 | Italian Bombers| Aviation Discuss Italian Bombers in the World War II - Aviation forums; Good pic DogW, all the more interesting as it is colour.... |
|
01-24-2006, 06:13 PM
|
#31 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Royal Deeside/St Andrews, Scotland, UK
Posts: 11,131
Country:  | Good pic DogW, all the more interesting as it is colour.
__________________  "Success is not Final, Failure is not Fatal, it is the Courage to Continue that Counts"
Sir Winston Churchill
"To him the people of the world largely owe the Freedom and liberties they enjoy today"
Enscription on Hugh Dowding's (AOC Fighter Command 1936-40) statue in London
Moderator WW2 Talk: A WW2 Discussion Forum | 
|  | |
01-25-2006, 02:10 PM
|
#32 | | Konfused with a 'K'
Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Turin, Italy
Posts: 20,412
Country:  | Feel sorry for the guy who probably fell off the ladder in this pic 
__________________  with my one last gaping breath id apologise for bleeding on your shirt... | 
| | |
01-25-2006, 02:17 PM
|
#33 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Manziana Field, near Rome
Posts: 260
|  Wow! 
DogW
__________________  | |
| | |
01-25-2006, 02:18 PM
|
#34 | | Konfused with a 'K'
Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Turin, Italy
Posts: 20,412
Country: | It is an interesting pic - never really figured out whats going on. Maintenance perhaps?
__________________ with my one last gaping breath id apologise for bleeding on your shirt... | |
| | |
01-25-2006, 02:29 PM
|
#35 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Royal Deeside/St Andrews, Scotland, UK
Posts: 11,131
Country: | I would say that would be most likely, especially when you look at the plane in the background getting worked on.
__________________ "Success is not Final, Failure is not Fatal, it is the Courage to Continue that Counts"
Sir Winston Churchill
"To him the people of the world largely owe the Freedom and liberties they enjoy today"
Enscription on Hugh Dowding's (AOC Fighter Command 1936-40) statue in London
Moderator WW2 Talk: A WW2 Discussion Forum | |
| | |
01-25-2006, 02:37 PM
|
#36 | | Konfused with a 'K'
Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Turin, Italy
Posts: 20,412
Country: | Yep - a crane of that size on the coast seems like random overkill
Oh I realise now...to hoist the planes from water to land...Ignore me 
__________________ with my one last gaping breath id apologise for bleeding on your shirt... | |
| | |
01-25-2006, 02:53 PM
|
#37 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Manziana Field, near Rome
Posts: 260
| I think nothing too big, only the usual manteinance work to do on the engines, after taken the aircrafts out of the water. But it's difficult to say.
The the plane in the background is hung to the crane, so it is probably taxying in or out of the water, or is necessary to change the floats.
DogW
__________________ | |
| | |
01-26-2006, 03:54 AM
|
#38 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Dec 2005
Posts: 1,848
Country:  | what was that twin engined floatplane called?
__________________  "The German Luftwaffe always fought without any reserves. This is also the reason why we have pilots with extremely high numbers of victories."
- General der Jagdflieger Adolf Galland"  | |
| | |
01-26-2006, 06:55 AM
|
#39 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Manziana Field, near Rome
Posts: 260
| It's a Fiat RS-14, it first flew in 1938, and was developed as a replacement for Z-501 in the recognition, transport and antisom duties, 152 built.
Note the ventral pod, that could be removed and replaced for different missions.  .jpg) 
an interesting variant could have been the Fiat AS 14, attack airplane equipped with a 45mm cannon, seven 12.7mm guns and two 7.7mm guns, but only the prototype flew. 
DogW
__________________ | |
| | |
01-26-2006, 08:19 AM
|
#40 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Royal Deeside/St Andrews, Scotland, UK
Posts: 11,131
Country: | What was the ventral pod for? Carrying extra fuel or ordinance?
__________________ "Success is not Final, Failure is not Fatal, it is the Courage to Continue that Counts"
Sir Winston Churchill
"To him the people of the world largely owe the Freedom and liberties they enjoy today"
Enscription on Hugh Dowding's (AOC Fighter Command 1936-40) statue in London
Moderator WW2 Talk: A WW2 Discussion Forum | |
| | |
01-26-2006, 09:14 AM
|
#41 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Manziana Field, near Rome
Posts: 260
| I read of: 6 50 Kg bombs, or 4 100 Kg bombs, or (more ofren) two 160 Kg antisom depth bombs.
DogW
__________________ | |
| | |
01-26-2006, 01:37 PM
|
#42 | | Konfused with a 'K'
Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Turin, Italy
Posts: 20,412
Country: | The A.S.14 could really have become something...
__________________ with my one last gaping breath id apologise for bleeding on your shirt... | |
| | |
01-26-2006, 05:06 PM
|
#43 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: 51st State
Posts: 1,332
Country: | Cool info about the Italian bombers - good or bad - I will be searching out pics for my site now..
__________________  | |
| | |
01-27-2006, 05:51 AM
|
#44 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Manziana Field, near Rome
Posts: 260
| Quote: |
Originally Posted by cheddar cheese The A.S.14 could really have become something... | After the first north-african experiences, Regia Aeronautica was actively searching for an effective anti-tank and anti-ship air weapon. So there were multiple experiments, with artillery pieces mounted on aircrafts, and trasformations of existing planes into dive-bombers.
Even tha Fiat Camsa FC-20 Bis, with the 37/54 mm Breda anti-tank / anti-air cannon had a quite daring appearance. 
If someone is interested, this is the Breda 37/54 cannon. Originally created as a naval AA gun it was used pratically in all units of Italian navy in WWII, and even in North-Africa, as anti-tank weapon 
the 37/54 in action: http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y262/DogW/c21ee0c5.jpg
Specifications here: http://regiamarina.net/arsenals/guns...cs_us.asp?ID=5
However, for me, the right place to fit it, would be the nose of a special version of the Imam Ro-57 Bis.
One of the more underrated italian aircrafts of the WWII, in my opinion.
DogW
__________________ | |
| | |
01-27-2006, 01:46 PM
|
#45 | | Konfused with a 'K'
Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Turin, Italy
Posts: 20,412
Country: | Yep...Ro.58 was neat as well...
__________________ with my one last gaping breath id apologise for bleeding on your shirt... | |
| | | Thread Tools | Search this Thread | | | | | Display Modes |  Linear Mode | 
Posting Rules
| You may not post new threads You may not post replies You may not post attachments You may not edit your posts
HTML code is Off | | | All times are GMT -5. The time now is 05:28 PM. | | |
