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The Ki-64
The Ki-64A one-off experimental heavy fighter (3D Model exists in files for about a year now)
It had a pair of 3 bladed contra-rotating propellers driven by 2 Kawasaki tandem Ha-40 engines
The Ki-64 used liquid wing cooling similar to the He-100 system
The Ki-66
Impressed by the German use of the Stuka the Japanese ordered a twin-engined dive bomber of their own. 6 prototypes produced and 1 modified with more powerful engines.
Notice the dive brakes and defensive gun. It also had 2 x 12.7 offensive MGs
Powered by two 1,130hp Nakajima Ha-115 engines the Ki-66 was not powerful enough to out do the Ki-48-II already in service (Ki-48 not in game either) and so was cancelled with it's innovations installed on the Ki-48-IIb
The Ki-74
The Ki-74, everyone is having a look
A long range reconnaissance bomber with pressurized cabin. Around 13 built
The Ki-74 had a typical Japanese bomb-load of around 1000kg
During it hellishly long development cycle it switched planned targets from Manchuria to the United States and so from its conception in 1939 only saw production during 1944-45
Post war example captured by the Americans
The Ki-93
A Prototype 6-bladed, twin-engined heavy fighter/bomber destroyer and planned anti-shipping aircraft.
It was armed with a 57mm Ho-104 cannon and 2 x 20mm Ho-5s
By no means a small aircraft as you can see
Overseeing the first test flight
The next variant would've been armed with a 75mm for anti-shipping purposes in addition to 2 x 250kg bombs
The project ended when the test pilot undershot the runway ripping off the port side gear in the soft dirt in addition to the wrecked port-side engine on it first flight. It would be repaired only to be hit by B-29s on the day of its second flight tests.
The Ki-46
Ki-46-II Kai with prominent 37mm
Not so much an experimental aircraft as it was an outstanding and highly successful reconnaissance and observation plane converted into a bomber hunter. Note the 37mm near-vertically mounted!
The Ki-46 also had 2 x forward firing 20mm cannons. The 37mm vertical mount was removed on one example and made a ground strike aircraft.
A standard post war example of the Ki-46-II being tested by the Americans. Powered by 2 x Mitsubishi Ha-102 engines it could reach 600km/h.
The Ki-46-III with flush cockpit and stronger engines is rumored to have had a ground attack variant with 2 x 20mm guns and a single unspecified bomb but this is unproven.
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