The Racing Plane That Became Italy's Best Bomber | Savoia-Marchetti SM.79

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  @mpersad · 1 year ago

  A proper, balanced, assessment of the &nbsp;Italian armed forces in WW2 is well overdue. Youtube history channels like yours, and Drachinifel, are doing this. A terrific video, and important.

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  @legoeasycompany · 1 year ago

  An hour on the most famous Italian Tri-Motor? Why thanks for this gift in the middle of the week

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  @mojom.9221 · 1 year ago (edited)

  The good SM.79 I always thought the Plane was &nbsp;Aesthetically Pleasing.<br>The Humpback and Three Motors Design is so unique and Iconic.

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  @Bob-b7x6v · 1 year ago (edited)

  It&apos;s amazing that Sparvieri could fly under the arcs of anti-aircraft cruisers&apos; and destroyers&apos; guns and slam torpedoes into them at point-blank range without blowing themselves up.

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  @ralfklonowski3740 · 1 year ago

  &quot;Started Out as a fast passenger plane, but was adopted as a bomber.&quot; For a German like me, this rings a bell.

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  @dayros2023 · 1 year ago

  I saw this magnificent plane and most of Italy’s WW2 planes from up close a few months ago in the Italian Air Force Museum at Lake Bracciano, near Rome. A beautiful aircraft, with an unmistakable design.

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  @uingaeoc3905 · 1 year ago

  My Dad was torpedoed by a SM79 which he said the pilot was mad to fly through the AAA he put up against it.

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  @jfu5222 · 1 year ago

  Okay, I&apos;m usually a contrarian, but I&apos;ll go along with the SM.79 being the coolest Italian airplane of all time.

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  @jameslawrie3807 · 1 year ago

  Things never mentioned about the Italian armed forces in WW2:<br>- Italy was in a state of near civil war since the 1920s. Frequently infantry were ideological enemies of their commanders. Italy&apos;s participation in The Spanish Civil War was especially unpopular and that resentment never went away. This meant no one wanted to help make new war machines.<br>- Mussolini asked Hitler for time to rebuild his military before opening hostilities on the other powers, Hitler agreed to this and then attacked them anyway.<br>- Some Italian ground forces were considered among the best infantry of the war.

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  @TLTeo · 1 year ago

  Fun Green Mice fact! To this day the Italian Air Force 51st fighter squadron&apos;s logo is a mice jumping on 3 green mice. That is because the 51st squadron was the first to convert from biplanes to monoplanes; supposedly, one of the pilots commented after realizing that his plane could finally intercept his colleagues&apos; bombers (who got all the attention in propaganda reels) &quot;finally we got a cat to catch those goddman mice!&quot;.

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  @rogerjohnson6676 · 1 year ago

  It was old and definitely out of date, but there’s something beautiful about it.

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