Zero Facts and Figures

A6M1 (Navy Experimental 12-Shi Carrier Fighter)	A6M2 (Navy Type 0 Carrier Fighter Model 11
Engine: 1x Mitsubishi Zuisei 13 engine [780hp at take-off, 875hp at 11,810ft] w/ 2-bladed variable-pitch propeller, then 3-bladed constant-speed metal propeller Speed: 316.5mph at 11,810ft (maximum) Climb Rate: 5min15sec to 16,405ft Ceiling: Fuel: 518liter internal + 330liter ventral drop tank Range: Weight: 3,642lb empty; 5,165lb loaded Armament: 2x 7.7mm Type 97 machine guns 2x 20mm Type 99 Model 1 Mark 3 cannon w/60rpg, 2x 132lb bombs Notes: 12-Shi Carrier Fighter Specification issued 19 May 1937 First Flown 1 April 1939; second flown 18 October 1939; third prototype for A6M2 with Sakae engine, flown 28 December 1939 [or 18 January 1940?] Number Built: 3 prototypes GLORY: no rating	(Navy Type 0 Carrier Fighter Model 21 - with folding wing tips) Engine: 1x Nakajima Sakae 12 engine w/ single-stage supercharger [940hp at take-off, 950hp at 13,780ft] w/ 3-bladed constant-speed metal propeller Speed: 331.5mph at 14,930ft (maximum) [336mph at 19,685ft - Green] Climb Rate: 5min55sec to 16,400ft; 7min27sec to 19,685ft Ceiling: 32,810ft Fuel: 518liters internal + 330liter ventral drop tank Range: 1,160miles (normal); 1,930miles (maximum) [Lundstrom: "a combat radius of up 300 miles from a carrier and well over 500 miles from a land base" "a combat radius of nearly 600 miles"] Weight: 3,704lb empty; 5,313lb loaded; 6,164lb maximum Armament: 2x 7.7mm Type 97 machine guns w/500rpg [680?] 2x 20mm Type 99 Model 1 Mark 3 cannon w/60rpg 2x 132lb bombs Number Built: 2 prototypes by Mitsubishi, 15 pre-production by Mitsubishi 47 Model 11 by Mitsubishi, 127 Model 21 by Mitsubishi 1,425 Model 21 by Mitsubishi (740) and Nakajima (685) Notes: wing spar reinforced beginning with 22nd aircraft, wing tips manuually folding beginning with 65th aircraft, Aileron tab balance fitted beginning with 192nd aircraft. Bueschel: some 35 a/c field modified with long barreled Type 99 Model 2 Mark 3 cannon as Model 21A GLORY: A6M2 7F5 0/LC/17
A6M2-N (Navy Type 2 Floatplane Fighter Model 11)	A6M2-K (Navy Type 0 Trainer-Fighter Model 10)
Engine: 1x Nakajima Sakae 12 engine w/ single-stage supercharger [940hp at take-off, 950hp at 13,780ft] w/ 3-bladed constant-speed metal propeller speed: 270.5mph at 16,405ft (maximum) climb rate: 6min43sec to 16,405ft ceiling: 32,810ft fuel: 518liters internal + 335liters in auxiliary tank in float range: 714miles (normal); 1,107miles (maximum) weight: 4,235lb empty; 5,423lb loaded; 6,349lb maximum armament: 2x 7.7mm Type 97 machine guns w/500rpg 2x 20mm Type 99 Model 1 Mark 3 cannon w/60rpg, 2x 132lb bombs number built: 327 by Nakajima (December 1941 - September 1943) notes: first flown 8 December 1941, based on Model 11 - designed and built by Nakajima GLORY: A6M2-N 4F3 0/F/13	engine: 1x Nakajima Sakae 12 engine w/ single-stage supercharger [940hp at take-off, 950hp at 13,780ft] w/ 3-bladed constant-speed metal propeller speed: 296mph at 13,125ft (maximum) climb rate: 7min56sec to 19,685ft ceiling: 33,400ft fuel: 380liters internal range: 860miles (normal) weight: 4,010lb empty; 5,146lb loaded; 5,792lb maximum armament: 2x 7.7mm Type 97 machine guns w/500rpg 2x 132lb bombs [1x 551lb bomb as Kamikaze] number built: 236 by 21st Naval Air Arsenal as Model 11 (November [or February?] 1943 - October 1944) 272 by Hitachi as Model 21 (665 ordered) (May 1944 - July 1945) notes: two seat advanced trainer version designed by 21st Naval Air Arsenal also used for target towing and as Kamikaze GLORY: A6M2-K 3F3 0/L/15
A6M3 (Navy Type 0 Carrier Fighter Model 32)	A6M3 and A6M3a (Navy Type 0 Carrier Fighter Mdl 22 and Mdl 22A)
engine: 1x Nakajima Sakae 21 engine w/two-stage supercharger [1,130hp at take-off, 1,100hp at 9,350ft, 980hp at 19,685ft] w/ 3-bladed constant-speed metal propeller speed: 338mph at 19,685ft (maximum) climb rate: 7min19sec to 19,685ft [4,500ft/min] ceiling: 36,250ft fuel: 480liters internal + 330liters in drop tank range: 1,477miles (maximum) [Lundstrom: "20 percent less range than the A6M2 Model 21s"] weight: 3,984lb empty; 5,609lb loaded armament: 2x 7.7mm Type 97 machine guns w/500rpg, 2x 20mm Type 99 Model 1 Mark 3 cannon w/100rpg, 2x 132lb bombs number built: 343 by Mitsubishi notes: first a/c completed June 1941, 100rpg for cannon beginning with 4th aircraft, folding wing tips and aileron balance mechanism removed on production aircraft GLORY: A6M3-32 7F5 0/C/16	engine: 1x Nakajima Sakae 21 engine w/two-stage supercharger [1,130hp at take-off, 1,100hp at 9,350ft, 980hp at 19,685ft] w/ 3-bladed constant speed Sumitomo propeller speed: 336mph at 19,685ft (maximum) climb rate: ceiling: fuel: 570liters internal + 330liters in drop tank range: weight: 4,107lb empty; 5,906lb loaded armament: 2x 7.7mm Type 97 machine guns 2x 20mm Type 99 Model 1 Mark 3 cannon w/100rpg 2x 132lb bombs number built: 560 by Mitsubishi notes: fitted with folding wing tips ("long wing") and additional 45liter fuel tank in each wing late production a/c fitted with long barrel 20mm, Type 99 Model 2 Mark 3 cannon (Model 22A) 3 fitted with experimental 30mm cannon, tested operationally at Rabaul GLORY: A6M3-22 7F5 0/22
A6M4 (Navy Type 0 Carrier Fighter Model 41)	A6M5 (Navy Type 0 Carrier Fighter Model 52)
two A6M2 aircraft fitted with experimental turbo-supercharged Sakae engine tested by First Naval Air Technical Arsenal in 1943 GLORY: [no rating]	engine: 1x Nakajima Sakae 21 engine w/two-stage supercharger [1,130hp at take-off, 1,100hp at 9,350ft, 980hp at 19,685ft] w/ 3-bladed constant speed Sumitomo propeller speed: 351mph at 19,685ft (maximum) (maximum diving speed: 410mph) climb rate: 7min1sec to 19,685ft ceiling: 38,520ft fuel: 540liters internal + 330liters in drop tank range: 1,171miles at 230mph [1,194miles maximum] weight: 4,136lb empty; 6,025lb loaded, 6,510lb maximum armament: 2x 7.7mm Type 97 machine guns w/700rpg 2x 20mm Type 99 Model 2 Mark 3 cannon w/100rpg 2x 132lb bombs number built: 747 by Mitsubishi (beginning August 1943) unknown number by Nakajima, production scheduled by Hitachi but never completed notes: prototype modified summer 1943 from A6M3 Model 32 service trials August 1943 fitted with strengthened wing (non-folding) and improved ejector-type exhaust stubs some field modified as fighter-bombers to carry 550lb bomb on ventral drop tank rack GLORY: A6M5 7F6 1/C/15
A6M5a (Navy Type 0 Carrier Fighter Model 52a)	A6M5b (Navy Type 0 Carrier Fighter Model 52b)
engine: 1x Nakajima Sakae 21 engine w/two-stage supercharger [1,130hp at take-off, 1,100hp at 9,350ft, 980hp at 19,685ft] w/ 3-bladed constant speed Sumitomo propeller speed: 348mph at 19,685ft (maximum) (maximum diving speed: 460mph) climb rate: 7min1sec to 19,685ft ceiling: 38,520ft fuel: 540liter internal + 330liter ventral drop tank range: 1,194miles at 230mph weight: 4,167lb empty; 6,047lb loaded armament: 2x 7.7mm Type 97 machine guns w/700rpg, 2x 20mm Type 99 Model 2 Mark 4 cannon w/125rpg, 2x 66lb or 132lb bombs number built: 391 by Mitsubishi (beginning March 1944) unknown number by Nakajima notes: fitted with heavier guage wing skinning and belt fed 20mm cannon GLORY: A6M5 7F6 1/C/15	engine: 1x Nakajima Sakae 21 engine w/two-stage supercharger [1,130hp at take-off, 1,100hp at 9,350ft, 980hp at 19,685ft] w/ 3-bladed constant speed Sumitomo propeller speed: climb rate: ceiling: fuel: 540liter internal + 330liter ventral drop tank range: weight: armament: 1x 7.7mm Type 97 machine gun, 1x 13.2mm Type 3 machine gun 2x 20mm Type 99 Model 2 Mark 4 cannon w/125rpg,2x 132lb bombs number built: 470 by Mitsubishi (beginning April 1944?) notes: fitted with automatic fuel tank CO2 fire extinguishers armored windshield GLORY: A6M5b 7F7 1/C/14
A6M5c (Navy Type 0 Carrier Fighter Model 52c)	A6M5-K (Navy Type 0 Trainer-Fighter Model 22)
engine: 1x Nakajima Sakae 21 engine w/two-stage supercharger [1,130hp at take-off, 1,100hp at 9,350ft, 980hp at 19,685ft] w/ 3-bladed constant speed Sumitomo propeller speed: 348mph at 19,685ft (maximum) (maximum diving speed: 410mph?) climb rate: 5min50sec to 16,405ft ceiling: 36,255ft fuel: 610liter internal + 330liter ventral drop tank range: 1,314miles at 230mph weight: 4,751lb empty; 6,945lb loaded armament: 3x 13.2mm Type 3 machine guns, 2x 20mm Type 99 Model 2 Mark 4 cannon w/125rpg, 4x 30kg air-to-air rockets number built: 93 by Mitsubishi (in 1944) notes: fitted with automatic fuel tank CO2 fire extinguishers armored windshield and armor plate for pilot seat intended self-sealing fuel tanks and water-methanol injection Sakae 31A engine never fitted GLORY: A6M5b 7F7 1/C/14	two-seat advanced trainer version of A6M5 with Sakae 21 engine, otherwise identical to A6M2-K designed by 21st Naval Air Arsenal seven prototypes by Hitachi March - August 1945 GLORY: no rating [JAB: same as A6M2-K, without "L" code?]
A6M6c (Navy Type 0 Carrier Fighter Model 53c)	A6M7 (Navy Type 0 Carrier Fighter Model 63)
engine: 1x Nakajima Sakae 31A engine w/two-stage supercharger [1,130hp at take-off, 1,100hp at 9,350ft, 980hp at 19,685ft] w/ methanol-water injection w/ 3-bladed constant speed Sumitomo propeller speed: 337mph at 21,000ft (maximum) [346mph at 19,685ft - Green] (maximum diving speed: 410mph?) climb rate: 9min53sec to 26,250ft [7.8min to to 19,685ft, 3,140ft/min] ceiling: 33,300ft fuel: 610liter internal + 330liter ventral drop tank range: 956miles at 230mph weight: 4,519lb [4,175lb] empty; 6,614lb loaded [6,047lb] armament: 3x 13.2mm Type 3 machine guns, 2x 20mm Type 99 Model 2 Mark 4 cannon w/125rpg, 4x 30kg air-to-air rockets number built: 1 by Mitsubishi, "small number" by Nakajima (late 1944 - early 1945) notes: Model 52c with Sakae 31 engine? GLORY: A6M5b 7F7 1/C/14	engine: 1x Nakajima Sakae 21 engine w/two-stage supercharger [1,130hp at take-off, 1,100hp at 9,350ft, 980hp at 19,685ft] w/ 3-bladed constant speed Sumitomo propeller speed: climb rate: ceiling: fuel: 610liter internal + 2x 150liter under-wing drop tanks range: weight: 6,945lb (loaded) armament: 3x 13.2mm Type 3 machine gun, 2x 20mm Type 99 Model 2 Mark 4 cannon w/125rpg, 1x 550lb or 1,100lb bombs number built: unknown number by Mitsubishi and Nakajima from May 1945 notes: fighter/dive-bomber version based on Model 52c with strengthened tail plane GLORY: A6M7 6F6 2-1/C/12?
A6M8c (Navy Type 0 Carrier Fighter Model 54c)	A6M8 (Navy Type 0 Carrier Fighter Model 64)
engine: 1x Mitsubishi Kinsei Model 62 engine [1,340hp at 6,890ft] w/ 3-bladed constant speed Sumitomo propeller speed: 356mph at 19,685ft climb rate: 6min50sec to 19,685ft ceiling: 36,745ft fuel: 610liter internal + 2x 350liter underwing drop tanks range: weight: 4,750lb (empty), 6,945lb (loaded) armament: 2x 13.2mm Type 3 machine guns, 2x 20mm Type 99 Model 2 Mark 4 cannon w/125rpg, 1x 550lb or 1,100lb bombs, 2x 132lb bombs number built: 2 prototypes only notes: first flown 25 May 1945 GLORY: A6M8 7F6 2-1/C/16?	engine: 1x Mitsubishi Kinsei Model 62 engine [1,560hp at take-off, 1,340hp at 6,890ft, 1,180hp at 19,030ft] w/ 3-bladed constant speed Sumitomo propeller speed: 356mph at 19,685ft climb rate: 6min50sec to 19,685ft [26,240ft? 3,140ft/min - Green] ceiling: 37,075ft fuel: 610liter internal + 2x 350liter under-wing drop tanks range: weight: 4,740lb (empty), 6,945lb (loaded) armament: 2x 13.2mm Type 3 machine guns, 2x 20mm Type 99 Model 2 Mark 4 cannon w/125rpg, 1x 550lb or 1,100lb bombs, 2x 132lb bombs number built: 2 prototypes only notes: first flown 25 May 1945, production version of A6M8c, 6,300 to be built by Mitsubishi and Nakajima, none completed GLORY: A6M8 7F6 2-1/C/16?
PRODUCTION FIGURES: A6M1, A6M2, A6M3 March 1939 to March 1942 - Mitsubishi 722 - Nakajima 115 April 1942 to March 1943 - Mitsubishi 729 - Nakajima 960 A6M5, A6M6, A6M7, A6M8 7,923 April 1943 to March 1944 - Mitsubishi 1,164 - Nakajima 2,268 April 1944 to March 1945 - Mitsubishi 1,145 - Nakajima 2,342 April 1945 to Aug 1945 - Mitsubishi 119 - Nakajima 885 TOTAL Production March 1939 - August 1945 10,449	MANUFACTURERS: Dai-Nijuichi Kaigun Kokusho (21st Naval Air Aresenal) [at Sasebo] Hitachi Kokutai K.K. (Hitachi Aircraft Company Ltd) Mitsubishi Jukogyo K.K. (Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Company Ltd) -No. 3 Airframe Plant Nakajima Hikoki K.K. (Nakajima Aeroplane Company Ltd) -No. 2 Airframe Plant [at Okawa - Gumma Prefecture]