WM-21 Sólyom

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The WM-21 Sólyom was a Hungarian reconnaissance and light bomber aircraft developed in the late 1930s and operated by Hungary during World War II.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf light bomber
military aircraft
reconnaissance aircraft
aircraftType biplane
armament fixed forward-firing machine guns
flexible defensive machine gun
light bomb load
basedOn WM-16 Budapest
category 1930s military aircraft
Hungarian military aircraft
biplane bombers
configuration single-engine
two-bay biplane
construction mixed wood-and-metal construction
countryOfOrigin Kingdom of Hungary
crew 2
3
designedFor cooperation with ground forces
short-range reconnaissance
developer Weiss Manfréd Repülőgép- és Motorgyár Rt.
engineType radial piston engine
era World War II era
interwar period
firstFlight 1938
fuselageType conventional fuselage with open cockpits
introduced late 1930s
landingGear fixed landing gear
manufacturer Weiss Manfréd Repülőgép- és Motorgyár Rt.
nameMeaning Falcon in Hungarian
numberBuilt approximately 128
operator Royal Hungarian Air Force
powerplant WM K-14 radial engine
primaryUser Royal Hungarian Air Force
role light bombing
tactical reconnaissance
serviceEntry around 1939
status retired
usedBy Hungarian training units
Hungarian units on the Eastern Front
usedFor army cooperation
artillery spotting
close air support
usedInConflict World War II
usedUntil mid-1940s

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Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Royal Hungarian Air Force
usedAircraftModel

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