Editing Macchi C.200 Saetta (section)

==Variants==
The ''Saetta'' underwent very few modifications during its service life. Aside from the switch to an open canopy, later aircraft were fitted with an upgraded radio and an armoured seat. Some late-production ''Saettas'' were built with the MC.202 ''Serie'' VII wing, thus adding two {{cvt|7.7|mm|3}} [[Breda-SAFAT machine gun]]s to the armament. The four (including two proposed) C.200 derivatives were:
;M.C. 200 (prototypes)
:Two prototypes fitted with the {{cvt|623|kW}} [[Fiat A.74]] R.C.38 radial piston engine.
;M.C. 200
:Single-seat interceptor fighter, fighter-bomber aircraft. Production version.
;M.C.200bis
:Breda-proposed modification with a [[Piaggio P.XIX]] R.C.45 engine producing {{cvt|880|kW}} at {{cvt|4500|m}}. Converted from an early production C.200. First flight 11 April 1942 from [[Milano-Bresso]], flown by Luigi Acerbi. The aircraft was then fitted with a larger propeller and a revised engine cowling. Top speed in trials was {{cvt|535|km/h}}. It did not enter production, as the C.200 had been replaced by more advanced designs.
;M.C.200AS
:Version adapted to North African Campaign by the fitting of dust filters. Hard points were introduced in the wing as a field modification which permitted two bombs of up to 352lb (160kg) to be caried. AS stood for Africa Settentrionale (‘North Africa’).
;M.C.200CB
:Fighter-bomber (cacciabombardiere) version with {{cvt|320|kg}} of bombs or two external [[fuel tank]]s (as fighter escort).
;M.C.201
:As an answer to a 5 January 1938 request by the Regia Aeronautica for a C.200 replacement, Aermacchi proposed the C.201, which had a revised fuselage, a fully enclosed pressurized cabin, and an [[Isotta Fraschini]] Astro A.140RC.40 engine (licensed variant of the French [[Gnome-Rhone Mistral Major]] GR.14Krs) generating 870 cv (''cheval vapeur'', or metric [[horsepower]]). But later the choice was for the Fiat A.76 R.C.40 engine with {{cvt|750|kW}}. Two prototypes were ordered. The first flew on 10 August 1940, with the less powerful A.74 engine.<ref>Sgarlato 2008, p. 19.</ref> Although Macchi estimated a top speed of {{cvt|550|km/h}} only 312mph was attained on test, work on the two prototypes was cancelled after Fiat abandoned the troublesome A.76 engine.