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Kyushu J7W Shinden - Alternate Ending Games - axis-and-allies
Kyushu J7W Shinden - Alternate Ending Games - axis-and-allies
Kyushu J7W Shinden - Alternate Ending Games - axis-and-allies
Kyushu J7W Shinden - Alternate Ending Games - axis-and-allies
Kyushu J7W Shinden - Alternate Ending Games - axis-and-allies
Kyushu J7W Shinden - Alternate Ending Games - axis-and-allies
Kyushu J7W Shinden - Alternate Ending Games - axis-and-allies
Kyushu J7W Shinden - Alternate Ending Games - axis-and-allies

Kyushu J7W Shinden

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The Kyūshū J7W Shinden (震電, "Magnificent Lightning") was a World War II Japanese propeller-driven prototype fighter with wings at the rear of the fuselage, a nose-mounted canard, and pusher engine.

Developed by the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) as a short-range, land-based interceptor, the J7W was a response to Boeing B-29 Superfortress raids on the Japanese home islands. For interception missions, the J7W was to be armed with four forward-firing 30 mm Ho-155 cannons in the nose.

The Shinden was expected to be a highly maneuverable interceptor, but only two prototypes were finished before the end of war. A jet engine–powered version was considered, but never even reached the drawing board.

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