Can anyone confirm these are original Imperial Japanese WWII Mitsubishi A6M Zero Rear Wheels?

[Raz0r]

Hello. I am looking to see if anyone can confirm that these are original Japanese Zero tail wheels. I was told this by the gentleman, who was in WW2, who I got these from. Thanks for any feedback.
Well for some reason I can't get the photos to load on this forum.
However they have marking on the wheels with the numbers 6966, some Japanese looking markings , and an "anchor" marking.
Any ideas?
Thanks

 

[bauple58]

Would need to see an image

 

[Raz0r]

I'm going to try to take the pics in a different format and see if I can post them

 

[Raz0r]

Here is a pic

 

[Wurger]

Well for some reason I can't get the photos to load on this forum.

It is very likely your picture could be too large and therefore you hasn't been able to upload it. I have extracted the shot from your PDF file, resized a little bit down and attached it to your post.

 

[FLYBOYJ]

Original Imperial Japanese WWII Mitsubishi A6M Zero Rear Wheel

Original Item: One-of-a-kind. This is a rare piece of World War Two history. This is a rear wheel rubber tire from an Imperial Japanese WWII Mitsubishi A6M Zero Fighter Aircraft. The wheel features a sturdy thick aluminum rim with steel hub. The rubber is solid and approximately 1 inch thick...

www.ima-usa.com

 

[FLYBOYJ]

Looks like you have the "Real McCoy"!

 

[Raz0r]

Thank you gentlemen. I appreciate your help in getting the picture on there.

 

[cammerjeff]

It looks very similar to the one FLYBOY posted, but yours has only 6 spokes compared to 8 of that Zero tail wheel. That being said Yours looks like a real Japanese Navy Tail wheel. Either a variation of the one used on a Zero, or some other A/C Type. Either way very nice piece!

 

[Shinpachi]

If the wheel diameter is about 150mm, that would be from a Zero as the markings tell "Serial number 6966 manufactured by Okamoto Industry Co Ltd, inspected by Mitsubishi Nagoya Plant and Imperial Japanese Navy"

"ナコ(nako)" = Mitsubishi Nagoya Plant
"anchor marking" = IJN
"岡本(okamoto) = Okamoto Industry Co Ltd

A6M2's tail landing gear from my friend's collection