Talk:Mitsubishi A6M Zero

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Is the Swedish FFVS J 22 a comparible aircraft

Introduced in 1943 to the swedish air force the FFVS J 22 seems to be in the same class as the Zero.

"Type 97 machine gun" page linked to is the wrong gun.

In the armaments section, it correctly states that the A6M is armed with two "Type 97 machine guns". The Zero is armed with two Imperial Japanese NAVY "Type 97" fixed, belt fed machine guns, which are derived from the Vickers. However, the page it links to is for the Japanese ARMY "Type 97 machine gun", which is a magazine fed light machine gun used by Japanese infantry. The two share nothing in common, not even the same cartridge, even though they are both nominally 7.7mm. The Japanese Navy and Army didn't cooperate at all in weapons. Since in the very first paragraph of that page someone has kindly stated that the gun being described is "not to be confused with the 'Type 97 machine gun' arming certain Imperial Japanese Navy fighters such as the A6M Zero'", I don't see why the article links to that page at all. It just confuses people who don't understand how complex Japanese designation system were. That said, I'm concerned that there isn't a page for the correct gun at all. Or the page "Type 97 machine gun" ought to cover both types. — Preceding unsigned comment added by .45Colt (talk • contribs) 15:36, 17 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Agreed that the current link to Type 97 machine gun, which redirects to Type 97 light machine gun, is unhelpful. Type 97 machine gun should be some sort of disambiguation page, pointing to the army light machine gun and the navy fixed gun (which is redlinked as the Type 97 aircraft machine gun in the lmg article). The navy gun could either be covered in a stand-alone article (if sufficient information could be found) or in the main Vickers machine gun article, where it isn't mentioned at all.Nigel Ish (talk) 15:52, 17 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

And the "Type 97 light machine gun" isn't really a light machine gun, but a dedicated gun designed for use in tanks!Nigel Ish (talk) 15:58, 17 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

To the best of my knowledge, the page didn't exist when I wrote that comment, but I discover now that there IS a page covering the Type 97 aircraft machine gun. Therefore I am going to switch the link to the correct page, if no-one has any objections. .45Colt 19:28, 4 January 2014 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by .45Colt (talk • contribs)

Fourth airworthy Zero?

Can anyone confirm this please and determine its model? More photos here: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:5shot/Zero Wolcott (talk) 15:45, 7 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Nevermind, I've found some info on it. Wolcott (talk) 02:03, 8 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Info on stats for A6M5 variants

I was reading the info on the A6M5 and I was wondering about the tittle "Kou", should it say "Ko", or just "Kou"? I have seen some sites and games that say something like "A6M5"Ko"", not "Kou". I also noticed that the 13.2 machine gun was first added on the "Hei" model but according to the Information about the A6M5 Otsu from Warthunder[[1]]'s website, it was added to the "Otsu" Model first, not the "Hei". The reason I pointed out their information is because they don't rely on Wikipedia's information for the stats and info on their content. They look for historically accurate info from reliable sources for their info. There for I would like some one to clean up the info on the A6M5 section as well as adding reliable sources to the same section. Thanks in advance. 76.0.99.169 (talk) 23:38, 12 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]