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The Macchi C200, was designed by Mario Castoldi, who had gained a lot of experience in the early '30s with aerodynamically clean schneider cup racers. It is surprising then to see the MC 200 come up as such a poor aerodynamic design, with lumps and bumps, open cockpit and such light armament to boot.
The Macchi C200, was designed by Mario Castoldi, who had gained a lot of experience in the early '30s with aerodynamically clean schneider cup racers. It is surprising then to see the MC 200 come up as such a poor aerodynamic design, with lumps and bumps, open cockpit and such light armament to boot.
If the Macchi had been cleaned up and given an armament of 4 x HMG, or 2 x HMG and 2 x LMG, one might expect performance to improve to about 330 mph, and firepower to be about 2/3 of that of the RAF types. Not a lot would have been needed to achieve that sort of outcome