Sm-79b Torpedo Bomber in Action

Italian propaganda newsreel depicts attacks on British shipping near Malta -1941. Also a SM-84 carrying 2 torpedoes is shown briefly. Fiat G-50 fighters in one scene.

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[plummad]

Italian Aircraft, even to this date with the MB339, are so beautiful

[IanHunedoara8]

Beautiful plane indeed with graceful performance and quite formidable too. Would have severely crippled Allied shipping in E Mediterranean if the RAF Beaufighter had not been introduced in time as a land -based interceptor over Malta and approaches. With its nose firing twin cannon a Beau could bloody well destroy anything in front of it. Lets now limit our differences to soccer matches.

[pierix27]

That's right.

Really, British industry was very strong, first that U.S supported it.

Greeting from Italy.

[oldnavy1914]

Italian Navy and Airforce had to much work together.

First of all they had to conquer Malta before attacking to Egypt and Greece.

Salute from Japan

[FeldwebelWolfenstool]

Italians had some quite sophisticated technology in armored vehicles in WW2. They had a 5-speed tank. 1 speed forward, 4 in reverse. You could easily identify italian tanks on the battlefield. They were the only ones with back-up lights.

[pierix27]

@blupampurio You are wrong.

1- I am not bad and ignorant man! History is very big and you can't know all, presumptuous!

2- I did refer to Italian's ships, attacked in sea from British's aircraft carrier, no propaganda.

3- Churchill knew Italy's situation, He sold weapons to all also to Japan! served Americans, that not knew nothing of Hitler's programmes and when they known they were shocked.

Germans knew American geography as their pockets!

This was your war no our.

[blupampurio]

@pierix27 You're a very bad and disinformed/ignorant man! You don't know the real history. Your words are

only "propaganda". Read of SM 79 Groups guided by Capt "CARLO EMANUELE BUSCAGLIA" (search him

on the web) and learn how many HUNDRED TOUSAND TONS of English Ships his Group has putting

under the sea!

[pierix27]

It was propaganda's birth.

Italian Navy said: never engaged to fight but defence to convoys.

Everything was been prepared from Churchill and Mussolini.

[romanbrough]

I read a Royal Navy account which stated that the SM79 in the torpedo bomber role was the only Italian aircraft they were ever concerned about. it was their most effective attack aircraft of the war. Their best weapon were the frogmen, Sank and damaged more than the rest of the Italian Navy put together. (I believe)

[blupampurio]

@academicusprecarius I'm italian and i try to writing english: Search "Gruppo Carlo Emanuele Buscaglia"

or "Carlo Emanuele Buscaglia" this was the Ace and his Group was the most lethal Air Torpedo Bomber

Team of Italy. After the war, here, many "fascist" -BUT HISTORICAL- material was lost and destroyed by the

"freedom" new politicians(slaves of Church-Communist&USA) You can find some footage of "ISTITUTO LUCE" on P2P. They sink over 350.000 tons of enemy ships(war and cargo). Cheers

[academicusprecarius]

I have often heard about the famous Italian torpedo bomber and -boats. However, is there any literature about the Sparviero aces? How much war ships and freigthers did they sink during the war? How much casualties they had, how much enemy planes did they shoot down? Unfortunately I cannot speak italian, thus books in english or german are seldom.

[jp6869]

@bigbadredsox Not true, Italian tanks were crap, but they had some excellent aircraft, and the SM79 was one of the best.