Weren’t you referring to the Ho-402 57mm cannon that the Ki-93 Ko is equipped with? Unfortunately, I don’t know the penetration of its shells. I know it should probably have the same shells as the Ho-401, only with a higher muzzle velocity.
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I want the Ki-109 that kept the bomb bay and turrets
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I do too would be a good strike fighter. Though it would be heavy.
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I love the dragonball reference here.
An illustration commemorating the 40th anniversary of the opening of Nyutabaru Air Base was painted on the nose. The serial number of No. 400 was changed to 40 and surrounded by a laurel wreath, and the amusing illustration shows the F4 mascot, Spook, emitting the word “Kamehameha.” “Kamehameha” is an energy blast fired by the main character of the popular Japanese anime “Dragon Ball.” This photo was taken at Nyutabaru Air Base on December 10, 1997.
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Historically accurate
Also one could write a Decal suggestion and no anime company could get angry about this one!
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I also came across this image.
I wondered if this was a F-4EJ with an externally mounted AN/ALE-47 Countermeasure dispenser pod?
I mean it could also be misintrepreted towing pod for a towed aerial target though.
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They should add T-6 Tora Tora edition as a premium simply for the memes. 🤣
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Has Tora Tora Tora’s copyright expired yet? There are a few old WW2 movies that are old and had some funky paint jobs on some tanks. If intellectual property has ended one could suggest it as a skin because these movies are culturally important for peoples understanding of the war. (I wonder if North Korea has painted up T-55 as a Japanese tank for some movie prop once or twice)
German Patton tanks movie Patton
Also if any of the Japanese or it sub tree’s T-6 gets added (aka can be armed even if a little). A GE skin referencing Tora Tora Tora would be something I would buy.
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she going down!!!
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Today, i have a fun little suprise for you guys.
AAM-4TDR test
(Yes ik this was technically an XRIM-4, so should dubiously go under the JMSDF thread, but its still an AAM-4 derivative so…)
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I think its home is here. Interesting missile hopefully we get it Japan seems to have gottem many prototype air to air missiles why don’t they ever seem to get into service much or am I just dumb?
Because japan is very bad at making things for cheap. Excluding the AAM-4/B somehow costing only like a third of the Aim-120. The AAM-1 through -3 were all atleast double, and often more like 4x as expensive as their generic counterpart.
Also, iirc, for this specifically, japan didn’t actually have the capability to domestically produce the motors for these, they were specifically ordered and imported for this. Relying on foreign imports for a key component of a missile isn’t something japan is fond of, even compared to other countries.
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Okay they where tying to make clones not next gen versions. It seems like one of the big issues was at the time they could not export these weapons so that was likely a big economic issue. Now with some of the laws changing like the export of the Mogami class frigate we could maybe see a push by Japan to claw some of the weapons market away from South Korea maybe air to air missiles would be worth it.
Actually, now that we have an image to look at, it really doesn’t look like it was based on an XRIM-4…
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So now there is no reason for not getting AAM-3 for F-4EJ Kai
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Specifications F-106J
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Crew: 1 (F-106J), 2 (F-106BJ)
Length: 21.56 m (70 ft 9 in)
Wingspan: 11.67 m(38 ft 3 in)
Wing area: 64.83 m2 (661.5 ft2)
Empty Weight: 11,077 kg (24,420 lb)
Operating weight: 15,670 kg (34,510 lb)
Maximum take-off weight: 18,975 kg (41,833 lb)
Powerplant: Pratt & Whitney J75-P-17 Afterburner turbojet, 109 kN (24,500 lbf) × 1
Performance (based upon the F-106A)
Maximum speed: 2,393 km/h (1,326 kt)
Ferry range: 4,260 km (2,300 nm)
Range: 2,910 km (with reinforcement) (1,600 nm)
Practical ceiling: 17,374 m (57,000 ft)
Rate of climb: 147 m/s (29,000 ft/min)
Wing load: 255 kg/m2 (52 lb/ft2)
Thrust-to-weight ratio: 0.71
Armament
Fixed armament M61 Vulcan 20mm Gatling Gun × 1
missiles;
Air to air weaponry
(with internally mounted 20mm M61 vulcan)
6x AIM-4F Super Falcon Semi-Active Radar-Guided Air-to-Air Missile
6x AIM-4G Super Falcon Infrared-Guided Air-to-Air Missile
4x AIM-9B Sidewinder (2x Internal bay mounted and 2x Outboard mounted)
(without internally mounted 20mm M61)
5x AIM-9B Sidewinder missiles (3x internal bay mounted and 2x Outboard pylon mounted)
Ground attack weaponry
3x 2000lb GP bomb (1 on each outerboard mounted pylon, 1 internally mounted but removes the gun)
4x 1000lb GP bomb (2 on each wing, 1 outboard and 1 inboard pylon mount)
(without gun)
6x 1000lb GP bomb (2 on each wing, and 2 internally mounted).
2x 20mm Gunpacks (1 on each wing)
2x 2.75 in (70 mm) FFAR (Folding Fin Aerial Rocket) unguided rocket pods.
2x AGM-12B Bullpup air to ground missiles
Avionics
Hughes MG-10 fire control system
I am considering writing a suggestion for the JASDF F-106
Although never adopted into service, but would make a great 9.3 CAS aircraft for Japan which it lacks.
T-2 Lacks CCIP for bombs, and GCS-1 in game (would be difficult to use because lack of CCIP)
F-1 Lacks any form of air to ground guided ordinance, lacks CCRP and CCIP for the gun.
F-86F-30/F-40 lacks the HEAT variants of the HVAR rockets.
Thai Alphajets lack air to ground guided ordinances but make up for CCIP and CCRP.
The F-106 won’t be full copy paste, It won’t have the HMS and the IRST but will get AIM-9B and AGM-12 Bullpup A/G missiles and the ability to carry bombs.
I think this aircraft would be unique enough and a interesting addition for Japan either as a tt vehicle.
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