Italeri 2670 - 1/48 Re. 2002 Ariete Prm Edition WWII   [IT-2670S]

Period: Second World War

Nation: Italy

Model Dim.: 17 cm

RE.2002 ARIETE

The Reggiane 2002 was developed for the Italian Air Force as a fighter-bomber, as another growth of the fighter RE 2000. This aircraft had been equipped with a far more powerful motor and increased armaments: two weapons in the wings had been added to the 2 regarding nose. Additionally the “Ariete”, as the RE 2002 ended up being called, had an excellent storage ability, able to carry bombs as hefty as 500 kg. The squadrons designed with this aircraft saw a good deal of action from the Allied fleet invading Sicily in 1943. After the Italian surrender in September of this same year, the surviving aircrafts had been used by the Luftwaffe, which produced unique variation with about 200 copies.