A 950 hp engine with a maximum flight speed of 533.4 km/h and a maximum range of more than 2200 km/ h. The Japanese Zero is a myth in its own design, because in the eyes of Westerners, Japan's industrial strength cannot make a good fighter. (Image courtesy of Oriental IC)
The Zero is a carrier-based aircraft used by Japan's naval aviation from the beginning to the end of the war. From the prototype "Twelve Ships Battle" to the Zero Battle 64, a total of 8 models have been modified, but the main ones are still the initial Zero Battle 21 and the middle and late Zero Battle 52 type. (Image courtesy of Oriental IC)
Among them, the zero-war prototype was tested not in the Pacific but in China. In the Battle of Bishan in September 1940, 27 Chinese Air Force aircraft were shot down with zero losses. At that time, all the fighters of the Chinese Air Force could not compete with it, until Chennault bought a P-40 from the United States. The picture shows the P-40 fighter (picture from the Oriental IC)
Type Zero is an aircraft that takes an extreme route, in order to pursue high speed and large range, Type Zero adopts a lightweight design, the air weight of the entire aircraft is only 1.5 tons, and the airframe structure is very fragile, the high-altitude performance is extremely poor, and in the prototype test flight stage, there has been a disintegration of the body at a high altitude and high-speed maneuvering. (Image courtesy of Oriental IC)
And in the early Pacific, the Zero 21 did not have a self-sealing fuel tank and bulletproof steel plate to protect the pilot, so once hit it would catch fire and burn, and then there was no more. (Image courtesy of Oriental IC)
A total of 10,425 Zero fighters were produced during World War II. Although the Zero has a huge bug, so far, the Zero is still the only famous fighter in the history of world aviation designed and manufactured by non-European and American countries (Image from Oriental IC)