Type 96 Fighter

	[Edit] Type 96 Fighter No.19 九六式艦戦
	Carrier-based Fighter Aircraft Effects: +3 +1 Combat Radius: 3 (Deployment Cost: 3) Scrap value: 1 1 1 (Buildable)
	Refittable Ship Types
Fast Battleship	Battleship
Aviation Battleship	Standard Aircraft Carrier
Armored Carrier	Light Carrier
Heavy Cruiser	Aviation Cruiser
Light Cruiser	Torpedo Cruiser
Training Cruiser	Destroyer
Coastal Defense Ship	Submarine
Aircraft Carrying Submarine	Seaplane Tender
Fleet Oiler	Submarine Tender
Repair Ship	Amphibious Assault Ship
	LBAS Plane

Introduction

旧式の艦上戦闘機です。
零戦より前に実戦配備されていた旧型機ですが、優れた格闘戦能力を持っています。
武装や航続力、速度の点で既に二線級ではありますが、防空戦闘には活用可能です。

This is an obsolete carrier-based fighter.
It is an old machine that was in operational service before the Zero-fighter, and boasts a history of exemplary aerial combat performance.
With standard armaments and cruising capacity, its speed is now second class, but it is still possible to utilize this aircraft in a dogfight.

Mechanics

Fighters/ are one of the main types of plane used by CV(B/L). Their main role is to bring Air Power during the 1st Aerial Stage, with their "Fighter Power" stat being the most important factor in this regard. Fighters are additionally needed for Aircraft Carrier Cut-Ins (CVCI) during the day Shelling.

They can be used in Land Bases to serve the same role as Interceptors.

Notes

How To Obtain

Buildable

Stock equipment of: Hiyou, Junyou, Ryuujou

From quest: B119 (x3, choice)

From limited-time quest: 2312 C1 (x3, choice)

Uses

Used to improve: Type 96 Fighter, Type 96 Land-based Attack Aircraft, F4F-3, Type 1 Fighter Hayabusa Model II, Skua, Spitfire Mk.I, O Type Observation Autogyro Kai

Used by quest: Fm1, Fq1, F37, F48, Fq5, Fq9

Updates History

2013-04-23: Implemented with initial game release
2015-11-18: Proficiency gain updated to be possible like other planes
2016-06-30: Became improvable and upgradeable to Type 0 Fighter Model 21
2017-03-17: Card CG updated
2018-11-29: Stats increased: +2 +0 → +3 +1
2019-08-08: Visible bonuses added
2020-03-27: Visible bonuses increased
2021-10-15: Upgrade target changed to Type 96 Fighter Kai

Fit Bonuses

Type 96 Fighter Equipment Bonuses
Ship	Extra Requirement					Note
Houshou Kai Ni /Sen	-	+3	+4	+3	+4
Houshou Base/Kai	-	+2	+3	+2	+3
Kasuga Maru-class Taiyou-class	-	+2	+1	+3	+1
Other CVL	-		+1		+1

Improvement

Type 96 Fighter
Improvement			→	Conversion
★ Improvement Level	0~5	6~9		Type 96 Fighter Kai
Consumed	1/3	2/4		3/6
Consumed	1/2	1/3		2/4
Equipment Consumed				x2
Items Consumed	-			-
Resources	70 50 0 170

Ship Helper	Conversion
Houshou/Kai	Type 96 Fighter Kai
Mon		Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat	Sun

Houshou Kai Ni/Sen
Mon		Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat	Sun

Improvement effects
	1★	2★	3★	4★	5★	6★	7★	8★	9★	Max★
	0.2	0.4	0.6	0.8	1.0	1.2	1.4	1.6	1.8	2.0

Historical Information

The predecessor of the infamous Mitsubishi A6M Zero, the Mitsubishi A5M (Type 96 Carrier-based fighter, Allied reporting name "Claude") was the world's first ship-based monoplane fighter.

Developed by a team led by Jiro Horikoshi (who would go on to head development of the A6M and A7M) to the 1934 9-shi specification for an advanced fighter plane, the Mitsubishi Ka-14 competed with Nakajima's prototype. The first prototype which flew in February 1935, was an all-metal-airframe low-wing fighter using an inverted gull wing and fixed undercarriage powered by Nakajima's 600 hp Kotobuki 5 engine.

Requirements of the Type 9 specification were a top speed of 350 km/h at 3,000 m with the capability of climbing to 5,000 m in 6.5 min, and the Ka-14's performance greatly surpassed all requirements, with a maximum speed of 450 km/h while being quite maneuverable. An aerodynamically revised design with conventional wings was ordered into production as the Mitsubishi A5M.

It was introduced in 1936 and entered service in early 1937 as the A5M1 armed with twin 7.7 mm machine guns, soon facing combat at the start of the second Sino-Japanese war. Contemporary opponents such as the Boeing P-26C ("Peashooters") and the Curtiss Hawk Ⅲ, were poorly matched against the A5M, which proved effective and resistant to damage. A5Ms also served as escorts for the Mitsubishi G3M bombers.

Mitsubishi's development team continued to improve the A5M up to the final A5M4, with improvements such as a more powerful engine, additional drop fuel tank, and closed cockpits. Altogether 1,083 A5Ms were manufactured by Mitsubishi, Watanabe, and Naval Ohmura Arsenal, including 103 two-seat trainers.

The A5M series continued in service after 1941, but had been replaced by the A6M as the standard fighter of first-line carriers. The last battle of the A5Ms as fighters was the Battle of the Coral Sea in May 1942. As World War II came to a close, most remaining A5Ms were repurposed as kamikaze aircraft.

The depicted plane is allegedly the A5M1 variant.