A6M2 Model 11

零式艦上戦闘機一一型

Family
A6M Zero
Class
Carrier fighter
Changes
First production version with the Nakajima Sakae 12 in place of the Zuisei of the A6M1 prototypes; wings without folding tips. Fifteen pre-series aircraft went to China in July 1940; folding tips came in after the 65th aircraft.
Crew
1
Engine
Nakajima NK1C Sakae 12
Engines
1
Blades
3

Armament

WeaponCountRoundsPositionSynchronized
九七式七粍七固定機銃2500FuselageTrue
九九式一号機銃260Wing—

Loadouts

NameChanges
2 × 60 kgTwo 60 kg bombs under the wings, as in the 12-Shi requirement.

Service

≈ Aug 1940 – Sep 1941