B5N2

九七式三号艦上攻撃機

Family
B5N
Class
Light bomber
Changes
Fourteen-cylinder Sakae 11 in a more compact cowling and other streamlining; no added protection. Replaced the B5N1 in production and service from December 1939. Relegated from 1944 to training, target towing and anti-submarine patrol, some with radar or magnetic anomaly detectors.
Crew
3
Length
10,300 mm
Wingspan
15,518 mm
Height
3,700 mm
Wing area
37.7 m²
Empty weight
2,279 kg
Normal takeoff weight
3,800 kg
Max takeoff weight
4,100 kg
Internal fuel
946 L
Engine
Nakajima NK1D Sakae 11
Engines
1
Blades
3
Pitch
Constant speed
Max speed
378 km/h
Max speed altitude
3,600 m

Climb time

AltitudeTime, min
3,000 m7.67

Armament

WeaponCountRoundsPosition
九二式七粍七機銃197Flexible

Loadouts

NameChangesArmament
Type 91 torpedoOne torpedo on racks offset to the right under the fuselage; changing between torpedo and bomb racks took more than two hours.九一式航空魚雷
Type 99 No. 80 Mk 5—Type 99 No. 80 Mk 5
2 × Type 98 No. 25—Type 98 No. 25 ×2
6 × 60 kg——

Service

7 Dec 1941 – 18 Aug 1945
≈ Jan 1942 – 9 Apr 1942