SM.79

[iron650]

An Italian bomber/torpedo bomber of WWII. The Italian bomber served from the Spanish Civil War to 1952. They fought in the Battle of Malta (where they lost their "invulnerability), and they attacked Allied shipping. Tri-engine.


Specs for the SM.79-II:

Crew: 6
Length: 53ft 2in
Wingspan: 66ft 3in
Height: 13ft 6in
Wing Area: 664 feet squared
Empty Weight: 16,975lbs
Loaded weight: 25,132lbs
Engines: 3 Alfa Romeo 128-RC18 radial engines, 860 hp each
Max Speed: 286mph at 12,450ft
Range: 1,615mi
Service Ceiling: 24,000ft
Rate of Climb: 1,050ft/min


Armament:

1 MG151 20mm Cannon (not sure)
1 Breda-SAFAT 12.7mm machine gun in the dorsal "hump"
2 optional 7.7mm machine guns in the waist guns

Bombload:
2,645lbs of bombs or 2 450mm torpedoes



Both guns (besides the MG151) is visible.



A mass produced Italian bomber. It would help for Malta scenarios and Fall of France. Also, help the lack of Italian aircraft.

[Tyrannis]

big +1 to more Italian rides. 

[Pigslilspaz]

+2 to this and the Update of the C.20X's

[SmokinLoon]

Good wish.  But I say the He111 and/or the Tu-2 first!   

I will give it high marks for being one of the more ugly planes in WWII, though.   

[gyrene81]

would be a nice addition... 

[Beefcake]

+10

[GNucks]

Slow, ugly, and terrible payload. -1





 

[iron650]

Slow, ugly, and terrible payload. -1





 

So how about of some WWII significance, good for scenarios, and is one of the only Italian bombers of WWII? 

[stabbyy]

Slow, ugly, and terrible payload. -1
 

its unique i wouldent say its ugly the payload is decent surely not the smallest in the game bostons only have 2k'lbs and ppl use them all the time its climb rate isint bad it sounds more like a ship killer and even if the amount of bombs wont sink a carrier it would hurt it badly if not u could sink cruisers and u add the fact your in a formation u could actaully do some pretty heavy damage and if the torps turn out to be as good as the german torps...it only takes 3-4 torps to sink a undamaged carrier so its payload is actaully rather nice for ship hunting plus a tri engine plane would be intresting
 
also...pretty sure the 20mm is on the tail of the plane if u look under it looks like theres a gun sticking out


+5

*edited* 286mph is not slow for bombers

[iron650]

its unique i wouldent say its ugly the payload is decent surely not the smallest in the game bostons only have 2k'lbs and ppl use them all the time its climb rate isint bad it sounds more like a ship killer and even if the amount of bombs wont sink a carrier it would hurt it badly if not u could sink cruisers and u add the fact your in a formation u could actaully do some pretty heavy damage and if the torps turn out to be as good as the german torps...it only takes 3-4 torps to sink a undamaged carrier so its payload is actaully rather nice for ship hunting plus a tri engine plane would be intresting
 
also...pretty sure the 20mm is on the tail of the plane if u look under it looks like theres a gun sticking out


+5

I mentioned 2 7.7mm waist guns.

[stabbyy]

The SM.79's defensive armament consisted of four and later five Breda-SAFAT machine guns. Three were 12.7 mm (0.5 in) guns, two of which were in the dorsal "hump," with the forward one (with 300 rounds) fixed at an elevation of 15°, and the other manoeuvrable with 60° pivotal movement in the horizontal, and 0-70° in the vertical plane with the third 12.7 mm (0.5 in) machine gun located ventrally. Each gun except for the forward one was equipped with 500 rounds. There was also a 7.7 mm (0.303 in) Lewis Gun fitted laterally, on a mount that allowed rapid change of side of the weapon. This Lewis gun was later replaced by two 7.7 mm (0.303 in) Bredas, which were more reliable and faster firing (900 rounds/min instead of 500),

yeah copy'd and pasted http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Savoia-Marchetti_SM.79 heres the link...

but i cant seem to find the exact version your refering to so maybe my search skills just suck but there were multiple models but the only one with an alfa rameo engine dosent match ur specs couldve missed one..and the torps it carried were 5.46m(17.9ft) 876kg couldent find any 1.4ft torps so not sure but just saying feel free to correct me but thats what i could find

*edit*

SM.79-I
The first production four- or five-seat bomber version powered by three 582 kW (780 hp) Alfa Romeo 126 RC.34 nine-cylinder engines. Span 21.20 m (69.55 ft), length 15.80 m (51.84 ft), max speed 430 km/h (270 mph) at 4,000 m (13,130 ft), up to 1,250 kg (2,760 lb) of bombs, max takeoff weight 10,480 kg (23,100 lb), range 1,899 km (1,180 mi) .

[GNucks]

I put a "" at the end guys! +2, geez!

[badhorse]

+1  Always room for one more

[Vulkan]

Giant +1 to tri-engine awesomeness!

[oboe]

Giant +1 to tri-engine awesomeness!

Yep!