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cheddar cheese
Major General
Oh but they were...the Germans used MC.205's because they were more than capable of dealing with P-51D's...
I think they used them because they took them from the Italians and would use anythign that was decent, but not because they thought the Me-109G and Fw-190's could not.
cheddar cheese
Major General
Maybe. Whatever the case though, when the Series 5 fighters were entering service in 1943 they were right up with the best of the time.
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Major General
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ok let's change the discussion a little, was there anything purely italain that was any good (ok not purely but mostly)??
cheddar cheese
Major General
SM.79, MC.202 (Ok but that had DB.601, as did Re-2001), CANT Z.1007, MC.200, CR.42, RS.14, P.108, Re-2000.....things like that 8)
the lancaster kicks ass
Major General
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all of which were rubbish compared to german or allied designs...........
cheddar cheese
Major General
In relative terms it was good though.
Wow lanc, shows that youve done lots of research on your Italian planes, because if you could be arsed to do a little look around youd see that they werent all "rubbish" compared to Allied designs.
Wow lanc, shows that youve done lots of research on your Italian planes, because if you could be arsed to do a little look around youd see that they werent all "rubbish" compared to Allied designs.
the lancaster kicks ass
Major General
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yeah i CANT (see what i did there 8) ) believe CC actually thinks all them were good........
mosquitoman
Master Sergeant
It's good compared to a Wright Flyer
cheddar cheese
Major General
Wright Flyer with a couple of .50 cals won the wings would make for a great ground attack aircraft, as it operates best at an altitude of around 3 - 4 feet 
mosquitoman
Master Sergeant
Then again it would probably cause more damage by crashing into the enemy positions
Im sorry but I can not think of too many good Italian designs. I think they just failed in the aircraft department.
cheddar cheese
Major General
The majority of the designs were incredibly sound. They just couldnt produce engines that done them justice.
Either way I am not impressed by them.
cheddar cheese
Major General
Hmmmm. Your call but I think the series 5 fighters deserve notice from anyone.
They may have been some of the best that the Italians made but compared to Me-109's and Spitfires they would put a fight at best. Against a Fw-190 or P-38 they stood know chance.
