Fiat CR.32

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Fiat CR.32
Fiat CR.32
Type: Fighter plane
Design country:

Italy 1861Kingdom of Italy (1861-1946) Italy

Manufacturer:

Fiat

First flight:

April 28, 1933

Production time:

1933 - March 1939

Number of pieces:

1052

The Fiat CR.32 was an Italian biplane - fighter of the 1,933th

history

The first flight of the CR.32 took place on April 28, 1933. The CR.32 subsequently became the Regia Aeronautica's standard fighter aircraft . In the Spanish Civil War it flew on the side of Francisco Franco's nationalists . It was often superior to the Republican hunters, with the exception of the I-16 Polikarpov . The Fiat CR.32 was exported to many countries. The successor model was the Fiat CR.42 .

construction

The main feature was the shorter lower wings, so strictly speaking the machine was a one -and- a -half-decker .

Fiat CR32 of the X Gruppo "Baleari"

commitment

A Fiat CR32 in the Museo del Aire in Madrid

The CR.32 was used in the Spanish Civil War (1936-1939), the Slovak-Hungarian War and World War II . From 1934 to 1939 it was the most widely used aircraft in the Italian Air Force . It was very popular with pilots because of its maneuverability. At the beginning of the Second World War, however, it was already out of date for use at the front. From 1942 it was used for night missions or as a training aircraft, as it had no chance against modern fighters.

variants

Three-sided tear

CR.30

  • 2 × Breda-SAFAT machine guns caliber 12.7 mm or 7.7 mm
  • 600 HP (447 kW) Fiat A.30 V-12 water-cooled engine

CR.32

  • 2 × machine guns caliber 12.7 mm or caliber 7.7 mm
  • delivered to the Italian Air Force from March 1934 to February 1936
  • 600 hp (447 kW) Fiat A.30 RAbis engine

CR.32bis

  • 2 × machine guns caliber 7.7 mm and 2 × caliber 12.7 mm
  • 100 kg bomb load: 1 × 100 kg or 2 × 50 kg

CR.32ter

  • Retreaded CR.32bis with many improved properties

CR.32quater

  • completely redesigned CR.32ter (reduced weight, radio)
  • 337 produced for the Italian Air Force
  • Top speed: 356 km / h at 3,000 m

HA-132L

  • Spanish version, was in use until 1953

Military users

Luftwaffe , former Austrian aircraft
Aeronautica Regia
Federal Army : After the Anschluss they were taken over by the German Air Force .

Technical specifications

Parameter Data
crew 1
length 9.50 m
span 9.50 m
height 2.63 m
Wing area 22.10 m²
Empty mass 1325 kg
Max. Takeoff mass 1850 kg
Top speed 375 km / h
Service ceiling 8800 m
Climb rate at 6000 m 9 m / s
Range 781 km
Engines a Fiat A.30 RAbis engine with 600 HP (approx. 440 kW)
Armament 2 × 7.7 mm or 12.7 mm Breda-SAFAT machine guns

100 kg bombs under the wings

Received aircraft

An aircraft is on display in the Italian Aviation Museum Vigna di Valle . An airplane is exhibited in the Museo del Aire in Madrid.

See also

literature

Web links

Commons : Fiat CR.32  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Haubner, F. The aircraft of the Austrian Air Force before 1938. Graz, Austria: H. Weishaupt Verlag, 1982.
  2. ^ Aeronautica Militare: Museo Storico di Vigna di Valle. In: Hispano HA-132-L (Fiat CR-32). Ministero della Difesa, accessed January 25, 2011 (Italian).