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11-11-2016, 01:40 PM
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Last edited by shelby; 11-11-2016 at 04:19 PM. 
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11-11-2016, 05:43 PM
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If you speak Japanese, that's a great book. Even if you don't the drawings and pictures are useful.
As with any aircraft, there is lots of technical information in the maker's native language which hasn't been translated.
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11-12-2016, 08:37 AM
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For now. I possess the this book. And I'm Japanese. But my English is doubtful. It's doubtful whether the contents are transmitted through me. Ki-45kai "Ko" 2 x Ho-103 12.7mm machinegun 1 x Ho-3 20mm machinegun Roundness nose. -- Ki-45kai "Otsu" 2 x Ho-103 12.7mm machinegun 1 x Type94 37mm tank main gun Modified from "Ko" Only a little extended Roundness nose. Landing light removed from nose. -- Ki-45kai "Hei" 1 x Ho-203 auto cannon 1 x Ho-3 20mm machinegun Added 37mm cannon on nose. sharp nose. And 37mm Barrels is stored inside nose. Landing light added to wing. Early models of "Hei" has roundness nose and 37mm Barrels muzzle is protrudes from nose. Produced only 65? -- Ki-45kai "Tei" 1 x Ho-203 auto cannon and 2 x Ho-5 20mm machinegun (Upper gun, Early models are 2 x Ho-103) Modified from "Hei" Add Upper gun (Jazz) and remove Ho-3, remove rear defence gun. Usually this type is not carrying defence gun. But also equipped pictures exist. When upper gun removed and reloading Ho-3, it'll be "Hei". -- Additionally, the exceptional model which doesn't know the name. "Hei" equipped Type94 37mm tank gun on nose. Produced only 10? "Hei" equipped Ho-204 37mm auto cannon on nose. Produced only 1. "Hei" equipped Ho-402 57mm auto cannon on nose. Produced only 1. Upper gun added "Ko" model. What this name? For "Special squadron" version modified from "Hei" Removed all guns and all gun sights. Crew is only pilot. Weapon is body.
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#6
11-12-2016, 09:45 AM
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Thanks for the translation Major.Kudo!
It's good enough English that I can understand the variants. "Jazz" was presumably the Japanese translation of the German term "Schräge Musik" which also translates to English as "Jazz." So, one or more cannons mounted upwards and forwards to attack bombers from below. Last edited by Pursuivant; 11-12-2016 at 09:52 AM.
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#7
11-12-2016, 12:26 PM
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http://www.filedropper.com/133100894-ki-45-toryu
i find also this one i hope major.kudo's help Last edited by shelby; 11-12-2016 at 12:36 PM.
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#8
11-12-2016, 12:52 PM
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I forgot to tell.
Ki-45Kai has each one hardpoint under the main wings. These could suspend propellant tank, or the cluster bomb called "TA munition" could be loaded. Quote:
Plane is "Hei" model. "TA munition" was also dropped on heavy bombers formation. But even Veterans seems to have been difficult to make them hit.
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11-13-2016, 08:32 AM
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I made a picture.
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11-14-2016, 09:55 AM
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All but the night fighter version of the Otsu, and late versions of the Tei, also carried flexible, rear-firing 7.9 mm Type 98 machine gun. Some later factory-built Night Fighter versions (Hei according to Major.Kudo's diagram, possibly described as late Otsu in other books) didn't have nose guns because it was intended that radar be mounted there. But only a few were equipped with it. There were a number of field mods that aren't specifically described in the Francillon book, so I guess that the Toryu could carry just about any suitable gun in the IJAF arsenal. There is also confusion between what counts as the "Otsu" vs. "Hei" versions. Older Western sources sometimes mistake Otsu for Hei or Tei versions, or substitute a Latin letter for the appropriate Japanese character when indicating production block. I'd trust the Bunrindo book over Francillon. a = ko b = otsu c = hei d = tei improved = kai Last edited by Pursuivant; 11-14-2016 at 10:46 AM.
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