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Type 96 Fighter

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No.19 九六式艦戦
GreenPlane.png Carrier-based Fighter Aircraft
Effects: AA+3 Evasion+1
Combat Radius: 3 (Deployment Cost: Bauxite 3)
Scrap value: Fuel 1 Ammo 1 Bauxite 1 (Buildable)

Equipment Card Type 96 Fighter.png

Equipment Character Type 96 Fighter.png

Equipment Item Type 96 Fighter.png

Equipment Full Type 96 Fighter.png

Refittable Ship Types
Coastal Defense Ship Destroyer
Light Cruiser Torpedo Cruiser
Heavy Cruiser Training Cruiser
Aviation Cruiser Fast Battleship
Battleship Aviation Battleship
Light Carrier Standard Aircraft Carrier
Armored Carrier Seaplane Tender
Submarine Aircraft Carrying Submarine
Submarine Tender Fleet Oiler
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.

Notes

How To Obtain

Buildable

Stock equipment of HiyouHiyou, JunyouJunyou, RyuujouRyuujou

From quests: B119 (x3, choice)


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 21Type 0 Fighter Model 21
  • 2017-03-17: Card CG updated
  • 2018-11-29: Stats increased: Anti-Air+2 Evasion+0 → Anti-Air+3 Evasion+1
  • 2019-08-08: Visible bonuses added
  • 2020-03-27: Visible bonuses increased
  • 2021-10-15: Upgrade target changed to Type 96 Fighter KaiType 96 Fighter Kai

Fit Bonuses

Ship Extra Requirement Firepower Torpedo Attack Anti-Air Anti-Submarine Warfare Line of Sight Armor Evasion Note
Kasuga MaruKasuga Maru
ShinyouShinyou
Yawata MaruYawata Maru
+2 +1 +3 +1 [1]
HoushouHoushou +2 +3 +2 +3 [2]
Other CVL +1 +1
  1. Firepower+1 Anti-Submarine Warfare+2 prior to 2020-03-27
  2. Firepower+1 Anti-Air+1 Anti-Submarine Warfare+1 Evasion+2 prior to 2020-03-27

Akashi's Improvement Arsenal

Type Name Resource Day 2nd Ship Note
Fuel Ammunition Steel Bauxite Item Icon Development Material.png Item Icon Improvement Material.png # of equipment needed for that upgrade. An asterisk following the number indicates a different equipment is required. Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat
Fighter Type 96 Fighter 0 70 50 0 170 1/3 1/2 1xGreenPlane.png Houshou Upgrades to Type 96 Fighter KaiType 96 Fighter Kai.
6 2/4 1/3 1xGreenGunMG.png
10 3/7 3/4 2xGreenPlane.png

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 600hp Kotobuki 5 engine.

Requirements of the Type 9 specification were a top speed of 350km/h at 3,000m with the capability of climbing to 5,000m in 6.5 minutes, and the Ka-14's performance greatly surpassed all requirements, with a maximum speed of 450km/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 7.7mm machine guns, soon facing combat at the start of the second Sino-Japanese war. Contempoary 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.

See Also

Mitsubishi A5M