Nakajima Ki-27

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Imperial Japanese Army aircraft fighter aircraft military aircraft single-engine aircraft

The Nakajima Ki-27 was a Japanese single-engine, fixed-gear fighter aircraft that served as the Imperial Japanese Army’s main frontline fighter in the late 1930s and early World War II.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Imperial Japanese Army aircraft → fighter aircraft → military aircraft → single-engine aircraft →
alliedReportingName	Nate →
armament	2 × 7.7 mm machine guns →
combatDebut	Second Sino-Japanese War →
construction	all-metal structure with fabric-covered control surfaces →
countryOfOrigin	Japan →
crew	1 →
designedFor	Imperial Japanese Army fighter requirement of mid-1930s →
engineConfiguration	single-engine →
enteredMassProduction	late 1930s →
era	early World War II era → interwar period →
firstFlight	1936 →
introducedBy	Imperial Japanese Army →
laterUse	second-line fighter → trainer aircraft →
mainFrontlineFighterFor	Imperial Japanese Army →
mainFrontlinePeriod	early World War II → late 1930s →
manufacturer	Nakajima Aircraft Company →
maximumSpeed	about 470 km/h →
notableFeature	high maneuverability → lightweight construction →
notableOpponent	Soviet Polikarpov I-16 →
operatedBy	Imperial Japanese Army Air Force →
powerplant	Nakajima Ha-1b radial engine →
primaryRole	fighter →
productionStatus	out of production →
range	about 1,100 km →
retiredFromFrontlineService	early 1940s →
serviceCeiling	about 10,000 m →
serviceEntry	1937 →
status	retired →
successor	Nakajima Ki-43 →
tailConfiguration	conventional tailwheel →
undercarriageType	fixed landing gear →
usedBy	Manchukuo Imperial Air Force → Reorganized National Government of China Air Force → Royal Thai Air Force →
usedInConflict	Nomonhan Incident → Second Sino-Japanese War → Soviet–Japanese border conflicts → World War II →
wingConfiguration	low-wing monoplane →

Referenced by (2)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Nakajima Ki-43 →	introducedAsReplacementFor
Imperial Japanese Army Air Service →	usedAircraft