Somewhat in the realm of a what-if. I always thought this plane could be used as a asw warfare plane against the US sub campaign off Japan and its sialnds. The Japanese had few dedicated ant-sub planes available such as the Lorna. Adding radar to this model and depth charges and bombs would give the Japanese a valuable sub hunter enhanced with the radars. We have this model in game, just a matter of changing or adding radar to a position and such. Just an idea.
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Specifications (Mitsubishi G3M2 Model 21)
Data from The Mitsubishi G3M "Nell";[2] Imperial Japanese Navy Bombers of World War Two;[5][6]
General characteristics
Crew: 7
Length: 16.45 m (54 ft 0 in)
Wingspan: 25 m (82 ft 0 in)
Height: 3.68 m (12 ft 1 in)
Wing area: 75 m2 (810 sq ft)
Empty weight: 4,965 kg (10,946 lb)
Gross weight: 8,000 kg (17,637 lb)
Fuel capacity: 3,874 l (852.2 imp gal; 1,023.4 US gal)
Powerplant: 2 × Mitsubishi Kinsei 14-cyl. air-cooled radial piston engines, 791 kW (1,061 hp) each
Performance
Maximum speed: 375 km/h (233 mph, 202 kn)
Cruise speed: 280 km/h (170 mph, 150 kn)
Range: 4,400 km (2,700 mi, 2,400 nmi)
Service ceiling: 9,200 m (30,200 ft)
Rate of climb: 6 m/s (1,200 ft/min)
Armament
Guns:
1× 20 mm (0.79 in) Type 99 cannon in rear dorsal turret
4× 7.7 mm (0.30 in) Type 92 machine gun in cockpit, left and right side positions, and in retractable forward dorsal turret.
Bombs: 800 kg (1,800 lb) of bombs or one aerial torpedo
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Topic: Mitsubishi G3M Nell as a sub hunter '44-'45 (Read 953 times)
