Ki-83 | Imperial Japan's Secret Heavy Fighter Plane
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- Опубліковано 27 сер 2024
- The Mitsubishi Ki-83 was a well kept secret in Japan during WW2. In fact very few Japanese even knew of its existence. When the Americans found the craft they were shocked and confused by it, and when they decided to test the craft, designed by Tomio Kubo the designer of the Ki-46 "Dinah", they were amazed at it performance. Even though it was a heavy fighter plane it performed on par with a lot of America's single engine fighter planes and out did their heavy fighters. Who knows what could've been had Japan been able to put this into production a year earlier.
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I read somewhere that Lockheed designers wanted to aim the turbocharger exhaust ports aft (adding an elbow), in order to gain some extra thrust on the P38. There was concern that the added back pressure could cause damage to the turbochargers, so the Lightning simply had a vertical exhaust port on all variants. By the time the P47 was built, it had the rearward aiming exhaust just below the turbo, so it seems that Seversky was willing to take the risk.
In truth, nearly all developed countries with large aviation industries were able to produce superb aircraft by the end of the war. By then most of the secrets were out and there wasn't much more you could realistically pull out of a prop driven plane. And yes, Fuel Octane is an often overlooked advantage enjoyed by the Americans during the war. Many Japanese planes were able to break the 400MPH barrier on higher octane fuel. Something they couldn't do on their home front.
What a gorgeous plane! Had it appeared 2 years earlier, the Americans and British would have taken a SERIOUS a$$ whupping in the Pacific and Far East theatres
not really 😂
nope, not even close. Start with the knowledge Japan did not even have fuel for the planes they had. The truth is the Pacific war was over in 1942. Nothing short of atomic weapons would have changed that.
The bearcat would have counter this planes performance!! 4:51
I just suscribed and I am ex U.S. Navy and have been reading history for 64 years plus and will be 75 next month. I have a special fascination with WW2 Japanese aircraft and love learning about all things Japanese. Keep up the good work!
Thank you!! Was a DC Man myself. Gonna be a while till I can upload my studio was destroyed, but I’ll be uploading in the future
Father was a "plank owner" on the USS New Jersey. I find the Japanese producing the quality designs they did, was pretty amazing, considering the difficulty in getting raw material. The "Silent Service" saved our asses!!
Such a beautiful plane... Those Japanese sure know how to design (aircraft).
ironic you say that, because both american and british intelligence communities had the weird idea that everything japan built was stolen from another country, or copied from another country.
even after representatives from the japanese companies showing off the plane corrects them. or believed the report where a man could identify the different parts of a plane, that was bombing a chinese city... that was like 3-5 thousand kilometers in the air, above him...
also didnt help after the war american and british intelligence agents tossed and destroyed countless number of japanese planes and tanks that were prototypes and the like solely because they believed they were just generic models. never understanding how japan labeled their planes developments. hence why information on late war japanese prototypes is a shit show. you can have 3 reports talking about the "same plane" but having different characteristics (this is another issue where american mechanics even with the help of japanese manuals and mechanics just fail to correctly fix the planes, am looking at you american report of the zero)
True. I have a model of a Val and a Zero which has the famous ace, Saburo Sakai's livery. Next I want a Kate! Like you I love the looks of Japanese airplanes.
Might want to lower the background music just a tad bit next time. Btw what's the name of this piece? Thanks
I think the name of the song is Senyuu?
@@Sanguicat Thanks
I’ll definitely do that next time! And yeah they got it
Excellent video! I'm gonna watch some more of them.
Thank you!
Ki83 vs DeHavilland Hornet, hmmmm.
The two world beaters that missed the show.
love the vehicle discussions. Any chance of a Kaiten or Ohka video in the future?
Ohka for sure! Problem is is I want to do a video with footage of it being used but that's 200$
@@JapanatWar damn greedy folks I'd say greedy as heck folks.
@@sinisterisrandom8537 considering I’ll make maybe .50 cents on the video, yes…. 😩
Interesting topic, interesting aircraft but presentation-wise; background music is fine but PLEASE dial down the volume, it's almost difficult to hear what you're saying as the music was too loud.
Wow! I didn’t know anything about this plane until now. What a beautiful, cool and deadly airplane. They would have given the B-29s a bad time.
Absolutely, its both a shame and a blessing these never saw combat
Japanese built a faster type called the ki-93 too
And the ki-94-ii a huge fighter
This plane performs like space rocket in war thunder game.
Also its so sexy.
As we all know from the past 5 decades of "rice rocket" Japanese motorcycles and high efficiency Honda, Toyota, Lexus, Acura, and other cars, the Japanese have a lot of skill designing and "tweaking" ICE internal combustion engines for maximum efficiency and horsepower. Fortunately the Ki-83 and Ki-84 did not overcome their teething problems before U.S. airpower in the Pacific became an overwhelming juggernaut, otherwise we (Americans) would have lost far more combat aircrews and Navy ships, sailors, and Marines & Army soldiers than we did.
One look at the Ki-83 and we can tell "it looks just right" - better even than a DeHavilland Hornet, which was superior to the P-38 Lightning and Grumman Tigercat in every way.
I like hearing the japanese martial music in the background; it really takes you back 80 years to the era of brutal Japanese martial ardor, although you could turn it down a little while you are talking.
I agree, using the music is something I'll be a lot more careful of in the future!
Hasegawa, how about making a model kit of this beautiful fighter? Looks like the sleek Ginga / Frances torpedo bomber.
I would adore that!
Interesting video, but the background music was very distracting.
Definitely going to have it lowered next video. Or do you think no music is better?
How annoying and distracting is that music? Why?
Surely you couldn't cope for four minutes and fifty one seconds without it. It's the fashion nowadays, along with long introductions of common knowledge, and circumlocution, and AI gobbledegook.
Please, skip the background music.
A great video, ... BUT FFS, PLEASE TURN DOWN THE GRATING LOUD BACKGROUND MUSIC !!
it had 2x 20mm cannons and 2x 30mm cannons not just the 20s
Can you do a video on the type 4 rifle? The Japanese version of the M1 garand
Cut the intrusive background music
Enlightening. Another unfamiliar JAAF aircraft
Muito bom 👍🏻👍🏻
Fascinating!
Glad you enjoyed!
How about navy, and ground weapons Japan developed during ww2?
And why didn’t usa copy the aircraft?
It's definitely in the works! Some will be made as shorts though.
As for why the USA didn't its just cause the world was moving towards the jet engine already
@@JapanatWar hey, maybe make a video on Japan military technology today, it’s defenses, nuclear capability etc, that’d be interesting.
1. A lot of army weapons were tried and true from the end of the 19th century. - likewise the Lee-Enfield and K98 Mauser and Mosin-Nagant. Also I presume the mountain cannon field piece. No sure when the unique nifty infantry mortar was developed
Was Jiro Horikoshi involved?
I don't think so, there's no evidence of him being involved at least.
Mitsubishi motors
I'm guessing he's deaf!'
Background noise is intolerable
FFS background music is soooo annoying!
Good design, but in the age of jet engines, it’s application was limited.
Jet engines weren't used during the period and even then given its performance and statistics chances are it would be formidable against the MIG-15 not necessarily saying it would dominate.
It can be swapped out with turbo jet engines.
Of course the Americans stole it.. that's their whole history.
Very nice aircraft though
You look like you have Discord kittens
What does that mean?
Japan was defeated in 1941? 🤣
Well damn
Should be fixed now!
Japan was already defeated with her horrid geography
_Who knows what could've been had Japan been able to put this into production a year earlier._
I know. It would have made a very, very small difference. Maybe gaining the Japanese an extra week or two before surrender. Maybe not even that.