Two Fiat G.50s of Italian Regia Aeronautica warming up the engine before taxiing for take off. Derna (Darnah) Libya, 1941. Victor Sierra

Warming up the engine

Italians using the Breda M. 30 LMG. The gun is criticized for a variety of faults. One of the more notable flaws was a oiling process required for the cartridges -- anybody care to guess how well that worked in the sandy desert environment?

Breda M 30 LMG

The most modern Italian military planes showed at the king of Italy, Victor Emmanuel III, at Research and Flying Test Center of Guidonia, near Rome, March 1943. Behind the king, talking with the chief of Staff Regia Aeronautica, General Rino Corso Fougier, one exemplar of first series of the Reggiane fighter Re.2005 “Sagittario”. 