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Breda Ba.64

1937 WORLD WAR 2

History

Bredaba. The 64 was a short-lived ground attack platform primarily used by Royal Alitalia in the pre and early World War II period (1939-1945). Developed from the start as a multirole fighter-bomber, the series was used exclusively as a ground attack airframe throughout its career. This type is used in very small quantities, with a total production of only more than 40 units.

Despite entering service in 1937, the Ba. The 64 was finally officially abandoned in 1939 - although it lasted for a while until Italy finally collapsed in 1943.

In 1933, Regia Aeronautica (Italian Air Force) presented a new multi-role monoplane. Breda then developed her ba. 64 platforms this specification is based on their previous Ba. 27 single-seat monoplane (itself debuted in 1933). Bachelor's degree.

The 27 had a tubular steel base, metal-coated body, wooden wings and wooden tail. To keep up with the times, the pilot sits in an open-air cockpita perfect fit in the designand the engine drives a three-bladed propeller arrangement.

Only fourteen of this type were delivered (out of eighteen originally ordered) and, although delivered by the Italian Air Force, out of a total of two were delivered by the Chinese Kuomintang Air Force.

Has experience developing Ba. 27 Breda designed the ??Ba. The 64 was a similar low-wing monoplane, with the engines driving a similar three-blade propeller arrangement, and the cockpit was in the front as before in the design. To meet the extensive needs of Regia Aeronautica, Breda developed two different prototype forms - a single-seat fighter and a slightly improved two-seat bomber form with an extended cockpit area, both designed to accommodate machine gun weapons , the latter finish delivering bombs.

The powerplant of choice became a British-bred 700 hp Bristol Pegasus, mounted in the front cabin. Design work continued from 1933 to 1934.

The first prototype was completed in 1934 and flew for the first time that year. The evaluation turned out to be a hopeless design - often too weak and not too fast. Despite the demonstration, the Italian government ordered a single-seat fighter of this type to be put into production. After several examples of this type appeared, it was decided to create a hybrid version of the two Breda prototypes - the kit would contain the landing gear of the fighter prototype and the two-seater cockpit of the bomber prototype.

All production forms feature a locally produced Alfa Romeo 125C radial piston engine rated at 650 hp. These engines were actually developed from the British Bristol Pegasus, which later powered several Italian aircraft designs of the time.

All previous single-seat bombers were eventually standardized as two-seat bombers. Production began in 1935 and continued until 1936, by which time only 42 examples had been completed. Bredaba. The 64 officially entered service with the Royal Air Force in 1937.

Sitting side by side with her two crew members under a heavy framed cockpit, Ba. The fuselage of the 64 has a fuselage length of 31.8 feet and a wingspan of nearly 40 feet. The system has a maximum launch weight of 6,690 pounds and can carry about 1,200 pounds of bombs at high altitude. A pair of medium-range 12.7mm Breda SAFAT heavy machine guns and as many as three 7.7mm Breda SAFAT machine guns reinforce offense and defense - one of which is located in the rear cockpit to protect the vulnerable "six" to protect the aircraft.

Power is provided by a single Alfa Romeo 125 RC. The Series 35 radial piston engine is rated at 650 hp, has a top speed of 217 mph, a maximum range of 560 miles, and a service ceiling of up to 23,000 feet. Bachelor's degree.

The 64 was more or less comparable to the Luftwaffe's Junkers Ju 87 "Stuka" in form and function, although in the early days of the war the German development was much more successful than the Italian Ba. 64, of which more than 6,500 were produced after they entered service in 1936.

ba from the beginning. Compared to its contemporaries elsewhere in the world, the 64 proved to be an outdated and outdated design scheme. The type still proved slow and heavy in control, and few aircraft would be recommended for true frontline use - its combat capabilities were eventually abandoned in favor of traditional bomber-oriented ground-to-ground attack character. Airframes are difficult to fly and require skilled, calm hands to control - green pilots are known to be permanently wiped out by accidents etc. So Ba.

Already limited by its low production, the 64 had a short front-line life in the Italian Air Force and was later upgraded to the improved Bredaba. 65 A low-wing monoplane of similar concept that debuted in 1936 and showed more of its own power. 218 of this type were eventually produced. This leaves the existing Ba.

At 64, she spent the rest of her supporting actress life miserable. It attracted little foreign interest and was officially decommissioned by Regia Aeronautica in 1939. Still, the Italian Air Force is in short supply of much-needed planes, leaving some Pakistani. Until 1943, there were still 64 mounts in circulation.

In September of the same year, Italy, an enemy of the Axis powers, surrendered.

Beyond Italy's Regia Aeronautica, Ba. The 64 is known to have served in Spain, the Soviet Union and Uruguay. An example was used in the ensuing battle, the Spanish Civil War, with the Nationalist army. The Soviet Union began to receive copies for export in 1938, although these also had a rather short lifespan.

In general, Ba. The 64 wasn't a real success on any level, and it was surpassed almost immediately after its launch due to the changing design, technology and construction methods of the time - and Alitalia's visionary compared to the end of the world.