Kawasaki Ki-45
The Kawasaki Ki-45 Toryu (屠龍, "Dragonslayer") was a two-seat, twin-engine heavy fighter used by the Imperial Japanese Army in World War II. The army gave it the designation "Type 2 Two-Seat Fighter" (二式複座戦闘機, Ni-shiki fukuza sentōki); the Allied reporting name was "Nick". Originally serving as a long-range escort-fighter, the design — as with most heavy fighters of the period — fell prey to smaller, lighter, more agile single-engine fighters. As such, the Ki-45 instead served as a day and nighttime interceptor and strike fighter.
| Ki-45 "Toryu" | |
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| Kawasaki Ki-45 Toryu (Allied code name "Nick") | |
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| Manufacturer | Kawasaki Kōkūki Kōgyō K.K. |
| Designer | Takeo Doi |
| First flight | January 1939 |
| Introduction | October 1941 |
| Retired | 1945 |
| Primary users | Imperial Japanese Army Air Service People's Liberation Army Air Force |
| Number built | 1,701 |
| Developed into | Kawasaki Ki-96 |
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