The Mitsubishi A6M Zero ("A" for fighter, 6th model, "M" for Mitsubishi) was a lightweight, carrier-based fighter aircraft employed by the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service from 1940 to 1945. At the time it was introduced, the Mitsubishi A6M was the best carrier-based fighter plane in the world and was greatly feared by Allied pilots. In shifting priorities during the final years of the War in the Pacific, the Zero was utilized in kamikaze operations. (nice)

As the need for fighter aircraft diminished (Hiroshima and Nagasaki) Mitsubishi went on to make the benevolent, capable, and highly sought after Montero 4 wheel drive vehicle that was also feared by Allied forces. Which ultimately lead to the creation of 4X4Wire.com TrailTalkForums and the many, many rhetorical questions concerning tire/ wheel fitment as well as many questions without a proper search.

Wowà. interesting. To think the whole time I had no idea I was driving a vehicle made by the same people who sunk the Arizona. I did not know that. <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/patriot.gif" alt="" />

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