On 17 Oct 2003 13:16:08 -0700, (N-6)
wrote:

About half the sources I have say that the Kawasaki Ki-100 had 2
cannons mounted on the fuselage and 2 heavy MGs mounted in the wings,
while the other half say that the cannon were mounted in the wings and
the MGs in the fuselage. Which is correct? If both are correct, then
why did they switch the placement of the guns?

My sources show tow 12.7mm machine guns in the fuse and two 20mm
canon in the wings. This did not change, but the Ki-100 was a Ki-61
with a Mitsubishi Ha-112-II radial engine stuck on the front. At the
time the Japanese had about 275 Li-61 airframes, but the Kawasaki
engine production was way behind. They had a large number of the
engines "just sitting around", and thus the Ki-100.

Al Minyard