peter19530 Posted April 3, 2017 Share Posted April 3, 2017 My familiarity with Japanese WWII subjects is sorely lacking. The Mitsubishi 'Zero' is ubiquitous in many different sub models. What was the second most widely used Japanese fighter, other than the zero? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wez Posted April 3, 2017 Share Posted April 3, 2017 Probably the Ki-43 Haybusa? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MDriskill Posted April 3, 2017 Share Posted April 3, 2017 (edited) Per a quick Google, just under 11,000 Zeros (Navy Mitsubishi A6M Reisen) were built, and about 6,000 Oscars (Army Nakajima Ki-43 Hayabusa), which makes it the no. 2 Japanese fighter. Nakajima manufactured the Zero under license, and ironically built more of them than Mitsubishi did. The A6M2-N floatplane variant was developed and produced exclusively by Nakajima as well. If you are new to Japanese WW2 aviation, find your self a copy of Rene Francillon's "Japanese Aircraft of the Pacific War." Dated in some ways (first written in the 1970's), but by a huge margin the best compilation of info on the subject in English. Edited April 3, 2017 by MDriskill 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foxbat Posted April 3, 2017 Share Posted April 3, 2017 (edited) These are the IJAAF single seat fighters with production numbers: Ki-43 "Oscar" 5919 Ki-84 "Frank" 3514 Ki-27 "Nate" 3368 Ki-61 "Tony" 3078 Ki-44 "Tojo" 1225 Ki-100 "Tony" 378 For comparison, these are the IJNAF single seaters: A6M “Zero” 10,939 N1K “George” 1532 (as pointed out below, this is the land based interceptor version of the "Rex" floatplane. A5M “Claude” 1094 J2M “Jack” 671 A7M “Sam” 10 So the Air force had the numbers in absolute terms, but the Zero was by far the most produced single type. Andy Number cruncher Edited April 3, 2017 by Foxbat 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MDriskill Posted April 3, 2017 Share Posted April 3, 2017 Mr. Foxbat sir, the number you have listed for the "Rex" is I believe more applicable to the land-based variants derived from it, the N1K1-J and N1K2-J "George." The Rex was a remarkable design, a high-performance floatplane intended to support island-hopping offensive operations. But only about 100 ended up being built, as this role had evaporated before the machine was available. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foxbat Posted April 3, 2017 Share Posted April 3, 2017 2 hours ago, MDriskill said: Mr. Foxbat sir, the number you have listed for the "Rex" is I believe more applicable to the land-based variants derived from it, the N1K1-J and N1K2-J "George." You're right. The perils of transcribing from Google in a hurry. I'll annotate my edit to it or our comments won't make sense. Andy Ham fisted AND sausage fingered Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dfqweofekwpeweiop4 Posted April 3, 2017 Share Posted April 3, 2017 I'm surprised there was that many Ki-84's made and it's a good thing for the allies that it wasn't made in even greater numbers with better trained pilots, as it really was a match for most things in the sky and superior to a lot of them. thanks Mike 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dragonlanceHR Posted April 6, 2017 Share Posted April 6, 2017 On 04.04.2017 at 0:51 AM, Mikemx said: I'm surprised there was that many Ki-84's made and it's a good thing for the allies that it wasn't made in even greater numbers with better trained pilots, as it really was a match for most things in the sky and superior to a lot of them. thanks Mike And better quality fuel. IIRC in Francilonn's book there is a note that the post-war tested Hayate with US fuel outran the mighty Corsair. vedran Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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