Type 5 (30 mm)

Description

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Vehicles equipped with this weapon

• J2M5
• J5N1
• J7W1
• Kikka
• R2Y2 Kai V1
• R2Y2 Kai V2
• R2Y2 Kai V3

General info

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Available ammunition

• Default: HEF · HEF-I · HEF-T · APHE
• Universal: HEF-T · HEF-I · APHE · HEF · HEF
• Ground targets: HEF-T · APHE · APHE · APHE
• Tracers: HEF-T
• Stealth: HEF

Comparison with analogues

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Usage in battles

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Pros and cons

Pros:

• HE shells deal a lot of damage
• The cannon has good ballistics
• The Tracer belt is full of HEF-T shells
• APHE shells deal lot of damage for both Air and Ground targets

Cons:

• AP-T shells don't generate much shrapnel, needing more time on target for killing ground targets
• Ground Belt contain 3/5 of AP-T shells in comparison to only 1/5 APHE that deals way more damage
• Slow Cyclic rate, same as MK103

History

The Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service sought a replacement for their Oerlikon FF based Type 99 autocannons during the war. Like the Army Air Service, the Navy's first plan was simply scale up their 20mm cannon to a 30mm design called the Type 2. However, the design was still magazine-fed which limited its utility so they developed the newer Type 5. Unlike the earlier Oerlikon based Type 2, the Type 5 uses a more powerful 30x122mm cartridge instead of the 30x92RB and uses a combined gas and recoil action instead of the Oerlikon API action. The Type 5 was planned to be the standard armament of the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service and planned for use on the J7W1 interceptor. However, it arrived too late in the war for the planned use and only saw use on a handful of aircraft such as the J2M5 30mm fighter and the P1Y2-S torpedo bomber.

Media

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See also

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• references to approximate analogues by other nations and research trees.

External links

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