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Kawasaki Ki-45
Night Fighter · Japan · WWII (1939–1945)
The Kawasaki Ki-45 Toryū is a two-seat, twin-engine heavy fighter used by the Imperial Japanese Army in World War II. The army gave it the designation "Type 2 Two-Seat Fighter" ; the Allied reporting name was "Nick". Originally serving as a long-range escort-fighter, the design — as with most heavy fighters of the period — fell prey to smaller, lighter, more agile single-engine fighters. As such, the Ki-45 instead served as a day and nighttime interceptor and strike fighter.
Specifications
- Category
- Fixed Wing
- Sub-Category
- Night Fighter
- Domain
- Defence
- Era
- WWII (1939–1945)
- Country
- Japan
- Status
- Retired
- Engine
- 2× 14-cylinder air-cooled radial piston engines
- Thrust / Power
- 783 kW each
- Length (ft)
- 36
- Wingspan (ft)
- 49
- Empty Weight (lb)
- 8818
- MTOW (lb)
- 19445
- Service Ceiling (ft)
- 32808
- Range (mi)
- 1243
- Max Speed (mph)
- 336
- Armament
- 1 × Ho-203 cannon, 1 × Ho-3 cannon, 1 × Type 98 machine gun on a flexible mount in the rear cockpit