Editing Fascist Italian Equipment (section)

===Airplanes===
[[File:Fiat CR.42 Falco.jpg|300px|thumb|right|]]

*'''''Fiat CR.42 Falco''''': Before the start of the war biplanes were on their final days, though this doesn’t mean they weren’t still desirable. Comparing the performance of the G.50 and the CR.32 in Spain, Fiat decided that instead of trying to compete with England and Germany over who had the best monoplane (which would take them a few years), they'd just take the same construction techniques and apply them to an older, proven design.  The result was an inexpensive and easily produced second-line airplane that sold very well to the poorer fascist-leaning countries.  Although it lacked the speed to threaten even the Hurricane, the RAF quickly learned the Falco was far from defenseless as it could turn and roll harder than anything the allies brought to the party.  As the war progressed the CR.42 was increasingly pressed into the close support role, usually carrying two or four .50 cal Bredas and up to 500 pounds worth of bombs.  

[[File:Fiat G.50 Freccia.jpg|300px|thumb|left|]]

*'''''Fiat G.50 Freccia ''''': One of Italy’s first monoplane designs, it was quite fast and manoeuvrable during its first deployment in the Spanish Civil War though like many Italian fighters they used Breda-SAFAT machine guns which were unreliable, jammed often, low velocity and low rate of fire. It did have good range so…You know…I guess it has that. Once the war started though they were vastly outclassed by the British fighters they were often sent against.

[[File:Macchi C.202 Folgore.jpg|300px|thumb|right|]]

*'''''Macchi C.202 Folgore''''': The mainstay fighter of the Italian airforce, this monoplane kicked ass. Introduced in 1941 it was durable, fast, manoeuvrable and actually mass produced! It even outperformed the Messerschmitt Bf 109 in North Africa and has been credited as a very underrated fighter by many aces on both sides. Despite this though it did have a habit of entering bad spins, had the same shitty machine guns as above and had radios so bad the pilots often had to wiggle their flaps to communicate. Still, as an actual plane it was top notch but those failings as well as the rapid evolution of aircraft at the time led the model to be used for training and garrison after the 1943 Armistice.

[[File:Fiat G.55 Centauro.jpg|300px|thumb|left|]]

*'''''Fiat G.55 Centauro''''': Declared by the Luftwaffe as [[Awesome|the best Axis fighter,]] the Fiat G.55 had many of the same advantages as the C.202 but didn’t have the same mechanical issues, while also FINALLY getting rid of those machine guns for German replacements. While it was built in smaller numbers and mostly used by the RSI it performed incredibly and was one of the few planes they had that could fight at high altitude. 

[[File:Savoia-Marchetti SM.79.jpg|300px|thumb|right|Three is always better then two.]]

*'''''Savoia-Marchetti SM.79''''': Arguably one of Italy’s most well-known military planes, if not downright the most famous of their three engine designs, the SM.79 actually started out as a civilian airliner focusing primarily on speed while also providing a rather sizable hull for passenger transport. Putting the focus on speed over space it was still limited to only eight passengers but in the former regard it was record breaking thanks to its three powerful engines. Many public test flights and races were organized by the Italian government as a propaganda tool and after it became clear they didn’t have to fudge the numbers to come out with a win, discussions on turning the aircraft into a military design were quickly organized. The idea of a medium bomber came naturally with its size and free space, modifying the design to be equipped with four to five machine guns and a bomb bay. On top of that the plane was famously manoeuvrable and easy to control, capable of even doing a loopty-loop! Wasn’t that much of a slouch on durability either…Some had to be sacrificed for the speed but it wasn’t fragile for the time. Sadly, it did come with a couple of issues coming from the original civilian design, mostly in regards to its inability to install turrets and the shape limiting its capacity to hold larger bombs to only a couple (though smaller bombs could be carried in typical quantities). When it saw battle in the Spanish Civil War it was so good at outrunning and outfighting the interceptors it came up against, they weren’t even given escort fighters furthering its reputation. Sadly, while used till the end of the war newer planes quickly caught up with its performance and it was soon brought low by Allied planes.
[[File:CANT_Z506.jpg|300px|thumb|right|A good idea done even better.]]
*'''''CANT Z.506''''': The 506 takes the good idea of the tri-motor SM.79, and does it from the ground up as a military seaplane.  It was ostensibly designed as a mail courier, but its tall central fuselage was ready-made for conversion to torpedo bomber and reconnaissance roles.  The 506 was regarded as the best seaplane of the entire war, being faster than a typical torpedo bomber and with much better handling than flying boats like the catalina. 506's remained in service as sea-rescue planes until the end of the 50's.