you can also suggest something so that I can report it. I’ve run out of ideas for now, the only idea I have is to submit the Ki-98
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Excellent work @Grzegames The Ki-44-III is something I’d want to see as well, it would be on-par with the Ki-84s and add more diversity to the tree. The Nell and Karyu are iconic as well.
Right now I’m making the suggestion for the Ke-Ni Production, but with me being in college and lazy, it takes me weeks to make a single suggestion.
As for aircraft, I had the idea of:
- Ke-Go infrared bomb
- Ki-98
- P1Y2/4/6
- J2M7
- N1K3/4
- Ki-202
These are the only ones I could think of at the moment, but I have others shelved for future suggestions. Obviously, I can’t get to all of these, so if you make a suggestion for these, let me know so I don’t accidentally make one for it.
Also are you Japanese? I was just curious if you have access to Japanese archives
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Wasn’t the Ki-147 added?
Reported who?
We have the Ki-148, not the Ki-147. And only one variant of the Ki-148.
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I would like to be Japanese, but unfortunately I am from Europe. I was planning a ke-go bomb
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Few simple ones:
-A7M2 with 4x Type 99 mark 2 model 5
-N1K1-Jc (With total of 600 rounds for 20mm it would fit well between N1K1-Ja and N1K2-J.)
-N1K3-A or N1K4-A (Slightly improved N1K2-J for carrier used and with 13.2mm nose guns. Possibly with 99-2-5 cannons as well.)
-Ki-100-Ib (don’t ask why)
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Thanks, I’ll have something to report. :D
Having a nicer looking model with the later canopy would be great.
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We could also get the Ki-61 with the cut-down canopy
I managed to find three interesting variants of the Ki-61: Ki-61-I kaid with 30 guns, Ki-61-IIb with four 20mm guns and Ki-61-I-wces which was the fastest version and had cooling in the wings
There aren’t any pictures of that Ki-61-I Tei with 30mm and we don’t know it’s ammo count or weight.
There is some speculated information about Ki-61-II variants which didn’t exist, though Ki-61-II prototype with larger wing likely had 4x20mm as fitting them was one goal of the new wing. Unfortunately there aren’t pictures and data about that either. There is this photo of the vapor cooled prototype, but once again we don’t know the weight or even what guns it had, if it had any at all. It was a test bed for Ki-64.
Spoiler
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It is simply a Ki-61-II kai with full view canopy. Not many of them were build as such. Oddly enough it didn’t get a separate designation like Ki-100s with different canopies.
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So it is Ki-61 with Ki-64’s water cooled system?
I really need it, it should be best Ki-61)
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I need it, as well as the Ki-61 III
Unfortunately that is also a made-up designation. Kawasaki tried making more powerful inline engines, but none of those apparently got further than bench testing.
I think it would be best to stick with planes which have solid information about them, instead of doing as many suggestions as possible. It’s also very limited how many WWII planes they are going to implement for Japan in a year, so we should think about which ones we really want out of those.
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That’s very true. Ki-64 and N1K4 are high on my priority list.
As for the Ki-61 III, I thought it was a retronym, but my reading of Japanese Wiki confused me. Perhaps a translation error?
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Ammunition count for the Ki-51’s 12.7 mm Ho-103 machine gun.
In October 1944, the Ki-51s of the 27th Flying Regiment, which participated in the support of the Battle of Leyte Gulf, carried 1200 rounds of ammunition. If we subtract 1020 rounds (15 x 68 round capacity magazine) for the flexible machine guns from this, we get 180 rounds for the fixed machine guns and 90 rounds for each gun. I think this number of rounds is a little low, but looking at the combat records of the 27th Sentai, they only consumed about 60 rounds at most on bombing and patrol missions, so this number of rounds may have been acceptable.
Of course, my calculations could be wrong. One could also consider that they reduced the number of rounds for the flexible machine gun and increased the number of rounds for the fixed machine gun. This source is not conclusive evidence.
| Aircraft type | Type 99 Assault |
|---|---|
| Aircraft registration | 1475 |
| Bomb type | 250 kg |
| Fuze type | Short delay |
| Number of bombs | 1 |
| MG ammo type | AP and Incendiary |
| Number of rounds | 1200 |
27th Flying Regiment 2nd Company Combat Diary September 1, 1944 - October 31, 1944
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One must remember the difficulties of Japanese factories at this point in the war. The Germans also reduced their shell consumption in 1944/45 because they had to save it. Thank you very much for your contribution and help :D
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