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␗Ki-43-III ko
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Rank
AB
2.0
RB
3.0
SB
2.7
Battle rating
China
Game nation
Fighter
Main role
2,000
RP
Research
2,100
SL
Purchase
Republic of China
Origin country
General information

The Ki-43-III ko (China)(Falcon), with Allied codename of Oscar, represented the captured Ki-43 by National Revolutionary Air Force. After the total outbreak of 2nd Sino-Japanese War, IJAAS deployed their Ki-43 in Mainland China. Used by the 64th Air Squadron, the Ki-43s were able to score some victories on Sino-US forces during their deployment. Later in April 1942, the Chinese Expeditionary Force (中國遠征軍) captured a Ki-43-Ic which has been flown by Yasuda Yoshito (安田義人). After the end of war, ROCAF obtained the remaining Ki-43s in China, mostly at Nanjing as the supplement fighters before new US-built fighters joined them. They were decommissioned in 1946 while the Communist forces captured eight Ki-43s at Northeastern China and been used as trainer aircraft like many other captured Japanese fighters.

Introduced in Update 1.91 "Night Vision" alongside with the Chinese tech-tree, this variant of Ki-43 featured a more powerful engine as demanded by IJAAS for better dive speed; while the firepower is still rather poor with only two 12.7 mm nose machine guns, players could still enjoy its excellent maneuverability even against fighters from the country it was once served in - Japan.


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Flight performance
Max speed
at 6,000 m 558518583534 km/h
Rate of Climb 15.311.420.511.4 m/s
Turn time 1516.314.315.7 s
Max altitude 9,800 m
Takeoff Run 190 m

Combat
flaps
Take-off
flaps
Landing
flaps
Air
brake
General characteristics
Crew 1 person
Gross weight 2.6 t
Engine Nakajima Ha-115-II
Length 8.9 m
Wingspan 10.8 m

Limits:
Max Speed Limit (IAS) 661 km/h
Mach Number Limit 1
Gear Speed Limit (IAS) 300 km/h
Flap Speed Limit (IAS) 330 km/h
Offensive armament
2 × 12.7 mm Ho-103 machine gun
Ammunition 500 rounds
Fire rate 900 shots/min

BeltBelt fillingArmor penetration (mm) at a distance:
10 m100 m500 m1000 m1500 m2000 m
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Economy
Repair cost Basic → Reference
AB 169 → 212 SL
RB 383 → 481 SL
SB 528 → 663 SL
Crew training 600 SL
Experts 110,000 SL
Aces 45 GE
Research Aces 2,100 RP
Reward multiplier AB / RB / SB
10 / 30 / 60 % SL
100 % RP
Total cost of modifications 4,450 RP
2,700 SL
Talisman cost 300 GE

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