Mitsubishi A6M Zero fighters

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World War II aircraft carrier-based fighter aircraft single-engine monoplane

The Mitsubishi A6M Zero fighters were highly maneuverable, long-range carrier-based Japanese fighter aircraft that dominated early World War II Pacific air combat.

Aliases (2)

Mitsubishi A6M Zero ×65
Mitsubishi A6M Zero fighter ×1

Statements (56)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	World War II aircraft → carrier-based fighter aircraft → single-engine monoplane →
alliedReportingName	Zeke →
armament	20 mm cannon → 7.7 mm machine guns → bombs →
countryOfOrigin	Japan →
crew	1 →
designer	Jiro Horikoshi →
dominatedEarlyWar	Pacific air combat →
engineType	air-cooled radial piston engine →
enteredCombat	Second Sino-Japanese War →
facedOpponents	Curtiss P-40 Warhawk → Grumman F4F Wildcat → Grumman F6F Hellcat → Lockheed P-38 Lightning → North American P-51 Mustang → Republic P-47 Thunderbolt → Vought F4U Corsair →
firstFlightDate	1939-04-01 →
introducedInService	1940 →
landingGearType	retractable tailwheel landing gear →
manufacturer	Mitsubishi Heavy Industries →
nationality	Japanese →
nicknamed	Zeke → Zero →
notableCharacteristic	high maneuverability → lack of armor protection → lightweight construction → long range → unprotected fuel tanks →
numberOfEngines	1 →
operatedFrom	aircraft carriers → land bases →
powerplant	Nakajima Sakae radial engine →
primaryRole	fighter →
producedUnits	over 10,000 →
productionPeriod	1940–1945 →
range	over 1,800 km with drop tanks →
retiredFromService	1945 →
secondaryRole	fighter-bomber →
serviceBranch	naval aviation →
serviceCeiling	approximately 10,000 m →
topSpeed	approximately 533 km/h →
usedBy	Imperial Japanese Army Air Service → Imperial Japanese Navy →
usedInBattle	Attack on Pearl Harbor → Battle of Midway → Battle of the Coral Sea → Battle of the Philippine Sea → Guadalcanal Campaign →
usedInConflict	World War II →
usedInRole	kamikaze aircraft →
usedInTheater	Pacific War →
wingConfiguration	low-wing monoplane →

Referenced by (15)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Akagi → Sōryū ("Mitsubishi A6M Zero") →	aircraftTypeCarried
Hiryū ("Mitsubishi A6M Zero") → Kaga →	aircraftTypesCarried
2nd Carrier Division → Kido Butai ("Mitsubishi A6M Zero") →	usedAircraftType
First Air Fleet →	aircraftType
Hiryu ("Mitsubishi A6M Zero") →	aircraftTypeOperated
First Air Fleet of the Imperial Japanese Navy ("Mitsubishi A6M Zero") →	aircraftTypeUsed
Shōhō →	airGroupType
Grumman F6F Hellcat ("Mitsubishi A6M Zero") →	designedToCounter
Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service ("Mitsubishi A6M Zero") →	notableAircraft
First Carrier Division ("Mitsubishi A6M Zero") →	notableAircraftType
5th Carrier Division ("Mitsubishi A6M Zero") →	primaryAircraftType
Armed Forces of the Empire of Japan ("Mitsubishi A6M Zero fighter") →	usedWeapon