Piaggio P.16
The Piaggio P.16 was an Italian heavy bomber designed and built by Piaggio for the Regia Aeronautica (Italian Royal Air Force).
Design and development
The P.16 was a three-engine shoulder-wing monoplane of mostly metal construction, with inverted gull wings.[1] Its wing was thick and semi-elliptical, and its tail was mounted high on the fuselage. It had retractable main landing gear and a spatted, non-retractable tailwheel.[1] In addition to bombs, its armament consisted of four 7.62-millimeter (0.3-inch) machine guns, of which two were mounted in the leading edge of the wing, one in a retractable dorsal turret, and one in the rear of the fuselage beneath the tail.[1] The bombardier (bomb-aimer) manned a compartment set behind the nose engine on the underside of the fuselage.
Operational history
The P.16 first flew in November 1934,[1] and an order for 12 aircraft was placed and then cancelled,[1] with preference given to the Piaggio P.32, which was produced from 1936 to 1939.[1]
Operators
Specifications
Data from Italian Civil and Military aircraft 1930–1945 [2]
General characteristics
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Armament
- Guns:
- 2 x fixed 7.62 mm (0.300 in) Breda-SAFAT machine guns in wing leading edge
- 1 x flexible7.62 mm (0.300 in) machine gun in dorsal turret
- 1 x flexible 7.62 mm (0.300 in) machine gun in rear underside of fuselage
- Bombs: 1,000 kg (2,205 lb)
References
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- ^ a b c d e f Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Pearce, William (29 November 2015). "Piaggio P.16 Bomber". oldmachinepress.com. Retrieved 9 May 2016.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Thompson, Jonathan W. (1963). Italian Civil and Military aircraft 1930–1945 (1st ed.). New York: Aero Publishers Inc. pp. 219–220. ISBN 0-8168-6500-0.
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External links
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