Nakajima Ki-43

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The Nakajima Ki-43 was a highly maneuverable Japanese single-engine fighter aircraft of World War II, widely used in the early and mid-war years across multiple Asian and Pacific battlefronts.

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Generate an image of the Nakajima Ki-43 (The Nakajima Ki-43 was a highly maneuverable Japanese single-engine fighter aircraft of World War II, widely used in the early and mid-war years across multiple Asian and Pacific battlefronts.)

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Nakajima Ki-43 canonical 5
Nakajima Ki-43 Hayabusa 3

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Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf World War II aircraft ⓘ
fighter aircraft ⓘ
single-engine aircraft ⓘ
alliedReportingName Oscar ⓘ
armament 2× 12.7 mm Ho-103 machine guns (later variants) ⓘ
2× 7.7 mm machine guns (early variants) ⓘ
bombLoad up to 2× 250 kg bombs (typical maximum) ⓘ
combatUse air superiority missions ⓘ
escort missions ⓘ
ground-attack missions ⓘ
conflict World War II ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Japan ⓘ
crew 1 ⓘ
designFeature butterfly flaps to enhance maneuverability ⓘ
emptyWeight around 1,900 kg depending on variant ⓘ
engineType Nakajima Ha-25 radial engine ⓘ
era early World War II Japanese fighter design ⓘ
firstFlight 1939 ⓘ
front China-Burma-India Theater ⓘ
Pacific Theater ⓘ
linked to: Pacific War

Southeast Asian Theater ⓘ
hardpoints underwing bomb racks ⓘ
height about 3.3 m ⓘ
introducedAsReplacementFor Nakajima Ki-27 ⓘ
landingGear retractable conventional landing gear ⓘ
length about 8.9 m ⓘ
manufacturer Nakajima Aircraft Company ⓘ
maxSpeed approximately 530 km/h (330 mph) depending on variant ⓘ
notableCharacteristic high maneuverability ⓘ
lightweight construction ⓘ
long-range capability ⓘ
relatively light armament ⓘ
numberBuilt over 5,000 ⓘ
operator French Air Force (postwar, captured) ⓘ
linked to: French Air Force

Imperial Japanese Army Air Force ⓘ
Manchukuo Imperial Air Force ⓘ
People's Liberation Army Air Force ⓘ
linked to: Chinese Air Force

Revolutionary Indonesian Air Force ⓘ
Royal Thai Air Force ⓘ
powerplantConfiguration single-engine ⓘ
primaryRole fighter ⓘ
productionPeriod early 1940s ⓘ
range approximately 1,700 km (1,060 mi) depending on variant ⓘ
serviceCeiling approximately 11,000 m (36,000 ft) depending on variant ⓘ
serviceEntry 1941 ⓘ
successor Nakajima Ki-84 ⓘ
usedBy Imperial Japanese Army Air Service ⓘ
wingConfiguration low-wing monoplane ⓘ
wingspan about 10.8 m ⓘ

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Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Nakajima Ki-27 → successor → Nakajima Ki-43 ⓘ
Nakajima Ki-44 → developedFrom → Nakajima Ki-43 Hayabusa ⓘ
linked to: Nakajima Ki-43
Nakajima Sakae radial engine → notableApplication → Nakajima Ki-43 Hayabusa ⓘ
linked to: Nakajima Ki-43
Nakajima Aircraft Company → product → Nakajima Ki-43 Hayabusa ⓘ
linked to: Nakajima Ki-43
Oscar → refersTo → Nakajima Ki-43 ⓘ
Oscar → introducedAs → Nakajima Ki-43 ⓘ
244th Sentai → operatedAircraft → Nakajima Ki-43 ⓘ