Conquest WWII in the Pacific Kamikaze Aircraft

[Civinator]

Does anybody know what Japanese aircraft type is the Kamikaze unit in Conquest WWII in the Pacific ? It is no Zero fighter.

 

[Wotan49]

Greeting Civinator
for me it is a Ki-43 Hayabusa
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nakajima_Ki-43_Hayabusa

Wotan49

 

[Arexander]

The model looks like a Zero to me, and looking at the files from the scenario, it seems to just be a recolored Zero.

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[Predator145]

Based on the green paint and the zero-like layout I too agree it's likely to be a Ki-43.

https://armahobbynews.pl/wp-content/uploads/Hayabusa-test-Zbyszek-011.jpg

 

[Civinator]

Thank you all very much for your statements.

I also thought that this aircraft could be a Ki-43, especially when looking at the cabin of the animated unit. But the screenshots of Arexander are very convincing. It seems to be indeed a Zero. I would have never thought this when looking at the animated units.

 

[timerover51]

Most of the Hayabusas had two .50 caliber machine guns mounted in the nose, firing through the propeller. I will did out my copy of Japanese Aircraft of the Pacific War and see which matches better, the Zero or the Hayabusa. The Japanese also built a plane specifically for Kamikaze attacks so it could be that as well.

I should add that the initial Kamikaze attacks were started by the Japanese Navy during the invasion of the Philippines in the fall of 1944, and the Navy executed a pretty high proportion of them. If things are not cut and dried with the image, I would call it a Zero.

 

[timerover51]

Based on the wing shape, it could be a Hayabusa. With the wing guns, it is a Zero. The silhouettes are very similar. Calling it either one would be correct. The Hayabusa did not have wing guns, so it actually was more maneuverable than a Zero.