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本帖最后由 hook7999 于 2009-10-30 20:45 编辑
菲亚特G50箭式战斗机是意大利第一架全金属战斗机。如许多不幸的意大利战斗机一样，G50摆脱不了发动机动力不足和火力贫乏的弱点。G50的设计者是菲亚特公司的Giuseppe Gabrielli，该机采用了当时大量的先进技术，比如可收放起落架和全封闭座舱，然而其星型引擎和贫弱的武备使该机的战斗性能受到质疑。
在1938年，12架G50被派往内战中的西班牙。飞行员发现它是一架易于操控的战斗机，但是不喜欢飞机的顶盖，所以在G50的后继型中，顶盖被去除了。1939年G50正式编入意大利空军和芬兰空军序列。然而，意大利的飞机生产速度较低，当1940年6月意大利参战的时候，仅有97架箭式能够参战。
与德国盟友的Me109系列、英国皇家空军的喷火、飓风相比，G50完全没有竞争优势。事实上，在不列颠空战时，G50的飞行员会尽一切可能去避免直接交战。
G50在希腊和北非表现平平，意大利投降后该机型立刻退役。在芬兰，G50的表现令人吃惊，飞行员几乎将G50的全部价值都压榨出来用以对付强大的苏联空军。作为芬兰的一线战斗机，G50一直服役到1947年。
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The Fiat G50 Freccia was Italy’s first all-metal monoplane fighter. As was the unfortunate case with many Italian fighters, it was underpowered and under-gunned. Designed by Giuseppe Gabrielli of the Fiat Company, it was a modern enough machine, with features like retractable landing gear and an enclosed cockpit, however, it had a radial engine and limited weaponry which made its usefulness questionable.
In 1938, twelve G50 were sent to fight in the Spanish Civil War. Pilots found it to be a maneuverable aircraft but disliked the canopy and so it was removed in successive models. The G 50 went into regular service with the Italian Regia Aeronautica as well as the Finnish air force in 1939. Italian production was slow however, and by the time Italy entered the war in June of 1940 only 97 Freccia – or Arrows – were combat ready.
When compared to the Me 109s of their German allies or the Spitfires and Hurricanes of the RAF, the Fiat G50 Freccia was not a competitor. In fact, when they were deployed in the Battle of Britain it was common for pilots of G50s to avoid direct combat whenever possible.
Strangely, the Fiat G50 Freccia design was kept and some improvements added – a larger fuel tank, re-designed tail and attachable bomb-rack – for a new version called the G 50 Bis. Ground-attack became a feature but the overall performance of the plane was not changed in a serious way.
Freccias were used to mediocre effect in campaigns over Greece and North Africa and were decommissioned almost immediately after Italy surrendered. Finland, surprisingly, was able to squeeze value out of the G 50, using it to good effect against the Soviets. It remained in front-line service until 1947. |
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