That is an interesting what/if, krieghund.
My thoughts are - The A6Ms mounted the Kinsei engines might have been a good match for the F4F and the F6F but the war results would not have been improved so much because of their increased weights, including armour plates possibly, and shorter range of operation distance.
If Japan should not have lost its major aircraft-carriers together with those well experienced pilots in the Battle of Midway in June 1942, there might have been better chance for those improved A6Ms. "We were too optimistic after the victory of Pearl Harvor" said a survivor of Akagi.
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My thoughts are - The A6Ms mounted the Kinsei engines might have been a good match for the F4F and the F6F but the war results would not have been improved so much because of their increased weights, including armour plates possibly, and shorter range of operation distance.
If Japan should not have lost its major aircraft-carriers together with those well experienced pilots in the Battle of Midway in June 1942, there might have been better chance for those improved A6Ms. "We were too optimistic after the victory of Pearl Harvor" said a survivor of Akagi.
Thanks.