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Old 03-31-08, 10:33 AM   #80
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Aye, the MC.202 had really bad armament.

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The Macchi C.202 Folgore (Italian "thunderbolt") was a World War II fighter aircraft, built by Macchi Aeronautica and operated by the Regia Aeronautica (RA; Italian air force). The C.202 was a development of the earlier C.200 Saetta, with a more powerful German Daimler-Benz DB 601 engine.
Considered one of the most beautiful fighters to fly with wartime Axis forces,[1] the Folgore was also an effective and deadly dogfighter.[1][2] A prominent Allied foe of the C.202, the leading Australian air ace Clive Caldwell, said that the Folgore would have been superior to the Messerschmitt Bf 109, had it been better equipped with weapons;[3] the C.202 was lightly-armed by the standards of the time, with only two 12.7 mm and two 7.7 mm machine guns.
Macchi aircraft were sometimes known by the name Macchi-Castoldi. Hence the Folgore is occasionally referred to as the MC.202.
the MC.205 had a MG 151 20 mm Cannon, should try that one for a spin


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