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Title: N1K2-J not listed as Japanese Army Air Force
Post by: Noir on April 21, 2013, 04:44:41 AM
I killed quite a few nmies in the N1K2-J but still I have no kills in Japanese Army Air Force achievement  :headscratch:
Title: Re: N1K2-J not listed as Japanese Army Air Force
Post by: Wmaker on April 21, 2013, 07:29:34 AM
Quote from: Noir on April 21, 2013, 04:44:41 AM
I killed quite a few nmies in the N1K2-J but still I have no kills in Japanese Army Air Force achievement  :headscratch:

It's a Navy plane, not Army.
Title: Re: N1K2-J not listed as Japanese Army Air Force
Post by: Karnak on April 21, 2013, 09:14:24 AM
Army planes are always Ki-x.

Navy planes are always LetterNumberLetterNumber.

The first letter is for the plane's role.  A = carrier fighter, J = land based fighter, N = float plane fighter, D = dive bomber, B = carrier based level/torpedo bomber, G = land based level/torpedo bomber, H = flying boat

The first number is how many such have been in service. For example the A6M was the sixth carrier based fighter in IJN service.

The second letter is for the plane's manufacturer.  A = Aichi, D = Douglas, K = Kawanishi, M = Mitsubishi, N = Nakajima, Y = Yokosuka

The second number is the mark number.  For example, the A6M3 is the Mk III of the A6M.

A lower case third letter would be a sub-varient of the mark.  For example the A6M5 also had the A6M5a, A6M5b (the one in AH) and the A6M5c.

A dash and a letter would mean that the original design had been modified to a new role, with the new role's letter being placed here.  For example the N1K2-J is the Mk II (2) version of a land based fighter (-J) based on the first (1) float plane fighter (N) in the IJN and was built by Kawanishi (K).

N1K1 Kyufu "Rex":
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6b/N1K1_in_biwalake_.jpg)

N1K1-J Shiden "George":
(http://www.airpages.ru/img/n1k1j.jpg)

N1K2-J Shiden-Kai "George 21":
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/Kawanishi_N1K_Shiden.jpg/800px-Kawanishi_N1K_Shiden.jpg)
Title: Re: N1K2-J not listed as Japanese Army Air Force
Post by: Noir on April 21, 2013, 12:19:53 PM
ok nevermind, I thought that being a land plane it would be an army plane, but things aren't so simple in Imperial Japan
Title: Re: N1K2-J not listed as Japanese Army Air Force
Post by: Lusche on April 21, 2013, 01:35:42 PM
Quote from: Noir on April 21, 2013, 12:19:53 PM
ok nevermind, I thought that being a land plane it would be an army plane, but things aren't so simple in Imperial Japan

Wanna get more confused? Imperial Japanes Army had it's own aircraft carriers.  ;)
Title: Re: N1K2-J not listed as Japanese Army Air Force
Post by: Ack-Ack on April 23, 2013, 04:20:55 PM
Quote from: Lusche on April 21, 2013, 01:35:42 PM
Wanna get more confused? Imperial Japanes Army had it's own aircraft carriers.  ;)

Picture of Akitsu Maru.
(http://navalhistory.flixco.info/images/JAP%20Akitsu%20Maru%201.jpg)

ack-ack
Title: Re: N1K2-J not listed as Japanese Army Air Force
Post by: Zacherof on April 27, 2013, 01:03:51 AM
Oi vey. They did this just to trowel us simple minded folks off.
Title: Re: N1K2-J not listed as Japanese Army Air Force
Post by: Karnak on April 27, 2013, 08:57:23 AM
Quote from: Zacherof on April 27, 2013, 01:03:51 AM
Oi vey. They did this just to trowel us simple minded folks off.
The IJA and IJN didn't like each other very much and did not cooperate well. Sometimes actively sabotaging the other.  For example, the more powerful politically IJA forced the IJN to abort its operations in the Indian Ocean in which it was cooperating with the Kriegsmarine.