The Kawasaki Ki-100 was a fighter aircraft of the Japanese Imperial Army Air Force, that was used in World War II. Its Army designation was Army Fighter Type 5 (五式戦闘機). Alongside with the Ki-84 Hayate the Ki-100 was one of the best Fighter aircraft in World War II. It was developed from the Kawasaki Ki-61-II-KAI and was powered by a Mitsubishi-Ha112-II-radial engine with a power of 1120 kW. The first flight was on 1st February 1945 and it entered service in March of the same year. The last derivative, the Ki-100-Ib, was used in the last few weeks of the War.
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| - The Kawasaki Ki-100 was a fighter aircraft of the Japanese Imperial Army Air Force, that was used in World War II. Its Army designation was Army Fighter Type 5 (五式戦闘機). Alongside with the Ki-84 Hayate the Ki-100 was one of the best Fighter aircraft in World War II. It was developed from the Kawasaki Ki-61-II-KAI and was powered by a Mitsubishi-Ha112-II-radial engine with a power of 1120 kW. The first flight was on 1st February 1945 and it entered service in March of the same year. The last derivative, the Ki-100-Ib, was used in the last few weeks of the War.
- The Kawasaki Ki-100 was a late war radial engined development of the Kawasaki Ki-61.
- The first production model of the Ki-100 was Ki-100-I-Ko, based around the airframe of the earlier Kawasaki Ki-61 Hien. As an interceptor, the Ki-100 had a rate of climb of 500 metres per minute and a service ceiling of 10,700 metres. Operational range was
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| - The image shows a Ki-100-Ib in the markings of the 244th Sentai
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| - Two Ho-103 Machine Guns and two Ho-5 Autocannons with the option to carry either two additional bombs or two drop tanks for long range operations.
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| - The Kawasaki Ki-100 was a fighter aircraft of the Japanese Imperial Army Air Force, that was used in World War II. Its Army designation was Army Fighter Type 5 (五式戦闘機). Alongside with the Ki-84 Hayate the Ki-100 was one of the best Fighter aircraft in World War II. It was developed from the Kawasaki Ki-61-II-KAI and was powered by a Mitsubishi-Ha112-II-radial engine with a power of 1120 kW. The first flight was on 1st February 1945 and it entered service in March of the same year. The last derivative, the Ki-100-Ib, was used in the last few weeks of the War.
- The Kawasaki Ki-100 was a late war radial engined development of the Kawasaki Ki-61.
- The first production model of the Ki-100 was Ki-100-I-Ko, based around the airframe of the earlier Kawasaki Ki-61 Hien. As an interceptor, the Ki-100 had a rate of climb of 500 metres per minute and a service ceiling of 10,700 metres. Operational range was
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