Savoia-Marchetti SM.81 Pipistrello

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bomber aircraft military aircraft transport aircraft tri-motor aircraft

The Savoia-Marchetti SM.81 Pipistrello was an Italian three‑engined bomber-transport aircraft widely employed during the 1930s and World War II.

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	bomber aircraft → military aircraft → transport aircraft → tri-motor aircraft →
armament	multiple defensive machine guns →
bombLoad	up to about 2000 kg of bombs →
countryOfOrigin	Kingdom of Italy →
crew	6 →
derivedFrom	Savoia-Marchetti SM.73 airliner →
engineConfiguration	three engines →
enteredService	1935 →
era	World War II period → interwar period →
firstFlight	1934 →
fuselageConstruction	mixed wood-and-metal construction →
introduced	mid-1930s →
landingGear	fixed landing gear →
manufacturer	Savoia-Marchetti →
maximumSpeed	approximately 340 km/h →
nationality	Italian →
nickname	Pipistrello →
nicknameMeaning	Bat →
operatorType	military →
powerplantType	radial piston engine →
primaryUser	Regia Aeronautica →
range	approximately 2000 km →
role	bomber → transport →
serviceCeiling	approximately 7000 m →
status	retired →
usedAs	cargo transport → liaison aircraft → maritime patrol aircraft → night bomber → paratroop transport → troop transport →
usedBy	Aviazione Legionaria → Chinese Nationalist Air Force → Italian Social Republic Air Force → Regia Aeronautica → Royal Hungarian Air Force → Spanish Air Force →
usedInConflict	Second Italo-Ethiopian War → Spanish Civil War → World War II →
usedUntil	World War II era →
wingConfiguration	low-wing monoplane →

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Regia Aeronautica → Spanish Republican Air Force ("Savoia-Marchetti SM.81 (captured)") →	usedAircraft
Aviazione Legionaria ("Savoia-Marchetti SM.81") →	aircraftUsed