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General Forums => Wishlist => Topic started by: haggerty on May 17, 2019, 04:10:22 PM

Title: A6M3-32
Post by: haggerty on May 17, 2019, 04:10:22 PM

Seeing as the Hamp zero had a bomb release handle, can we get a bomb for it?

Title: Re: A6M3-32
Post by: ONTOS on May 18, 2019, 01:39:00 PM

 :headscratch:

Title: Re: A6M3-32
Post by: haggerty on May 18, 2019, 07:49:46 PM

Preferably the normal 250kg in place of drop tank.

Title: Re: A6M3-32
Post by: bustr on May 21, 2019, 01:49:56 PM

That bomb release lever is also the lever for the drop tank. The cockpit is the generic A6m family cockpit. I cannot find anything on the 32 used as a fighter bomber. Only an external tank was mounted.

Title: Re: A6M3-32
Post by: haggerty on May 21, 2019, 05:30:27 PM

Might as well remove the Attack designation then. 

http://rwebs.net/avhistory/images/zeke32/fig5_web.jpg 
This image shows that it has a belly tank release as well as bomb release.
http://rwebs.net/avhistory/history/Zeke32.htm#Cockpit

Title: Re: A6M3-32
Post by: bustr on May 21, 2019, 06:55:34 PM

You need more than that, the 32 only carried a belly tank and the release lever was the generic A6m family cockpit standard. The 32 had reduced range due to shortened wing and was not designed for anything but being a fighter. The shortened and strengthening of the wing was to help it have a higher dive speed which was the strength of many allied fighters it was up against. The A6m5 family had hard points on the wings for small bombs around 150lb. Waffle is pretty good in his research.