Italian carrier line (Carriers with S.A.P bombs)

[kriegerfaust]

https://naval-encyclopedia.com/ww2/italy/aircraft-carrier-aquila.php

https://naval-encyclopedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Bonfiglietti-Carrier2.jpg

https://naval-encyclopedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Bonfiglietti-Variant-A.jpg

https://naval-encyclopedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Bonfiglietti-Variant-B.jpg

https://naval-encyclopedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Bonfiglietti-variant-C.jpg

https://naval-encyclopedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Bonfiglietti-Variant-D.jpg

 

 

Edited January 18 by kriegerfaust

[Wolfswetpaws]

1 hour ago, kriegerfaust said:

Italian carrier line
https://naval-encyclopedia.com/ww2/italy/aircraft-carrier-aquila.php

<snipped for brevity>

We already have the VIII Aquila  in-game.

  

Edited January 17 by Wolfswetpaws

[kriegerfaust]

which is why i did not include the one, one design that became the Aquila, also there are several designs unrelated to the Aquila, including the Sparviero

and of course, as if the game has never taken several designs from the same design project

BATTLESHIPS & KNIGH

RN Impero battleship to aircraft carrier conversion study, 1/200 mode

Posted on November 5, 2015 by stefsap

This was classified for a long time as a study for the RN Aquila. Recent studies have shown a striking similarity to a Roma battleship class hull. With any probability it is a study to convert the still to be completed (at the time) battleship to a fleet carrier.

NOTE: this is not the final AC design studied in the forthcoming book.

The model is preserved at Museo storico navale di Venezia. Full info about the RN Impero here.

   

Edited January 17 by kriegerfaust

[Nevermore135]

I’d love to read and comment on an Italian CV line proposal. Unfortunately, this thread appears to be mis-titled, as it is instead just a historical information dump/directory.

Edited January 17 by Nevermore135

[kriegerfaust]

well what would you like included in a Italian carrier line proposal

[Nevermore135]

1 hour ago, kriegerfaust said:

well what would you like included in a Italian carrier line proposal

What ships would be included at what tier and why? What would be their characteristics? How would they be distinguished from other ships already in the game? Etc.

All you’ve done here is throw up a bunch of links containing historical information, without any effort to tie it into the game. This thread isn’t about an “Italian carrier line” in WoWs, and as it stands what you posted would be better posted in the “Historical Content” section of this site. If you want to facilitate conversation, you should contribute your own ideas to the discussion.

Edited January 18 by Nevermore135

[kriegerfaust]

Giuseppe Miraglia (Langley Style carrier conversion) -----Tier 4-----
Class and type    seaplane carrier
Displacement    
5,400 tonnes normal
5,913 tonnes full
Length    121.22 m
Beam    14.99 m
Draught    5.82 m
Propulsion    2 Parsons steam turbines with 8 Yarrow boilers, 2 shafts, 16,700 shp
Speed    21 knots (39 km/h)
Complement    
16 Officers
40 NCOs
240 Ratings
Armament    
4 × 102mm/35 guns
12 × 13.2mm MGs
Armour    
belt 70mm
deck 80mm
Aircraft carried    17 seaplanes
Aviation facilities    2 catapults

sparviero    -----Tier 6-----
General characteristics
Type    Aircraft carrier
Displacement    30418 tons
Length    232.5 m (762 ft 10 in)
Beam    29.4 m (96 ft 5 in)
Draught    7.39 m (24 ft 3 in)
Installed power    28,000 horsepower (21,000 kW)
Propulsion    diesels
Speed    20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph)
Capacity    1,420 men (including 107 officers)
Armament    
8 × 135/45 mm
12 × 65/64 mm
22 machine guns 20/65 mm
Armour    
70 mm (vertical)
80 mm (horizontal)
Aircraft carried    
46 aircraft:
34 or 16 fighters
9 torpedo bombers

Caracciolo (Francesco Caracciolo-class battleship)
Type    Super-dreadnought battleship
Displacement    34,000 t (33,000 long tons) (full load)
Length    212 m (696 ft) (loa)
Beam    29.6 m (97 ft 1 in)
Draft    9.5 m (31 ft 2 in)
Installed power    
20 × Yarrow boilers
105,000 shp (78,000 kW)
Propulsion    4 × shafts; 4 × steam turbines
Speed    28 knots (52 km/h; 32 mph)
Range    8,000 nmi (15,000 km; 9,200 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph)
Armament    
4 × twin 381 mm (15 in) guns
12 × single 152 mm (6 in) guns
8 × single 102 mm (4 in) guns
12 × single 40 mm (1.6 in) guns
8 × 450 or 533 mm (17.7 or 21.0 in) torpedo tubes
Armor    
Belt: 303 mm (11.9 in)
Turrets: 400 mm (15.7 in)
Conning tower: 400 mm (15.7 in)
Deck: 50 mm (2 in)

Work resumed on Francesco Caracciolo in October 1919, but she was not to be completed.[3] That year, the Regia Marina considered converting the ship into a flush-decked aircraft carrier similar to the British HMS Argus.[15] The poor economic situation in Italy in the aftermath of World War I and the heavy expenses of the Italian pacification campaigns in Libya forced severe reductions in the naval budget.[16] As a result, a modern carrier conversion could not be completed. The Ansaldo shipyard proposed converting Francesco Caracciolo into a floatplane carrier, a cheaper alternative. It was nevertheless still too expensive for the Regia Marina.[15]

As well as the budgetary problems, the senior Italian navy commanders could not agree on the shape of the post-war Regia Marina. One faction advocated a traditional surface battle fleet, while a second believed a fleet composed of aircraft carriers, torpedo boats, and submarines would be ideal. A third faction, led by Admiral Giovanni Sechi, argued that a balanced fleet with a core of battleships and carriers was the most flexible option.[17] To secure budgetary space for new construction, Sechi drastically reduced the number of older ships in service; he also cancelled the battleships of the Francesco Caracciolo class.[18] Francesco Caracciolo was sold on 25 October 1920 to the Navigazione Generale Italiana shipping company. The firm planned to convert her into a merchant ship, but the work was deemed too expensive, and so she was temporarily mothballed in Baia Bay outside Naples.[3][19]

By this time, the Regia Marina had returned to the idea of converting the ship into an aircraft carrier. In the ongoing negotiations at the Washington Naval Conference, the proposed tonnage limit for the Regia Marina was to be 61,000 metric tons (60,000 long tons), which was now to include a converted Francesco Caracciolo and two new, purpose-built ships. A new conversion design, featuring an island superstructure, was prepared for Francesco Caracciolo but Italy's chronic budgetary problems prevented the navy building any of these ships.[20] Francesco Caracciolo was subsequently broken up for scrap,[3] starting in late 1926.[21] The other three ships had been dismantled shortly after the war,[3] with some of the machinery from Cristoforo Columbo used in the construction of the ocean liner Roma.[22]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Argus_(I49)

unammed Carrrier Conversion (Impero Battleship) -----Tier 10-----
Class and type    Littorio-class battleship
Displacement    Full load: 45,485 long tons (46,215 t)
Length    240.7 m (789 ft 8 in)
Beam    32.9 m (107 ft 11 in)
Draft    9.6 m (31 ft 6 in)
Installed power    
8 × Yarrow boilers
128,200 shp (95,600 kW)
Propulsion    
4 × steam turbines
4 × screw propellers
Speed    30 kn (56 km/h; 35 mph)
Complement    (planned) 1,920
Armament    
9 × 381 mm (15 in) guns
12 × 152 mm (6 in) guns
4 × 120 mm (4.7 in)/40 guns
12 × 90 mm (3.5 in) anti-aircraft guns
20 × 37 mm (1.5 in) guns
20 × 20 mm (0.79 in) guns
Armor    
Main belt: 350 mm (14 in)
Deck: 162 mm (6.4 in)
Turrets: 350 mm
Conning tower: 260 mm (10 in)
Aircraft carried    3 aircraft (IMAM Ro.43 or Reggiane Re.2000)
Aviation facilities    1 ster

Giuseppe (Giuseppe A -D) -----TIER 10 Premium)
Giuseppe A
Bonfiglieti variant A showing its strong resemblance in general concept to the Lexington class, with 8×8 8-in guns in twin turrets, large funnel and tower bridge. It was derived from the Trento and Bolzano hull he studied and were very fast, pure fleet carriers.
His design A to D had the same powerplant rated for 70,000 shp, 1800 nm at 29 knots, 4,200 at 2 knots, and a triple bottom to store oil, two sets of steam turbines with reduction gear fed by two groups of three watertube boilers. They were however smaller than those adopted on the Trentos. They were indeed spaced to left room for the Pugliese ASW protection system. There were also six turbogenerators, 180 KW each. The power distribition derived from the Zara class.
The propellers were 4.4 m in diameter and run at 260 rpm max. The internal hull layout allowed the ships to survive with three compartments flooded. Bonfiglietti took precaution for heating transmission when the ships was at full speed, to not overheat the hangar’s floor. There was an isolating material and air circulation vents.
Bonfiglietti design B
Complement as specified late 1928 by the naval staff was 1112 officers and men, notably 78 officers, including 62 for the air force. He submitted his design in December 1929. He really hoped this could be approved for further work, but the admiralty took her time. There were discussions and exchanges of letters with the London naval attaché over possible smaller carrier designs desrived from cruiser hulls, on which Bonfiglietti worked in 1930 and which were called variant B, C and D.
Bonfiglietti variant C
The A and B displaced 14,000 tonnes and recalled the USS Ranger in general arrangement, while the C was no more than 10,000 tonnes. Among othe r changes, the flight deck was shorter, protection lighter, armament reduced to secondary dual purpose guns. However the general yalout and even the aircraft carrying capacity was almost unchanged. The C variant was the weaker however, with less planes, no Pugliese system. He proposed all these as a base for discussion, hoping his well-thought out original design A would be chosen. He also specified using diesel to reduce the island size and maximize the landing deck surface and efficiency.
Bonfiglietti variant D
After Bonfiglietti retired, “Our Maritime policy” by Bernotti was still the rule book for the Regia Marina, based on the position the navy took at the conference of London in 1930. In 1931, Bonfiglietti however released his fourth design “D” which he sent to the design committee, based on an agreement in the conference between Italy and France on the question of remaining tonnage, 34,500 tonnes of aircraft carriers;

Bonfiglietti argued against a single carrier of 27,000 tonnes or three of 10,000 tonnes which would have been too small with too few aircrafts to operate effectively. He proposed two carriers of 17,000 tonnes instead, the object of design D, which ended at 11,500 tonnes. This D still had a 200 m long flight deck, 28 m wide. Top speed was about 26 knots, and the exhaust ducts were relocated on the sides, eliminating the funnel and thus making the island way smaller and without much interference, but this provisioned diesel engines and generators.

Its planned armament comprised four twin 120 mm DP guns and four twin 100 mm HA located on a deck level below the flight deck. This arrangement left a 140 m long area available for landing, with a 10° incline at the end. Three aircraft lifts were on the axis, centerline, reinforcing also the landing deck. Instead of the Pugliese system, tight compartmentation ensured a layered defense agains torpedoes and flooding.

In the end, 30 aircraft were carried, 12 fighter, 8 bombers, and 10 recce planes, provided these were readily available, but up to 42 with folded wings aircrafts if the project was approved. He precised the design was to be the object of much rework and developments to be completed. However in November 1931 there were just a mention about the design and no decision was made. The aircraft carrier question did not resurfaced before long after the war broke out.

Fiat G.50 Bis to fill carriers of Tier 4-6

and take the Reggiane Re 2001 Tier 8-10

Still working on a gimmick for the line

[kriegerfaust]

Option A (Launching a torpedo in front of a battleship watching it do a 180 and hit the battleship)

50 cm (19.7") W 120/500 x 2.6
Ship Class Used On    Aircraft
Date Of Design    N/A
Date In Service    N/A
Weight    772 lbs. (350 kg)
Overall Length    8 ft. 6.5 in (2.600 m)
Explosive Charge    265 lbs. (120 kg)
Range / Speed    16,400 yards (15,000 m) / 13.5 knots (initial) down to 3.9 knots (end)
Power    Battery
Fiume (Whitehead) Torpedo. This was a short parachute-dropped torpedo that ran in circles, spirals and curves. Dropping conditions were about 150 knots from 200 to 600 feet (60 to 180 m). Lacked depth control and lateral control was said to be "primative" resulting in runs that varied considerably in depth and were irregular spirals and curves. This torpedo was also used by the Germans and designated "LT350" type.

45 cm (17.7") Designation Not Known
Ship Class Used On    Aircraft
Date Of Design    N/A
Date In Service    N/A
Weight    617 lbs. (280 kg)
Overall Length    N/A
Explosive Charge    198 lbs. (90 kg)
Range / Speed    13,100 yards (12,000 m) / 13.5 knots (initial) down to 3.9 knots (end)
Power    Battery
Aircraft launched circling torpedo, details not available at this time. Designated by the Germans as the "LT280" type, but not believed to have been used by them.

http://www.navweaps.com/Weapons/WTIT_WWII_LT350_pic.jpg

Option B (Close range low yield high speed torpedo)

45 cm (17.7") W 200/450 x 5.75

 

Ship Class Used On	Cagni Class Submarines
Date Of Design	N/A
Date In Service	N/A
Weight	N/A
Overall Length	18 ft. 10.5 in. (5.750 m)
Explosive Charge	441 lbs. (200 kg)
Range / Speed	3,300 yards (3,000 m) / 44 knots 8,750 yards (8,000 m) / 30 knots
Power	Wet-heater

Fiume (Whitehead) torpedo. Also used with sub-caliber fittings to enable it to be fired from 21" (533 mm) tubes.

45 cm (17.7") Si 200/450 x 5.36

 

Ship Class Used On	MAS Boats
Date Of Design	N/A
Date In Service	N/A
Weight	2,050 lbs. (930 kg)
Overall Length	17 ft. 7 in. (5.750 m)
Explosive Charge	441 lbs. (200 kg)
Range / Speed	about 2,200 yards (2,000 m) / 44 knots
Power	Wet-heater

Naples (Silurificio Italiano) Torpedo.

45 cm (17.7") W 200/450 x 5.25

 

Ship Class Used On	MAS Boats
Date Of Design	N/A
Date In Service	N/A
Weight	1,896 lbs. (860 kg)
Overall Length	17 ft. 2.5 in. (5.250 m)
Explosive Charge	441 lbs. (200 kg)
Range / Speed	4,400 yards (4,000 m) / 46 knots
Power	Wet-heater

Naples (Silurificio Italiano) Torpedo.

45 cm (17.7") F200/450 x 5.46

 

Ship Class Used On	Aircraft
Date Of Design	N/A
Date In Service	N/A
Weight	1,995 lbs. (905 kg)
Overall Length	17 ft. 11 in. (5.460 m)
Explosive Charge	441 lbs. (200 kg)
Range / Speed	3,300 yards (3,000 m) / 40 knots
Power	Wet-heater

Fiume (Whitehead) torpedo. Early versions had a 375 lbs. (175 kg) warhead. This torpedo was also used by the Germans and designated "F5W" type.

45 cm (17.7") Si 200/450 x 5.36

 

Ship Class Used On	Aircraft
Date Of Design	N/A
Date In Service	N/A
Weight	2,145 lbs. (973 kg)
Overall Length	17 ft. 7 in. (5.360 m)
Explosive Charge	441 lbs. (200 kg)
Range / Speed	3,300 yards (3,000 m) / 40 knots
Power	Wet-heater

Naples (Silurificio Italiano) Torpedo. This torpedo was also considered for use by the Germans and designated "F5I" type, however, none are known to have been used by them.

Option C (Meme worthy 4-8 micro-pedos at point blank range)

28 cm (11") Torpedo

 

28 cm (11") Type 5 (1945)

 

Ship Class Used On	Small MTBs
Date Of Design	1945
Date In Service	Not in service
Weight	507 lbs. (230 kg)
Overall Length	149.6 in (3.800 m)
Negative Buoyancy	N/A
Explosive Charge	132 lbs. (60 kg) Type 97
Power / Range / Speed	10 HP / 1,640 yards (1,500 m) / 17-23 knots
Propulsion	Kerosene-air wet-heater
Wander Left or Right (max)	N/A

Only two prototypes were completed before the end of the war. Used a five-cylinder swashplate engine.

option D Jets (Cause wooosh bang)

https://planehistoria.com/caproni-campini-n-1/

 

Edited January 18 by kriegerfaust

[kriegerfaust]

option E (Recoilless rifles pointed down)

 

I'm an expert in aerial warfare cause' I play WWP and watch Strike Witches

November 2, 2020 · 

The Sondergerät SG-113 was a 77mm recoilless smoothbore anti-tank gun developed in 1944 by Reichswerke Hermann Göring in response to the request of the German Air Ministry for a high precision anti-tank cannon for the Luftwaffe's ground attack aircraft.

The SG-113 was a single shot 77mm recoilless gun designed to be mounted on ground attack aircraft pointing downwards to shoot the roof armor of tanks.

It fired a saboted 45mm armor piercing shell which is accelerated to a muzzle velocity of 650m/s and had an armor penetration of up to 52mm, more than enough to pierce through the roof armor of any WW2 tank.

A counterweight is shot at the opposite direction on the rear end of the cannon in order to cancel its recoil and not disturb the flight of the aircraft firing the guns.

The guns are triggered by electromagnetic sensors which detects electrostatic magnetic fields around vehicles as the aircraft flies above the battlefield.

Each gun is 1.6 meters long and weights 67 kilograms loaded.

The Sondergerät recoilless guns were first mounted on 3 Henschel Hs-129B-0 bomber aircraft for testing in mid-1944.

The SG-113 mounts in the Hs-129 was comprised of six gun tubes embeded in the middle of the aircraft fuselage with the muzzles pointing 10º to the rear of the aircraft.

The guns were triggered by a "T" shaped sensor antenna at the front end of the fuselage and the pilot could choose to fire them individually or burst fire all six guns.

By September 1944, the SG-113 was also tested on the Focke-Wulf Fw190 fighter-bomber but with only two guns on each wing equipped with two antenna trigger sensors.

These test bed aircraft were used extensively in shooting tests at the Lutwaffe facilities in Rechlin, Germany with positive results.

Despite its promising capabilities, by 1945, the Luftwaffe had become more prioritized in engaging Allied bomber aircraft bombarding German cities than ground attack missions against enemy armor so the program was shifted towards equipping aircraft with anti-bomber weapons such as the Sondergerät SG-500 and Sondergerät SG-116 which are 50mm and 30mm recoilless guns with their muzzles pointing upwards and triggered by light sensors which fire the guns when shaded by the shadow of an aircraft flying above.

~Licayan09~

Edited January 18 by kriegerfaust

[kriegerfaust]

 

[kriegerfaust]

secretprojects.co.uk/threads/german-bt-torpedo-bomb-projects

https://ww2aircraft.net/forum/threads/information-on-german-bomben-torpedos.56872/

https://old-forum.warthunder.com/index.php?/topic/483591-bombentorpedo-200-400-700-1000-and-1400-data/

http://michaelhiske.de/Allierte/USA/TManual/9_1985_2/Chap01/FIG_049.HTM

[kriegerfaust]

Anti sub-carrier-destroyer (Cluster bombs that do heavy damage to lightly armored target but little to any armor)

On a carrier it would do light damage but might put holes in the deck or destroy planes, holes in the deck would delay launch until repaired.

battleships-heavy cruisers would be largely immune outside module like radar, aa-guns, secondaries, destroyers would be prime targets as would surfaced subs.  the idea is a lot of weak hits with low per shot fire starting chance, get a lot of hits at close range, 

parachute mines/bombs

https://www.google.com/search?q=Ww2+parachute+bomb&tbm=isch&ved=2ahUKEwj1w_vPtuaDAxV1FmIAHUnIB14Q2-cCegQIABAA&oq=Ww2+parachute+bomb&gs_lcp=CgNpbWcQAzIFCAAQgAQ6BAgjECc6BggAEAgQHjoHCAAQgAQQGDoKCAAQgAQQigUQQzoICAAQgAQQsQM6DQgAEIAEEIoFEEMQsQNQtQdY1CtgkS5oAHAAeACAAcABiAGoDZIBBDE0LjOYAQCgAQGqAQtnd3Mtd2l6LWltZ8ABAQ&sclient=img&ei=3NSoZfXlE_WsiLMPyZCf8AU&bih=525&biw=1047

Edited January 18 by kriegerfaust

[kriegerfaust]

http://michaelhiske.de/Allierte/USA/TManual/9_1985_6/Chapter01/Inhalt.htm

https://www.bulletpicker.com/xplain/bomb, 500 lb sap, an-m58, an-m58a1, an-m58a2/preview.jpg

https://www.bulletpicker.com/bomb_-500-lb-sap_-an-m58_-an-m.html

The 500 lb SAP Bomb AN-M58A2 has a cylindrical, heavy metal casing with a pointed nose. A box-type fin assembly is attached to the aft end of the bomb body by a fin lock nut. The base plug of AN-M58A2 locks securely in place, and the adapter booster may be locked to the base plug.

This bomb accommodates both nose and tail fuzes. Tactical requirements usually nullify the need for a nose fuze; in which case, the nose fuze cavity is fitted with a solid steel plug. The 500 lb SAP Bomb AN-M58A2 was developed to provide greater penetrative ability than that afforded by a comparable weight general purpose bomb.

Suspension lugs for either single or double point suspension are welded to the bomb body. Yellow bands on the nose and aft end of the bomb body identify the explosive charge. Identifying nomenclature is stenciled in black on the olive-drab painted bomb casing. Picratol and TNT fillers account for the difference in released weights.

Bombs AN-M58A2, AN-M58A1, and AN-M58 are similar to each other in outward appearance. AN-M58A2 contains anti-withdrawal pins in the base plug, and an adapter booster which can be locked in place. Bombs AN-M58 and AN-M58A1 lack these features.

The three bombs also differ in their released weights. AN-M58 has a lighter body than its two modifications.

 

The 1,000-pound SAP bomb AN-M59A1 has a thick metal body designed to give greater penetration than a general purpose bomb of comparable weight. It is a heavy nosed cylindrical shaped bomb. A box-type fin assembly is attached to the aft end by a fin lock nut. The base plug of the AN-M59A1 bomb locks securely in place and the adapter-booster may be locked to the base plug. This bomb can accommodate both nose and tail fuzes. Tactical requirements usually nullify the need for a nose fuze, in which case the nose fuze cavity is fitted with a solid steel plug . Approximately 30 percent of the total weight of the SAP bomb AN-M59A1 is explosive filler. Bombs filled with Amatol 50-50 include a booster surround of cast TNT and auxiliary booster M104, which is inserted during the filling process. Bombs filled with picratol include the auxiliary booster less the TNT surround; TNT filled bombs do not include the auxiliary booster.

The 1000-pound SAP bomb AN-M59A1 and AN-M59A2 have antiwithdrawal pins in the base plug and an adapter booster which can be locked to the base plug. Bomb AN-M59 lacks these features. The explosive filler in bomb AN-M59 is approximately 315 pounds or 31 .8 percent of the bomb's complete weight. In all other physical respects, the 1000 pound SAP bomb AN-M59 is identical to the 1,000-pound SAP bombs AN-M59A1 and AN-M59A2.

 

Edited January 18 by kriegerfaust

[OldSchoolGaming_Youtube]

Do the Aquila CV have SAP bombs in the game?! Never thought about it?

[Wolfswetpaws]

9 minutes ago, OldSchoolGaming_Youtube said:

Do the Aquila CV have SAP bombs in the game?! Never thought about it?

Quote

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Reggiane Re 2001 Attack Aircraft

Aquila’s attack aircraft carry a large number of armor-piercing rockets with low penetration. These rockets are unable to citadel battleships, but they are able to citadel some of the more lightly armored light cruisers, especially those of lower tiers. The attack aircraft begin their attack from a higher altitude, making them far easier to use than the German aircraft carrier AP rockets which have a low flight altitude and a very shallow angle of attack. Each squadron consists of 10 aircraft with a strike consisting of 5 planes that launch 12 rockets each. While each of Aquila’s rockets have a low alpha, a single strike can launch up to 60 rockets. In addition, these attack aircraft are extremely fast at 204 knots, enabling them to actively maneuver around targets to find an optimal angle of attack. These attack aircraft should be used similar to the German aircraft carrier attack aircraft in terms of attacking the broadside of enemy cruisers and even aircraft carriers due to their weaker side armor which makes obtaining citadel hits more common.

Reggiane Re 2001 Torpedo Bombers

Aquila’s torpedo bombers are her primary source of damage. Each squadron consists of 6 aircraft with a strike consisting of 2 planes dropping 1 torpedo each. The Reggiane Re 2001 torpedo bombers themselves are extremely fast at up to 204 knots, bested at tier VIII only by the Ta 152C-1/R14 torpedo and dive bombers found on Graf Zeppelin and the de Havilland Sea Hornet attack aircraft and bombers on HMS Indomitable at 221 and 217 knots respectively. In addition, the torpedoes sport extremely high alpha damage among tier VIII aircraft carriers, second only just to those found on Shokaku. However, this is coupled with slow torpedo speed. In fact, Aquila's torpedoes are the absolute slowest torpedoes to be dropped from any aircraft carrier of any tier in the game at 30 knots, which also makes them the slowest torpedoes in World of Warships. This forces the torpedoes to be dropped with a significant amount of lead, although if led correctly, the torpedoes will inflict significant damage to the enemy vessel. Moreover, Aquila's torpedo bombers also have extremely low HP pools, having the lowest HP per plane of any aircraft carrier amongst all tiers, including tier IV aircraft carriers. This is counteracted by an in-flight repair consumable that allows for increased survivability against anti-aircraft artillery fire. These torpedo bombers should be Aquila's primary source of damage, with very good plane speed and torpedo alpha strike but very slow torpedoes and extremely poor HP pools. They should be used very carefully to pick out more isolated battleships, heavy cruisers, and aircraft carriers and deal significant amounts of damage to them.  ...

https://wiki.wargaming.net/en/Ship:Aquila