A Japanese Bomber for BR2 or BR3 Kawasaki Ki-48

The Japanese in Enlisted dont have much of Bombers in the Game.

I think most would agree that the B5N2 in BR2 isnt really good.

I think to add arround 2 versions of the Kawasaki Ki-48
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History
The aircraft served in China from late 1940, replacing the Kawasaki Ki-32, and were widely used in the Philippines, Malaya, Burma, New Guinea, the Solomon Islands and the Dutch East Indies, where the Ki-48 Ia and Ib models, slow and badly armed, were supplemented by the marginally improved Ki-48 IIa and IIc, which were maintained in service along with the older types until the end of the war.All models continued in service until the Battle of Okinawa during April 1945, when many were converted into kamikaze aircraft (Ki-48-II KAI Tai-Atari) armed with an 800 kg (1,760 lb) bomb. Some aircraft were modified to act as testbeds; one carried the Kawasaki Ki-148 guided missile intended for use on the Kawasaki Ki-102 in late 1944, and one was modified to test a Ne-0 pulsejet engine in late 1944 to early 1945.

The first versions were lightly armoured, so the Ki-48 was quite aerobatic, and could loop and turn with an experienced pilot at the controls. The aircraft was often used as a dive bomber in Burma.

Source Warplanes of Japan: Kawasaki Ki-48 - SilverHawkAuthor Website Military History Materials

There was a suggestion about this plain before very old and no Poll, i think it dosnt count anymore!
Kawasaki Ki-48 - Archive / Suggestions - Archive - Enlisted — official forum

Stats and Features
Modell I
Maximum speed:

480 km/h at 3500 m
No Armor
Crew 4 ?
3 × Type 89 7.7 mm MG Model 1

up to 400 kg bombs
Climb rate: 9 min to 5000 m
The first versions were lightly armoured, so the Ki-48 was quite aerobatic, and could loop and turn with an experienced pilot at the controls.
BR2 MAX
Modell 1 its more of a grinding stepping stone to the better version.
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Modell 2
Br3 i think
Crew 4
A bit Armor + self-sealing tanks
Max Speed
505 km/h auf 5600 m
Climb rate
8 min 30 sec to 5000 m
IIa and b: 3 x Type 89 7.7 mm MG Model 1

IIc: 3 x Type 89 7.7 mm MG Model 1, 1 x Ho-103 12.7 mm MG flexible

up to 800 kg of bombs

800 KG is a much better Bomb Load
I think its good betwen the Russian BR 2 Bombers Su-2 & SB 2m with 600 kg Bomb load in the game
and the BR 4 Bomber A 20 Havoc of the USA with 908 KG of Bombs
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Sources
Warplanes of Japan: Kawasaki Ki-48 - SilverHawkAuthor Website Military History Materials

Typ 99 zweimotoriger leichter Bomber Ki-48 in German
Kawasaki Ki-48 - Wikipedia
Kawasaki Ki-48 – Wikipedia

Its hard to find good Information about this aircraft maybe i did some mistakes?
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Maybe for BR 4 - BR5 Mitsubishi Ki-67 would be a good addition to this Game?
Stuff like!

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