Claude
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Claude is the NATO reporting name for the Mitsubishi A5M, a Japanese carrier-based fighter aircraft used primarily in the late 1930s and early World War II.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Claude canonical | 1 |
Statements (39)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
NATO reporting name
ⓘ
carrier-based fighter aircraft ⓘ |
| aircraftType |
carrier-based aircraft
ⓘ
monoplane ⓘ single-engine ⓘ |
| armament | fixed forward-firing machine guns ⓘ |
| category |
fighter aircraft of World War II
ⓘ
military aircraft ⓘ naval aircraft ⓘ |
| construction | all-metal ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Empire of Japan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| crew | 1 ⓘ |
| designedBy | Jiro Horikoshi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| enteredServiceWith | Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| era |
early World War II
ⓘ
interwar period ⓘ |
| firstFlight | 1935 ⓘ |
| introduced | 1937 ⓘ |
| laterUsedAs |
kamikaze aircraft
ⓘ
trainer ⓘ |
| manufacturer | Mitsubishi Heavy Industries NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| NATOReportingName | Claude NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFeature | first monoplane shipboard fighter to enter service with any navy ⓘ |
| operator |
Imperial Japanese Navy
ⓘ
Republic of China Air Force (captured examples) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| originatesFrom | Japan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| powerplant | Nakajima Kotobuki radial engine NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| primaryUsePeriod | late 1930s ⓘ |
| refersTo | Mitsubishi A5M NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| retired | early 1940s ⓘ |
| role | fighter ⓘ |
| serviceEntry | mid-1930s ⓘ |
| successor | Mitsubishi A6M Zero NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedAs | frontline fighter ⓘ |
| usedBy | Imperial Japanese Navy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedFromAircraftCarrier | Japanese aircraft carriers ⓘ |
| usedInConflict |
Second Sino-Japanese War
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
World War II ⓘ |
| wingConfiguration | low-wing monoplane ⓘ |
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Mitsubishi A5M