Ki-49 Donryu - Japan's Early-Mid War Army Medium Bomber

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Laurelix

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Ki-49-Ia
Production from Mid 1941
Normal Loaded Weight: 10,050kg
Engines: 2x Ha-41 - 1250 Horsepower
Wing Area: 69.05m2
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Power To Weight Ratio: 0.223hp per kg [At Military Power, 1120hp x 2]
Wing Loading: 145.55kg/m2
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Max Speed: (Military Power)
400km/h at Sea Level
470km/h at 4000m
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Rate of Climb: (Military Power)
Time to 4000m: 10:56
Time to 5000m: 14:05
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Bomb Loadouts:
* 12x 50kg
* 4x 250kg
* 2x 500kg
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Defensive Armament:
Nose: 1x 7.7mm Type 89 machine gun
Tail: 1x 7.7mm Type 89 machine gun
Ventral: 1x 7.7mm Type 89 machine gun
Port: 1x 7.7mm Type 89 machine gun
Starboard: 1x 7.7mm Type 89 machine gun
Dorsal: 1x 20mm Ho-1 Cannon



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Ki-49-IIb
Production from Early - Mid 1943
Normal Loaded Weight: 11,080kg
Engines: 2x Ha-109 - 1500 Horsepower
Wing Area: 69.05m2
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Power to Weight Ratio: 0.238hp per kg [At Military Power, 1320hp x2]
Wing Loading: 160.46kg/m2
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Max Speed: (Military Power)
414km/h at Sea Level
492km/h at 5000m
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Rate of Climb: (Military Power)
Time to 5000m: 13:38
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Bomb Loadouts:
* 12x 50kg
* 4x 250kg
* 2x 500kg
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Defensive Armament:
Nose: 1x 12.7mm Ho-104
Tail: 1x 12.7mm Ho-104
Ventral: 1x 12.7mm Ho-104
Port: 1x 7.7mm Type 89 machine gun
Starboard: 1x 7.7mm Type 89 machine gun
Dorsal: 1x 20mm Ho-1 Cannon



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US Medium bomber equivalent from the same time period would be the B-25 Mitchell
 
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