Japan's WW2 Jets | The Story of the Nakajima Kikka and Mitsubishi J8M Shusui
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- Опубликовано: 7 сен 2024
- In WW2 when we thing of jet fighters we instantly think of Germany's Me262, yet over in Japan they were working on similar craft. In this video I'll tell the story of the Nakajima Kikka and the Mitsubishi J8M Shusui. I include the Shusui because its story is very similar to the Kikka's. Though not technically a jet, its still an incredible craft.
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Cool video! Nice and fitting background music as well.
Thank you tried to try something new with background ambience!
Wundebar! The best version of these aircraft that I have heard yet! I already knew of these aircraft, but not much about them. I think that you did a wonderful job of presenting these aircraft, and their specifications. Wonderful job! Thank you! Subscribed!
Thank you! Im hoping to put out more content soon!
Do you know the book The Lost Samurai by Stephen turnbull?
A vídeo abaut the samurai who acted as mercenaries outside of japan would be very good.
The problem for the Japanese IJN and IJA was twofold: lack of time and U.S. Navy submarines.
The Me-163 Komet rocket fighter and the Me-262 were beyond cutting edge technology. Nazi Germany was researching heretofore unexplored aerospace technologies. It took years and only the pressure of world war speeded the pace of research and development thru technology demonstrators into earl and late prototype stages.
Even then it wasn't until 1944 that Germany could finally deploy the Komet and the Swallow into operational combat. Yet both new, technological cutting edge fighter planes were still immature weapon systems. Rocket and jet engines failed, flamed out or malfunctioned, costing the lives of many brave Luftwaffe pilots.
Still, the Japanese military attaches, both Navy and Army knew immediately that they needed to get their hands on this incredible new military technology. The Japanese needed this new German military technology like, yesterday, more than tomorrow.
The Japanese government did not dither. Nor was the Japanese government in a position to haggle. The Germans owned their fabulous Me-163 rocket fighter and the Me-262 jet fighter and the Japanese didn't.
The German government did not give this technology to Japan for free. The Japanese paid huge licensing fees to manufacture the Komet and the jet Swallow. Yet the Germans a lot to the Japanese for their money.
German and Japanese submarines were to transport everything to Japan: complete blueprints, technical drawings and documentation, manufacturing data, complete samples of each aircraft, spare parts, spare engines for examination.
This where the U.S. Navy and its submarine service earns a Medal Of Honor.
American combat surface ships and submarines sank every single German and Japanese submarine carrying all that precious cargo en route to Japan. In the end, one German Walther rocket motor did reach Japan along with one book of blueprints and drafts. Other attaches returned with a few technical books on the Me-262.
The miracle is that Japanese engineers were able to reverse engineer the 163 and the 262 with just those scant sources of information.
But for the Japanese, the sands of time in the hourglass had run out as radioactive debris mushroom clouds soared high over the cremated remains of Nagasaki and Hiroshima.
I'm not a metal head so the music was my favorite part. Excellent, like universal music relatable to other cultures
Im glad you enjoyed the mix!
4:07 I belive you said 50 mm canons in audio while on screen there were 30 mm canons. The 30 mm canons are correct I think. Not even sure If any japanese plane was armed with 50 mm canons. I heard about 30, 37, 40, and then 57 mm and even 75 mm on plane but never 50 mm.
Did I? Must’ve been a slip.. good catch!
Great content Sir.. subbed !!
Thank you appreciate it!
Well i normally go look at the Arado 234 B-2, my favorite jet bomber.
Muito bom 🇧🇷👍🏻👍🏻
They don't fly QUITE as well packed full of explosives.
Believe it or not I haven't found concrete evidence that either of these craft were intended as kamikaze craft. More so that they could perform one if it was necessary in the moment, and the Shusui might ram if it ran out of fuel
@@JapanatWar it is very unlikely it would serve in a Kamikaze role.
The Ki-200/J8M was designed to intercept B-29's. Issue that wasn't ever solved was the aircraft combusting in flames once it gotten airborne.
For the Kikka it was for Jet bombing role not armed with any weapons. My guess being treated similarly to the B5N2 Kate.
Japan did have a lot of conceptions jet designs designed for the Kamikaze, ramming roles but none ever got off the drawing board.
Interesting but a bit to shorth.Also you forgot to mention the kamizake jet the japanese used.
Are you referring to the Ohka?
@@JapanatWar
Yes
@@georgecristiancripcia4819 Technically that isn't classified as a jet. Plus I wanna do a separate video about it, maybe purchase dome of the footage of them being used in the future!
@@JapanatWar Technically the me 163 is not a jet either. Its a rocket plane. The Ohka was a rocket Kamakazi, ,but they also made a ram jet version and pulse jet variant. Greater range, Cool videos