Mitsubishi G3M 'Nell'

 
G3M
Designer: VB Planes
File: VB_Nell.zip
Date: June 2001
Rating: 8.45  -more info-
Available at VB Planes

 
Quick Info
Although it was already obsolescent when Japan entered World War II in 1941, the G3M belied this technical limitation by scoring a number of stunning successes in the opening phase of Japan's offensive onslaught. The lack of an adequate replacement meant that the 'Nell' was forced to soldier on into total obsolescence and suffered devastatingly heavy losses. First flown in July 1935, the G3M was designed to provide the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Force with the means to project it's air power deep into the pacific. The variant that entered service in 1937 was the G3M1, but these 34 aircraft were soon supplanted by an eventual 993 examples of the G3M2(uprated engines and greater fuel capacity) and G3M3(further uprated engines and increased fuel capacity). Some aircraft were also converted as L3Y armed trransport aircraft.

Variants
Ka-15   Prototype and testing version
G3M1   Initial production versions (34 built) Included service test version G3M1a, G3M1b with solid nose and G3M1c
              with a glazed-nose
G3M1-L   Military transport version
G3M2 Model 21   New engines, slightly larger fuel capacity (343 built) 
G3M2 Model 22   Ventral turret and the rearmost dorsal turret replaced with "turtle-back" canopy mounting a single 
                                flexible 20mm cannon, wing root fillets reduced in size to allow "blister" mountings on the fuselage sides, 
                                each having a single 7.7mm gun firing laterally. Late production Model 22s had a free 7.7mm 
                                machine gun fired from either side of the pilot's cockpit
G3M3 Model 23   Built by Nakajima, new engines - fastest / longest-ranging variant
L3Y1 'Tina'   Armed Transport conversion of G3M1
L3Y2   Armed Transport conversiont of G3M2
Mitsubishi Twin-Engined Transport  24 early G3M2s released to Mitsubishi for conversion into civil transports 

636 built by Mitsubishi, 412 built by Nakajima mostly G3M3


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G3M
Designer: VB Planes
File: VB_Nell.zip
Overall Rating: 8.45
Model irregularities:
-Minor body irregularities 

Panel: Y
Virtual Cockpit: N
Sound: N

Moving Parts: 
Flaps: Y
Ailerons: Y
Elevators: Y
Propellor/s: Y
Landing Gear: Y
Bomb Doors: Y
Wheels: N
 


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