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Nakajima C6N "Myrt"
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- Topics:
- CV based Myrts?
- Looking for Saiun (Myrt) Night Fighter information
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- Posted By: Dan Salamone <mailto:heroncreek@qwest.net?subject=CV based Myrts?>
Date: Saturday, 17 March 2001, at 3:08 p.m.
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- Hello all,
- My references on the Myrt are almost non existent and I was wondering if the Myrt ever did see action based off of CV's? If so- what tail code number series would they have carried.
- The references I do have do not mention or show ship based Myrts so I imagine the answer is no but I'd like some verification. Thanks in advance,
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- Dan
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- Re: NMF under surface on "Y" Betty
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- Posted By: David_Aiken <mailto:David_Aiken@hotmail.com?subject=Re: NMF under surface on 'Y' Betty>
Date: Tuesday, 27 February 2001, at 9:43 a.m.
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- In Response To: New Betty Question...Yamamoto's Last Ride (Chuck
Nimsk)
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- Hi Chuck,
NMF under surface
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Cheers,
David
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- 121 Kokutai, too.
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- Posted By: UCHIDA, Katsuhiro <mailto:2000gt-b@mui.biglobe.ne.jp?subject=121 Kokutai, too.>
Date: Monday, 19 March 2001, at 9:14 a.m.
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- In Response To: Re: CV based Myrts? (Dan Salamone)
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- Hi Dan-san and Grant-san,
- I would like to add 121 Kokutai as an example. (Hiko-taicho = Lt. Cdr. Chihaya) For further information, please visit the URL shown below.
- C6N was supposed to be carried on CVs WITH A7M and B7A.
Taiho, Shinano, Unryu class...they were supposed to carry this "trio". (And Shokaku class...maybe...)
Do you remember that Tamiya 1/700 Taiho includes ONE C6N?
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- Thanks,
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Posted By: DANIS Jean-Charles <mailto:jean-charles.danis@cfwb.be?subject=Looking for Saiun (Myrt) Night Fighter information>
Date: Monday, 23 July 2001, at 11:56 p.m.
Hi all,
I intend to build the 1/72 Fujimi Saiun "Night Fighter" version with the gun mounted above the cockpit.
I'm looking for cockpit photographs showing this weapon system installation (The Maru book contains only one exterior photo of this particular plane, I've never seen another).
Does this version of the Saiun was produced in large numbers or remains only experimental ?
Thanks for the information !
Regards,
J.C. DANIS
Re: Looking for Saiun (Myrt) Night Fighter informa
Posted By: Ted Bradstreet <mailto:tbstreet@mint.net?subject=Re: Looking for Saiun (Myrt) Night Fighter informa>
Date: Wednesday, 25 July 2001, at 6:45 p.m.
In Response To: Looking for Saiun (Myrt) Night Fighter information
(DANIS Jean-Charles)
The full photo set is published in Maru Mechanic 15 (1979) on the C6N1.
Re: Looking for Saiun (Myrt) Night Fighter informa
Posted By: Ted Bradstreet <mailto:tbstreet@mint.net?subject=Re: Looking for Saiun (Myrt) Night Fighter informa>
Date: Wednesday, 25 July 2001, at 3:43 p.m.
In Response To: Looking for Saiun (Myrt) Night Fighter information
(DANIS Jean-Charles)
Actually, there is also a very good closeup of the installation available somewhere (I will get the reference), but it is strictly a one-off field retrofit of the 30 mm Type 5 cannon. The "standard" Myrt nightfigther used twin Type 99 20 mm guns which did not show above the cockpit top.
Re: Looking for Saiun (Myrt) Night Fighter informa
Posted By: Chris Allred <mailto:allredchris@hotmail.com?subject=Re: Looking for Saiun (Myrt) Night Fighter informa>
Date: Friday, 27 July 2001, at 9:58 a.m.
In Response To: Re: Looking for Saiun (Myrt) Night Fighter informa (Ted Bradstreet)
There are photos of the single 30 mm in Maru Mechanics book and the NASM's Myrt has twin 20 mm set up, photos in Bob Mikesh's new book.
Re: Looking for Saiun (Myrt) Night Fighter informa
Posted By: Tony Williams <mailto:autogun@globalnet.co.uk?subject=Re: Looking for Saiun (Myrt) Night Fighter informa>
Date: Tuesday, 24 July 2001, at 1:20 a.m.
In Response To: Looking for Saiun (Myrt) Night Fighter information
(DANIS Jean-Charles)
I believe that there was only one such, experimental, installation, although it reportedly saw action. There is a side-view painting of this aircraft in:
Anderton, D.A. and Watanabe, R. Aggressors Volume 3; Interceptor vs. Heavy Bomber. Airlife (UK, 1991)
There is a side-view drawing of the gun in "Rapid Fire".
Tony Williams
Author: "Rapid Fire: The development of automatic cannon, heavy machine guns and their ammunition for armies, navies and air forces"
Details on my military gun and ammunition website:
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