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[Ranger97]

Hello everyone

A few years ago there was a documentary floating around on YouTube about Japanese secret airplanes in the prototype stage at the end of the war

One such plane was the R2Y2, a twin jet bomber variant of the R2Y1 currently available for il-2

Some limited stats due to the plane not leaving the drawing board (Stolen from the war thunder wiki)


Crew: 1
Length: 13.05 m (42 ft 10 in)
Wingspan: 14.00 m (45 ft 11 in)
Height: 4.24 m (13 ft 9 in)
Wing area: 34.0 m² (366 ft²)
Empty weight: 5,400 Kg (11,904 lb)
Loaded weight: 8,100 kg (17,857 lb)
Max. takeoff weight: 9,950 kg (21936 lb)
Powerplant: 2x Mitsubishi Ne-330 Axial Flow turbojet

Performance:
Maximum speed: 851 km/h (459 kn, 528 mph)
Range: 3,610 km (1,949 nmi, 2,251 mi)
Service ceiling: 12,500 m (41010 ft)
Rate of climb: 476 m/min (1,561 ft/min)
Wing loading: 243 kg/m²

Armament:
4x 30 mm cannons w/ 600 rounds
Fire rate: 450/min
Up to 800kg bomb load

[NobleNerd]

I always thought this was a really good-looking plane. It would be a cool addition, especially to fill a fast ground attack role with something a bit more refined than the Kikka.