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 …

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 …

2022年6月25日 · The yet completely unknown or dismissed Nakajima B5N first appeared to Pearl Harbor an her rampage would go on for most of the Pacific War. The B5N, codenamed “Kate” …

At Pearl Harbor, Japan’s most devastating aircraft was the Nakajima B5N2, also known as the “Kate” and the Type 97-3 Carrier Attack Aircraft. In the opening minutes of the attack, 40 Kates …

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 …

2015年10月20日 · Delays in an update made the B5N Japan’s main torpedo bomber through the war. On December 7, 1941, a force that included 143 Kates left carriers off Hawaii to attack …

The Nakajima B5N (Allied designation: 'Kate') was the most successful Japanese torpedo bomber of the Second World War, playing a major part in every carrier battle in the first two years of …

2021年5月12日 · The Nakajima B5N series of torpedo bombers originating from Japan were considered the best of their type anywhere in the world by the time of the American entry into …

2023年5月26日 · Nakajima B5N – Where Are They Now? A total of 1,1,49 B5N’s were built between 1937 and 1943. Zero (bad pun intended vis-a-vis Japan’s famous Mitsubishi fighter …

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 …