home

Naval aviation and armaments

 

Japan - naval aviation and armaments

Japan - naval aviation

 

Mitsubishi C5M reconnaissance plane

 

 

Army model Ki.15-II

  

Modification Purpose Deliveries Number of commissioned Discarding Differences from the previous modification
C5M1 recon 1938 - 1939 20 1945 2 seats, Mitsubishi Zuisei 12 engine (875 hp), 1 MG
C5M2 1939 - 1940 30 1945 Nakajima Sakae 12 engine (950 hp)

 

Modification

C5M2

Wing span, m

12.00

Length, m

8.70

Height, m

3.46

Wings area, m2

20.36

Empty mass, kg

1715

Full flying-off mass, kg

2345
Engine 1 Nakajima Sakae 12
Power, h. p. 950
Maximal speed, km/h 487
Cruise speed, km/h 380
Flying range, km 1100
Vertical speed, m/s 12.8
Maximal altitude, m 9580
Complement 2
Armament 1 x 7.7 89-shiki MG

Survivors were used by kamikaze at end of war.

Ki.15-I

C5M1

 

© Ivan Gogin, 2008