It'd be a little bit of hyperbole to say the Grumman F6F Hellcat single-handedly gave the U.S. military air superiority over the Pacific Theater of World War II. The Vought F4U Corsair played a huge ...
The Mitsubishi A6M2 "Zero" was Japan's main WWII fighter, renowned for its exceptional range, climb rate, and maneuverability achieved by extreme weight reduction through a thin, strong aluminum alloy ...
The A6M was produced by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries and was first powered by a Nakajima Sakae radial air-cooled engine of 14 cylinders (two staggered rows of seven) that developed 1,020 horsepower. It ...
Japan began the Pacific War with two major technological advantages over the U.S. Navy: the much more reliable Long Lance torpedo, and the Mitsubishi A6M Zero carried-based fighter, a design that ...
I look at the real Japanese fighter the Kyushu J7W Shinden and its fictional portrayal in the movie Godzilla Minus One. This video actually has a bit of everything from the A6M Zero, to the Shinden, ...