Talk:Re.2001 OR Kai/@comment-26028877-20160727114247/@comment-5046483-20160728002319

Lol calling Italian aviation shitty and then asking for RN aircraft? The Fleet Air Arm had no good (carrier-based) aircraft until the yanks gave us some. Examples: Swordfish, Albacore, Sea Gladiator, Firefly, Barracuda - The only reason Bisko didn't nail the Swordfishes that crippled her was because her AA director wasn't designed to track aircraft that flew that slowly, Albacores were obsolete before they were ever deployed, Sea Gladiator was just a navalised Gladiator which were, again, obsolete by the time they were actually used, the Firefly was too damned heavy to be an effective fighter (why the hell did a fighter need a bloody observer?) and the Barracuda was introduced after we had obtained Avengers which were superior in every way. Even the Seafire was outdone by the Corsair (you're welcome btw USN, tell us if you need us to fix anymore of your carrier based aircraft ^^) with its heavier armament and general toughness.

The Italians may have had some odd designs but in general they were quite decent aircraft when compared to what we fielded prior to 1943.