Airfix 1/72 Savoia-Marchetti SM79

Italian Torpedo and Medium Bomber

Ref No : AX04007

Brand new, sealed and unbuilt.

Fantastic kit of the Italian Savoia-Marchetti SM79 which is very well moulded and fits together without any troubles.

The Savoia-Marchetti SM79 'Sparviero' (Sparrowhawk) was an Italian bomber originally designed as a passenger transport. It was introduced in 1936 and first saw service during the Spanish Civil War.

The SM79 had three engines, a distinctive hump in the fuselage and was constructed from welded steel tubes, plywood and fabric. This made the SM79 ideally suited as a torpedo bomber with its construction allowing downed aircraft top stay afloat for long enough for the crew to escape.

The SM79 was armed with 5 machine guns including three 12.7mm although no turrets were ever fitted. It could carry a payload of two 500kg, five 250kg, twelve 100kg or 50kg bombs. Torpedoes and large bomb sizes were carried externally. It was crewed by either 5 or 6 men.

SM79s served in all theatres of Italian conflict in WWII although they were most prominent in their torpedo role in the Mediterranean between 1940 and 1942.

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