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History
In 1940 the High Command of the Regia Aeronautica began to like the German DB 601 engine, and therefore it was decided to have it produced under license by some Italian company so that it could later be mounted on some aircraft. In 1941 Fiat decided to try using a DB 601 engine on an “old” Fiat G.50 fighter to improve its performance and make it more competitive. Thus was born the fighter known as the Fiat G.50 V (Veloce) or more rarely called the Fiat G.51. The vehicle was over one hundred kilometers per hour faster (580 km/h) than the normal G.50, but the G.55 fighter had recently made its appearance and broke every record that the G.50 V could make, so the vehicle was shelved.
Armament and propulsion
The aircraft’s armament had remained almost unchanged, in fact the vehicle had the usual two 12.7 mm Breda-SAFAT machine guns mounted on the nose. Perhaps there was a slight reduction in the number of ammunition carried by the vehicle, but there is not much certainty.
The aircraft was equipped with a Daimler-Benz DB 601 engine which could deliver a power of 1175 CV, which would have allowed the aircraft to reach a maximum speed of 580 km/h. On the other hand, the engine had problems related to cooling.
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Sources.
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https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fiat_G.50#Versioni
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fiat_G.50_Freccia#Variants
https://www.secretprojects.co.uk/threads/db-601-powered-fiat-g-50.22333/
https://www.valka.cz/topic/view/72063/Fiat-G-50V
https://mab.forumfree.it/?t=73934912
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fiat_G.50_Freccia#Variants