Month: September 2022
Ki-109 & the Ki-109-Mounted Cannon: Type 88, Not ‘Ho-501’
As the threat of strategic bombing loomed over Japan from the middle of the Pacific War, the development of effective extreme-caliber aircraft guns was expedited by the Japanese Army. New weapons with calibers ranging from 47 millimeters to as much as 150 millimeters were developed and were planned to be deployed on various interceptor platforms….
