War Thunder Future Tech Tree Analysis - Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) - video Dailymotion

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In the second part of my Japanese tech tree analysis, I will be moving on to the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN), looking at what planes will be introduced from the planes they used, as well as discussing and analysing them.  Planes in this episode: A5M2 A6M5 Hei (Introduced in Update "Ixwa Strike") A6M7 B6N2 (Introduced in Update "Starfighters") D3A1 Mod 22 D4Y1 (Introduced in Update 1.75 "La Résistance") D4Y3 (Introduced in Update 1.71 "New E.R.A.) D4Y4 H8K2 (Introduced in Update 1.57 "Battle March") J2M2 (Introduced in Update 1.49 "Weapons of Victory") J2M3 (Introduced in Update 1.45 "Steel Generals") J2M5 (Introduced in Update 1.51 "Cold Steel") N1K1J (Introduced in Update 1.59 "Flaming Arrows") A7M2-J J7W1 (Introduced in Update 1.43) J8N1  N1K1 (Introduced in Update 1.65 "Way of the Samurai") R2Y2 (Introduced in Update 1.43) G3M2 G4M2 G4M3 P1Y1 (Introduced in Update 1.63 "Desert Hunters")  Japanese future tech tree: http://warthunder.com/en/devblog/current/616  Sources WWII: The Directory of Weapons Weapons of World War II Wiki http://www.historyofwar.org/articles/weapons_mitsubishi_J2M.html http://airandspace.si.edu/collections/artifact.cfm?object=nasm_A19620083000  http://www.wwiivehicles.com/japan/aircraft/fighter/mitsubishi-a6m6-a6m7-a6m8-zero.asp  Social Media ⬇️ Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/toreno.bsky.social Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/Toreno4 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/toreno170 Mastodon: Toreno17@mastodon.social Threads: https://www.threads.net/@toreno170 Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/Toreno17 Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/toreno5/videos   Game: War Thunder  ⬅️  #warthunder #japan #japanese #japanesenavy #imperialjapan #analysis #techtree #aircraft

Transcript

00:00Hello everybody and welcome back to this second episode of the Imperial Japanese Tech Tree.

00:04In this episode we'll be dealing with the Imperial Japanese Navy forces.

00:08Last episode we dealt with the Japanese Army Air Forces.

00:12So, Japanese Navy forces, carrier fighters, dive bombers, long range bombers, float planes,

00:20all that sort of stuff that served under the Imperial Japanese Navy during the war.

00:25You might recognize some of this stuff from other games like Battle Station Pacific or Midway.

00:31And with all the introductions done, let's get started.

00:36Now moving on to the carrier fighters, we've got the A5M2.

00:40We've already got the A5M4 as one, I think it's the first carrier aircraft

00:44you can get in War Thunder for the Japanese.

00:47Only armed with two 7.7mm machine guns if I remember correctly.

00:52Quite slow, 273 miles an hour.

00:55I can't really see much difference between the A5M2 and the A5M4.

01:02Other than the fact it has a slightly different engine, probably a weaker one,

01:05and doesn't have an enclosed cockpit.

01:07I can't remember if the A5M4 in-game actually has an enclosed cockpit.

01:12I thought it didn't, but apparently it was meant to in real life.

01:15So, it'd be good if it had lower tiers again.

01:18So far it seems with fighters, they're sort of focusing on the lower tiers.

01:23Especially with the Ki-27.

01:24So, it'd be good for the lower tiers.

01:26But again, not particularly massively interested in this aircraft.

01:30But again, many aircraft is better than nothing for Japan.

01:34They've already got quite...

01:34They haven't got that many planes as it is.

01:36So, more planes the merrier, at the moment.

01:42Now the next plane on the list is the A6M5 He.

01:46Now, I believe this is based on the...

01:48This is the variant of the A6M5 Otsu.

01:51It was different in that it apparently had...

01:54Was it three?

01:55Three 13mm machine guns.

01:58Sorry, 13.2mm machine guns.

02:00One in each wing and one in the fuselage.

02:03And the twin 20mm cannons.

02:05And could carry a 250kg bomb.

02:08So again, just seems like they're sort of padding out the A6M line a little bit.

02:12With a few extra variants.

02:14Don't think they're going to be able to really...

02:16Get any more meaningful variants in for the A6M.

02:19I mean, they've already got about...

02:21One, two, three...

02:22Oh, no.

02:23One, two, three, four, five, six, seven...

02:25They've only got eight variants, if you include the He.

02:28I think the most we've had before is...

02:31Probably with the two sort of Spare Ferrios.

02:33And I think they ended up being cut down.

02:36So, yeah.

02:37I think this would probably make the A6M line...

02:40Probably one of the longest...

02:42Like, same variant lines in the game.

02:45But, yeah.

02:46It'd be nice to have it for the Japanese.

02:47Especially the 13mm.

02:50Because they're 7.7mm machine guns.

02:52Don't really do any damage as it is.

02:54So, yeah.

02:55It would be a decent upgrade in weaponry.

02:58It would be good for the Japanese, I suppose.

03:01And, yeah.

03:02It would probably be after the A6M 5 Wotsu.

03:05So, we'll have to face higher tier enemies.

03:08But, I hope it's not over-tiered.

03:11But it will help the Japanese in any case, I think.

03:15Sort of fill out the higher tiers, I suppose.

03:20But let's move on to the next aircraft.

03:23Now, this next aircraft is a bit harder to find out about.

03:26The A6M 7.

03:27I was...

03:29While looking online, it was apparently based on the A6M 6.

03:33And was using a kamikaze roll.

03:34But, obviously, we don't really have kamikaze planes in the game.

03:38So, I did a bit more digging.

03:40Apparently, it was...

03:42And I think it was basically a fighter...

03:44According to my book, it was a fighter-fighter-bomber plane.

03:48It was based on the A6M 6.

03:50Which was similar to the A6M 5 Hei.

03:55Which...

03:55So, three 13.2mm machine guns.

03:59Two 20mm cannons.

04:01I'm guessing...

04:02Like I said, I couldn't find out too much information about it.

04:04I'm assuming it's got a similar speed.

04:06Not entirely sure how this variant is going to add into the game.

04:11That's going to...

04:12Like I said, there's a lot of A6Ms here.

04:14But, so, again, it seems like it's just sort of a copy-paste of the A6M 5.

04:19But, maybe I've got it wrong.

04:20Like I said, I couldn't find too much information about it.

04:23It probably does have some different qualities to it.

04:27But, so, yeah, it'll be good for the Japanese.

04:29So, so far, the only carrier fighters are just A6Ms.

04:33We'll move on to the other aircraft in a second.

04:36Now, this next bomber, or carrier torpedo bomber, the B6N2,

04:41is actually a bit unusual in that,

04:43despite being a carrier torpedo bomber,

04:45it was actually used mainly from land bases.

04:48It needed a very long runway.

04:50And, well, most of the Japanese carriers...

04:52It was introduced in mid-1944,

04:54and most of the Japanese carriers were sunk by now.

04:57And most of them didn't actually have any catapults to launch the B6N2.

05:02So, it was mainly used as a land-based torpedo bomber.

05:05Now, the armament seems a bit unusual.

05:08It had a 7.7mm machine gun in the rear cockpit, like the B5N2.

05:14But it also had a 7.7mm machine gun firing rearwards and downwards in the fuselage.

05:20Now, I'm not entirely sure how that's meant to work.

05:24That gives the impression that it's sort of...

05:26Like the Skag music, I've probably mispronounced it,

05:29that the German fighters and one of the Japanese Ki-45 uses.

05:34Except instead of firing forward and up, it sort of fires down and backwards.

05:38Which doesn't really make sense,

05:40because being a torpedo bomber, it's going to be quite low down anyway.

05:44So it's not going to have much chance to use this.

05:47I'm guessing it would be like the PE...

05:48I think it's the PE-3, they have a machine gun like that,

05:51sort of in the tail that...

05:53It does fire occasionally, but it has to be really specific occasions.

05:58I doubt this is going to be of much use, if it's even included.

06:01Now, it could carry 800kg worth of...

06:04Well, it was a payload.

06:05One torpedo, three 250kg bombs.

06:09It could go about 468kmh, which is about 290mph, I believe.

06:16I could be wrong there.

06:17So, quite a slow fighter.

06:20Well, torpedo bomber, I suppose it doesn't need to be too fast.

06:25It doesn't seem too much different to the B5N2.

06:27I wonder if it will have trouble taking off.

06:30Because my book does say that Japanese carriers with catapults were unavailable.

06:36Which would imply that it needed catapults.

06:38But I haven't really looked into it too deeply.

06:43So yeah, I hope it will be able to take off.

06:45I'm sure, I doubt they'd put it in if it couldn't take off.

06:47Although if it could, I suppose they could be using its traditional land-based role.

06:53So again, it'd be good for the Japanese, an extra torpedo bomber.

06:56But again, not a massive addition.

06:58Nothing, not going to exactly change the way the whole game plays, I suppose.

07:04But yeah, any extra bombers and torpedo bombers for Japan is welcomed.

07:10Moving on to the carrier dive bombers, we've got the D3A2 Model 22.

07:15Now, apparently, we've got the D3A1 Model 11 in the game.

07:19And apparently, well, from what I can understand, there was a D3A...

07:23Well, there was a Model 12.

07:25I don't know if it was a D3A1 or D3A2, with improved engines.

07:30But this reduced the range, so there was extra fuel tanks installed,

07:35which resulted in the D3A2 Model 22.

07:39So from what I can understand, the D3A2 Model 22 has the exact same armament,

07:45same bomb load, but can go slightly faster.

07:48So basically, an improved version of the D3A1 Model 11.

07:52So again, it would help Japan.

07:55Maybe the speed added, I think it was only about 10-20 miles an hour.

08:00It's not exactly going to save it, unless it's like, like save it from Allied fighters.

08:05If it's in the same tier as the D3A1 Model 11, it might help save it.

08:09But not really.

08:12Seems like it's just sort of padding out the Japanese line again,

08:15with the same sort of aircraft.

08:17So yeah, welcome addition, but not particularly looking forward to it.

08:23Now the next aircraft on the carrier dive bombers is the D4Y Judy branch.

08:29Now, I had a bit of difficulty with this.

08:32My books only really dealt with the D4Y2, or one of them did.

08:36And I have got some information on the D4Y3,

08:39but for the 1 and 4, I had to go look on the internet for a bit of information.

08:45Now the D4Y1 was introduced in, I think, very late 1943.

08:51So the tide had sort of turned against Japan by now.

08:55To add two 7.7mm machine guns in the nose,

08:59one 7.7mm machine gun in the rear,

09:02and could carry about 560 kilograms of bombs.

09:05Now I'm basing this on the D4Y2, which had a slightly upgraded engine.

09:12I don't think it had any other upgrades to it.

09:14So it could go about, where's the speed?

09:18The D4Y3 is listed about 357 miles an hour.

09:22I'm assuming the D4Y1 would be a bit slower than that.

09:25The D4Y3 was slightly upgraded in that it had a 13mm machine gun in the load,

09:32in the load, in the rear cockpit.

09:35So a bit of an improvement over the D4Y1.

09:39Now the D4Y4 is a bit of an, a bit unusual.

09:44Um, because it was actually designed as a kamikaze aircraft, apparently.

09:49But it was, it had rocket assisted take-off,

09:51and it could carry one 800 kilogram bomb, and it had one crewman.

09:55Now I'm guessing for game purposes it will probably have,

10:00it may not have the rear gunner,

10:02but I'm guessing it will be used as a dive bomber,

10:04rather than a kamikaze aircraft for obvious reasons,

10:09political and whatnot.

10:11Um, so, um, D4Y1s, uh, kind of looking forward to them.

10:16Japanese do, um, this is, Japanese do need some more dive bombers.

10:21This is also the only Japanese carrier-borne aircraft to have an inline engine,

10:25apparently.

10:26So, um, yeah, I'm hoping it will, um,

10:29do quite, quite well for the Japanese in the higher tiers.

10:34For the next plane on the list, we've got the H8K2.

10:36We'll go to land-based fighters in a minute,

10:38but for this aircraft, the H8K2,

10:41we've got a bit of information on it down here on the bottom of the page.

10:44Now it was a flight, further development of the H6K,

10:47and had an effective range of 4,440 miles.

10:51Um, two H8Ks performed a raid on Pearl Harbor,

10:55which involved halfway refueling by submarine,

10:57was the longest distance two aircraft by mission ever.

11:01Now it could fly at 290 miles an hour,

11:03um, which is apparently quite a considerable achievement,

11:07you know, considering it's a flying boat.

11:09And more importantly, it had, um,

11:12five MGs and five 20mm cannons.

11:15Now I'm assuming this is the version that will be put in the game,

11:18um, the version that they're mentioning.

11:20I have heard of, um, up to six, um, machine guns being put in the H8K2,

11:25but I'm assuming they'll stick with just this at the moment.

11:29It could carry about 2,000 kilograms in payload,

11:32so two torpedoes or eight 250-kilogram bombs.

11:36So this will be a higher tier aircraft.

11:39It won't be seal clubbing the lower tiers like the H6K used to,

11:42when the War Thunder first came out.

11:45So it's definitely a good improvement,

11:47and because of its armament,

11:48it should be able to hold off, um, enemies at higher tiers quite easily,

11:53um, or at least make them pay if they do attack,

11:55probably shooting down most of the attackers.

11:58So I'm definitely looking forward to this aircraft.

12:00It'll sort of make a great addition,

12:02um, sort of Japanese version of the Sunderland, I suppose.

12:05But with actually, um, more powerful armament.

12:10Moving on to the next aircraft,

12:11we've got the land-based fighters and the J2M series of aircraft,

12:15known as the Raiden, um, sometimes known as the Raiden, sorry.

12:19Now the J2M2 was armed with two 7.7-millimeter machine guns

12:23and two 20-millimeter cannons,

12:26um, which, you know, quite a decent armament.

12:28The J2M3, um, there's two variants of this,

12:31the A model and just the J2M variant.

12:35Now, now there isn't much to,

12:37there isn't much difference between the two.

12:39They both have the same engine, but slightly different, um, armament.

12:43The J2M3 had, um, two Type 99 Model 1 cannons,

12:48and the, and it had another two Type 99 Model 2 cannons.

12:53So model, two Model 1 cannons, two Model 2 cannons,

12:56whereas the J2M3A had two Model 2 cannons.

13:01I'm guessing Gaijin would probably go for the A variant,

13:05just to, I mean, it seems a bit odd that they'd put in the variant

13:09with two different cannons.

13:10I'm not sure why they had two different cannons in real life.

13:13It seems a bit odd and a bit muddled.

13:16Um, apparently some of the J2M3 series

13:19could sometimes have the two upward-firing, um, Type 99 cannons,

13:23uh, the Schrag music, like on the, um, Ki-45.

13:27Now, the speed for the J2M3 that I've got written down is, um,

13:32from my book is, um, 365 miles an hour.

13:35I'm not sure about what the, um, J2M2 is, or the J2M5.

13:40I will deal with the J2M5 now.

13:43Now, the J2M5 also had two variants.

13:46One had a supercharger for getting up to high altitude

13:49and just two 20mm cannons.

13:51Oh, sorry, it had two 20mm cannons in the fuselage

13:55and two 20mm cannons in the wings.

13:57While the J2M5A had just four, um, model, um,

14:05Type 99 Model 2, um, cannons all in the wings.

14:08Um, so I'm guessing, I don't know what version Gaijin will be going for.

14:13The, um, one with all the cannons in the wings sounds quite powerful,

14:16whereas the, just the original J2M5 sounds like it would be quite, um,

14:22good at getting to a big, you know, to high height to deal with the bombers,

14:27which, um, would be definitely welcome for the Japanese.

14:30They don't really have any aircraft capable of intercepting

14:33and shooting down the bombers at the moment.

14:35So, again, kind of looking forward to these fighters.

14:38I'm guessing they'll be fairly high tier.

14:40I'm not entirely sure.

14:42Or they'll be maybe lower tier than the M1K2s.

14:46I believe they're the only land-based fighters in the game at the moment.

14:49So, yeah, they'll be a good addition for the Japanese

14:51who are sort of lacking with, um, uh, land-based fighters at the moment.

14:57Next up is the N1K1J.

15:00Now, um, this will be quite easy to deal with, I hope.

15:04Uh, this is based on a, a float-equipped fighter, I believe.

15:08Uh, the M1K1, which is, um, uh, where is it?

15:12Down here on the floatplane line.

15:15But, um, while they were designing the floatplane version,

15:17they also designed a version with, uh, wheel landing gear,

15:20which they designated the M1K1J Shiden, or Violent Lightning.

15:25Now, um, this was armed, armed with, um,

15:28two 7.7mm machine guns in the nose,

15:31and four, um, 20mm cannons in, uh, in the wings,

15:36and could reach speeds of up to, um,

15:37well, its max speed was 363 miles an hour.

15:40So, a very fast and well-armed aircraft, um, which is quite unusual for Japan.

15:46So, yeah, there's a few different variants of this,

15:48but I'm, I'm just going to assume they go with the normal M,

15:51you know, just the M1K1J.

15:54Definitely a welcome addition for the Japanese.

15:56This is, I think this was actually one of their best air,

15:58fighter aircraft in the entire war.

16:01It's just that it wasn't built in large numbers.

16:03So, this will be a massive welcome for the Japanese.

16:08Now, the next aircraft on our list is the A7M2J.

16:11Now, I'm not sure what the J stands for.

16:13I couldn't find it, I couldn't even find the A7M in my book, M2 in my books.

16:18Um, I don't know what the J stands for.

16:20I found the A7M2 while online, and I found an A7M3J online,

16:24but I'm guessing it maybe meant to mean land-based, um, version.

16:29That's what the one, the A7M3 version I found online was.

16:34Now, this aircraft was actually quite very fast.

16:37390 miles an hour, armed with two 13mm cannons, um,

16:42machine guns, and two 20mm cannons.

16:44Now, this was meant to be a replacement for the Japanese A6M,

16:49but because of, um, I think it was an earthquake,

16:51an American bombing, they only ever produced nine of them.

16:54Um, they were tested in 1944, so, yeah, that put them quite a bit behind.

17:00It seems like a very fast aircraft.

17:02I'm not sure how maneuverable it will be,

17:04but this will be quite a welcome addition in the higher tiers.

17:08Hopefully, it will allow them to compete against the, um,

17:11allow the Japanese to compete against some of the American high-tier aircraft.

17:16Um, so, because at the moment, they seem to get, like,

17:19beaten quite badly whenever the Americans and Japanese go to battle against each other.

17:25So, this will be a welcome addition for the Japanese,

17:28like with the rest of the land-based fighters.

17:31Now, for the next aircraft, we've got the J7W1,

17:34and helpfully for us, the, um,

17:37Gaijin have lent us a little description of the, um, J7W.

17:43Now, um, apparently it was a desperate attempt to protect the mainland Japan from B-29 attacks.

17:48Um, some of you may recognize this aircraft from Battle Station Pacific.

17:52Um, it's, uh, it's got the propeller on the back.

17:56Um, so, already different, quite a lot different to most aircraft.

18:01It had four 30mm cannons and high agility, typical for Japanese fighters.

18:06It doesn't mention the top speed, though I have looked online and found

18:12that it was apparently able to go about 470 miles an hour.

18:16So, very fast.

18:17The, um, the M1K1 Shiden was considered fast at 363.

18:24The, um, A7M8 was it?

18:27What was it?

18:27The A7...

18:29The A7M2J was considered fast at 390.

18:32This goes 470.

18:35So, yeah, and four 30mm cannons.

18:37This is definitely going to be a high-tier aircraft,

18:39and it is going to be very powerful.

18:42I'm, I'm really, really looking forward to this aircraft.

18:46Um, sort of pushes into paper planes territory a bit,

18:49which, um, well it did fly in the, fly.

18:52It didn't fly in combat, but it did fly.

18:55It does sort of show that they are running out of planes to give Japan at the moment.

18:59But, yeah, I'm definitely looking forward to this aircraft.

19:04The last plane on our list is the J8N1, also known as the Nakajima Kika.

19:09Now, this is, um, sort of designed on the Me 262,

19:11um, but was a bit smaller and had, um, less powerful engines.

19:16Its max speed was only 433 miles an hour.

19:19I believe some of the fighters up here actually go faster than that.

19:23Um, and even with its more powerful,

19:25even with the, um, most powerful engines Japan could produce,

19:28um, but you still need a rocket-assisted take-off,

19:31which, um, actually resulted in one of the prototypes being destroyed,

19:34or, or the flight had to be abandoned.

19:37I can't remember if it was destroyed now.

19:39But, um, yeah, 433 miles an hour,

19:43one 500 kilogram bomb,

19:45or two 30mm cannons for, um, armament.

19:48Um, it's, it'll be good to give for Japan to have an actual, um, domestic jet,

19:55but it doesn't really come off as sounding that great.

19:59So, yeah, I'll be looking forward to it being added to the game.

20:03Will I look forward to flying it in combat?

20:06Probably not as much, at least compared to the other jets by the other nations.

20:13Quickly moving on to the one and only float plane fighter in this list is the M1K1,

20:19which was, um, what the M1K1J was originally based on.

20:23Um, it's a bit like the A6M2N.

20:25Uh, two 20mm cannons, two 7.6, um, 7.7mm machine guns.

20:32I think it did about 360, um, 370 miles an hour,

20:36because obviously it had a huge float to lug around.

20:38This will definitely make the float events interesting.

20:41Um, um, it'll be, I'm not sure how this is going to quite fit in tiering-wise,

20:46but this will be quite powerful, um, armament-wise.

20:49Um, outclassed in speed, obviously, but, yeah, it'll still come off.

20:53I think this will still be a pretty good fighter.

20:57Quickly moving on to the one and only high-speed bomber added into the game,

21:01we've got the R2Y2, which is based on the R2Y1,

21:06which went about 480 miles an hour and was unarmed.

21:10The high-speed, um, R2Y2 was slightly different in that it had, um,

21:16two jet engines rather than the propeller of the R2Y1.

21:20I'm guessing it was to be armed because it's a high-speed bomber,

21:23so at least with bombs.

21:25Um, I don't know what kind of defensive armament, if any, it would have.

21:29Um, I actually don't know much about this aircraft at all.

21:32I couldn't really find any specs about it.

21:35Um, yeah, I can't really comment too much about it.

21:38It'll probably be a higher-tier aircraft because it has jets,

21:42and it'll probably be faster despite having bombs because, again, jets.

21:46Although, based on the J8N1, these may not be that powerful,

21:50so it could be a bit slower, I suppose.

21:52But, yeah, I can't really comment on this aircraft too much.

21:57Quickly moving on to the last, um, list on the tech tree,

22:00long-range bombers, we've got the G3M2.

22:03Now, some of you may recognise this from battle stations Midway or Pacific.

22:07This is a, um, long-range bomber used by the Japanese Navy.

22:11Um, I think it was retired in 1942.

22:14Now, it had, um, it was only about 233 miles an hour max speed,

22:19so this was a very slow aircraft, and its defensive armament, it was okay-ish.

22:24It had a 120mm cannon in the rear dorsal turret,

22:29a retractable, um, forward, um, dorsal turret with a 7.7mm machine gun,

22:37two 7.7mm machine guns in the sides, and one in the cockpit.

22:42So, four machine guns, one cannon,

22:45and could carry about 800kg worth of bombs, or, as usual, a torpedo.

22:51Now, I don't know where this is going to go, tiering-wise.

22:54It isn't that great. It's ridiculously slow.

22:56Armament is okay-ish, I suppose.

22:59No ventral, um, defensive armament, so it would be quite vulnerable there.

23:04Definitely a low-tier bomber, but where exactly it will come,

23:08and how it will do in the game, I can't really comment too much.

23:13Now, the next aircraft on our list are the G4M2 and the G4M3,

23:18uh, improved versions of the G4M1 bomber already in-game.

23:21The G4M2 had slightly more powerful engines, giving it a marginal speed increase,

23:25and, um, modifications to the wings and fuselage,

23:29giving it a slightly improved surface seating.

23:31Um, other major changes is it, um, it could carry more bombs,

23:35up to 1000kg worth of bombs.

23:38I believe the one in-game only carries something like 800kg,

23:42due to it being ultra-light, long-range bomber, and all that.

23:46Um, no self-sealing tanks, so still quite weak.

23:49Armament has an extra 20mm turret in the tool-saw turret.

23:55Uh, got the side machine guns, the nose machine gunner.

23:58Also on the cockpit side, apparently.

24:00Um, don't know if that's probably gonna work,

24:02but a bit like the Dornier 217E2, um, I assume.

24:08The G4M3, not much, it was more improvement in survivability,

24:12um, armour, self-sealing tanks.

24:15I believe there was 20mm cannon added into the side, um, gunners in some cases,

24:21and two machine guns in the nose, rather than the one.

24:25So, yeah, okay variants, I suppose.

24:29G4M2 will probably make a bit of a difference.

24:31G4M3, assuming it has the same bomb load, it'll probably be higher tier.

24:36It's, well, survivability will only be about what most lower tier bombers are,

24:41I'm guessing.

24:42You know, they seem to come with decent armour and self-sealing tanks as standard,

24:46so I'm guessing it won't be that major, much of an improvement for the G4M3.

24:52Armament-wise, well, bomb load-wise, the G4M2 seems to be more of an improvement.

24:59Now, the last plane on our list is the P1Y1,

25:02a plane I'd only ever heard about from Hearts of Vine 2 and Hearts of Vine 3,

25:06or one of the two, and I'd always assumed it was a bit of a paper plane,

25:10but it was an operational bomber, as it turns out.

25:13It could go about 340 miles an hour,

25:16and was armed with one nose-mounted 20mm cannon,

25:20and one rear-facing 13mm cannon.

25:23It could carry up to 1,000kg worth of bombs,

25:27or, like with most Japanese bombers, the one torpedo.

25:31Seems like it's taking a bit of a different design philosophy,

25:33getting rid of the defensive armament,

25:36taking a German approach of putting the 20mm cannon on the front.

25:41Doesn't seem that special, if I'm honest.

25:43Seems kind of fast, but I'm not sure if it'll be able to outrun fighters.

25:48Kind of, uh, sort of looking forward to this plane,

25:51but not massively.

25:52Doesn't seem like it'll have that much of an impact, if I'm honest.

25:55So, now that we've gone through all the planes,

25:57which ones am I looking forward to the most?

25:59Probably the land-based fighters, the J8N1,

26:03even if it's not as hype-

26:05even if it's not really going to be as good as, like, the Me 262.

26:09The J7W1, just because it's so unusual.

26:13Uh, the H8K2, because, well, flying boats with lots of guns on it.

26:20Um, probably some of the bombers as well.

26:22And maybe some of these Ki-61s, Ki-44s.

26:28Um, definitely some bombers and fighters on here

26:31that sort of seem like they'll be good to use, or a bit unusual.

26:36Um, I will be trying to do the German and American tech trees.

26:39Um, been taking a bit of a long time.

26:42I'm starting to split these into two halves now.

26:46Um, I'd actually recorded this all as one whole thing,

26:48but it was just lasting, like, an hour of recording.

26:53No one's going to watch an hour of me waffling on about planes.

26:56Um, so I'm going to try and make some changes

26:59to show the aircraft themselves some more as well.

27:01Um, has been more of a lecture, um, reading all of this out.

27:06Um, you know, and people have sort of given feedback

27:09about how to improve this.

27:10So I will try and take on people's ideas.

27:13Uh, thank you for watching.

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27:28And, well, thank you for watching.

War Thunder Future Tech Tree Analysis - Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN)

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