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- 1. Savoia-Marchetti S.M.85: sconosciuto· Public domain
what is it?
The Savoia-Marchetti SM.85 was an Italian monoplane dive bomber and ground-attack aircraft that served in small numbers in the Regia Aeronautica at the beginning of World War II. They were soon replaced in service by the Junkers Ju 87.
How to recognise it: 2 piston engines with propellers · 14 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 90 years ago, in 1936.
- Top speed is 2.8× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
- Wingspan of 14 m: about 3 cars parked nose to tail.
piston: A car-like piston engine turning a propeller: simple and cheap, the classic small plane.
spec sheet
- first flight
- 1936-12-19
- retired
- 1940
- status
- retired
- number built
- 34
- role
- dive-bomber
- origin
- Kingdom of Italy
- makers
- SIAI-Marchetti
- engines
- 2× Piaggio Stella P.VII C.35
- crew
- 1
- length
- 10.4 m
- wingspan
- 14 m
- height
- 3.3 m
- max take-off weight
- 4,190 kg
- top speed
- 368 km/h
- range
- 870 km
- ceiling
- 6,500 m
Specs are for the version in the Wikipedia article's specification section. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q1571350, Wikipedia: Savoia-Marchetti SM.85 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.