Mizuno Shinryu, proposed rocket-powered kamikaze aircraft designed during WWII
Guns: 4 × 30 mm Type 5 cannon (Although suggested, there is no evidence that supports this).
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The Navy showed some consideration for the Shinryu as it was given the title of 'Navy Special Attack Glider'.
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In response, several aircraft companies: Nakajima, Mitsubishi & Kawanishi, submitted aircraft designs along with developing Rocket and Jet engines.
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If it did not need a tow-plane to get it into the air nor was it catapult launched, then the Shinryu had an almost identical take-off/landing profile as the Mitsubishi J8M Shusui which was the Japanese variant of the German Messerschmitt Me 163 in that it took off under its own rocket engine, expended its fuel, then glided back to its base for landing which would, in some eyes, take it out of the glider category.
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