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Breda CC.20

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Top speed
  
185 km/h

First flight
  
1929

Wingspan
  
42 m

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Manufacturer
  
Società Italiana Ernesto Breda

The Breda CC.20 was an Italian heavy bomber prototype of 1929 designed and built by the Breda company.

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Design and development

Ing Arturo Crocco and Ing Julio Constance designed the CC.20 -- "CC" for the surnames of the two engineers—which was Breda's first monoplane bomber. It was a seven-seat trimotor mid-wing monoplane powered by three 373-kilowatt (500-horsepower) Isotta-Fraschini Asso ("Ace") engines. It had a powerful defensive armament of one 25-millimeter cannon and seven 7.7-millimeter (0.303-inch) machine guns.

The CC.20 prototype first flew in 1929. Test flights showed it to be very slow and to have a short range, and Breda abandoned the project.

Operators

 Kingdom of Italy

Specifications

General characteristics

  • Crew: 7
  • Wingspan: 42 m (137 ft 10 in)
  • Empty weight: 7,700 kg (16,976 lb)
  • Gross weight: 12,000 kg (26,455 lb)
  • Powerplant: 3 × Isotta-Fraschini Asso V-12 liquid-cooled piston engines, 373 kW (500 hp) each

    • Performance

  • Maximum speed: 185 km/h (115 mph; 100 kn)
  • Cruise speed: 155 km/h (96 mph; 84 kn)

    • Armament

  • 1 x 25-millimeter cannon
  • 7 x 7.7-millimeter (0.303-inch) machine guns

    • References

    Breda CC.20 Wikipedia
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