Mitsubishi G7M

The Mitsubishi G7M Taizan (泰山, "Great Mountain") was a proposed twin-engine long-range bomber designed for use by the Imperial Japanese Navy in 1941.

G7M Taizan
Role Heavy bomber
Manufacturer Mitsubishi Aircraft Company
Primary user Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service (planned)
Produced 0

The G7M was cancelled at the wooden mockup phase without ever reaching the hardware phase.[1]

Specifications

Data from Japanese Secret Projects : Experimental Aircraft of the IJA and IJN 1939-1945.,[1] Plane-Encyclopedia: Mitsubishi G7M “Taizan” [2]

General characteristics

  • Crew: 7
  • Length: 20 m (65 ft 7 in)
  • Wingspan: 25 m (82 ft 0 in)
  • Height: 6.09 m (20 ft 0 in)
  • Empty weight: 10,600 kg (23,369 lb)
  • Gross weight: 16,000 kg (35,274 lb)
  • Fuel capacity: 4,497 l (1,188 US gal; 989 imp gal)
  • Powerplant: 2 × Mitsubishi MK10A 18-cylinder air-cooled radial piston engines, 1,500 kW (2,000 hp) each for take-off
1,350 kW (1,810 hp) at 2,200 m (7,200 ft)
1,280 kW (1,720 hp) at 5,400 m (17,700 ft)
  • Propellers: 4-bladed constant-speed propeller, 4.5 m (14 ft 9 in) diameter

Performance

  • Maximum speed: 544 km/h (338 mph, 294 kn) at 5,000 m (16,000 ft)
  • Range: 2,799 km (1,739 mi, 1,511 nmi)
  • Combat range: 6,412 km (3,984 mi, 3,462 nmi)
  • Ferry range: 7,400 km (4,600 mi, 4,000 nmi)
  • Service ceiling: 5,000 m (16,000 ft)
  • Time to altitude: 10,000 m (33,000 ft) in 10 minutes
  • Power/mass: 5.4 kg/kW (8.8 lb/hp)

Armament

  • Guns:
6x 13 mm (0.512 in) Type 2 machine guns
2x 20 mm (0.787 in) Type 99 Mark 2 machine gun (classified as machine guns by the IJN)
  • Bombs: up to 800 kg (1,800 lb) of bombs

See also

Aircraft of comparable role, configuration, and era

References
  1. Dyer., Edwin M. (2009). Japanese Secret Projects : Experimental Aircraft of the IJA and IJN 1939–1945. Hinkley: Midland. pp. 91-92. ISBN 9781857803372.
  2. Guo, Leo (22 May 2018). "Mitsubishi G7M "Taizan"". Plane-Encyclopedia. Retrieved 22 January 2019.

Further reading
  • Collier, Basil. Japanese aircraft of World War II (1st American ed.). Mayflower Books. ISBN 0-8317-5137-1.
  • Francillon, René J., Ph.D (1979). Japanese aircraft of the Pacific War (2 ed.). Putnam. ISBN 0-370-30251-6.
  • Thorpe, Donald W. (1977). Japanese Naval Air Force camouflage and markings, World War II (hardback ed.). Fallbrook CA: Aero Publishers. ISBN 0-8168-6583-3.
  • Thorpe, Donald W. (1977). Japanese Naval Air Force camouflage and markings, World War II (paperback ed.). Fallbrook CA: Aero Publishers. ISBN 0-8168-6587-6.
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