| 203rd Naval Air Squadron,August 1945,Omura Air Base.Nagasaki Prefecture | Model:36350 | The proportional model:1:72 | Browse the number:644 |
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The first A6M5 “Zero” was build by the Mitsubishi Jukogyo in 1943.
It was developed to combat heavier built & armed Allied fighters that were
knocking the earlier “Zero” out of the sky during 1943. The Nakajima NK1F Sakae
21 engine gave the plane slightly better performance, and the armament was
changed to 2- 20mm and 2- 13.2mm guns. These changes did not make up for the
lack of armor, or the lack of self-sealing fuel tanks. However, despite these
shortcomings, over 10,450 were built, being used during the entire war because
other models of Japanese aircraft continued to have “teething” problems.