Mitsubishi J2M Raiden – Fotografije & Video

V Mitsubishi J2M Raiden was a single-engined land-based fighter aircraft used by the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service in World War II. The Allied reporting name was “Jack”. The J2M was designed by Jiro Horikoshi, creator of the A6M Zero, to meet the 14-Shi (14th year of the Showa reign, or 1939) official specification. It was to be a strictly local-defense interceptor, intended to counter the threat of high-altitude bomber raids, and thus relied on speed, climb performance, and armament at the expense of manoeuvrability. The J2M was a sleek, but stubby craft with its oversized Mitsubishi Kasei engine buried behind a long cowling, cooled by an intake fan and connected to the propeller with an extension shaft.

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Mitsubishi J2M Raiden je bilo enomotorno lovsko letalo, ki ga je jiro Horikoshi zasnoval za zračno službo cesarske japonske vojne mornarice v drugi svetovni vojni. J2M naj bi bil visoko-višinska prestrezalka, ki je sposobna vključiti ameriške bombnike, kot je B-29 Superfortress. J2M je imel razpološen videz s svojim dolgim nosom, velikim propelerjem in kratkimi krili.
J2M je pogonil radialni motor Mitsubishi Kasei 23, ki je proizvajal 1.820 konjskih moči in mu dal vrhunsko hitrost 655 km/h. J2M je bil oborožen z dvema mitraljezoma 7,7 mm v nosu in dvema 20 mm topoma v krilih. J2M je vstopil v službo leta 1944 in videl boj na Filipinih, Okinawi in na Japonskem. Vendar pa je J2M trpel zaradi različnih tehničnih težav in je bil preštevilčen z zaročnimi borci. Pred predajo Japonske leta 1945 je bilo zgrajenih le 621 J2M.