Nakajima "Kikka" JAPAN's Secret WW2 JET

[SSR_Magnum]

A Good Idea for a WW2 add-on would be the Kikka it was Japans secret Experimental Jet Prototype. A Weapon that could have changed the war, especially if the US had not ended the war early with the use of the Atomic Bomb. It was in different stages of completion and most likely would have been in use if the US was forced into invading Japan in 1946. The Kikka was designed off the German ME 262 although smaller. It was made with folding wings so it could be hidding in caves. The Project was a complete secret and was not discovered by the US until after the War.

[bigdog632]

im still looking for a Me262 addon

[DeLiltMon]

I thought they made it bigger than the ME262, or was it their version of the Komet that they made bigger, can't remember now.  :-\
There was a program on recently about them on the History Channel I think.

[bigdog632]

they made the baka bomb also which i guess is similar to a manned V1
they had some success with it if i remember my history channel
http://www.wwiitech.net/main/japan/aircraft/mxy7/

[Torak]

As well as the Okha, they had some other rather nasty bits of kit too; suicide torpedoes, suicide boats (which used to be captured and taken for joyrides by the Allies, after removing the explosives, because of the high top speed), and so on.

[bigdog632]

heck we coulda used inflatable ships and let them crash everyone into our "fleet" then walked into japan there wouldnt be anyon left ;D

yeah as seemingly insane as their tactics were they made some pretty unusual stuff

i saw on the hist channel once the germans had a suicide bomber also i dont know if it was ever mass produced or used though

[Roni]

I don't want to start a war over this but from what I have read it wouldn't no wonder weapon would have ever made a single bit of difference to the outcome of the war.

By the end of the war America's economic output was around 50% greater than ALL of Europe combined - that's Britain, Germany, occupied Europe, European Russia, the works.  Once the US mill starts to grind there is no stopping it.

I was trawling the web the other day and found a link about US Carriers.  It seems that the US built over one HUNDRED fleet carriers (that's escort carriers, light carriers and attack carriers) by the end of 1945, and that doesn't include all the jeep carriers and aircraft tenders it made !  The Japanese made around 30 of all marks (mostly cheap conversions) if I remember.  No contest.

And even though Americans (quite rightly) hate getting into long drawn out wars, when they DO decide to fight it is all or nothing - Unconditional Surrender since 1865 !

So even if the Japanese or Germans had developed their wonder weapons, smashed the Allies on D-Day or nuked New York it wouldn't have made a diference - in Total War America could never be (and still can't be ) defeated.

Quelling armed insurgencies and ending low level conflicts - not so good.  But then - who IS good at that ?



Roni

[Torak]

i saw on the hist channel once the germans had a suicide bomber also i dont know if it was ever mass produced or used though

Yes, IIRC it was basically a piloted Doodlebug (V-1). I think a few were used, but can't remember when or where.