A regular TBM has standard American torpedo and bomb armament. The AWACS version did not carry weapons.
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Let’s complete the JMSDF group from that approximate era by adding the S-2, P2V-7/P-2J, and PS-1!
This website has excellent photography of some of the lesser known aircraft used in Japan:
explanatione-fr (English)
explanationj-fr (Japanese)
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Design 23DMU is the closest to the X-2 design. Interestingly the mid section of the fuselage and weapons bay were built for testing purposes.
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the 26DMU is pretty much an F-22 isn’t it xD
Yeah does kind of look like the F-22 design lol.
My favorite is 24/25DMU look unique
i think the 24 is the least for me. not because the looks of it, just by the engine design.
i remember from somewhere, the reason the US stop using the split twin engine of the F-14 to more closer the F-15 is because the huge flat surface. it is the reason why the F-14 having flat-spin.
looking at the F-15/18/22, i think the US just doesn’t want to deal with that anymore lol.
edited: to make more coherent sentences
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Japan also operates the PV-2 Harpoon during the 1950’s so that could be another possible aircraft to add for ground attack
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While this is not a post war topic and so technically off topic which I apologize for, I would like to see Ki-148 on the Ki-102 as well. I believe it was planned to be mounted on the aircraft.
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Actually, PV-2 is a good vehicle for Air RB too
Speaking of guided Japanese weaponry, I would like to see the Ki-147 on the Ki-67’s
also i wonder what aircraft/aircrafts would use the Ke-Go guided weapon
The Ki-148 was trialed on the Ki-48 but the Ki-102 is confirmed to be the intended or the only intended aircraft we know to use the Ki-148, also give the Ki-102 it’s bombs and AP &/or APHE rounds for the 57mm cannon
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Ke-Go / Maru-Ke was an Army weapon and dropped by Ki-67 with one under the belly***
made an error due to confusing wording in a document
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I made a bug post awhile back claiming that the EJ Kai needs to be equipt with AAM-3s if anyone wants to sign it:
https://community.gaijin.net/issues/p/warthunder/i/sZh5LDdROPR3
(Plus) any documents that state or include the AAM-3 on the EJ would be great to be posted on there
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Nice but it will most likely be closed as “not a bug” but maybe passed as a suggestion.
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Japanese Weapons Master Thread got deleted???
Nope, dead link it seems (fixed)
Here you go
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Which reminds me i have to update some of my threads lol
This was posted on the old forum but I thought I’d bring it here for the newcomers.
Essentially, they’re scrapping the heli fleet and moving to UAVs.
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yup any hope for domestic or even new foreign choppers are out :(
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Was just on the dev server and saw that KI-148 have gotten it’s own icon and also F-104J have gotten a slight buff as it now can carry 6x missiles instead of 4x
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