Ki-109

Ki-109

Ki-45 hei

Ki-109

Ki-45 hei

Japan

I Rank

Battle rating:

AB	RB	SB
1.7	2.0	2.3

Class:

Strike aircraft

Research:5 900

Purchase:6 300

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Description

The Ki-109 in the garage

The Ki-109 is a Rank I Japanese twin-engine fighter with a battle rating of 1.7 (AB), 2.0 (RB), and 2.3 (SB). This aircraft was introduced in Update 1.71 "New E.R.A".

Based on the Mitsubishi Ki-67 'heavy' bomber, the Ki-109 was designed as an interceptor in an attempt to counter the American bombing raids that devastated Japan. It is armed with a 75 mm anti-aircraft gun modified for aircraft use, and almost all defensive armament from the bomber version has been stripped, except for the tail turret, in order to maximise performance.

Ingame, the Ki-109 functions much as it was intended to in reality. The 75 mm gun is effective against bombers, but struggles to hit small agile targets such as fighters. Its own defensive armament is very poor, and it should avoid combat with fighters at all costs. Alternatively, the 75 mm gun is also effective against tanks if a clean hit can be obtained.

General info

Flight Performance

Describe how the aircraft behaves in the air. Speed, manoeuvrability, acceleration and allowable loads - these are the most important characteristics of the vehicle.

Characteristics
Stock
Max Speed (km/h at ?,000 m)		Max altitude (meters)	Turn time (seconds)		Rate of climb (meters/second)		Take-off run (meters)
AB	RB		AB	RB	AB	RB
?	?	9300	??.?	??.?	??.?	??.?	???
Upgraded
Max Speed (km/h at ?,000 m)		Max altitude (meters)	Turn time (seconds)		Rate of climb (meters/second)		Take-off run (meters)
AB	RB		AB	RB	AB	RB
?	?	9300	??.?	??.?	??.?	??.?	???

Details

Features
Combat flap	Take-off flap	Landing flap	Air brakes	Arrestor gear
X	X	X	X	X

Limits
Wing-break speed (km/h)	Gear limit (km/h)	Combat flap (km/h)	Max Static G
			+	-
650	300	???	~??	~?

Optimal velocities
Ailerons (km/h)	Rudder (km/h)	Elevators (km/h)	Radiator (km/h)
< ???	< ???	< ???	> ???

Compressor (RB/SB)
Setting 1
Optimal altitude	100% Engine power	WEP Engine power
?,??? m	??? hp	?,??? hp

Survivability and armour

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Armaments

Offensive armament

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Defensive armament

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Usage in battles

Ki-109 isn't only about the gun to groundpound, yet its all about intercepting your enemies and return safe and sound. While designed as interceptor, the climbing rate is nothing but a joke when in stock; sideclimbing is a mandatory rule one should obey to. Despite its size which resembles as medium bomber, Ki-109 is surprisingly maneuverable among all –if not, all nation– japanese twin-engined heavy fighter which on par with German's Fw 190 series. Still, its better not to use those blessings for dogfighting a fighter: use your maneuverability to evade bomber defensive gunner if you failed a bomber intercepting, and if you lucky enough, you can outmaneuver newbie player in the heavy bomber who tries to evade your first shot by making a turn like a single-engine fighter. Or you can regain your position quickly to hunt down enemy tanks below.

The fuselage durability proved strong to shrug off machine gun caliber and some cannon. To add your defensive value, there's rear machinegunner which could protect your six. While so, it's defensive armament proved underperformed; you'll most likely lose your defensive gunner before he could scratch the enemy fuselage as there's no protective glass equipped. Overall, Ki-109 don't have any armor beside at the bottom of the gun itself which proved meaningless. Unless you're betting with your random luck, head-on attack is strongly not advised and use your maneuverability to evade incoming enemies in front of you. Beside, Ki-109 has self-sealing which can be found in every Japanese heavy fighters, meaning you can withstand to accomplish your task(though, it is advised to retreat to your base) while one of your wing burning on without breaking it.

Boasting 75mm Type 88, the gun itself quite versatile to take down both air and ground targets. This, however not without the drawbacks: 15 rounds of ammo stocked in your guns combined with very low rate of fire and somewhat low bullet velocity which means you should make your every shot count because no secondary weapons is equipped in Ki-109. It is advised to seek an assistance with your teammate to hunt down bombers. The recoil of the gun itself is another issue to settle off, so in order to minimise inaccurate shot, try to shot your target during shallow dive. One thing to note, unlike any armor-piercing ammo where it contains not more than 90 gram, the ammo used in Type 88 filled with 460 gram of TNT which proved overkill to take down even the biggest heavy bomber like Pe-8. Therefore you might want to use AP-T ammo in every battle due its filling, while the HEFI-T has more 30 grams of TNT.

Manual Engine Control

MEC elements
Mixer	Pitch	Radiator			Supercharger	Turbocharger
		Oil	Water	Type
Controllable	Not controllable	Not controllable	Not controllable	Separate	Not controllable	Not controllable

Modules

Tier	Flight performance		Survivability	Weaponry
I	Fuselage Repair	Radiator
II		Compressor	Airframe
III	Wings Repair	Engine
IV		Engine Injection	Cover

Pros and cons

Pros:

• Powerful 75 mm gun, effective against bombers and tanks.
• Relatively good performance and agility for its size.
• Self-sealing fuel tanks.

Cons:

• No forward-firing armament besides 75 mm gun.
• Very low rate-of-fire for the 75 mm gun.
• Extremely weak defensive armament.
• No armour besides the 75 mm gun cradle.

History

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Media

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See also

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• reference to the series of the aircraft;
• links to approximate analogues of other nations and research trees.

External links

• [Devblog] Mitsubishi Ki-109: "An Unexpected Threat"

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