Kawasaki Ki-61 Tony, Japan’s Answer to the P-38 December 27, 2022 Unipro2013main Imperial Japanese Army, World War 2 Aviation </p> <h2> IJAAF’s only real answer to the P-38 Lightning</h2> <p> The Ki-61 Hien, code named Tony was the IJAAF’s only real answer to the P-38 Lightning during the battles over New Guinea in 1943. Let’s take a look at the design history, performance as compared with US aircraft in theater, and the combat record of the Ki-61.</p> <p>This video will be a little less accurate than my normal work because I have to speculate to fill in the blanks a bit more than I would like. Information on Japanese airplanes is a bit scarce, and often all we have are intelligence reports from the period, which were often inaccurate. For example, U.S. intelligence thought this was an Italian plane, which it wasn’t.</p> <p>Thankfully, we do have a lot of really solid performance information, speed, climb, turn and so on. We also have great information on the aircraft system, armor, weapons and more, , so the key data is accurate<br /> <br /> Credit to : Greg’s Airplanes and Automobiles</p> <p> Please support our Sponsors -
