carrier fighter (零式艦上戦闘機, rei-shiki-kanjō-sentōki), or the Mitsubishi A6M Rei-sen. The A6M was usually referred to by its pilots as the Reisen (零戦, zero fighter)...

in 1940 as the IJN "Type 0 Carrier Fighter" (Rei shiki Kanjō sentōki, 零式艦上戦闘機), and was popularly called the "Zero" because of its type. In 1943, the...

（海軍十二試艦上戦闘機）. Upon entering production the aircraft was given a Type number. The 'Zero' was so fully known as "Navy Type 0 Carrier Fighter" （海軍零式艦上戦闘機）, as...

Carrier Fighter (三式艦上戦闘機) - 1927 carrier-borne fighter; licensed copy of the Gloster Gambet A2N - Type 90 Carrier Fighter (九〇式艦上戦闘機) - 1930 carrier biplane...