A6M5 Model 52

零式艦上戦闘機五二型

Family: A6M Zero
Class: Carrier fighter
Changes: Shorter round-tipped wing (11 m, 21.3 m²) with thicker skin and no folding tips, revised ailerons and flaps, individual exhaust stacks. Prototype converted from an A6M3 in June 1943, first flown in August 1943. Most were built by Nakajima. ru: 1,701 Model 52 built, without a split by sub-type.
Crew: 1
Wingspan: 11,000 mm
Wing area: 21.3 m²
Engine: Nakajima NK1F Sakae 21
Engines: 1
Blades: 3
Max speed: 565 km/h
Max speed altitude: 6,000 m

Climb time

Altitude	Time, min
6,000 m	7.02

Weapon	Count	Position	Synchronized	Rounds
九七式七粍七固定機銃	2	Fuselage	True	—
九九式二号機銃	2	Wing	—	100

Name	Changes
250 kg bomb	Fighter-bomber (bakusen) conversion: a 250 kg bomb on a rack in place of the centreline drop tank.

≈ Sep 1943 – Aug 1945