The Nakajima B5N was a Japanese carrier-based torpedo-bomber aircraft of the Second World War, code named Kate by the Allies. The Nakajima B5N was a cantilever, low-wing monoplane with retractable tail wheel landing gear and was manned by a crew of three comprising a pilot, radio operator, and observer/bomb-aimer. The Nakajima B5N2 was powered by a 1000 hp Nakajima NK1B Sakae 11 14-cylinder radial piston engine that provided a top speed of 378 kmh and a range of 1990 km. Armaments consisted of one 7.7 mm machine-gun on a trainable mount in the rear cockpit and either one 800 kgtorpedo or a bomb load of 800 kg. Research Nakajima B5N
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