A6M5b Model 52 Otsu

零式艦上戦闘機五二型乙

Family
A6M Zero
Class
Carrier fighter
Changes
Right cowling gun replaced by a 13.2 mm Type 3 with 240 rounds in an enlarged cowling opening; 45 mm armoured glass in the windscreen; fairings for the wing cannon; finned drop tank on a slanted pipe. Built from April to October 1944.
Crew
1
Engine
Nakajima NK1F Sakae 21
Engines
1
Blades
3

Armament

WeaponCountPositionSynchronizedRounds
九七式七粍七固定機銃1FuselageTrue—
三式十三粍固定機銃1FuselageTrue240
九九式二号機銃2Wing—125

Service

≈ Apr 1944 – Aug 1945