General Japanese & JASDF General Discussion

[WreckingAres283]

As its slowly taking more shape; I am working with others of our Research Group on a new thread that will cover the 5th F-X Project, X-2 Shinshin and GCAP from the Japanese perspective specifically.

Once the base content is done, I will publish it and update / improve it over time as with the Rafale thread.

[kizvy]

Anyone have the image of the yf-16 with 4 sparrows/ 2 sparrows on the gear bay doors?

[UnHolySausage]

You better send me that link as soon as You publish it

[warhead_beast]

[WreckingAres283]

Little spoiler xP

Spoiler

[kizvy]

Did japan get none of the advanced eagles? Or, with the f-35, they deemed it’s useless?

[WreckingAres283]

@kizvy

Did japan get none of the advanced eagles?

Japan is developing their own advanced Eagle (F-15JSI). Proposals for F-15FX were rejected.

[kizvy]

Will it too get the 12 amraam loadout? or will it even get 12 aam4s?

[WreckingAres283]

Unknown, though JASSM(-ER) are pretty much confirmed. We will know more once the first one takes flight or more details come up in JMoD notices.

[Winter_Moon7-psn]

Here’s something I made a while ago. (It’s not complete)

[Winter_Moon7-psn]

I just realized I posted this in here already some time ago 😭

[WreckingAres283]

T-4 is an unarmed trainer.

[skultew1234]

That’s why we need XT-4!

Back to the list, here is some other a little bit weird (as for me) things:

• Here is G6M in bomber line but this plane missing any bomb load, it was used as gunner plane for covering bombers
• Ki-78 was plane for researchs only and no weapon wasn’t even planned
• Ki-15 (both). Not sure but according to JP wiki it was missing bombload but placed in bomber line here. Too lazy to check books tbh
• S1A is attacker when it was 100% interceptor. Yeah it had 2 250kg bombs but it is more closer to Ki-83
• P1Y2 is attacker but if I don’t mistake it is just P1Y1 with another engines (but I can be wrong here)
  Maybe I missed also something

[かがり]

I think he might be referring to Kawasaki MT-X (Kawasaki T-4 trainer prototype)

[かがり]

Correction about the P-4 → This is the P-1, could be good at 9.7ish due to it’s large size

[PercussionCap]

Very cool list, but as you alluded to, there’s quite a few missing :)

In no particular order, just the ones I’d like to see:

Ki-61-I Tei Kai

Ki-61-III

Ki-100-I Otsu

A6M3 Model 32 w/ 30mm wing guns

A6M3 Model 32 w/ Type 99-2s

Ki-44-II Ko

Ki-44-III

Later J2M models such as J2M3 Ko with 4x Type 99-2s

Late Ki-43-II

XT-2

That one Ki-27 with one of the 7.7s swapped out for a Ho-103, not entirely sure it was real but it’s possible (copium)

Ki-43-IV would be here if it was made, but I don’t think they ever even tried.

Also these two are the same plane:

AFAIK the one in-game is wrong and should be renamed “Ki-61-II Ko Kai” since it has the ‘split’ armament, and a new one added with the existing name (Otsu Kai) with 4x Ho-5s

[かがり]

A7M3-J Kai displayed at Hakkeijima Sea Paradise, Yokohama in 2019.

This’ll be mighty spicy to add (gaijin pls add thank youuuuuu)

[JapanWeeb89]

to this day I find it interesting/odd that the T-4 is an unarmed aircaft considering the story of other training planes from the JASDF, is pretty cool to look at it though and I hope to get a 1/144 model of a T-4 one of these days

[Kamikadze_Guy]

isnt that a mockup?

[かがり]

I dont think so actually