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Artikelbezeichnung: 1:48 Jap. A6 M5C Type 52 Zero Fighter
About the A6M5c Type 52 Zero Fighter
In April 1939, shortly after the first Japanese Zero began test trials,
modification drawings were already taking place on the zero in the
Mitsubishi design room, to keep pace with the anticipated long air war
in the Pacific. After the initial superiority of the Zero over allied
aircraft began to wane, due to new U.S. types being introduced,
Mitsubishi was hard pressed to maintain a superiority. The introduction
of the Grumman F6F and Chance Vought F4U, provided a need for more
firepower, armor protection and capability led the combined companies of
Nakajima and Mitsubishi to produce the A6M5 series of aircraft.
Total production of the Type 52 series consisted of 10,449 aircraft of
which Nakajima produced 6,570. It first entered combat in August 1943 at
a time when the Japanese forces were withdrawing from previously held
islands in the South Pacific. The type 52c was the last of the A6M5
series, and the most effective against Allied aircraft due to its
armament configuration three of 13mm machine guns and two 20mm cannons.
A total of 93 Type 52 and 52b zeros were field modified to "c" weapons
configuration. The 7.7mm machine guns, housed in the cowling of the Zero
since its first introduction, proved to be less effective during the
latter stages of the conflict, due to the heavier armor protection of
allied aircraft, and their self sealing fuel tanks. The 13mm weapon was
greatly more effective; however, due to its increased weight, only one
of them could be housed in the cowling and one in each wing. The 7.7
machine guns were removed from the cowling and one 13mm gun was mounted
on the right hand side. This installation also made necessary the enlarging
of the right hand projectile exit and cowling tube input, of the cowling, giving it an unbalanced look when viewed from the top.
Code named "Zeke" by the Alli
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1:48 Jap. A6 M5C Type 52 Zero Fighter
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