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Originally Posted by Tipo_Man
And Lucas, do your test with I-16, or something with 2-4 MGs, as I wrote...
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SM.79 has fame of "invulnerability" during Civil War in Spain, this is hitorically correct.
"The first recorded interception of a SM.79 formation took place on 11 October 1937 when three aircraft were attacked by 12 Polikarpov I-16s (known as the ''Rata'' (Rat) to the Spanish Nationalists). One of SM.79s was damaged by repeated attacks made by the
slightly faster ''Ratas'', but its defences prevented the attackers from pressing close-in attacks.
All the bombers returned to base, although one had been hit by 27 bullets, many hitting the fuel tanks.
A few other examples of similar interceptions occurred in this conflict, without any SM.79s being lost.
Combat experiences revealed some deficiencies in the SM.79: the lack of oxygen at high altitudes, instability, vibrations experienced at speeds over 400 km/h and other problems were encountered and sometimes solved. Gen. Valle, in an attempt to answer some of the criticisms about the ability of the aircraft to operate at night (because its wingload and other characteristics were controversial) took off from Guidonia and bombed Barcelona, a journey of six hours and 15 minutes. On this occasion the aircraft proved it had a useful range (around 1,000 km with eight 100 kg bombs, for a total gross weight of around 1,000 kg). Normally SM.79s operated from the Balearic Islands and later from mainland Spain. Hundreds of missions were performed in a wide range of different roles against Republican targets. No Fiat CR.32s were needed to escort the SM.79s,
partly because the biplane fighters were too slow."
Persue SM.79 with I-16 5-6 or 10 (not in game) is non-sense
http://tripatlas.com/Savoia-Marchetti_SM.79
10-07-2009, 06:32 AM
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