Italeri 1283 - 1/72 SM.81 Pipistrello WWII  [IT-1283S]

Period: Second World War

Country: Italy

Model Dim.: 25 cm

SM.81 PIPISTRELLO

The Savoia Marchetti SM 81 began solution inside bombing devices the Regia Aeronautica (Italian Royal Air Force) across the middle linked to the 1930’s. It operated in the campaign in Ethiopia, in to the Spanish Civil War and during World War II. It had three engines with low wings and a collection undercarriage. It absolutely was propelled by 3 Alfa Romeo 125 RC 35 machines with 650 Hp each, or, successively, by more powerful Piaggio P. X RC.35 700 Hp machines which brought it to a maximum price of 340 Km/h. Armed with 6 7.7 mm Breda-Safat device tools, it had an offensive payload of 2,000 kg in bombs. During its entry operating, it had been very modern bombers on earth, however in the beginning of World War II, at that time surpassed, it had been predominantly useful for nighttime missions. As a result of this reason it absolutely was nicknamed “bat”. Nevertheless over 300 SM 81’s prepared the Regia Aeronautica squadrons on various fronts, from Aegean Water to North Africa.