windhund116
Senior Airman
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- Jul 3, 2017
In Eduardo Cea's great book Special Units of Imperial Army, he states on page 35... "Type 99 (Ki-51) large bushings version." Anyone know what this "large bushings version" is?
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No idea about what the author intended to tell but this appearance comparison.
The canopy of reconnaissance version is said higher than that of assault version.
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Source: Mechanic of World Aircraft Vol.6
The word for bushing, 'cojinete', can also, believe it or not, mean production. So, a wild guess, not big bushing, but higher production or series production?Maybe, the author meant the plane was used in an attack role, but had larger cockpit canopy of the reconnaissance version. Something got lost in the translation? Original editions of these Cea books were publish in Spain (in Spanish) and later translated into English.