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A6M3 Type 0 Model 22

In order to correct the deficiencies of the Model 32, a new version with folding wingtips and redesigned wings was introduced. The fuel tanks were moved to the outer wings, fuel lines for a 330 L (87 US gal) drop tank were installed under each wing and the internal fuel capacity was increased to 570 L (150 US gal). More important, it regained back its long operational range simliar to the previous A6M2 Model 21, which was vastly shortened by the Model 32.

Before the new design type was accepted formally by the Navy, the A6M3 Model 22 already stood ready for service in December 1942. In the meantime, approximately 560 aircrafts of the new typ have been already produced by Mitsubishi Jukogyo K.K.^[1]

^ Aero Detail 7, Dai Nippon Kaiga KK, 1993 at 78.

[ReferenceC-1] Aero Detail 7, Dai Nippon Kaiga KK, 1993 at 78.

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