In World War II, haw was the Japanese aircraft, the Mitsubishi A6M known to the Allies?
Mitsubishi A6M Zero War II Japanese fighter aircraft]] [[Category:Articles containing video clips]] [[Category:Single-engined tractor aircraft]] [[Category:Low-wing aircraft]] [[Category:Aircraft first flown in 1939]] [[Category:Retractable conventional landing gear]] Mitsubishi A6M Zero The Mitsubishi A6M "Zero" is a long-range fighter aircraft formerly manufactured by Mitsubishi Aircraft Company, a part of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, and operated by the Imperial Japanese Navy from 1940 to 1945. The A6M was designated as the , or the Mitsubishi A6M Rei-sen. The A6M was usually referred to by its pilots as the "reisen" (零戦, zero fighter), "0" being the last digit of the imperial year 2600 (1940) when it entered service
Imperial Japanese Navy in World War II beginning of the war were of high caliber as compared to their contemporaries around the world due to intense training and frontline experience in the Sino-Japanese War. The Navy also had a competent land-based tactical bombing force based around the Mitsubishi G3M and G4M bombers, which astonished the world by being the first planes to sink enemy capital ships underway, claiming battleship "Prince of Wales" and the battlecruiser "Repulse". As the war progressed, the Allies found weaknesses in Japanese naval aviation. Though most Japanese aircraft were characterized by great operating range and agility, they had very little in the way