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Ansaldo A.120

Field	Value
name	A.120
image	Ansaldo A.120.jpg
aircraft_type	Reconnaissance aircraft
manufacturer	Ansaldo
number_built	77
first_flight	1925

The Ansaldo A.120, sometimes called the FIAT A.120 since FIAT (Fabbrica Italiana Automobili Torino - Italian Automobile Factory of Turin) bought Ansaldo, was a reconnaissance aircraft developed in Italy in the 1920s.

Design and development

The A.120 was a conventional, parasol-wing monoplane with fixed tailskid undercarriage which accommodated the pilot and observer in tandem open cockpits. The design was based on a wing developed for the Ansaldo A.115 and the fuselage of the Dewoitine D.1 fighters that Ansaldo had built under licence. The type was operated in modest quantities by the Italian Air Force, and was exported to the air forces of Austria and Lithuania, the latter's machines remaining in service until the Soviet annexation of the country.

Variants

A.120 - prototype with Lorraine 12Db engine (two built)
'A.120bis''''' - improved version with Fiat A.20 engine
A.120Ady - definitive production version, most with Fiat A.22 engine (57 built)
A.120R - revised version for Austrian service (six built)

Operators

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Austrian Air Force (1927-1938) ;Kingdom of Italy
Regia Aeronautica ;Lithuania
Lithuanian Air Force, 20 aircraft, 1928-1940, 3rd sqn. (Kaunas) 4th sqn. (Kaunas)

Specifications (A.120Ady)

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1 × trainable, rearward-firing 7.7 mm machine gun for observer.

Note: Lithuanian A.120's had two rear machine guns.

References

Уголок неба

References

"See pictures No. 36 and 37 of Lithuanian A.120 photo album.".

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