Macchi MC 205 Veltro – 照片和视频

照片库的 马奇MC 205维特罗 at The Italian Air Force Museum, The Macchi C.205 (also known as MC.205, “MC” standing for “Macchi Castoldi”) Veltro (Italian: Greyhound) was an Italian World War II fighter aircraft built by the Aeronautica Macchi. Along with the Reggiane Re.2005 and Fiat G.55, the Macchi C.205 was one of the three “Serie 5” Italian fighters built around the powerful Daimler-Benz DB 605 engine. The C.205 was a development of the earlier C.202 Folgore. With a top speed of some 640 km/h (400 mph) and equipped with a pair of 20 mm cannon as well as 12.7 mm Breda machine guns, the Macchi C.205 Veltro was highly respected by Allied and Axis pilots alike. Widely regarded as the best Italian aircraft of World War II, in action it proved to be extremely effective, destroying a large number of Allied bombers and capable of successfully clashing on equal terms with fighters such as the North American P-51D Mustang, a capability which encouraged the Luftwaffe to use a number of these aircraft to equip one Gruppe.

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Macchi MC 205 Veltro是由意大利Aeronautica Macchi开发和制造的第二次世界大战战斗机。它是早期MC 202 Folgore的发展，具有更强大的发动机和改进的空气动力学。MC 205是战争中最好的意大利战斗机之一，能够与喷火战斗机和P-51野马等盟军飞机的性能相媲美。它主要由Regia Aeronautica（意大利空军）使用，但也由德国空军和Aeronautica Nazionale Repubbclicana（意大利社会共和国空军）使用。MC 205在包括北非，西西里岛，意大利和巴尔干半岛在内的各个战线上都有行动。它以快速，敏捷和可靠而闻名，并被飞行员昵称为“Veltro”（灰狗）。MC 205在战后还出口到一些国家，如埃及和阿根廷。