Allied Code Name:"Zeke" or "Zero"
Origin:Mitsubishi Jukogyo KK
Engine:one 1,130 hp Nakajima NK1C Sakae 21 with individual stack exhaust
Span:36ft. 4½ in.
Length:29 ft. 9 in.
Height:9 ft. 8 in.
Empty Weight:3,920 lbs.
Maximum Loaded Weight:5,828 lbs.
Maximum Speed:354 mph
Initial Climb Rate:3,150 ft. per minute
Service Ceiling:37,500 ft.
Range With Drop Tank:1,200 mph
Armament:two 7.7 mm. Type 99 Mk 4 in wings and two in fuselage;and wing racks for two 132 lbs. bombs
History:First Flight-April 1,1939;Service Delivery(A6M1)-late July 1940;First Flight(A6M2-N)-December 1941,(A6M5)-August 1943,(A6M2-K)January 1942
Users:Imperial Japanese Navy