Breda Ba.46.

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Breda Ba.46.

History.

The Breda Ba.46 was an Italian three-engine transport bomber, developed from a similar but less powerful (Ba.32) civilian transport. The Ba.32 was designed in the early 1930s as a transport aircraft, given Breda’s intention to enter the civil transport market. The aircraft flew with good results in 1931, however the Regia Aeronautica was not interested in the project and did not order any examples. It was therefore decided to modify the project to make it capable of carrying out transport but also bombing in colonial police duties. In 1934 the first and only example of Breda Ba.46 made its first flight demonstrating its good flight characteristics combined with its decent armament. Unfortunately for him, aeronautical interest was turning towards disposable bombers with retractable landing gear, so the plane was rejected again by the Regia Aeronautica and shortly afterwards the model was destroyed by the manufacturing company after having recovered the salvageable parts.

Armaments and propulsion.

The plane was powered by three Alfa Romeo 125 RC.35 engines with 650 hp each. The engines were a licensed copy of the English Bristol Pegasus and Jupiter engines, and could take the aircraft up to a maximum speed of 315 km/h.
As an armament, the aircraft could be armed with 3 Breda-SAFAT 7.7 mm caliber machine guns and two more mounted above the aircraft (or a single Breda-SAFAT 12.7 caliber placed above the aircraft.). As a war load, the aircraft could carry up to 2,000 kg of bombs.

Specifications.

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Crew: 6
Wingspan: 30 m
Length: 16,75 m
Height: 4,153 m
Wing surface area: 104 m²
Maximum weight: 9.280 kg
Engines: 3x Alfa Romeo 125 RC.35 (650 hp each)
Maximum speed: 315 km/h
Tangency: 7.730 m
Armament: 5x 7,7 mm Breda-SAFAT/3x 7,7 mm Breda-SAFAT and 1x 12,7 mm Breda-SAFAT and up to 2.000 kg of bombs

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