A5M Claude

The Mitsubishi A5M, formal Japanese Navy designation Mitsubishi Navy Type 96 Carrier-based Fighter (九六式艦上戦闘機), experimental Navy designation Mitsubishi Navy Experimental 9-Shi Carrier Fighter, company designation Mitsubishi Ka-14, was a Japanese carrier-based fighter aircraft. It was the world’s first monoplane shipboard fighter to enter service and the direct predecessor of the famous Mitsubishi A6M “Zero”. The Allied reporting name was Claude.

• Tactic

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• Pros and Cons
  • Pros
    • Light, easy to fly, low stall speed
    • Nose mount guns
    • Carry two bombs
  • Cons
    • Slow
    • Weak durability
    • Low caliber machine guns

• Engine
  • Default: Kai 41 radial engine (785 hp)
• Armament
  • Default: 2 × 7.7 mm Type 89 machine guns
  • Upgrade: 2 x 50 kg bombs
• Stats
  • Max speed:440 km/h (237 knots, 273 mph)
  • Max dive speed: N/A
  • Durability: 250
  • Internal fuel capacity:284 litres (75 US gallons)
  • External fuel capacity: N/A
  • Empty weight: 1,216 kg (2,681 lb)
  • Wing area: 17.8 m² (191.6 ft²)