Imperial
Japanese Navy
Mitsubishi
J2M Raiden (Jack)
Designed by a team led by Jiro
Horikoshi, designer of the legendary A6M Zero.
Variants of the Jack included various armaments and engines. Mitsubishi built 450 Raidens,
of all variants, by the time the war ended. Only one, J2M3
3014 survives to this day.
J2M2
155
of the J2M2 were delivered with two 20mm Type 99 cannon and two
7.7mm machine-guns.
J2M3
Production then switched to the J2M3, in which
the machine-guns were removed and four cannon mounted in the wings.
J2M4
A few high-altitude J2M4 turbo charged versions were built, armed
with six cannon, the two additional guns being mounted in the
top fuselage decking.
J2M5
Carried two 20mm cannon, and a more
powerful engine, formidable against B-29's
