Mitsubishi A6M2 Zero
A6M2
324000 Price |
170 Survivability |
2560 kgWeight |
201.6 Damage |
1127.4 Airspeed |
500 km/hTop Speed at Sea Level |
500 km/hTop Speed at Best Altitude |
800 mOptimum Altitude |
580 km/hMaximum Dive Speed |
101.9 m/sRate of Climb |
90 km/hStall Speed |
256 km/hOptimum Airspeed |
86.5 Controllability |
8 sAverage Time to Turn 360 deg |
100 °/sRate of Roll |
1556.6 Maneuverability |
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Modules
Engine
Tier | Engine | Engine Power, hp / Thrust | Type | Weight, kg | Price, |
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IV | Sakae 12 | 925 | air-cooled | 540 | 24000 |
V | Sakae 21 | 1130 | air-cooled | 570 | 33500 |
VI | Sakae 31a | 1210 | air-cooled | 540 | 42700 |
Airframe
Tier | Airframe | Survivability | Weight, kg | Price, |
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IV | A6M2 Model 11 | 170 | 1780 | 23000 |
V | 180 | 1840 | 44500 |
Synchronized machine gun
Tier | Machine gun | Caliber | Muzzle Velocity, m/s | Damage | Rate of Fire, rounds/min | Weight, kg | Price, |
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III | 7.7 mm Type 97 Model 2 (S) | 7.7 | 960 | 26 | 800 | 30 | 4500 |
Wing-mounted weapon
Tier | Machine gun | Caliber | Muzzle Velocity, m/s | Damage | Rate of Fire, rounds/min | Weight, kg | Price, |
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V | 20 mm Type 99-1 Model 1 (W) | 20 | 1200 | 65 | 360 | 90 | 21000 |
VI | 20 | 1200 | 75 | 360 | 90 | 26000 |
Player Opinion
Pros and Cons
Pros:
- Superb maneuverability
- good firepower
- 20mm can deal more quick damage with burst fire
Cons:
- Fragile airframe
- Poor high altitude performance makes it vulnerable to diving attacks
- One of the slowest planes in its tier
- Firepower does not improve much from the A6M1, will struggle some against Tier 6 planes
Historical Info
The new version was so promising that the Navy had 15 built and shipped to China before they had completed testing. They arrived in Manchuria in July 1940, and first saw combat over Chungking in August. There they proved to be completely untouchable by the Polikarpov I-16s and I-153s that had been such a problem for the A5Ms currently in service.
Success of A6M2 made Navy immediately order the A6M2 into production as the Type 0 Carrier Fighter, Model 11. Reports of the Zero's performance filtered back to the US slowly. There they were dismissed by most military officials, who felt it was impossible for the Japanese to build such an aircraft.
After the delivery of only 65 aircraft by November 1940, a further change was worked into the production lines, which introduced folding wingtips to allow them to fit on aircraft carriers. The resulting Model 21 would become one of the most produced versions early in the war. A feature was the improved range with 520lt wing tank and 320lt drop tank. When the lines switched to updated models, 740 Model 21s had been completed by Mitsubishi, and another 800 by Nakajima.
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