J311yfish, on 25 February 2020 - 08:47 PM, said:
You are welcome to substantiate any or all of the above claims with verifiable primary sources. Without sources, you might as well be asking for a Flying Spaghetti Monster at each and every tier. Japan was working on Flying Spaghetti Monsters at the end of the war to counter the B-29 threat, and had the pasta finished in time -- oh man, we'd all be speaking Japanese today. Don't believe me? It's on the internet somewhere, really, go find the source to verify my claims!
What kind of source do you want? Just to prove that it exists? or you want some real solid blueprints?
if Japanese Wiki works:
Ki-109: https://ja.wikipedia.../wiki/キ109_(航空機)
this aircraft is also available in WarThunder.
Kikka:
https://ja.wikipedia...rg/wiki/橘花_(航空機)
The classification is 攻撃機 (attacker), it is further categorized as 特殊攻撃機 (special attacker, NOT in the context of kamikaze aircraft)
Keiun: (R2Y)
https://ja.wikipedia...rg/wiki/景雲_(航空機)
The specification for R2Y2 is on the right column, saying 景雲改.
On the "War thunder" part below the page it says "計画にはなかった、五式機関砲が4門装備されている" ([The WT counterpart is] armed with 4x Type 5 autocannon that wasn't part of the IRL plan).
A8M:
https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E4%BA%8C%E5%8D%81%E8%A9%A6%E7%94%B2%E6%88%A6%E9%97%98%E6%A9%9F
I can't find the actual Jiki-kou, this is PROBABLY the same thing.
It's known as "Prototype 20 A-type fighter" (二十試甲戦闘機), but this, just like A8M, may or may not have been the official name.
A6M4 and Zero Model 33
https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E9%9B%B6%E5%BC%8F%E8%89%A6%E4%B8%8A%E6%88%A6%E9%97%98%E6%A9%9F%E3%81%AE%E6%B4%BE%E7%94%9F%E5%9E%8B#%E3%81%9D%E3%81%AE%E4%BB%96%E3%81%AE%E6%B4%BE%E7%94%9F%E5%9E%8B
"零戦二一型の20mm機銃をベルト給弾式の九九式20mm機銃四型に変更した零戦四一型。計画のみ"
(Zero fighter Model 41 was a model that changes Model 21's drum-fed 20mm MGs into Type 99 Model 4 which is belt-fed. Exist only in plans"
"三二型に 排気タービン過給器を搭載して高高度性能の改善を図った型。海軍の命名規則に従えば三三型とされたはずである。"
(There was a plan to fit a turbocharger to Model 32 in order to improve its high-altitude performance. According to IJN's naming pattern, it would be referred to as Model 33)
And if you want better sources, well, for Ki-109 refer to the Japanese website I gave you during the "Ki-93 is a GAA and not HF" thread, it also mentioned Ki-109.
As for the rest....
There should be some good sources about Kikka and A8M, but for R2Y2, A6M4 and Zero M33 their status is about the same as J7W2 current in game.
Historically J7W2 only existed in a few "spoken comments" during IJN discussions, and J7W3, just like "Ki-162-II", is entirely fictional.
Edited by vcharng, 05 May 2020 - 04:17 PM.