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Zuiun Model 12
Auspicious Clouds Model 12
No.80 瑞雲12型
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Refittable Class | |
Coastal Defense Ship | Destroyer |
Light Cruiser | Torpedo Cruiser |
Heavy Cruiser | Training Cruiser |
Aviation Cruiser | Fast Battleship |
Battleship | Aviation Battleship |
Light Carrier | Standard Aircraft Carrier |
Armored Carrier | Seaplane Tender |
Submarine | Aircraft Carrying Submarine |
Submarine Tender | Fleet Oiler |
Repair Ship | Amphibious Assault Ship |
Introduction
急降下爆撃まで可能な多用水上偵察機「瑞雲」。
空戦フラップ装備の高性能多用途機である本機のエンジンを、より強力な金星62型に換装した「瑞雲改良型」の新鋭機です。
Derived from floatplanes, Zuiun was developed as reconnaissance plane able to dive-bomb. This aircraft had its engine swapped to a more powerful Kinsei 62, being the latest upgraded version of Zuiun.
Notes
Unbuildable. Not to be confused with Zuiun (Auspicious Clouds) or Zuiun (634 Air Group) or Zuiun Model 12 (634 Air Group).
Ranking rewards for top 100 in February 2014.
This is essentially what should be called "Zuiun Kai", its engine replaced with 1500hp Kinsei (the Venus) type 62, a 200hp increase over the old engine's output. Notably, there was also a plan to swap the Zero fighter's engine with a Kinsei variant too, but ultimately neither of them was mass-produced before the end of war.