Kawanishi J6K Jinpu

The Kawanishi J6K Jinpu, meaning Squall, was an interceptor fighter design developed by the Japanese company Kawanishi Kokuki KK in the early 1940s and based on the earlier Kawanishi J3K. The J6K1 was an improved version of the J3K1 that used a Nakajima NK9A Homare 42 18-cylinder two-row air-cooled radial piston engine of 1,600 kilowatts (2,200 horsepower) in place of the Mitsubishi MK9A, driving a four-bladed constant-speed propeller. It was planned as a single-seat fighter armed with two 13.2 millimetre Type 3 machine guns and two 30 millimetre Type 5 cannon. The design reached the mockup phase, but the worsening war situation led to its cancellation in 1944, so no flying aircraft was built.