Talk:Type 3 Fighter Hien (244th Air Combat Group)/@comment-112.208.150.123-20160503012907/@comment-5380363-20160609010122


 * Reppuu was a IJN carrier-based fighter. It was always intended to be used on a carrier, even though it never got that chance in real life (due to all the carriers getting sunk).


 * Shiden Kai Ni was a planned IJN carrier-based fighter. The actual aircraft to be constructed were the Kyoufu (the original Floatplane fighter), Shiden (converted to land-based IJN fighter) and Shiden Kai (further upgraded land-based IJN fighter).


 * Shinden Kai was a planned IJN carrier-based fighter. The actual aircraft was the one-and-only Shinden, which was an IJN land-based interceptor. The Shinden Kai would be outfitted with arrestor hooks for carrier operation.


 * Nanzan was a land-based trainer variant of the IJN floatplane Seiran.

See the similarities? They're all IJN aircrafts.

Just like the rivalry between USN and USAAF, you'd be more likely to sink a carrier battlegroup than for the Navy to let a Army aircraft operate from one of their carriers.

...Well, except for that once incident called the Doolittle Raid.