Mitsubishi A5M fighters

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carrier-based fighter aircraft monoplane fighter

The Mitsubishi A5M fighters were Japanese carrier-based monoplane fighters used by the Imperial Japanese Navy in the late 1930s and early World War II, notable as the predecessor to the famed A6M Zero.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf carrier-based fighter aircraft ⓘ
monoplane fighter ⓘ
aircraftCategory single-seat fighter ⓘ
aircraftConfiguration low-wing monoplane ⓘ
airframeMaterial all-metal construction ⓘ
armament 2× 7.7 mm machine guns ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Japan ⓘ
crew 1 ⓘ
designedAs carrier-based fighter ⓘ
designedBy Jiro Horikoshi ⓘ
engineType Nakajima Kotobuki radial engine ⓘ
enteredMassProduction 1936 ⓘ
era early World War II ⓘ
interwar period ⓘ
firstFlight 1935 ⓘ
introducedBy Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service ⓘ
manufacturer Mitsubishi Heavy Industries ⓘ
NATOReportingName Claude ⓘ
notableFor being the first all-metal monoplane carrier fighter to enter service with the Imperial Japanese Navy ⓘ
numberOfEngines 1 ⓘ
operator Imperial Japanese Navy ⓘ
originatedAs prototype Ka-14 ⓘ
predecessorOf Mitsubishi A6M ⓘ
surface form: Mitsubishi A6M Zero
primaryUser Imperial Japanese Navy ⓘ
retired early 1940s ⓘ
role fighter ⓘ
serviceEntry 1937 ⓘ
successor Mitsubishi A6M ⓘ
surface form: Mitsubishi A6M Zero
undercarriageType fixed landing gear ⓘ
usedAs advanced trainer ⓘ
frontline fighter ⓘ
usedBy Imperial Japanese Army Air Service ⓘ
Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service ⓘ
Manchukuo Imperial Air Force ⓘ
surface form: Manchukuo Air Force

Royal Thai Air Force ⓘ
usedFromAircraftCarrier Akagi ⓘ
Hiryu ⓘ
Kaga ⓘ
Ryujo ⓘ
Sōryū ⓘ
surface form: Soryu

Ryujo ⓘ
surface form: Zuiho
usedInConflict Battle of Khalkhin Gol ⓘ
Battle of Nanjing ⓘ
surface form: Battle of Nanking

Battle of Shanghai (1937) ⓘ
surface form: Battle of Shanghai

Pacific War ⓘ
Sino-Japanese War (1937–1945) ⓘ
surface form: Second Sino-Japanese War

World War II ⓘ
usedInRole air superiority fighter ⓘ
fighter escort ⓘ

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