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G4M Versions
Bruno -
These images are from Nozawa Tadashi (drawings by Komuro Katsusuke), The Encyclopedia of Japanese Aircraft (Nihon kōkūki sōshū), Vol. 1, Mitsubishi (Tokyō: Shuppen Kyodo, 1959, reprinted 1966), pp. 168-176.
1. Type 1 Land-based Attack Bomber Model 11 (G4M1)
2. Three variations:
G6M1 escort fighter (no bomb bay, three 20mm cannon, two in ventral gondola, one that could be fired from either side blister)
G4M2 Model 22 (more powerful engines and other improvements)
G4M3 Model 34 (self-sealing fuel tanks, armor, and a tail turret similar to that of the U.S. B-26)
3. Type 1 Land-based Attack Bomber Model 24 (G4M2-A) - 1,850-hp M4KT Kasai 25 engines and bulged bomb bay doors to accommodate an increased bomb load). This looks most like the image that you posted earlier.
There were, of course, a lot of variations.
Don
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