| Savoia Marchetti SM.82 Canguro |
First flown in 1938, the Canguru was a scaled up version of the SM.75 with a comparatively longer and deeper fuselage
and had a fuselage of fabric-covered welded steel tube construction and flying surfaces that were of plywood covered
wooden construction with the exception of the fabric covered metal control surfaces.
Production totaled about 400 aircraft and these were used mainly as transports during Italy’s participation in World War
II. About 80 survived the Italian armistice in 9/43 with 50 surviving with the Italian Fascist side and 30 with the
co-belligerent side. 30 remained in service after the war in the transport role powered by four 1,350 hp Pratt &
Whitney Twin Wasp radial engines.
Specifications
| Powerplant |
Three 950 hp Alfa Romeo 128 RC.21 radial engines |
| Speed |
186 mph |
| Max Speed |
230 mph |
| Range |
1,864 miles |
| Ceiling |
19,685 feet |
| Crew |
Pilot, co-pilot, radio operator/gunner, bombardier/navigator and 4 gunners |
| Users |
Italy, Germany |
| Armament |
One 12.7mm trainable machine gun in dorsal turret, one 7.7mm trainable machine gun in each of nose, ventral gondola and two beam positions, and up to 8.818 lbs of disposable stores |
Article by JDG
Sources:
Wings: London Blitz to Pearl Harbor cd-rom.
Elke Weale, Combat Aircraft of World War II, Bracken Books, 1985.
Enzo Angelucci, Rand McNally Encyclopedia of Military Aircraft 1914-1980, Military Press, 1983.
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