Fanàtica desesperació / Fanatical desperation

IN ENGLISH BELOW THE LINE

El Yokosuka MXY-7 Ohka, conegut pels americans com Baka ("boig" en japonès), fou una de les expressions més tecnologiques de la desesperació fanàtica del Imperi Japonès per parar el contraatac gegantí nord-americà a la Segona Guerra Mundial.

Aquest es troba al Imperial War Museum de Londres.

Es tracta d'un avió suicida, disenyat expressament per als kamikaze. Al contrari que l'arma usual d'aquests pilots, que era senzillament un caça Zero o un avió similar sense cap configuració especial apart de portar una bomba per maximitzar la destrucció, el Ohka era un diseny expres per al suicidi. També es pot considerar una bomba guiada pel seu pilot.

No podia enlairar-se (excepte en versións experimentals), sino que un bombarder la portava fins l'entorn del objectiu. Allà es deixava anar i activava els motors coet per accelerar al maxim i llençar-se contra el vaixell enemic.

En construiren 852, però només s'en feren servir 74, i el seu us fou força més mediocre del que s'esperava, molts foren tombats juntament amb els bombarders que els portaven. Atacaren els destructors USS Mannert Abele, USS Jeffers, USS Stanly, USS Shea, USS Gayety, USS Hugh Handley, enfonsant el USS Mannert Abele i danyant la resta. Tot plegat molt poca cosa.

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The Yokosuka MXY-7 Ohka, known to Americans as Baka ("idiot" in Japanese), was one of the most technological expressions of the Japanese Empire's fanatical desperation to stop the gigantic American counterattack in World War II.

This one is displayed in the Imperial War Museum in London.

It was a suicide plane, designed specifically for kamikaze. Unlike the usual weapon of these pilots, which was simply a Zero fighter or similar aircraft with no special configuration apart from carrying a bomb to maximize destruction, the Ohka was an express design for suicide. It can also be considered a bomb guided by its pilot.

It could not take off (except in experimental versions), but a bomber carried it to the vicinity of the target. There it was launched, and activated the rocket engines to accelerate to the maximum and throw himself against the enemy ship.

They built 852, but only 74 were used, and theirs was rather more mediocre than expected, many were shot down along with the bombers carrying them. They attacked the destroyers USS Mannert Abele, USS Jeffers, USS Stanly, USS Shea, USS Gayety, USS Hugh Handley, sinking USS Mannert Abele and damaging the rest. All in all very pathetic results.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yokosuka_MXY-7_Ohka

www.youtube.com/watch?v=LWfwxE-T-Ik

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