Mitsubishi Zero
The Mitsubishi A6M was a light-weight carrier-based fighter aircraft employed by the Imperial Japanese Navy from 1940 to 1945.
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While the official Allied code name was Zeke (or Hamp for the A6M3 variant), it is universally known as Zero from its Japanese Navy designation, Type 0 Carrier Fighter (???????), taken from the Imperial year 2600 (1940).
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A combination of excellent manuverability and very long range made it one of the best fighters of its era and gained it a legendary reputation, but design weaknesses and lack of more powerful engines eventually doomed it.
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