Yay!! Saburo Sakai's A6M2. That's the right color scheme for sure.
Originally posted by brady:
The cannon on the New Zero is the 20mm Type 99 model 1, it was a lower MV of the Type 99 II in the Zero we already have ( same cannon as in the N1K2-J Type 99 model II) yet it fires the same projectile, so it will hit as hard. The reasion being that the Japanes almost always fired predominately HEI rounds in their guns, even their rifle calber guns.
This is not all true. The Type 99 I and Type 99 II do not use the same ammo.
The Type 99 I has a metric calibre of 20 x 72RB. The muzzle velocity is 550-600 meters per second.
The Type 99 II has a metric calibre of 20 x 101RB. The muzzle velocity is 750 meters per second.
Essentially the Type 99 I is the same gun as the MG/FF on the Bf109E-4. They have nearly identical ballistics and are both limited to 60 rounds do to their drum feed mechanism. Both the MG/FF and Type 99 I are heavily based on the Oerlikon FF.
The Type 99 II was based on the Oerlikon FFL, which also allows the A6M5 and N1K2 to have much greater ammo supplies due to its belt feed mechanism.