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Product introduction 1/72 scale plastic model. The Type 0 carrier-based fighter is a fighter that served as the main fighter of the Japanese Navy. Its maneuverability was outstanding, and its firepower and speed exceeded the standards of naval battles at the time, and even surpassed land-based fighters. It was on October 5, 1932 that Mitsubishi and Nakajima were issued with a planning request for a 12-prototype carrier-based fighter as the main carrier-based fighter following the 96th. Mitsubishi began the design with engineer Jiro Horikoshi as the chief designer. Engineer Horikoshi developed a more advanced design based on the technology cultivated during the 96 battles, including reducing weight and resistance. It incorporates new attempts such as constant speed propeller, retractable landing gear, split structure, water droplet type closed windshield, streamlined drop tank, use of ESD (super duralumin), and installation of 20mm cannon in the wing. It was decided that the 3rd and subsequent prototypes, which were replaced with the Sakae 12 (takeoff output 940 horsepower) and the tail arrangement was changed, would be called the A6M2, and were officially adopted as the Type 0 carrier-based fighter 1 ( Renamed Type 0 carrier-based fighter 11 type A6M2a in 1945). Type 11, which was used as a land fighter, did not have a folding mechanism on its wing tips, so in order to make it easier to handle on aircraft carriers, aircraft from No. 67 onwards had a mechanism to fold the wing tips in 50cm increments. . Furthermore, it was outfitted for naval warfare, such as a Courcy radio return direction measurement device and a landing hook, and was adopted as the Type 0 1 carrier-based fighter type 2 (later renamed the 0-type carrier fighter 21 type, A6M2b). (From Discovery Japan Mall) Safety Warning Not applicable