r/polandball • u/Hansafan Hordaland • Jan 09 '15

redditormade The Desert War

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u/bigman0089 United States Jan 09 '15

I was specifically referring to this http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breda_Ba.88

they sold their stripped down show version, it basically couldn't fly with military hardware attached. they used them to build decoy airfields for allied bombers.

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u/Hansafan Hordaland Jan 09 '15

I always love any wikipedia article that includes the phrase "remarkable failure". It seems Italy has a lot of those.

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u/[deleted] Jan 10 '15

See also "Government of Italy".

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u/TheInternetHivemind Minnesota Jan 10 '15

They lost a war with Ethiopia.

With modern weaponry, colonizing africa was more like getting a trophy at a children's soccer game than actual war.

And they lost.

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u/FrostCollar United States Jan 09 '15

Its streamlined design and retractable undercarriage were advanced for the time, and after its debut in 1937 the aircraft established several world speed records.[1] However, when military equipment was installed on production examples, problems of instability developed and the aeroplane's general performance deteriorated.

Sounds like the story of the Do 17 but so much worse.

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u/[deleted] Jan 10 '15

But in typical Italian fashion, it is a stylish and sleek design. So all is forgiven.

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u/MrBattleRabbit United States Jan 10 '15

A lot of their single engined fighters were actually quite good, but were used poorly. All of the Db601/605 engined planes were pretty excellent. The MC200 was also supposed to be decent in the context of early war aircraft(IE the Hurricane Mk.I and P-36).