by J.D. Webster
Country: Italy Service Entry Date: February 1942 Class: F
A/C Type: Short Range Fighter-Bomber A/C Crew: Pilot
Engine(s): One Fiat A.74 R1C.38
Eng. Pwr: 740-840HP Radial, Air Cooled, No F.I.
Maximum Speed: 312 MPH at 14,800
Maximum Ceiling: 29,200 / 24,500 / NA Feet
Defense Factor: 5 Size Modifier: +0 Damage Factor: 7 / 11
Endurance: 75 Cockpit View: Good Blind Area: Rear
Protection: Cockpit +1 Fuel +1 Engine +0
Climb Decel / Dive Accel: 3.0/1.0
Weight and Load Limit: 710/2-NA Victory Points: 3 - 6
Wpn. Stations: Weight: Allowed Loads: 1,3 355 Bomb, Fuel tank 2 280 Fuel tank
AIRCRAFT PERFORMANCE CHART
NOTES AND VARIANTS:
Macchi C.200C.B.: Stations 1 and 3 may each carry four 331b. Light bombs,
one larger bomb, or one 229 or 339 drop tank. Station 2 may carry a non
jettisonable 339 ventral tank. (Fuel tank data: 339 weight=280, load=2.0/1.5,
+20 endurance, 229 weight= 220, load= 1.0/1.5, +13 endurance).
Macchi C.200C.B. (4-gun model): Mid-1942 version with two 7.7mm Breda
guns added in wings. Add weapons W1 & W2 and use total firepower after
slash. Reduce all power nos. by 1 (but not less than 1). All else as standard C.B.
Macchi C.200A.S.: Mid-1940 version for African theater. As standard C.B.
cept stations 1 & 3 may not carry bombs and V.P.s = 2 - 6. Early production
"Saettas" (November 1939+): As A.S. model except cockpit prot.= +0 and stations 1 and 3 were not fitted.
Altitude Minimum
SpeedMaximum
SpeedMaximum
Dive SpeedMin
TT (1)Min
HT (1)Min
BT (2)Min
ET (2)Average
Rate of ClimbLevels Band 43+ UH - - - - - - - - 37-42 EH - - - - - - - - 31-36 VH - - - - - - - - 25-30 HI 2.5 5.0 10.0 3.0 5.0 5.5 6.5 900 19-24 MH 2.0 5.5 11.0 3.0 4.5 5.0 6.0 1800 13-18 ML 2.0 6.0 11.5 2.5 4.0 4.5 5.5 2600 7-12 LO 1.5 6.0 11.0 2.5 3.5 4.0 5.0 2800 1-6 VL 1.5 5.5 10.0 2.0 3.0 3.5 4.5 3200
FIRE POWER CHART Guns Type Weapons Ammo Criticals N1 One 12.7mm Breda S. 18 3 N2 One 12.7mm Breda S. 18 3 (W1) One 7.7mm Breda S. 18 4 (W2) One 7.7mm Breda S. 18 4 GUN ATTACK FACTORS Range N1 N2
(W1) (W2) (Total) 0 7
7 5 5 14/24 1 5
5 4 4 10/18 2 4
4 2 3 8/12 3 3
3 1 1 6/8 4 2
2 1 1 4/6 5 1
1 - - 2/4 6 1
1 - - 2/-
POWER VERSUS SPEED CHART Levels Band 1.0-4.5 5.0-7.5 8.0-9.5 10.0+
43+ UH - - - - 37-42 EH - - - - - 31-36 VH - - - - 25-30 HI 3/4 1/2 - - 19-24 MH 5/6 2/3 - - 13-18 ML 6/7 3/4 - - 7-12 LO 7/8 4/5 - - 1-6 VL 7/8 4/5 - - Banking FPs: 1 1 3 5 Side Slip FPs: 2 3 5 7
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