A6M2 Model 21

零式艦上戦闘機二一型

Family: A6M Zero
Class: Carrier fighter
Produced: 1,540
Changes: Model 11 with folding wingtips for carrier lifts. 740 built by Mitsubishi and 800 by Nakajima.
Crew: 1
Length: 9,060 mm
Wingspan: 12,000 mm
Height: 3,050 mm
Wing area: 22.44 m²
Empty weight: 1,680 kg
Normal takeoff weight: 2,796 kg
Engine: Nakajima NK1C Sakae 12
Engines: 1
Blades: 3
Pitch: Constant speed
Max speed: 533 km/h
Max speed altitude: 4,550 m
Service ceiling: 10,000 m
Self sealing tanks: False

Climb time

Altitude	Time, min
6,000 m	7.45

Weapon	Count	Rounds	Position	Synchronized
九七式七粍七固定機銃	2	500	Fuselage	True
九九式一号機銃	2	60	Wing	—

Name	Changes
2 × 60 kg	Two 60 kg bombs under the wings, as in the 12-Shi requirement.
250 kg bomb	Fighter-bomber (bakusen) conversion: a 250 kg bomb on a rack in place of the centreline drop tank.

≈ 17 Feb 1941 – Sep 1941

≈ 7 Dec 1941 – 5 Jan 1944

≈ 5 Apr 1942 – 9 Apr 1942