Hiro G2H

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name=Hiro G2H


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type=Long-range bomber/reconnaissance monoplane
manufacturer=Hiro Naval Arsenal
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first flight=1933
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number built=8
variants with their own articles=The Hiro G2H (or Type 95 Twin-engined Land-based Attacker) was a 1930s Japanese bomber or reconnaissance monoplane designed and built by the Hiro Naval Arsenal for the Imperial Japanese Navy.

Development

The G2H1 was one of the first long-range land-based bomber/reconnaissance aircraft designed and built for the Imperial Japanese Navy. The prototype appeared in 1933 but suffered from structural weakness. The aircraft was a low-wing cantilever monoplane powered by two 1180hp (880kW) Type 94 piston engines. The aircraft struggled with the unreliability of the engines and only eight aircraft were built. The development of the aircraft was costly in both manpower and finance and the aircraft did not live up to expectations. The aircraft did give the Navy experience in the operation of long-range land-based aircraft which was to prove invaluable in the later Pacific war.

Operational history

One aircraft was lost in an accident but the rest operated against the Chinese mainland during the Sino-Japanese incident. In 1937 five aircraft were destroyed in a fire at their base on Cheju Island.

Operator

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*Imperial Japanese Navy

pecifications (G2H1)

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span ft=103
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height m=6.28
height ft=20
height in=7¼
wing area sqm=140
wing area sqft=1,507
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empty weight kg=7567
empty weight lb=16,682
gross weight kg=11000
gross weight lb=24,250
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eng1 number=2
eng1 type=Type 94 W-18 piston engine
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max speed kmh=245
max speed mph=152
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range km=1557
range miles=967
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ceiling m=5130
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armament1=5 x 7.7mm (0.303in) machin-guns (two on pivoted nose mounting, two on dorsal ring mounting, one in a ventral dustbin)
armament2=6 x 250kg (551lb) bomb or
armament3=4 x 400kg (882lb) bombs on underwing racks
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References

* Mikesh, Robert C. and Abe, Shorzoe. "Japanese Aircraft, 1910-1941". Annapolis, Maryland: US Naval Institute Press, 1990. ISBN 1-55750-563-2.
* The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Aircraft (Part Work 1982-1985), 1985, Orbis Publishing, Page 2172