Kawasaki Ki-45 - Variants

Variants

There is sometimes a confusion in the different subtypes. The information below is based on Japanese work, not on usual 'western' data. Even the NASM claims that the Ki-45 on display is a Hei (c) type whereas japanese press would read it is a Tei (d) type nightfighter version with dorsal armament.

Ki-45: Prototype aircraft
KI-45 Type 1: Modified operative models
Ki-45 KAI: Prototype aircraft
Ki-45 KAI: Pre-series aircraft
Ki-45 KAIa: Toryu: Two-seat fighter Type 2 of Army (Mark A) initial model of series, one 20mm Ho-3 in vendtal position, two Ho-103 12.7mm in the nose and a flexible 7.92mm in the back position
Ki-45 KAIb: retrofit version based on the KAIa, 20mm belly cannon replaced by a 37mm type 94 field gun
Ki-45 KAIc: Mark C version against naval objectives, one 37 mm (1.46 in) Ho-203 automatic cannon in the nose, one 7.92 mm (.312 in) machine gun in the back position.
Ki-45 KAId: Mark D, a modified Model B, night fighter version, equipped with one 37 mm (1.46 in) Ho-203 cannon in nose and two fixed 20 mm Ho-5 cannons in a Schräge Musik-style dorsal frontal position, and one 7.92 mm (.312 in) Type 89 machine gun in back position.
Ki-45 II: Prototype only, completed as the experimental prototype Ki-96.