>Well, according to Wikipedia (so take this for what it's worth, but
>pedantic issues about military hardware tends to be the sort of thing
>it's good at), the Mitsubishi Zero was also named for the Imperial
>Year it went into service, 2600 (i.e. 1940).

Huh. I thought the A6M debuted earlier than that (for some reason 1938 was on my mind), but that would make sense.

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