P-40 Warhawk vs Ki-43 Oscar by Carl Molesworth, Jim Laurier - 9781846032950

Name: P-40 Warhawk vs Ki-43 Oscar by Carl Molesworth, Jim Laurier - 9781846032950
Brand: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

P-40 Warhawk vs Ki-43 OscarChina 194445\nAuthor(s): Carl Molesworth, Jim Laurier\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, United Kingdom\nImprint: Osprey Publishing\nISBN-13: 9781846032950, 978-1846032950\nSynopsis\nKnown for the distinctive 'sharkmouth' decoration on their noses, P-40 fighters first saw combat in China during World War II. \n\nTheir most common adversary was the Japanese Nakajima Ki-43, nicknamed 'Oscar.' Carl Molesworth describes and explains the design and development of these two foes, the products of two vastly different philosophies of fighter design.\n\nThe P-40 was heavily armed and sturdy with armour protection and self-sealing fuel tanks, but paid for this with the loss of speed and a sluggish performance at altitude. The Ki-43 was a rapier to the battleaxe P-40 and the Ki-43 was immensely nimble, though with less firepower and durability.\n\nThis book examines these two different fighters, and the pilots who flew them over China, with an a.