what is it?
The Reggiane Re.2002 Ariete ("Ram") is an Italian fighter-bomber developed during World War II. The aircraft was a further development of the Re.2000, with some of the modifications that already had been introduced in the Re.2001. The aircraft was mainly used by the Regia Aeronautica (Royal [Italian] Air Force), but it also saw limited use with the German Luftwaffe, who used it against the French resistance.
How to recognise it: 1 piston engine with propeller · 11 m wingspan
base stats
Bars compare against all aircraft: 3,500 km/h, 20,000 km, 850 seats; size and number built on a log scale up to 640 t (An-225) and 45,000 built (Cessna 172).
fun facts
- First flew 86 years ago, in 1940.
- Top speed is 4.1× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
- Wingspan of 11 m: about 2 cars parked nose to tail.
- Range of 1,100 km: 6× Amsterdam to Brussels.
- Can fly 1.2× higher than Mount Everest (8,849 m).
piston: A car-like piston engine turning a propeller: simple and cheap, the classic small plane.
spec sheet
- first flight
- 1940-10
- introduced
- 1942
- number built
- 260
- role
- fighter-bomber
- makers
- Reggiane
- engines
- 1× Piaggio P.XIX R.C.45 Turbine
- crew
- 1
- length
- 8.2 m
- wingspan
- 11 m
- height
- 3.2 m
- max take-off weight
- 3,240 kg
- top speed
- 530 km/h
- cruise speed
- 400 km/h
- range
- 1,100 km
- ceiling
- 11,000 m
Specs are for the version in the Wikipedia article's specification section. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q6196, Wikipedia: Reggiane Re.2002 Ariete (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.