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The Aichi C4A, company designation Aichi AM-20, experimental designation Aichi 13-Shi High-speed Reconnaissance Aircraft, was a late 1930s project by Aichi for a carrier-borne reconnaissance aircraft.

Aichi C4A
Role Carrier-based reconnaissance aircraft
National origin Japan
Manufacturer Aichi Kokuki
Status project only
Primary user Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service (intended)
Number built 0

Design and development


In the late 1930s, the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service (IJNAS), having felt impressed at the performance of the Mitsubishi Ki-15 for the Imperial Japanese Army Air Service (IJAAS), issued a requirement for a fast reconnaissance aircraft under the IJNAS designation 13-Shi High-speed Reconnaissance Aircraft. Aichi, drawing upon experience designing the Aichi D3A, proposed a single-engine, low wing monoplane powered by a radial engine and fitted with a closed cockpit with two seats in tandem, as well as a rear-mounted 7.7 mm (0.303 in) machine gun. The design was known by the experimental designation and allocated the short designation C4A by the IJNAS.[1][2]

A full-scale mockup was completed in March 1939 for inspection by IJN officials. However, the IJN decided to shelve the C4A in favor of their own version of the Ki-15, the C5M.[2]


References


  1. Mikesh, Robert; Shorzoe, Abe (1990). Japanese Aircraft 1910-1941. London: Putnam. p. 79. ISBN 0-85177-840-2.
  2. "Aiči C4A1 13-Ši : Aiči". valka.cz.

На других языках


- [en] Aichi C4A

[it] Aichi C4A

L'Aichi C4A (?), indicato anche come Aereo da ricognizione basato a terra ad alte prestazioni per la Marina Tipo 13 (十三試高速陸上偵察機?) in base al codice "lungo", fu un aereo da ricognizione monomotore monoplano sviluppato dall'azienda giapponese Aichi Tokei Denki KK nei tardi anni trenta e rimasto allo stadio progettuale.



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