Also known as Mitsubishi A5M, Mitsubishi Carrier-based Fighter Type 5, Mitsubishi Navy Type 96 Carrier-based Fighter, Mitsubishi Navy Experimental 9-Shi Carrier Fighter, Mitsubishi Ka-14, Navy Type 96 Carrier-based Fighter, Navy Experimental 9-Shi Carrier Fighter, Type 96 fighter
1936 fighter aircraft family by Mitsubishi; world's first monoplane carrier-based fighter to enter service
Key facts
- Type
- Carrier-based fighter
- Manufacturer
- Mitsubishi Heavy Industries
- Designer
- Jiro Horikoshi
- Primary user
- Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service
- Number built
- 1,094
- First flight
- 4 February 1935
- Variants
- Mitsubishi Ki-18 Mitsubishi Ki-33
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Wikidata facts
- Image
- A5M Claude.jpg
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- Commons category
- Mitsubishi A5M
- total produced
- 1094
- first flight
- 1935-02-04
- service retirement
- 1945-00-00
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The Mitsubishi A5M, formal Japanese Navy designation Mitsubishi Navy Type 96 Carrier-based Fighter (九六式艦上戦闘機), experimental Navy designation Mitsubishi Navy Experimental 9-Shi Carrier Fighter, company designation Mitsubishi Ka-14, was a World War II-era Japanese carrier-based fighter aircraft. The Type number is from the last two digits of the Japanese imperial year 2596 (1936) when it entered service with the Imperial Navy.
It was the world's first low-wing monoplane shipboard fighter to enter service and the predecessor of the famous Mitsubishi A6M "Zero". The Allied reporting name was Claude.