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词条 Nakajima A6M2-N
释义

  1. Design and development

  2. Operational history

  3. Operators

  4. Specifications (Nakajima A6M2-N)

  5. See also

  6. References

  7. Bibliography

  8. External links

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The Nakajima A6M2-N (Navy Type 2 Interceptor/Fighter-Bomber) was a single-crew floatplane based on the Mitsubishi A6M Zero Model 11. The Allied reporting name for the aircraft was Rufe.

Design and development

The A6M2-N floatplane was developed from the Mitsubishi A6M Type 0, mainly to support amphibious operations and defend remote bases. It was based on the A6M-2 Model 11 fuselage, with a modified tail and added floats. A total of 327 were built, including the original prototype.

Operational history

The aircraft was deployed in 1942, referred to as the "Suisen 2" ("Hydro fighter type 2"), and was only utilized in defensive actions in the Aleutians and Solomon Islands operations. Such seaplanes were effective in harassing American PT boats at night. They could also drop flares to illuminate the PTs which were vulnerable to destroyer gunfire, and depended on cover of darkness.

The seaplane also served as an interceptor for protecting fueling depots in Balikpapan and Avon Bases (Dutch East Indies) and reinforced the Shumushu base (North Kuriles) in the same period. Such fighters served aboard seaplane carriers Kamikawa Maru in the Solomons and Kuriles areas and aboard Japanese raiders Hokoku Maru and Aikoku Maru in Indian Ocean raids. In the Aleutian Campaign this fighter engaged with RCAF Curtiss P-40 Warhawk, Lockheed P-38 Lightning fighters and Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress bombers.{{Citation needed|date=November 2010}} The aircraft was used for interceptor, fighter-bomber, and short reconnaissance support for amphibious landings, among other uses.

Later in the conflict the Otsu Air Group utilized the A6M2-N as an interceptor alongside Kawanishi N1K1 Kyofu ("Rex") aircraft based in Biwa lake in the Honshū area.

The last A6M2-N in military service was a single example recovered by the French forces in Indochina after the end of World War II. It crashed shortly after being overhauled.[1]

Operators

{{JPN}}
  • Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service
    • Yokohama Air Group
    • Toko Air Group
    • Otsu Air Group
    • Yokosuka Air Group (technical evaluation unit)
    • 11th Air Fleet
    • 5th Air Fleet
    • 36th Air Fleet
    • 452nd Air Fleet
    • 934th Air Fleet
{{FRA}}
  • French Navy - Postwar, one Nakajima A6M-2N was captured in Indo-China, it was impressed into service with the French Navy in late 1945.

Specifications (Nakajima A6M2-N)

{{aircraft specifications
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|jet or prop?=prop
|ref=Japanese Aircraft of the Pacific War [2]
|crew= 1 (Pilot)
|length main=10.10 m
|length alt= 33ft 1⅝ in
|span main=12.00 m
|span alt=39 ft 4⅜ in
|height main=4.30 m
|height alt=14ft 1⅜ in
|area main=22.44 m²
|area alt= 251.4 sq ft
|empty weight main=1,912 kg
|empty weight alt= 4,235 lb
|loaded weight main=2,460 kg
|loaded weight alt=5,423 lb
|max takeoff weight main=2,880 kg
|max takeoff weight alt=6,349 lb
|engine (prop)=Nakajima NK1C Sakae 12
|type of prop=air cooled 14 cylinder radial engine
|number of props=1
|power main=950 hp
|power alt=709 kW
|power more=at 4,200 m (13,800 ft)
|max speed main=436 km/h
|max speed alt=235 knots, 270.5 mph
|max speed more=at 5,000 m (16,400 ft)
|cruise speed main=296 km/h
|cruise speed alt=160 knots, 184 mph
|range main=1,782 km
|range alt=963 nmi, 1,107 mi
|ceiling main=10,000 m
|ceiling alt=32,800 ft
|climb rate main=
|climb rate alt=
|loading main=
|loading alt=
|power/mass main=
|power/mass alt=
|more performance=*Climb rate: 6 min 43 s to 5,000 m (16,400 ft)
|guns=
  • 2 × 7.7 mm Type 97 machine guns in forward fuselage
  • 2 × 20 mm Type 99 cannons -fixed in outer wings

|bombs= 2 × 60 kg (132 lb) bombs
}}

See also

{{aircontent
|related=
  • Mitsubishi A6M Zero

|similar aircraft=
  • Bernard H 110
  • Dewoitine HD.780
  • Grumman F4F-3S Wildcatfish
  • Kawanishi N1K1 Kyōfū
  • Loire 210
  • Supermarine Spitfire floatplanes

|lists=
  • List of aircraft of Japan during World War II
  • List of aircraft of World War II
  • List of fighter aircraft
  • List of military aircraft of Japan

}}

References

1. ^Dorr and Bishop 1996, p. 249.
2. ^Francillon 1970, p.428.

Bibliography

{{Refbegin}}
  • Dorr, Robert F. and Chris Bishop. Vietnam Air War Debrief. London:Aerospace |Publishing, 1996. {{ISBN|1-874023-78-6}}.
  • Francillon, R.J. Japanese Aircraft of the Pacific War. London:Putnam, 1970. {{ISBN|0-370-00033-1}}.
  • Green, William. War Planes of the Second World War, Volume Six: Floatplanes. London: Macdonald & Co., (Publishers) Ltd., 1962.
  • Green, William and Gordon Swanborough. The Complete Book of Fighters. New York: Smithmark, 1994. {{ISBN|0-8317-3939-8}}.
  • Jackson, Robert. Combat Legend: Mitsubishi Zero. Ramsbury, Marlborough, Wiltshire, UK: Airlife Publishing, 2003. {{ISBN|1-84037-398-9}}.
  • Janowicz, Krzystof. Mitsubishi A6M2-N Rufe (Kagero Famous Airplanes 4) (in Polish/English). Lublin, Poland: Kagero, 2004. {{ISBN|83-89088-42-8}}.
  • Mikesh, Robert C. Warbird History: Zero, Combat & Development History of Japan's Legendary Mitsubishi A6M Zero Fighter. Osceola, Wisconsin: Motorbooks International, 1994. {{ISBN|0-87938-915-X}}.
  • Sakaida, Henry. Imperial Japanese Navy Aces, 1937–45. Botley, Oxford, UK: Osprey Publishing Ltd., 1999. {{ISBN|1-85532-727-9}}.
  • Gunston,Bill. The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Combat Aircraft of World War II. London, UK: Salamander Books Ltd., 1978 {{ISBN|0-89673-000-X}}
{{Refend}}

External links

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