| Manufacturer |
Savoia-Marchetti |
Mitsubishi Aircraft Corporation |
| Description |
The Savoia-Marchetti S.84 was an Italian twin-engined airliner developed in Italy, from the three-engined Savoia-Marchetti S.73; only the prototype was completed and the designation was re-used for the Savoia-Marchetti SM.84. |
The Mitsubishi G4M was a twin-engine, land-based medium bomber manufactured by the Mitsubishi Aircraft Company, a part of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, and operated by the Air Service (IJNAS) of the Imperial Japanese Navy from 1940 to 1945. |
| First Flight |
1936-01-01 |
1939-10-23 |
| Entry Into service |
|
1941-04-02 |
| Production End |
|
1945-01-01 |
| Service End |
|
1945-01-01 |
| Designer |
Savoia-Marchetti |
Kiro Honjo |
| Type |
Twin-engined airliner |
Medium bomber/Torpedo bomber |
| Length (m) |
19.8 |
19.97 |
| Height (m) |
|
4.9 |
| Cockpit Crew |
4 |
7 |
| Max Seating |
18 |
|
| Max Speed (km/h) |
354.0557 |
428 |
| Cruise Speed (km/h) |
315.4314 |
315 |
| Min Speed (km/h) |
|
120 |
| Max Ceiling (m) |
7798.003 |
|
| Rate of Climb (m/s) |
|
9.17 |
| Armament |
|
1× 20 mm Type 99 cannon (tail turret), 4× 7.7 mm Type 92 machine gun (nose turret ×1, waist positions ×2, top turret ×1); 1× 858 kg (1,892 lb) Type 91 Kai-3 (improved model 3) aerial torpedo or 1× 800 kg (1,764 lb) bomb or 4× 250 kg (551 lb) bombs or 1x 1200 kg (2,645 lb) Yokosuka MXY-7 Ohka suicide bomb |
| Capacity Description |
18 passengers, 594 lb of baggage and 1144 lb of cargo and mail |
|
| National Origin |
Italy |
Japan |
| Number Built |
1 |
2435 |
| Powerplant Description |
2 × Gnome-Rhône 14Krsd 14-cylinder air-cooled radial piston engines, 671 kW (900 hp) each |
2 × Mitsubishi MK4A Kasei 11 14-cylinder air-cooled radial piston engines, 1141 kW (1530 hp) each |
| Primary Users |
|
Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service |
| Wikipedia Article (URL) |
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Savoia-Marchetti_S.84 |
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitsubishi_G4M |
| Flat Wing Span (m) |
24 |
24.89 |
| Flat Wing Area (m²) |
|
78.125 |
| Number of Engines |
2 |
2 |