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Type: Light bomber/Dive Bomber Origin: Kawasaki Crew: Four Allied Code Name: Lily Models: See variants list First Flight: July 1939 Service Delivery: N/A Final Delivery: N/A Production: Ki-48-I: 557, Ki-48-II: 1,408 Powerplant: Ki-48: Model: Nakajima Ha-25 Type: Radial Number: One Horsepower: 1,150 hp Ki-48-IIb: Model: Nakajima Ha-115 Type: Radial Number: One Horsepower: 1,150 hp Dimensions: Ki-48-IIb Wing Span: 57 ft. 3 in. (17.45m) Length: 41 ft. 10 in. (11.64m) Height: 12 ft. 5½ in. (3.80m) Wing Area: 430.57 sq. ft. (40.00m²) |
Weights: Ki-48-IIb Empty: 10,031 lb. (4550 kg.) Loaded: 14,881 lb. (6750 kg.) Performance: Ki-48-IIb Max. Speed: 314 mph (505 kph) Service Ceiling: 33,135 ft. (10,100m) Range: 1,491 miles (2400 km) Armament: Ki-48-Ia & Ki-48-IIa: Three 7.7mm machine guns on pivoted mounts in nose, dorsal and ventral positions. Ki-48-IIc: Same as Ki-48-Ia with addition of 12.7mm machine gun. Payload: Ki-48-Ia: 882 lb. (400 kg.) of bombs. Ki-48-IIa: 1,764 lb. (800 kg.) |
Ki-48: Four prototypes and 5 pre-production aircraft.
Ki-48-Ia: Initial production version.
Ki-48-Ib: Version of Ki-48-Ia with monor equipment changes.
Ki-48-II: Three prototypes built in early 1942.
Ki-48-IIa: Initial production version of Ki-48-II.
Ki-48-IIb: same as Ki-48-IIa with dive brakes installed in undersurface of outer wing panel.
Ki-48-IIc: Same as Ki-48-IIa with revised armament.
Ki-81: Proposed heavy attack version, not built.
Ki-174: Single seat heavy attack version, none built.
Sources:
The Complete Encyclopedia of World Aircraft
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