A6M Zero Japanese ArmyA6M Zero Zeke airplane model. Fast, maneuverable and flown by highly skilled pilots, the Mitsubishi Zero Sen was the most famous Japanese plane of World War Two and a big surprise to American forces. Ignored by British and American intelligence services (who had access to design plans for the aircraft years before the war) the "Zero" (it was the Navy Type O carrier based fighter) was armed with two 20 mm cannon, two 7. 7mm machine guns, and possessed