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-The '''{{Specs|name}}''' was a four-engine heavy bomber developed by Nakajima for the Imperial Japanese Navy before World War II. It was based on the American Douglas DC-4E airliner, which was secretly acquired and reverse-engineered by Japan in 1939. The Shinzan was intended to have a long-range capability of 3,000 nautical miles and a payload capacity of 4,000 kg of bombs or torpedoes. However, the bomber never entered service due to its poor performance, unreliable and underpowered engines.
+The '''G5N1''', designated as '''Shinzan ({{Annotation|深山|Deep Mountain}})''', was a four-engine heavy bomber developed by Nakajima for the Imperial Japanese Navy before World War II. It was based on the American Douglas DC-4E airliner, which was secretly acquired and reverse-engineered by Japan in 1939. The Shinzan was intended to have a long-range capability of 3,000 nautical miles and a payload capacity of 4,000 kg of bombs or torpedoes. However, the bomber never entered service due to its poor performance, unreliable and underpowered engines.
 It was introduced in [[Update 1.29]]. The G5N1 serves as one of Japan's true heavy bombers. Featuring a massive airframe and four Mitsubishi MK4B Kasei-12 fourteen-cylinder air-cooled engines, the G5N1 is easily one of the hardest planes to manoeuvre in War Thunder. It makes up for this with its large 3,200 kg payload and its incredible endurance. Since this aircraft is so large and cumbersome, its only true purpose is destroying heavy targets and bases like a true strategic bomber.

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 The G5N1 is quite slow and sluggish, even for a heavy bomber, owning to the fact that it was based on a failed Douglas DC-4E experimental airliner. With a combination of underpowered engines, excessive weight, extremely huge wing surface, and extremely ineffective flaps and ailerons, the G5N1 is slow to accelerate, extremely irresponsive to control inputs (especially at higher speeds), and takes a considerable amount of time and effort just to bank and steer the plane around. Due to this, the G5N1 will occasionally struggle when trying to carpet bombing at vehicle columns or attempting to face your rear gunners at the enemy. Using manual rudder controls are crucial for using this plane, as it helps the plane to turn significantly faster and allows you to turn away from the incoming enemy as soon as possible. As the plane has a low rip speed of just 500 km/h (300 mph), you won't be outrunning anything.
-However, owning to its civilian airliner origins, the G5N1 has a very low stall speed of just 160 km/h (90 mph) thanks to its massive wing generating more than enough lift to keep the plane in the air. This gives the G5N1 a unique capability of being able to take off and landing using small airfields, as the plane can get airborne and land quickly using flaps. The aforementioned extra lift can also keep the G5N1 airborne even with multiple engines damaged or disabled and allows the pilot to nursing the plane back to the airfield. The G5N1 also has decent energy retention in a climb and in a shallow dive, which allows it to gain some energy for climbing.
+However, owning to its civilian airliner origins, the G5N1 has a very low stall speed of just 160 km/h (90 mph) thanks to its massive wings generating more than enough lift to keep the plane in the air. This gives the G5N1 a unique capability of being able to take off and landing using small airfields, as the plane can get airborne and land quickly using flaps. The aforementioned extra lift can also keep the G5N1 airborne even with multiple engines damaged or disabled and allows the pilot to nurse the plane back to the airfield. The G5N1 also has decent energy retention in a climb and in a shallow dive, which allows it to gain some energy for climbing.
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 If the "14 in mod 35" module isn't researched, the other two bomb options can still be viable. The 24 x 60 kg bomb option can be useful on the map New Guinea because the enemy team has several cargo ships and light cruisers. Both are soft targets, and with 24 bombs it is straightforward to destroy all of them. The map Zhengzhou features dozens of light and heavy pillboxes which are also easy targets for the G5N1. The 12 x 250 kg bomb option works the best here. It is also possible to use the 60 kg bombs but requires a direct hit to destroy a light pillbox. The benefit of the 250 kg bombs is the bomber can destroy pillboxes without direct hits and may occasionally destroy a nearby AAA or artillery piece. In arcade battles, the 4 x 800 kg bomb option is the best for destroying mini bases and the enemy airfield. Utilise the different bomb options depending on what your target is. For light targets like pillboxes and tanks use either the 60 kg or 250 kg bombs, and for heavy targets like bases and airfields use 800 kg bombs.
-The G5N1's atrocious manoverability and poor defensive guns arrangements are the main downfalls that makes this aircraft very hard to use. It is incredibly difficult to turn within both Arcade and Realistic battles. The poor turn rate hinders the ability to drop your payload, thus restricting the G5N1 to high-altitude bombing. In addition, despite its incredibly durable airframe, the G5N1 is also conversely vulnerable to all types of enemy fire both because of its sheer size and its poor defensive armament arrangements. The unconventional 20 mm turret in the tail of this aircraft is quite tricky to use, as it can only rotate vertically instead of horizontally, leaving the gunner vulnerable from any incoming shots. If there is an enemy directly behind your plane it is possible to hit them with it but very difficult due to the delay taken for the gunner to rotate his turret. Thus, the G5N1 will usually have to rely on the second 20 mm cannon in the dorsal position along with the host of 7.7 mm machine guns. If you spot an incoming enemy, it is better to turn away from them as soon as possible to face your tail at an enemy, then switch to the gunner mode while the enemy is around 2 km away from you to allow the tail gunner to get the gun onto the target. As the 20 mm cannon has limited ammo per magazine, it is best to fire the guns in short bursts to range the target, and save the ammunition when enemy is at least around 800 m away from you or less.
+The G5N1's atrocious manoeuvrability and poor defensive gun arrangement are the main downfalls that makes this aircraft very hard to use. It is incredibly difficult to turn within both Arcade and Realistic battles. The poor turn rate hinders the ability to drop your payload, thus restricting the G5N1 to high-altitude bombing. In addition, despite its incredibly durable airframe, the G5N1 is still vulnerable to all types of enemy fire both because of its sheer size and its poor defensive armament arrangements. The unconventional 20 mm turret in the tail of this aircraft is quite tricky to use, as it can only rotate vertically instead of horizontally, leaving the gunner vulnerable from any incoming shots. If there is an enemy directly behind your plane it is possible to hit them with it but very difficult due to the delay taken for the gunner to rotate his turret. Thus, the G5N1 will usually have to rely on the second 20 mm cannon in the dorsal position along with the host of 7.7 mm machine guns. If you spot an incoming enemy, it is better to turn away from them as soon as possible to face your tail at an enemy, then switch to the gunner mode while the enemy is around 2 km away from you to allow the tail gunner to get the gun onto the target. As the 20 mm cannon has limited ammo per magazine, it is best to fire the guns in short bursts to range the target, and save the ammunition when enemy is at least around 800 m away from you or less.
-Conversely, despite slow top speed and low power output, the G5N1 can climb better than most bombers thanks to its massive wings generating extra lift and conserve more energy. By exploting the plane's lift power, you can climb to a high altitude by accumulate speed in a level flight (at least around 340 km/h) before pulling a nose up at around 10 - 15 degrees to quickly climb. As the airspeed is lowered to around 240 - 250 km/h, you can then level the nose down to regain an energy and flight speed again. With each "zoom climb", the G5N1 can get 500 m further from the sea level, which allows the plane to easily reaches 6000 - 7000 m altitude in a few minutes.
+Conversely, despite slow top speed and low power output, the G5N1 can climb better than most bombers thanks to its massive wings generating extra lift and conserve more energy. By exploiting the plane's lift power, you can climb to a high altitude by accumulating speed in level flight (at least around 340 km/h) before pulling the nose up to around 10 - 15 degrees to quickly climb. As the airspeed is lowered to around 240 - 250 km/h, you can then level the nose down to regain energy and flight speed again. With each "zoom climb", the G5N1 can get 500 m further from the sea level, which allows the plane to easily reach 6,000-7,000 m altitude in a few minutes.
-It should be noted that, while you can climb further than other heavy bombers, you will never be the only one high in the sky. The G5N1 will be frequently pitted against American interceptors or the YaK series that can easily catches up with the lumberling plane, thus be careful about these planes and evade them as soon as you can.
+It should be noted that, while you can climb further than other heavy bombers, you will never be the only one high in the sky. The G5N1 will be frequently pitted against American interceptors or the YaK series that can easily catch up with the lumbering plane, thus be careful about these planes and evade them as soon as you can.
 As with any bomber, if you're caught alone or off guard, you're as good as dead. Also, having a fighter escort will boost RP gains drastically. Fighter escorts enable this for all game modes. Generally, try to destroy as many targets as possible without wasting bombs. Use the G5N's strengths and attack the most significant target possible, whether that be a mini base, carrier, or air base. Team up with other players and fly in a formation. Flying with others will help defensively as well as offensively since you'll be able to obliterate your target.
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 * Good 3,200 kg total bomb load with good bomb choice
 * Both pilots sit far apart on an armoured seats, making them difficult to snipe except from head-ons
-* Huge wings provide extra lift and energy retention, and allows the plane to stay airborne even with multiple damaged/disabled engines
+* Huge wings provide extra lift and energy retention, and allow the plane to stay airborne even with multiple damaged/disabled engines
 * Surprisingly good climb rate for a heavy bomber owning to its relatively good straight line energy retention for its size
 * Very durable, can take a lot of punishments before going down

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 The '''{{Specs|name}}''' was a four-engine heavy bomber developed by Nakajima for the Imperial Japanese Navy before World War II. It was based on the American Douglas DC-4E airliner, which was secretly acquired and reverse-engineered by Japan in 1939. The Shinzan was intended to have a long-range capability of 3,000 nautical miles and a payload capacity of 4,000 kg of bombs or torpedoes. However, the bomber never entered service due to its poor performance, unreliable and underpowered engines.
-It was introduced in [[Update 1.29]]. The G5N1 serves as one of Japan's true heavy bombers. Featuring a massive airframe and four Mitsubishi MK4B Kasei-12 fourteen-cylinder air-cooled engines, the G5N1 is easily one of the hardest planes to manoeuvre in War Thunder. It makes up for this with its massive 3,200 kg payload and its incredible endurance. Since this aircraft is so large and cumbersome, its only true purpose is destroying heavy targets and bases like a true strategic bomber.
+It was introduced in [[Update 1.29]]. The G5N1 serves as one of Japan's true heavy bombers. Featuring a massive airframe and four Mitsubishi MK4B Kasei-12 fourteen-cylinder air-cooled engines, the G5N1 is easily one of the hardest planes to manoeuvre in War Thunder. It makes up for this with its large 3,200 kg payload and its incredible endurance. Since this aircraft is so large and cumbersome, its only true purpose is destroying heavy targets and bases like a true strategic bomber.
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 The '''{{Specs|name}}''' was a four-engine heavy bomber developed by Nakajima for the Imperial Japanese Navy before World War II. It was based on the American Douglas DC-4E airliner, which was secretly acquired and reverse-engineered by Japan in 1939. The Shinzan was intended to have a long-range capability of 3,000 nautical miles and a payload capacity of 4,000 kg of bombs or torpedoes. However, the bomber never entered service due to its poor performance, unreliable and underpowered engines.
-It was introduced in [[Update 1.29]]. The G5N1 serves as one of Japan's true heavy bombers. Featuring a massive airframe and four Mitsubishi MK4B Kasei-12 fourteen-cylinder air-cooled engines, the G5N1 is easily one of the hardest planes to manoeuvre in War Thunder. It makes up for this with its massive 3,200 kg payload. Since this aircraft is so large and cumbersome, its only true purpose is destroying heavy targets and bases like a true strategic bomber.
+It was introduced in [[Update 1.29]]. The G5N1 serves as one of Japan's true heavy bombers. Featuring a massive airframe and four Mitsubishi MK4B Kasei-12 fourteen-cylinder air-cooled engines, the G5N1 is easily one of the hardest planes to manoeuvre in War Thunder. It makes up for this with its massive 3,200 kg payload and its incredible endurance. Since this aircraft is so large and cumbersome, its only true purpose is destroying heavy targets and bases like a true strategic bomber.
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 [[File:G5N1 in flight.png|thumb|G5N1 in flight]]
-The G5N1 is quite slow and sluggish, even for a heavy bomber, owning to the fact that it was based on a failed Douglas DC-4E experimental airliner. With a combination of underpowered engines, excessive weight, and extremely ineffective flaps and ailerons, the G5N1 is slow to accelerate, extremely irresponsive to control inputs (especially at higher speeds), and takes a considerable amount of time and effort just to bank and steer the plane around. Due to this, the G5N1 will occasionally struggle when trying to carpet bombing at vehicle columns or attempting to face your rear gunners at the enemy. Using manual rudder controls are crucial for using this plane, as it helps the plane to turn significantly faster and allows you to turn away from the incoming enemy as soon as possible. As the plane has a low rip speed of just 500 km/h (300 mph), you won't be outrunning anything.
+The G5N1 is quite slow and sluggish, even for a heavy bomber, owning to the fact that it was based on a failed Douglas DC-4E experimental airliner. With a combination of underpowered engines, excessive weight, extremely huge wing surface, and extremely ineffective flaps and ailerons, the G5N1 is slow to accelerate, extremely irresponsive to control inputs (especially at higher speeds), and takes a considerable amount of time and effort just to bank and steer the plane around. Due to this, the G5N1 will occasionally struggle when trying to carpet bombing at vehicle columns or attempting to face your rear gunners at the enemy. Using manual rudder controls are crucial for using this plane, as it helps the plane to turn significantly faster and allows you to turn away from the incoming enemy as soon as possible. As the plane has a low rip speed of just 500 km/h (300 mph), you won't be outrunning anything.
-However, owning to its civilian airliner origins, the G5N1 has a very low stall speed of just 160 km/h (90 mph). This gives the G5N1 a unique capability of being able to take off and landing using small airfields, as the plane can get airborne and land quickly using flaps. The G5N1 also has decent energy retention in a climb and in a shallow dive, which allows it to gain some energy for climbing.
+However, owning to its civilian airliner origins, the G5N1 has a very low stall speed of just 160 km/h (90 mph) thanks to its massive wing generating more than enough lift to keep the plane in the air. This gives the G5N1 a unique capability of being able to take off and landing using small airfields, as the plane can get airborne and land quickly using flaps. The aforementioned extra lift can also keep the G5N1 airborne even with multiple engines damaged or disabled and allows the pilot to nursing the plane back to the airfield. The G5N1 also has decent energy retention in a climb and in a shallow dive, which allows it to gain some energy for climbing.
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 If the "14 in mod 35" module isn't researched, the other two bomb options can still be viable. The 24 x 60 kg bomb option can be useful on the map New Guinea because the enemy team has several cargo ships and light cruisers. Both are soft targets, and with 24 bombs it is straightforward to destroy all of them. The map Zhengzhou features dozens of light and heavy pillboxes which are also easy targets for the G5N1. The 12 x 250 kg bomb option works the best here. It is also possible to use the 60 kg bombs but requires a direct hit to destroy a light pillbox. The benefit of the 250 kg bombs is the bomber can destroy pillboxes without direct hits and may occasionally destroy a nearby AAA or artillery piece. In arcade battles, the 4 x 800 kg bomb option is the best for destroying mini bases and the enemy airfield. Utilise the different bomb options depending on what your target is. For light targets like pillboxes and tanks use either the 60 kg or 250 kg bombs, and for heavy targets like bases and airfields use 800 kg bombs.
-The G5N1's downfalls are what makes this aircraft very hard to use. It is incredibly difficult to turn within both Arcade and Realistic battles. The poor turn rate hinders the ability to drop your payload, thus making the G5N1 more efficient bombing from high altitudes. However, you will never be the only one high in the sky. This aircraft is incredibly vulnerable to all types of enemy fire both because of its sheer size and its standard defensive armament consisting of 20 mm cannons and 7.7 mm machine guns. The unconventional 20 mm turret in the tail of this aircraft is quite tricky to use, as it can only rotate vertically instead of horizontally, leaving the gunner vulnerable from any incoming shots. If there is an enemy directly behind your plane it is possible to hit him with it but very difficult. Thus, the G5N1 will usually have to rely on the second 20 mm cannon in the dorsal position along with the host of 7.7 mm machine guns. If you spot an incoming enemy, it is better to turn away from them as soon as possible to face your tail at an enemy, then switch to the gunner mode while the enemy is around 2 km away from you to allow the tail gunner to get the gun onto the target. As the 20 mm cannon has limited ammo per magazine, it is best to fire the guns in short bursts to range the target, and save the ammunition when enemy is at least around 800 m away from you or less.
+The G5N1's atrocious manoverability and poor defensive guns arrangements are the main downfalls that makes this aircraft very hard to use. It is incredibly difficult to turn within both Arcade and Realistic battles. The poor turn rate hinders the ability to drop your payload, thus restricting the G5N1 to high-altitude bombing. In addition, despite its incredibly durable airframe, the G5N1 is also conversely vulnerable to all types of enemy fire both because of its sheer size and its poor defensive armament arrangements. The unconventional 20 mm turret in the tail of this aircraft is quite tricky to use, as it can only rotate vertically instead of horizontally, leaving the gunner vulnerable from any incoming shots. If there is an enemy directly behind your plane it is possible to hit them with it but very difficult due to the delay taken for the gunner to rotate his turret. Thus, the G5N1 will usually have to rely on the second 20 mm cannon in the dorsal position along with the host of 7.7 mm machine guns. If you spot an incoming enemy, it is better to turn away from them as soon as possible to face your tail at an enemy, then switch to the gunner mode while the enemy is around 2 km away from you to allow the tail gunner to get the gun onto the target. As the 20 mm cannon has limited ammo per magazine, it is best to fire the guns in short bursts to range the target, and save the ammunition when enemy is at least around 800 m away from you or less.
 As with any bomber, if you're caught alone or off guard, you're as good as dead. Also, having a fighter escort will boost RP gains drastically. Fighter escorts enable this for all game modes. Generally, try to destroy as many targets as possible without wasting bombs. Use the G5N's strengths and attack the most significant target possible, whether that be a mini base, carrier, or air base. Team up with other players and fly in a formation. Flying with others will help defensively as well as offensively since you'll be able to obliterate your target.
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 * Good 3,200 kg total bomb load with good bomb choice
 * Both pilots sit far apart on an armoured seats, making them difficult to snipe except from head-ons
-* Surprisingly decent climb rate owning to its relatively good straight line energy retention for its size
+* Huge wings provide extra lift and energy retention, and allows the plane to stay airborne even with multiple damaged/disabled engines
 * Very durable, can take a lot of punishments before going down
 * Has two reasonably accurate 20 mm guns which can be lethal if they hit the target

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 * Extremely ineffective flaps and ailerons, inability to manoeuvre reactively and resulting into huge turn radius without using rudders
 * Poor overall defensive armament arrangements
-** Most of the firing angles were only covered by a weak 7.7 and 12.7 mm guns
+** Most of the firing angles were only covered by a weak 7.7 mm guns
 ** Unconventional tail turret takes a considerable amount of time to aim onto the target, leaving the gunner vulnerable
 * Lack of overall armour protection (only on pilot seats)

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 '''Pros:'''
-* Impressive 3,200 kg total bomb load with good bomb choice
+* Good 3,200 kg total bomb load with good bomb choice
-* Both pilots sit far apart
+* Both pilots sit far apart on an armoured seats, making them difficult to snipe except from head-ons
-* Surprisingly decent climb rate while the plane have some energy to spare
+* Surprisingly decent climb rate owning to its relatively good flatline energy retention for its size
 * Very durable, can take a lot of punishments before going down
 * Has two reasonably accurate 20 mm guns which can be lethal if it hits the target
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 * Massive airframe, easy to target from a distance
-* Extremely ineffective flaps and airlerons, inability to manoeuvre reactively
+* Slow top speed and poor acceleration
 * Poor overall defensive armament arrangements
 ** Most of the firing angles were only covered by a weak 7.7 and 12.7 mm guns
 ** Unconventional tail turret takes a considerable amount of time to aim onto the target, leaving the gunner vulnerable
-* Slow top speed and poor acceleration
+* Lack of overall armour protection (only on pilot seats)
 * Prone to fuel and engine fires when hit