mm Type 97 machine guns (0.303 in) fuselage-mounted machine guns

Specifications Polikarpov I-16 Type 24)

Performance

    Maximum speed: 525 km/h (283 kn, 326 mph) at 3,000 m (9,845 ft)
    Range: 700 km (378 nmi, 435 mi (with drop tanks))
    Service ceiling: 9,700 m (31,825 ft)
    Rate of climb: 14.7 m/s (2,900 ft/min)
    Wing loading: 134 kg/m² (27 lb/ft²)
    Power/mass: 346 W/kg (0.21 hp/lb)
    Time to altitude: 5.8 minutes to 5,000 m (16,405 ft)

Armament

    2 × fixed forward-firing 7.62 mm (0.30 in) ShKAS machine guns in upper cowling
    2 × fixed forward-firing 20 mm (0.79 in) ShVAK cannons in the wings
    6 × unguided RS-82 rockets or up to 500 kg (1,102 lb) of bombs

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