©
1997 Joao Paulo Juliao Matsuura
Mitsubishi J2M Raiden (Thunderbolt)
Allied Code Name: "Jack"
(Scanned from René J. Francillion "Japanese Aircraft of the Pacific War" - Putnam - 1979)
UNITS ALLOCATED
302nd, 332nd, 352nd, 381st, Genzan and Tainan Kokutais.
(Scanned from Bill Gunston's "Caças do Eixo - Guias Armas de Guerra - Editora Nova Cultural Ltda. - 1980)
(Scanned from "Aviões da Segunda Guerra Mundial" - Abril Cultural S.A. - 1975)
TECHNICAL DATA
Description: Single-seat interceptor fighter. All-metal construction with fabric-covered control surfaces.
Accommodation: Pilot in enclosed cockpit.
- One Mitsubishi MK4C Kasei 13 fourteen-cylinder air-cooled radial, rated at 1,430 hp for take-off, 1,400 hp at 2,700 m and 1,260 hp at 6,100 m, driving a three-blade constant-speed metal propeller (J2M1).
- One Mitsubishi MK4R-A Kasei 23a fourteen-cylinder air-cooled radial, rated at 1,800 hp for take-off, 1,575 hp at 1,800 m and 1,410 hp at 4,800 m, driving a four-blade constant-speed metal propeller (J2M2, J2M3, J2M3a, J2M6 and J2M6a).
- One Mitsubishi MK4R-C Kasei 23c fourteen-cylinder air-cooled radial, rated at 1,820 hp for take-off, and 1,420 hp at 9,200 m, driving a four-blade constant-speed metal propeller (J2M4).
- One Mitsubishi MK4U-4 Kasei 26a fourteen-cylinder air-cooled radial, rated at 1,820 hp for take-off, 1,510 hp at 2,800 m, 1,400 hp at 6,800 m and 1,310 hp at 7,200 m, driving a four-blade constant-speed metal propeller (J2M5, J2M5a, J2M7 and J2M7a).
- Two 7.7 mm Type 97 machine-guns in the upper fuselage decking and two wing-mounted 20 mm Type 99 Model 2 cannon (J2M1 and J2M2).
- Two wing-mounted 20 mm Type 99 Model 2 cannon and two wing-mounted 20 mm Type 99 Model 1 cannon (J2M3, J2M5, J2M6 and J2M7).
- Four wing-mounted 20 mm Type 99 Model 2 cannon (J2M3a, J2M5a, J2M6a and J2M7a).
- Two fuselage-mounted oblique-firing 20 mm Type 99 Model 1 cannon, two wing-mounted 20 mm Type 99 Model 2 cannon and two wing-mounted 20 mm Type 99 Model 1 cannon (J2M4 and field modification of some J2M3s).
- External stores: two 60 kg bombs, or two 200 litre drop tanks.
