The Nakajima B5N (Japanese: 中島 B5N, Allied reporting name " Kate ") was the standard carrier-based torpedo bomber of the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) for much of World War II. It also served as a high level bomber.

日本B5N“凯特”轰炸机是一款航程远，载弹量大的对舰攻击机，它是 第二次世界大战 中日本最成功的轰炸机。 为旧 日本帝国海军 于1930年代后期开发的舰载攻击机，由于旧日本海军在开发中让中岛公司以及三菱公司两家公司竞标此机合约，并且最后同时采用，因此此型飞机有两种不同的规格存在，中岛制编号B5N，但是一般提到此型机种大多是指产量比较大的中岛制 九七式舰载攻击机。 [1] 在珍珠港袭击中，它扮演了十分重要的角色。 B5N“凯特”轰炸机是日本的第一代舰载轰炸 …

九七式舰载攻击机（日语：九七式艦上攻撃機/きゅうななしきかんじょうこうげきき [3]），为旧日本海军于1930年代后期开发的 舰载攻击机，由于旧日本海军在开发中让中岛航空机以及三菱航空机两家公司竞标此机合约并且最后同时采用，因此此型飞机有两种不同的规格存在，中岛制编号B5N， 三菱 制编号B5M，但是一般提到此型机种大多是指产量比较大的中岛制九七式舰载攻击机，中岛生产机型盟军昵称Kate，三菱生产机种昵称Mabel。 [1] 昭和10年（1935年）旧 日本帝 …

2022年6月25日 · The B5N, codenamed “Kate” by ONI in 1941 was primarily deployed as a carrier-based aircraft, but later in the war as a land-based bomber. The B5N1 first saw action in the Second Sino-Japanese War, from 1938. There, default were recoignised but the IJN wanted more speed, not protection.

The Nakajima B5N1 carrier based Torpedo Bomber (Kate) was designed in 1935 by a Nakajima design team under the supervision of Katsuji Nakamura and went into production as the Navy Type 97 Model 1 attack bomber in 1937.

2023年12月7日 · The B5N1 and B5N2 were the main Japanese carrier-borne torpedo bombers from 1940 to 1943, but the model still soldiered on until the last day of the war, despite new models appeared in between. It outperformed the contemporary TBD Devastator on many levels.

The B5N1 has an enlarged engine cowling - the B5N2 has a smaller one. Technical details for those who want to know why :) B5N1 engine was the smaller and less powerful than the engine in the B5N2, the 1,115 hp Nakajima Sakae 21 radial. The B5N1 was replaced in frontline service by the N2 version in 1942. HTH Garth Australian War Memorial

中岛B5N"97"式舰载攻击机是日本海军舰载鱼雷/ 水平轰炸机 —九七式 (Nakajima B5N，“Kate”)，盟国编号名为Kate 凯蒂。 1935年， 日本 海军提出了单翼舰上攻击机的要求，由三菱和中岛参与竞标。 其实两家设计的飞机比较类似，只是三菱的B5M起落架固定。 在试飞的过程B5M主翼折断，竞标失败，而中岛的B5N获胜。 1937年 (日本旧历2097年)日本海军正式装备这种机型，所以称为 97式舰载攻击机 （97舰攻），它成为是 日本帝国海军 著名的机种之一，自 …

Codenamed Kate by the Allies, the Nakajima B5N was already in service for four years by 1941, and was the most modern carrier-based torpedo bomber at the beginning of WWII. It was superior to its Allied counterparts, the TBD Devastator, Fairey Swordfish and Fairey Albacore, and the B5N supported amphibious operations throughout the war.

One flexible rear-firing 7.7mm Type 92 machine gun. The B5N2 used a 1115hp Sakae 21 engine and was armed with dual flexible 7.7mm in the rear cockpit and two 7.7mm fixed above the forward fuselage. Also known as the Type 97 Carrier Attack Bomber, "Kate" was the standard Japanese torpedo bomber at the start of the war.