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<blockquote data-quote="Pelzig" data-source="post: 98859" data-attributes="member: 2227"><p>To be technical, the Jinryu was a motor glider, not a true, unpowered glider. The use of rockets which were built into the glider to allow it to take off, by definition, removes it from being a pure sailplane. <strong>borovik's</strong> question was whether or not the Japanese had a purpose built attack glider like the German BV 40 which had no propulsion, which they did not. They also did not, so far as I know, adapt the sailplanes they had for attack purposes, such as the Germans did with the test arming of DFS Habicht sailplanes with 9mm MP40 submachineguns (which would have been of highly dubious value).</p><p></p><p>;D</p><p></p><blockquote data-quote="lark"><p>In 'Japanese Special Attack Aircraft & Flying bombs' by Ryusuke Ishiguro</p><p>and Tadeus Januszewski ,mention is made of the Kokuyoku Jinryu.</p><p></p><p>It was a suicide glider with a 100kg charge located in the fuselage.</p><p>The plane should be launched with rocket assisted take off from tunnels</p><p>in mountain sides and used against ships and tanks attempting to land on</p><p>the beaches of the Japanese islands.</p></blockquote></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Pelzig, post: 98859, member: 2227"] To be technical, the Jinryu was a motor glider, not a true, unpowered glider. The use of rockets which were built into the glider to allow it to take off, by definition, removes it from being a pure sailplane. [b]borovik's[/b] question was whether or not the Japanese had a purpose built attack glider like the German BV 40 which had no propulsion, which they did not. They also did not, so far as I know, adapt the sailplanes they had for attack purposes, such as the Germans did with the test arming of DFS Habicht sailplanes with 9mm MP40 submachineguns (which would have been of highly dubious value). ;D [quote="lark"] In 'Japanese Special Attack Aircraft & Flying bombs' by Ryusuke Ishiguro and Tadeus Januszewski ,mention is made of the Kokuyoku Jinryu. It was a suicide glider with a 100kg charge located in the fuselage. The plane should be launched with rocket assisted take off from tunnels in mountain sides and used against ships and tanks attempting to land on the beaches of the Japanese islands. [/quote] [/QUOTE]
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