Kawasaki Ki-45 "Toryu"

Kawasaki Ki-45 KAIc "Toryo"; "Nick"
	General Historical Information
Place of origin	Japan
Speed	540 km/h
Category	Heavy Fighter
	General Ingame Information
Used by	Japan
Guns	See Table
Bombs	See Table
Special abilities	Radar available
Seat 2	See Table
	Historical Picture

Kawasaki Ki-45 KAIb1 "Toryo"; "Nick"
	File:Ki-45 KAIbv.jpg
	General Historical Information
Place of origin	Japan
Speed	540 km/h
Category	Heavy Fighter
	General Ingame Information
Used by	Japan
Guns	See table
Bombs	See table
Seat 2	See table
	Historical Picture

Kawasaki Ki-45 KAIa; "Toryo"; "Nick"
	General Historical Information
Place of origin	Japan
Speed	540 km/h
Category	Heavy Fighter
	General Ingame Information
Used by	Japan
Guns	See table
Bombs	See table
Seat 2	See table
	Historical Picture
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The Kawasaki Ki-45 Toryu (屠龍, "Dragon Slayer") was a two-seat, twin-engine fighter used by the Imperial Japanese Army in World War II. The army gave it the designation "Type 2 Two-Seat Fighter"; the Allied reporting name was "Nick".

In response to the rapid emergence in Europe of twin-engine heavy fighters such as the Messerschmitt Bf 110, the army ordered development of a twin-engine, two-seat fighter in 1937, and assigned the proposal by Kawasaki Shipbuilding the designation of Ki-38. This only went as far as a mock up, but by December of that year, the army ordered a working prototype as the Ki-45, which first flew in January 1939. Results from the test flights, however, did not meet the army's expectations. The Ha-20 Otsu engine was underpowered and failure-prone, while the airframe suffered from nacelle stall. The Ki-45 did not enter use, but the army, insistent on having a working twin-engine fighter, ordered Kawasaki to continue development. Kawasaki responded by replacing the engines with the proven Nakajima Ha-25. Flight tests were promising. In October 1940, the army ordered continued improvements such as switching to 805 kW (1,080 hp) Mitsubishi Ha-102 engines. This craft, designated Ki-45 Kai, was complete in September 1941 and was officially adopted for use by the army in February 1942 as the "Type 2 Two-Seat Fighter"'.

Ki-45 KAIa[]

File:RKi-45 KAIa.jpg

The KAIa was the first variant. The armament was one forward-firing 20 mm Ho-3 gun and two 12.7 mm Ho-103 mg's in the nose. For protection behind, there was a 7.7 mm Type 98 as rear gun, a licensed copy of the MG 15. It was possible to carry two drop tanks or two 250kg bombs on underwing racks. In FHSW this aircraft is available with two Type 2 HEAT Cluster bombs.
It went in service in August 1942 and was first used in October 1942. It would soon be known by the allies as the Nick.

	Left Mouse Click	Right Mouse Click	Seat 2
Option 1	2x 12.7 mm Ho-103	1x 20 mm Ho-3	1x 7.7 mm Type 98
Option 2	1x 20 mm Ho-3 2x 12.7 mm Ho-103	2x 250 kg bombs	1x 7.7 mm Type 98
Option 3	1x 20 mm Ho-3 2x 12.7 mm Ho-103	2x Type 2 HEAT Cluster bombs	1x 7.7 mm Type 98

Ki-45 KAIb[]

The second variant was the KAIb and was more for ground-attack/antishipping purpose. Again the same armament nearly like the KAIa. It have two 20 mm Ho-3 guns and the 12.7 mm Ho-103 mg's are removed and replace by a 37mm Ho-98 canon. A number of alternative weapon installations were tried experimentally, including the use of a 75mm cannon for attacks on shipping. In FHSW this aircraft is also available with two Type 2 HEAT Cluster bombs or with two 250 kg bombs.

	Left Mouse Click	Right Mouse Click	Seat 2
Option 1	2x 20 mm Ho-3	1x 37 mm Ho-98	1x 7.7 mm Type 98
Option 2	2x 12.7 mm Ho-103 1x 37 mm Ho-98	2x 250 kg bombs	1x 7.7 mm Type 98
Option 3	2x 12.7 mm Ho-103 1x 37 mm Ho-98	2x Type 2 HEAT Cluster bombs	1x 7.7 mm Type 98

Ki-45 KAIc[]

One of the most used veriants ingame is the KAIc. This was night fighter variant. Yeah.... we know each nightfighter ingame have radars and this one have it not, but a single KAIc flew with centimetric radar shortly before the end of the war. The need grew after the Consoldiated B-24 Liberators were used more for night bombings. Thus the night-fighting capability of the type was discovered, leading to development of the Ki-45 KAIc night-fighter, which proved to be one of the most successful Japanese aircraft in this category. In 1944 it went in service as the only army-night fighter of the war. Armament are one forward firing 20 mm Ho-3 and two forward firing 37 mm Ho-203. The reargunner have a 7.7 mm Type 98 gun. Possible to equip the aircraft with two 250 kg bombs and in FHSW also available with two Type 2 HEAT Cluster bombs. Production of the Ki-45 KAIc got underway at Kawasaki's Akashi plant in March 1944, the first aircraft being completed the following month.
The aircraft show himself as a very well interceptor when the Americans attack with 15 B-29's on June 15. Eight KAIc's shot down eight bombers. At that time about 40 Ki-45 KAIc fighters had been completed. 477 KAIc are been produced in nearly one year!

	Left Mouse Click	Right Mouse Click	Seat 2
Option 1	1x 20 mm Ho-3	2x 37 mm Ho-203	1x 7.7 mm Type 98
Option 2	1x 20 mm Ho-3 2x 37 mm Ho-203	2x 250 kg bombs	1x 7.7 mm Type 98
Option 3	1x 20 mm Ho-3 2x 37 mm Ho-203	2x Type 2 HEAT Cluster bombs	1x 7.7 mm Type 98

Ki-45 KAId[]

Kawasaki Ki-45 KAId "Toryo" "Nick"
File:Ki-45 KAId.jpg
General Historical Information
Place of origin	Japan
Speed	540 km/h
Category	Heavy Fighter
General Ingame Information
Used by	Japan
Guns	1x 20 mm Ho-3 1x 37mm Ho-203 2x 20 mm Ho-3 (30° ↑)
Historical Picture

The Ki-45d was a night figher variant of the aircraft. It had one forward facing 20 mm autocannon and a 37 mm gun and two 20 mm guns fitted to fire at an 30 degree angle like the German night interceptor aircraft with this Schräge Musik configuration.

Ki-45 KAIe[]

Kawasaki Ki-45 KAIe "Toryo" "Nick"

General Historical Information
Place of origin	Japan
Speed	540 km/h
Category	Heavy Fighter
General Ingame Information
Used by	Japan
Guns	1x 40 mm Ho-301 2x 20 mm Ho-3 (30° ↑)

The Ki-45e is another night fighter variant. It had a single 40 mm Ho-301 autocannon as the main armament and like Ki-45d two 20 mm autocannons at an upwards facing angle. The Ho-301 was light and fire caseless 40 mm rounds at a rapid rate, the effective range was limited to 150 meters though due its low muzzle velocity. This made the gun only effective against bombers. In this plane you only have 15 shots with this cannon, which can depleted in less than two seconds.

Ki-45 Ho-204[]

Kawasaki Ki-45 KAI with 37 mm Ho-204
File:Ki-45 KAI204.jpg
General Historical Information
Place of origin	Japan
Speed	540 km/h
Category	Heavy Fighter
General Ingame Information
Used by	Japan
Guns	1x 20 mm Ho-5 1x 37 mm Ho-204
Seat 2	1x 7.7 mm Type 98

The 37 mm Ho-204 made the Ki-45 a powerful heavy figher. The Ho-204 autocannon was the largest caliber gun developed from the .50 Browning machine gun. It fires at 400 rounds a minute with a high muzzle velocity. It has 40 rounds.

Ki-45 Ho-401[]

Kawasaki Ki-45 KAI with Ho-401
File:Ki-45 Ho401.jpg
General Historical Information
Place of origin	Japan
Speed	540 km/h
Category	Heavy Fighter
General Ingame Information
Used by	Japan
Guns	1x 20 mm Ho-5 1x 57 mm Ho-401

One experimental model was made mounting the 57 mm Ho-401 gun on the Ki-45 in 1943. This gun was later used in the Ki-102 otsu which became a production vehicle.