Kugisho Tenga – data
Contemporaries
Arado Ar 234 Blitz (Germany), HeinkelHe343 (Germany),
North American B-45 Tornado (US), Ilyushin IL-22 (Russia)
There is no exact information available on the specifications for the Kugisho Tenga. The data provided below is based on the Tenga having used the PIY Ginga airframe pretty much verbatim, apart from the change of engines (as the Tenga is often depicted). Even then, information is fragmentary and subject to guesswork
Type Medium Bomber
Crew Three
Powerplant (planned) Two Ne 30 turbojets producing 850kg (1,873 lb) of thrust each
Armament Two 20mm cannons or 13mm machine guns, one in the nose, the other rear Bring; one 800kg (1,7641b) torpedo or between 1,000kg to 1,560kg (2,2051b to 3,5251b) of bombs |
Deployment
None. The Tenga existed only as a paper design.