Fiat CR.32 ( Italian: Fiat CR.32 ) - a single-seat all-metal fighter - a biplane , the most massive Regia Aeronautica fighter on the date of Italy's entry into World War II . The aircraft was developed at the Fiat Design Bureau under the leadership of Celestino Rosatelli . Serial production was conducted from February 1935 to autumn 1939 at the Fiat plant in Turin . In total, 1212 copies were produced in Italy. The aircraft was produced under license by the Spanish company “Spanish-Suiza” under the name Ispano Ha-132L Chirri ( Spanish. Hispano Ha 132L Chirri ). In Spain, 100 fighters were made.
| CR.32 | |
|---|---|
 Fiat CR.32 | |
| Type of | fighter |
| Developer |  Fiat |
| Manufacturer | Fiat Aviazione Plant ( Turin ) “ Spanish-Suiza ” ( Tablad , Spain ) |
| Chief Designer | C. Rosatelli |
| First flight | April 28, 1933 |
| Start of operation | March 1935 |
| End of operation | 1957 ( Spain ) |
| Status | decommissioned |
| Operators |  Regia aeronautica  Spanish Air Force  Magyar Királyi Honvéd Légierő  Air Force of the Republic of China |
| Years of production | February 1935 - Autumn 1939 |
| Units produced | 1 312 |
| Options | Fiat CR.42 |
For the first time, fighters were used during the Spanish Civil War in August 1936. The Italian Air Force fighters were used from the summer of 1940 in North Africa, in 1940 in Greece, and until April 1941 they participated in battles in East Africa. CR.32 was discontinued in Italy in January 1941.
Content
Performance Specifications
The following specifications correspond to the modification of CR.32ter :
Specifications
- Crew : 1 person
- Length : 7.45 m
- Wing span:
- top: 9.5 m
- lower: 6.145 m
- Height : 2,632 m
- Wing area: 22,12 m²
- Empty weight: 1 455 kg
- Normal take-off weight: 1,914 kg
- Engines: 1 × Fiat A.30 RA
- Power : 1 × 600 liters. with. (445 kW)
Flight performance
- Maximum speed :
- at altitude: 354 km / h
- by the ground: 331 km / h
- Cruising speed : 335 km / h
- Practical range: 780 km
- Practical ceiling : 7,700 m
- Rate of climb : 10.5 m / s
- Wing load: 86.5 kg / m²
- Dead weight : 232 W / kg
Armament
- Machine gun: 2 × 12.7 mm machine gun Breda-SAFAT
- Bomb load: up to 100 kg of bombs
Operation and combat use
- Kingdom of Italy - adopted by the Italian Air Force in March 1935 [1]
- Austria - 45 pcs. CR.32bis purchased in Italy [1]
- Hungary - adopted by the Hungarian Air Force in October 1935, a total of 50 aircraft were purchased in Italy [1]
- Francoist Spain - the first aircraft arrived in 1936, were used until 1957 [1]
- The Third Reich - after the Anschluss of Austria in 1938, all Austrian CR.32bis came into the possession of the Luftwaffe and were used as training machines [1]
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 3 4 5 A.I. Kharuk. "Falcons" Mussolini. Italian fighters of the Second World War. M., Yauza, EKSMO, 2012. p. 11
See also
- Analogs
- I-15
- Heinkel he 51
Literature
- Kharuk A.I. Fighters of the Second World War. The most complete encyclopedia. - M .: Yauza, EKSMO, 2012 .-- 368 p. - 1,500 copies - ISBN 978-5-699-58917-3 .
- Kharuk A.I. "Falcons" Mussolini. Italian fighters of the Second World War. - M .: Yauza, EKSMO, 2012 .-- 128 p. - 1,500 copies - ISBN 978-5-699-55292-4 .