I’ll preface this suggestion by saying, Id rather see the Ki-21-IIb, however the best Ki-21 model on hand I believe is the Ic from WT. (Ki-21 Hei in WT)
Ki-21-Ic
Production
- designer was Mitsubishi
- designed: 1936–1937
- produced: 1937-1644
- 2064 were built in total (All combat variants)
General
- Empty Weight was 6 tons
- Gross Weight was 10-11 tons
- Length was 16 m (52 ft 6 in)
- Wingspan was 22.5 m (73 ft 10 in)
- Height was 4.85 m (15 ft 11 in)
- Crew of 5-7 (Gunner count could vary depending on how many guns you wanted manned at once)
- Engine used was the Nakajima Ha-5-kai in a twin configuration.
Flight Characteristics
- Max Speed was 432 km/h (268.43 mph)
- Rate of Climb was 5.9 m/s (19.357 ft/s)
- Turn Time was 14 s
- Max Altitude of 8,600m (28,215 ft)
Armament
- 2 × 7.7 mm Type 89 machine gun ‘special’ - X1
- 1 x 7.7 mm Te-1 machine gun - X7
Payload
- SUGGESTED PAYLOAD - 4x 250kg GPHE Bombs
Other options include
- 20x 50kg GPHE Bombs
- 10x 100kg GPHE Bombs
- 2x 500kg GPHE Bombs
Images
A quick summary of its service history
- Entered service in 1938 as a fast bomber designed to be unescorted.
- Would see significant action in China to much success, though losses were non insignificant.
- Would continue frontline use going into WW2, though they would be quickly relegated to second line use until the later Ki-21-II’s would enter service. The later variants would slowly be phased out of frontline use except in kamikaze roles by 1943.
- They would continue service till the end of the war in various auxiliary uses such as transports, “gilders”, ASW, trainers, etc.