for Boom and Zoom attacks As with most heavy
inside out the moment you get in range. In other words,
fighters, players have to be conservative with their
don’t use this plane unless you know what you are doing.
attacks and always be in the vicinity of team mates
as your tail gunner is usually not of much help.
Suggested Research: Ki-21-Ia → Ki-45 ko Toryu
The Tei variant, also at BR 2.0 is the weirdest among
BR 2.3
the oddballs, having a Schräge Musik configuration
similar to some of the German heavy fighters for the
Recommended Lineup: Ki-61-I ko Hien, Ki-
20mm cannons, leaving only a slow-firing 37 mm as
61-I otsu Hien, Ki-45 ko Toryu, Ki-21-Ia, H6K
the forward armament. The Schräge Musik 20mm fires
(2 fighters, 1 heavy fighter, 2 bombers)
at approximately a 45 degree angle to the plane’s nose
and requires the player to switch to something like a
The Ki-61 Hien series become available in the
gunner’s mode and hold the aircraft in steady flight
Army line, offering a lightweight energy fighter
under the bomber, making it notoriously difficult to use
with a studier airframe in the mould of the Bf 109
effectively especially when bombers usually flip you
and has the same licence-built DB 601 engine as
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