Editing Macchi C.205 Veltro (section)

===Design===
The C.205, known initially as the C.202bis, was generally similar to the previous ''Folgore'',<ref name="Mattioli 10"/> although there were numerous differences in the [[fuselage]]: the tail was larger, the [[cockpit]] and its hump were redesigned, the antenna mast was bigger and some modifications were made to the wings.{{citation needed|date=January 2025}} Both the C.202 and C.205 had the port wing 8" longer than the starboard to compensate [[Lift (force)|lift]] for engine [[torque]].<ref name = "cleaver 86">Cleaver 2024, p. 86.</ref> While new-build C.205s were furnished with a more aerodynamic retractable tailwheel, converted C.202 airframes remained the fixed tailwheel arrangement instead.<ref name="Mattioli 10"/>

The C.205 was a single-seat, all-metal, [[monoplane]] fighter, intended primarily as an interceptor but with [[Ground-attack aircraft|ground attack]] and escort capabilities. The long nose housed the DB605 engine which drove a three-blade, [[Constant speed propeller|constant-speed metal propeller]], with the main [[fuel tank]] situated between the engine and the [[cockpit]]. The C.205 was fitted with a twin-barrel [[radiator]], which was positioned underneath the centre section of the fuselage directly beneath the cockpit; this arrangement provided superior airflow, and thereby engine cooling, to its counterpart on the C.202.<ref name="Mattioli 10"/> Within the aircraft's compact rear section was the radio equipment, [[oxygen]] cylinder and an 80&nbsp;L (20&nbsp;US gal) reserve fuel tank. The wings were made of light aluminium alloys and steel, having two [[Spar (aviation)|spar]]s and three sections, housing two additional fuel tanks, and the fully retractable wide-set main [[Landing gear|undercarriage]] gear. Apart from the all-metal [[Flap (aircraft)|flap]]s in the inner wing, all the other control surfaces were metal-framed and fabric-covered. ''Veltros'' had [[self-sealing fuel tank]]s, an armoured seat, and armoured windscreen as standard. The cramped cockpit possessed a limited field-of-view, but some examples were fitted with a rear-view mirror.{{citation needed|date=January 2025}}

The 827&nbsp;kg/1,823&nbsp;lb (normal) payload consisted of the fully equipped pilot (85&nbsp;kg/187&nbsp;lb), fuel (307&nbsp;kg/677&nbsp;lb), two Breda machine guns and two Mauser [[MG 151 cannon|MG 151/20 cannon]] (60 and 84&nbsp;kg/130 and 185&nbsp;lb respectively), 740 rounds of 12.7&nbsp;mm (.5&nbsp;in) ammunition (76&nbsp;kg/168&nbsp;lb), 500 rounds of 20&nbsp;mm ammunition (100&nbsp;kg/220&nbsp;lb), and other sundry items such as oil (33&nbsp;kg/73&nbsp;lb), oxygen cylinder (12&nbsp;kg/26&nbsp;lb) and radio equipment. Additionally, 100&nbsp;L (30&nbsp;US gal) fuel tanks or 160&nbsp;kg (350&nbsp;lb) of bombs could be carried on two underwing hardpoints.<ref name="Giorgio Massiniello"/> Due to a lack of passenger transport aircraft, modifications were made to a C.205 to enable it to carry eight passengers in the belly of the fuselage and, among others, three pilots of 51° Wing (including Adriano Visconti) made the journey from Sardinia to Italy after the Armistice in this manner.{{citation needed|date=January 2025}}

''Veltros'' originally had "tropical" pattern camouflage, with a sand brown base coat and irregular black-green lines all over their surface (referred to as "smoke rings"). Those in service with [[Aeronautica Nazionale Repubblicana]] were painted an overall dark green (nearly black), while others adopted a variation of the "tropical" pattern or carried a camouflage pattern based on the German "Splinter Pattern" consisting of RLM 74 and 75, Gey/Green over RLM 76 Blue.<ref name="finn">{{cite web |title=Macchi C.205V |url=http://www.finn.it/regia/immagini/macchi/profilo_mc205v.jpg |website=www.finn.it |access-date=3 May 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030416050751/http://www.finn.it/regia/immagini/macchi/profilo_mc205v.jpg |archive-date=16 April 2003}}</ref>