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Regardless of the Kawanishi fighters' excellence in firepower, agility, and resilience, they were produced too late and in too few numbers to change the favor of the war. It did however spawn several variants, both prototypes, and production, such as the N1K2-Ja Model 21A (a fighter bomber). The prototypes of the planned N1K3-J series had different engine placement and twin 13.2 mm machine guns.

Regardless of the Kawanishi fighters' excellence in firepower, agility, and resilience, they were produced too late and in too few numbers to change the favor of the war. It did however spawn several variants, both prototypes, and production, such as the N1K2-Ja Model 21A (a fighter bomber). The prototypes of the planned N1K3-J series had different engine placement and twin 13.2 mm machine guns.

The depicted plane is allegedly the N1K3-A variant, Shiden Kai Ni Model 41 (did not exist/enter service as is). It was a project designed to be a carrier-based version of the aforementioned N1K3-J.

The depicted plane is allegedly the N1K3-A variant, Shiden Model 41 (did not exist/enter service as is). It was a project designed to be a carrier-based version of the aforementioned N1K3-J.

==See Also==

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