Mitsubishi G4M - Specifications (G4M1, Model 11)

Specifications (G4M1, Model 11)

Data from Airreview's Japanese Navy Aircraft In The Pacific War

General characteristics

• Crew: 7 (main-pilot, co-pilot, navigator/bombardier/nose gunner, captain/top turret gunner, radio operator/waist gunner, engine mechanic/waist gunner, tail gunner)
• Length: 19.97 m (65 ft 6¼ in)
• Wingspan: 24.89 m (81 ft 7¾ in)
• Height: 4.9 m (16 ft 1 in (in a horizontal position))
• Wing area: 78.13 m² (840.9 ft²)
• Airfoil: Mitsubishi type
• Empty weight: 6,741 kg (14,860 lb)
• Loaded weight: 9,500 kg (20,944 lb)
• Max. takeoff weight: 12,860 kg (28,350 lb)
• Powerplant: 2 × Mitsubishi MK4A-11 "Kasei" 14 cylinder radial engines, 1,141 kW (1,530 hp) each
• Propellers: 4-bladed Hamilton Standard licensed Sumitomo constant speed variable-pitch

Performance

• Maximum speed: 428 km/h (230 kn, 265 mph)
• Cruise speed: 315 km/h (175 kn, 196 mph)
• Stall speed: 120 km (75 mph)
• Range: 2,852 km, one way (1,540 nmi, 1,771 mi, one way (overloaded: 5,040 km (2721 nmi, 3,132 mi)))
• Service ceiling: 8,500 m (27,890 ft)
• Rate of climb: 550 m/min (1,800 ft/min)

Armament

• Guns: 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)
• Bombs: 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