Ki-43IIb missing

EJGr.Ost_Caspar · #7 07-03-2012, 09:29 AM

EDIT: revised! In fact I was wrong - you are right - the IIa KO is naturally the older model and IIb OTSU as the late one IS missing.

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Originally Posted by greybeard1

I think difference in exhaust stacks can be detected in following pictures; first clearly shows the pipe-shaped one of IIb model (basically those of the previous model, elongated and oriented towards the stern). Second shows for comparison early exhaust stack.

IIb
http://www.wwiivehicles.com/japan/ai...fighter-01.png <------ NO, this is the IIa (OTSU)

IIa
http://ww2total.com/WW2/Weapons/War-...-008-px800.jpg <----- And this is the IIb (KO)

So in fact, the exhaust pipe was instead opened outward in the ongoing development.
And what we have in game, IS the more important later model - and the OTSU is missing.
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BTW: the exhaust pipes of the in-game Ki-43IIc (KAI) are wrong and look rather like the ones of a Ki-43III.