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APPENDIX VIII

Principal Operational Aircraft of the Italian Air Force, 1940–1941

BOMBER AND RECONNAISSANCE

AIRCRAFT MAXIMUM SPEED SERVICE CEILING RANGE AND ASSOCIATED BOMB LOAD ARMAMENT
m.p.h. at feet feet miles—lb.
Savoia Marchetti (S.)79 255 at 13,000 21,500 1,570—1,100 lb. or 1,190—2,750 3 × 12·7 mm.
2 × 7·7 mm.
Savoia Marchetti (S.)81 210 at 15,000 24,500 1,030—2,200 or 895–4,400 6 × 7·7 mm.
Savoia Marchetti (S.)82 205 at 7,000 17,000 2,200—3,200 1 × 12·7 mm.
4 × 7·7 mm.
Cantieri Riuniti (Cant) Z.5061 230 at 13,000 19,000 1,685—1,750 or 1,465—2,640 1 × 12·7 mm.
3 × 7·7 mm.
Cantieri Riuniti (Cant) Z.1007b 280 at 13,000 27,500 1,650—1,100 2 × 12·7 mm.
2 × 7·7 mm.
Fiat B.R. 20 255 at 13,500 25,000 1,350—2,200 2 × 12·7 mm.
1 × 7·7 mm.

FIGHTER

AIRCRAFT MAXIMUM SPEED SERVICE CEILING CLIMB-TIME TO HEIGHT ARMAMENT
m.ph. at feet feet minutes to feet
Fiat C.R..32 233 at 10,000 28,000 5·3 to 10,000 2 × 12·7 mm.
Fiat C.R.42. 270 at 13,100 32,000 5·5 to 13,000 2 × 12·7 mm.
Fiat G.50 300 at 14,500 32,000 6·4 to 15,000 2 × 12·7 mm.
Fiat G.55 380 at 20,000 38,000 5·8 to 20,000 2 × 12·7 mm.
3 × 20 mm.
Aer Macchi C.200 310 at 15,000 32,000 6·25 to 15,000 2 × 12·7 mm.
Aer Macchi C.202 345 at 18,000 32,000 8·2 to 18,000 2 × 12·7 mm.

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Footnotes

1 Seaplane bomber.

2 Notes (i), (ii) and (iii) on page 412 apply in general to the above tables.


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