"At the beginning of the war in China the Japanese Air Service was composed of 18 aviation regiments with a total of 1,300 aircraft. These included approximately 400 bombers, 700 fighters and 200 exploration aircraft. Therefore 30 percent of the Japanese aircraft were bombers.
In 1933, Japan began to manufacture bombers completely made of metal with one and two engines of type 93. The characteristic features of these aircraft were the following:
Light bomber Type 93, single-engine, biplane, powered by a 700 horsepower BMV-9 water-cooled engine; it had a maximum speed of 140 m / h; He carried a load of 1,200 pounds of bombs and fuel for six hours of flight; 15,600-foot ceiling; its armament consisted of 3 machine guns.
Light bomber Type 93, twin-engine, monoplane, driven by two air-cooled engines of the "Jupiter" type of 550 horsepower each; it had a maximum speed of 150 m / h; he carried a load of 1,200 pounds of bombs and fuel for five or six hours of flight; 18,000-foot ceiling; its armament consisted of 5 machine guns.
Heavy bomber Type 93, monoplane, powered by two water-cooled motors BMV-9 of 700 horsepower; it had a maximum speed of 140 m / h; he carried a load of 2,200 pounds of pumps and fuel with autonomy for 8 to 10 hours of flight; 18,000-foot ceiling; its armament consisted of 5 machine guns…"
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