Mitsubishi A6M Zero fighters

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

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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 Sino-Japanese War (1937–1945)
surface form: 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
surface form: Attack on Pearl Harbor

Battle of Midway
Battle of Coral Sea
surface form: Battle of the Coral Sea

Battle of the Philippine Sea
Battle of Guadalcanal
surface form: Guadalcanal Campaign
usedInConflict World War II
usedInRole kamikaze aircraft
usedInTheater Pacific War
wingConfiguration low-wing monoplane

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Akagi aircraftTypeCarried Mitsubishi A6M Zero fighters
Kaga aircraftTypesCarried Mitsubishi A6M Zero fighters
Sōryū aircraftTypeCarried Mitsubishi A6M Zero fighters
this entity surface form: Mitsubishi A6M Zero
Hiryū aircraftTypesCarried Mitsubishi A6M Zero fighters
this entity surface form: Mitsubishi A6M Zero
First Air Fleet aircraftType Mitsubishi A6M Zero fighters
Armed Forces of the Empire of Japan usedWeapon Mitsubishi A6M Zero fighters
this entity surface form: Mitsubishi A6M Zero fighter
Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service notableAircraft Mitsubishi A6M Zero fighters
this entity surface form: Mitsubishi A6M Zero
2nd Carrier Division usedAircraftType Mitsubishi A6M Zero fighters
5th Carrier Division primaryAircraftType Mitsubishi A6M Zero fighters
this entity surface form: Mitsubishi A6M Zero
Kido Butai usedAircraftType Mitsubishi A6M Zero fighters
this entity surface form: Mitsubishi A6M Zero
Hiryu aircraftTypeOperated Mitsubishi A6M Zero fighters
this entity surface form: Mitsubishi A6M Zero
Shōhō airGroupType Mitsubishi A6M Zero fighters
First Carrier Division notableAircraftType Mitsubishi A6M Zero fighters
this entity surface form: Mitsubishi A6M Zero
First Air Fleet of the Imperial Japanese Navy aircraftTypeUsed Mitsubishi A6M Zero fighters
this entity surface form: Mitsubishi A6M Zero
Grumman F6F Hellcat designedToCounter Mitsubishi A6M Zero fighters
this entity surface form: Mitsubishi A6M Zero
Nakajima Sakae radial engine notableApplication Mitsubishi A6M Zero fighters
this entity surface form: Mitsubishi A6M Zero
Nakajima Sakae 11 usedInAircraft Mitsubishi A6M Zero fighters
this entity surface form: Mitsubishi A6M2 Zero
Jiro Horikoshi designed Mitsubishi A6M Zero fighters
this entity surface form: Mitsubishi A6M Zero
Jiro Horikoshi notableWork Mitsubishi A6M Zero fighters
this entity surface form: Mitsubishi A6M Zero design
Zero refersTo Mitsubishi A6M Zero fighters
this entity surface form: Mitsubishi A6M Zero
Zeke refersTo Mitsubishi A6M Zero fighters
this entity surface form: Mitsubishi A6M Zero
Japanese aircraft carrier Kaga aircraftTypesCarried Mitsubishi A6M Zero fighters
Japanese carrier Taiho aircraftTypesCarried Mitsubishi A6M Zero fighters
Japanese carrier Zuiho aircraftTypesCarried Mitsubishi A6M Zero fighters
fleet carrier Hiryu aircraftTypeCarried Mitsubishi A6M Zero fighters
subject surface form: Hiryū
Zuihō-class aircraft carrier primaryAircraftTypes Mitsubishi A6M Zero fighters