©
1997 Joao Paulo Juliao Matsuura
Nakajima G5N Shinzan (Mountain Recess)
Allied Code Name: "Liz"
(Scanned from René J. Francillion "Japanese Aircraft of the Pacific War" - Putnam - 1979)
UNITS ALLOCATED
TECHNICAL DATA
Description: Four-engined heavy bomber. All-metal construction with fabric-covered control surfaces.
Accommodation: Crew of seven to ten.
- Four Nakajima NK7A Mamoru 11 fourteen-cylinder air-cooled radials rated at 1,870 hp for take-off, 1,750 hp at 1,400 m and 1,600 hp at 4,900 m, driving four-blade constant-speed propellers (G5N1).
- Four Mitsubishi Kasei 12 fourteen-cylinder air-cooled radials rated at 1,530 hp for take-off, 1,480 hp at 2,200 m and 1,380 hp at 4,100 m, driving four-blade constant-speed propellers (G5N2).
- 20 mm Type 99 Model 1 cannon in the dorsal and tail turrets and one 7.7 mm Type 97 machine-gun in each of the nose, ventral port and starboard beam positions.
- Bomb-load:
- normal
- 2,000 kg
- maximum
- 4,000 kg
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