Ki-43 coming!

[Pkun]

64th Sq　used Ki-43III in Burma.
But ,50th Sq used Ki84 in Burma, when 64sq used ki-43III.

25th Sq used in China.
26th Sq used in Singapore.
54th Sq used in Shimushu iland.(north top of Kuril Islands)

of cource 33th Sq and other Sqs used Ki43-III used in Japan, too.

Also correct me if im wrong, but most of the III's were held on mainland japan awaiting the inevitable invasion?

[Pkun]

I introduce this page.
http://www.warbirds.jp/truth/ace.html
If you can read Japanese, you wiil be able to know how did Ace pilot think ki43-III.

His name is Ryotaro Jobo, claimed shot down B29 x2(unreliable 10) by Ki44-II(equip 40mm cannons)

he said,
"Ki43-III was strongest fighter in Japan."
"P38's arms and speed was great,But, I can't lose if I use Ki43."

Question:"if you fight against p51, which will you use?"
Ans:"I don't select Ki84, I select Ki43-III. I can't lose."


he liked Ki43-III very much....

[Perrine]

BTW you will be able to skin any variant of the Ki-43 as currently there aren't any plans to introduce a I or III to AH.

well thats a real downer.

thats like saying were not about to get japanese navy equivalent  to historically significant early war a6m2 and late war a6m5... and were left with a6m3 instead.

[Karnak]

I introduce this page.
http://www.warbirds.jp/truth/ace.html
If you can read Japanese, you wiil be able to know how did Ace pilot think ki43-III.

His name is Ryotaro Jobo, claimed shot down B29 x2(unreliable 10) by Ki44-II(equip 40mm cannons)

he said,
"Ki43-III was strongest fighter in Japan."
"P38's arms and speed was great,But, I can't lose if I use Ki43."

Question:"if you fight against p51, which will you use?"
Ans:"I don't select Ki84, I select Ki43-III. I can't lose."


he liked Ki43-III very much....

In a one on one combat, as is demonstrated frequently in AH, agility is frequently more important than speed.  With good pilots all a P-51D can do against a Ki-84 is disengage, ceding control of that chunk of air to the Ki-84 pilot.  When it becomes many on many it changes and speed itself becomes a tool to kill.

I wouldn't be at all surprised if one on one a Ki-43-III would usually beat a Ki-84-I, but in a twelve on twelve I bet the Ki-84's would slaughter the Ki-43-IIIs, if they used appropriate tactics.

[Krusty]

And there are US pilots that claimed the P-39 was the best fighter of the war, even after they moved on to P-51s, P-38s, P-47s, etc. One Japanese aces saying the Ki-43 was the best plane in the fight in 1945 is rather ludicrous. He might have thought it was best because it was most reliable. It's engine actually made full power (not something Japanese pilots could rely on), and that it didn't crash on takeoff, etc...

Just saying, there's a lot of reasons for him to say what he did. That it was "the best" isn't the only answer.

[Pkun]

I understand Krusty.

and This Ryotaro's  interview was recorded at 2001.
He still alive in nagoya, and he already got many years.
may be he was about over 80 yeas old in this interview.
I think old man want to say such good memory.
(But Yohei hinoki's interview was recorded at 1981.he was not get much old.)

and it's exactly ,he have good impression for Ki43-III, and KI-43III was not bad fighter.
He said in this interview."Ki43-III's Engine was reliable.I could control throttle like wildly"
it is same , Krust wrote it.

and I tell fighters he used.
he used Ki-27(Battles of Khalkhin Gol) Ki-43, Ki-44, Ki-84.
and he heard just a gossip of Ki100(like, Ki-100 is good plane.)
I think gossip of Ki-100 was told widely.
and he rode ki-84,but didn't join fight in Ki-84.

[Yeager]

Been waiting for  Ki43 in AH for like........14 years.

Only thing missing from this update is new graphics for the B-26 and Yaks.

[Tank-Ace]

Been waiting for  Ki43 in AH for like........14 years.

Only thing missing from this update is new graphics for the B-26 and Yaks.

Check the front page again.

[Mitsu]

Been waiting for  Ki43 in AH for like........14 years.

Only thing missing from this update is new graphics for the B-26 and Yaks.

Finally we got it.  BTW I'm waiting Ki-100 from early beta too.
I wish that they will add it with present awesome 3D model.

[The Fugitive]

Check the front page again.

Why would you post this? There is nothing on the front page that has anything to do with the B-26 or the Yak. 

[Tank-Ace]

Why would you post this? There is nothing on the front page that has anything to do with the B-26 or the Yak. 

Because I'm just mean like that  :a hand.