Gomusubi Type-4

The Gomusubi Type-4 Ryuu (Izugo: 空気移動体多目的車タイプ4"竜", Air mobile multipupose vehicle Type-4 "Dragon") is a dual-engine light jet VTOL combat aircraft and gunship manufactured by Gomusubi Heavy Industries. The Type-4 Ryuu was designed to support and eventually replace the ageing and increasingly limited YAGR-4b jet VTOL gunships.

The Type-4 is commonly just referred to as the Ryuu or unconventionally as the Type-4 CASGAVTOL. It has the United Nations Identification Name of Heron.

History
The concept that would become the Type-4 Ryuu was first proposed in 1870 as a low-cost alternative to Nagajima’s YAGR-4b. However, the Imperial Army was unimpressed by the smaller and lighter-armed Type-4 and passed it over in favour of a larger amount of YAGR-3A light VTOLs.

Design
The Type-4 is a medium fast attack jet VTOL. It is designed to address and improve most of the shortcomings of the YAGR-3A and the YAGR-4b VTOL gunships, retaining the small size and agility of the YAGR-3A and the weapons lift capabilities of the YAGR-4b.

.It applies elements of other light gunship designs from abroad, such as the Zhonghuanese CHAI C-78 and the Britannian Eastland AV-121.

Equipped with two Mitsushishi turbofan engines, the Type-4 has three jets, one under each stub wing and a large propulsion and maneuvring jet under the tail and facing the rear of the vehicle.

Equipped with new electronic Active Defense System.

Armaments
270 degree 20mm rotary chin cannon 4 hardpoints Thermobaric High Impulse AGM Launche Infrared rockets

Operator

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 * Imperial Izumo Army Flag.png Imperial Izumese Army - 47