How many ki84s did the ija build? 3 or 4
? What we need is the ki-43 a bad plane no doubt, but a plane they flew throughout the war, like the zero. Then the kate, and betty. Probably the betty first. Those late model ija or ijn planes really dont do it for me in a historical context since most of em were grounded. Even the ki 61 was a POS coming out of the factory. The japanese just could get the 'toyota' quality in those years, or the numbers. There was a reason they had the zero up till the end of the war, and its not because it was competitive with the f4u-1d, or the p38.
Now, I am all for building these planes, but I think they should do it in order of the planes magnitude in the war. I would be happy if they just released japanese planes for the next several patches, just not the most uber ones only for ma spit/la7 matches.....
---The Nakajima Ki-43 Hayabusa (Peregrine Falcon) was numerically the most important fighter used by the Japanese Army Air Force during the Pacific War. It remained in production from the beginning of the Pacific War until its end in August of 1945. In many ways, it was a transitional type, bridging the gap between the lightly-loaded fighter monoplanes of the late 1930s with their fixed undercarriages and open cockpits and the higher-powered heavy fighters of the early 1940s with their retractable undercarriages and enclosed cockpits. Its appearance was a complete surprise to the Allies, and the fighter proved to be superior in performance to most of its opponents during the first year of the Pacific War. Most of the Japanese Army's aces established the larger part of their scores while flying this airplane. The Ki-43 is often confused with its contemporary, the famed Mitsubishi A6M Reisen (Zero Fighter) of the Japanese Navy, and was often misidentified as a "Zero" early in the war.----
ooop 3514, including prototypes and service trials aircraft.
I guess they built more than 4.
