[Italy 1938] Fiat G-50

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The G.50 was not a success story. Designed by Giuseppe Gabrielli, it started showing its tendency to spin even from the test flight of the prototype in 1937. It was first used for a few weeks in Spain towards the end of the Civil War and then in France, Belgium, Albania, Greece, Croatia, Libya etc. In some of these places the G.50 proved inadequate mainly due to its very limited range. It was generally outclassed considerably by the Hawker Hurricane and had some successes only when the Italians were wise enough to avoid facing enemy fighters. However, the Finns did have considerable success with it against the USSR during the Continuation War (`41-`44). The card refers to the Italian G-50.

The G-50 has decent manoeuvrability, but inadequate armament.

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