The Nakajima B5N (Japanese: 中島 B5N, Allied reporting name "Kate") was the standard carrier-based torpedo bomber of the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) for much of World War II. It also …

Jun 25, 2022 · The yet completely unknown or dismissed Nakajima B5N first appeared to Pearl Harbor an her rampage would go on for most of the Pacific War. The B5N, codenamed “Kate” …

Codenamed Kate by the Allies, the Nakajima B5N was already in service for four years by 1941, and was the most modern carrier-based torpedo bomber at the beginning of WWII.

Oct 20, 2015 · Delays in an update made the B5N Japan’s main torpedo bomber through the war. On December 7, 1941, a force that included 143 Kates left carriers off Hawaii to attack Pearl …

May 12, 2021 · The B5N was powered by a single in-house Nakajima radial piston engine - B5N1 models were given "Hikari" radials while B5N2s carried "Sakae 11" radials of 1,000. The B5N2 …

B5N1 engine was the smaller and less powerful than the engine in the B5N2, the 1,115 hp Nakajima Sakae 21 radial. The B5N1 was replaced in frontline service by the N2 version in …

The Nakajima B5N1 carrier based Torpedo Bomber (Kate) was designed in 1935 by a Nakajima design team under the supervision of Katsuji Nakamura and went into production as the Navy …

Feb 26, 2025 · At the beginning of the Second World War, the Nakajima B5N was the most important Japanese torpedo bomber. Production of this aircraft would continue until 1943 and …

May 19, 2019 · Three-seat carrier-borne attack bomber. One 746 kw (1,000 hp) Nakajima Sakae II fourteen-cylinder two-row air-cooled radial engine. One flexible 7.7 mm (0.303 in) type 92 …

Aug 5, 2015 · The Nakajima B5N, codenamed "Kate" by the Allies, was a torpedo bomber of the Japanese Navy famous for its exploits at Pearl Harbor, Coral Sea and Midway.