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SM.81 Pipistrello

By: Italeri

Type: Scale Model

Product Line: Model Kits - Aircraft/Helicopters (1/72) (Italeri)

Last Stocked on 3/18/2024

Product Info

Title
SM.81 Pipistrello
Publisher
Sub-category
Publish Year
2019
Dimensions
13.5x9.5x2.5"
NKG Part #
2147930887
MFG. Part #
ITA1388
Type
Scale Model
Age Range
14 Years and Up

Description

The Savoia Marchetti SM 81 began service in the bombing units of the Regia Aeronautica (Italian Royal Air Force) around the middle of the 1930’s. It operated in the campaign in Ethiopia, in the Spanish Civil War and during World War II. It had three engines with low wings and a fixed undercarriage. It was propelled by 3 Alfa Romeo 125 RC 35 engines with 650 Hp each, or, successively, by more powerful Piaggio P. X RC.35 700 Hp engines which brought it to a maximum speed of 340 Km/h. Armed with 6 7.7 mm Breda-Safat machine guns, it had an offensive payload of 2,000 kg in bombs. At the time of its entrance in service, it was one of the most modern bombers in the world, but at the start of World War II, by then surpassed, it was predominantly used for nighttime missions. For this reason it was nicknamed “bat”. Nevertheless over 300 SM 81’s equipped the Regia Aeronautica squadrons on various fronts, from the Aegean Sea to North Africa.

Includes decals for 5 version:

  • 25th Gruppo "Pipistrelli", 251st Squadriglia, Palma di Maiorca, Baleari 1937
  • 38th Stormo, 203rd Squadriglia, Lecce, Giugno 1940
  • 21st Stormo B.P., 24th Gruppo, 214th Squadriglia, Tudela, Spagna, 1938
  • Distaccamento Bombardieri, Isole Baleari, 1936
  • 15th Stormo Bombardieri, 46th Gruppo, Castel Benito, Libia, 1939

    Skill Level 3.

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