The Yokosuka B4Y, (Navy Type 96 Carrier Attack Bomber), is an aircraft carrier, and torpedo bomber was used by the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service from 1936 to what year?
Yokosuka B4Y The Yokosuka B4Y, (Navy Type 96 Carrier Attack Bomber), carrier torpedo bomber was used by the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service from 1936 to 1943. The B4Y replaced the Mitsubishi B2M2 and was the last biplane bomber used operationally by the Imperial Japanese Navy. The Allied reporting name was "Jean".
Type 93 torpedo The Type 93 (九三式魚雷 , designated for Imperial Japanese calendar year 2593) was a 61 cm -diameter torpedo of the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN), launched from surface ships. It is commonly referred to as the Long Lance by most modern English-language naval historians, a nickname given it after the war by Samuel Eliot Morison, the chief historian of the U.S. Navy, who spent much of the war in the Pacific Theater. In Japanese references, the term "Sanso gyorai" (酸素魚雷 , lit. "oxygen torpedo") is also used, in reference to its propulsion system. It was the most advanced naval torpedo in the world at the time.