22.03.2008, 17:18
and last but not least... for all the 1946 fans:
Fiat G.56
http://www.airwar.ru/enc/fww2/g56.html
![[Image: g56-1.jpg]](http://www.airwar.ru/image/idop/fww2/g56/g56-1.jpg)
![[Image: g56-i.jpg]](http://www.airwar.ru/image/i/fww2/g56-i.jpg)
![[Image: g56-3.jpg]](http://www.airwar.ru/image/idop/fww2/g56/g56-3.jpg)
![[Image: g56-c1.jpg]](http://www.airwar.ru/image/idop/fww2/g56/g56-c1.jpg)
he Fiat G.56 was basically a Fiat G.55 with a German Daimler-Benz DB 603 engine. Two prototypes were built, flight tests starting in March 1944.[5] Maximum speed was 685 km/h (426 mph} and the aircraft was armed with three German Mauser MG 151/20 20 mm cannons, one firing through the propeller hub, the other two installed in the wings.[7] While performance was excellent, the aircraft proving superior to the Bf 109K and Fw 190D in testing, production was not allowed by the German authorities.[5]
Fiat G.56
http://www.airwar.ru/enc/fww2/g56.html
he Fiat G.56 was basically a Fiat G.55 with a German Daimler-Benz DB 603 engine. Two prototypes were built, flight tests starting in March 1944.[5] Maximum speed was 685 km/h (426 mph} and the aircraft was armed with three German Mauser MG 151/20 20 mm cannons, one firing through the propeller hub, the other two installed in the wings.[7] While performance was excellent, the aircraft proving superior to the Bf 109K and Fw 190D in testing, production was not allowed by the German authorities.[5]