- The
Motobomba, more
properly the
Motobomba FFF (Freri
Fiore Filpa), was an
Italian pattern-running
torpedo used by
Italian and
German air
forces during...
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occurred on 2
December 1943 when 105 Ju 88 A-4s,
armed with
bombs and
motobomba circling torpedoes,
attacked the Allied-held port of Bari, Italy. The...
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exploding over the sea. The
first ten SM.84
bombers carried electric Motobomba FFF
torpedoes which were
designed to
travel in an
increasing spiral. The...
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Denorco – 2007
Monarch Industries (Pump
Division only) – 2007
Schneider Motobombas – 2008
Western Pumps – 2008
Vertical – 2009 Impo – 2011
Cerus – 2012 Bombas...
- Sicily.
During Operation Pedestal in
August 1942, 10 SM.84s used
special Motobomba circling torpedoes to
attack the convoy,
losing two
aircraft to enemy...
- Libya. This ship was sunk in the
first m****
attack by the
Luftwaffe using Motobomba circular torpedoes. 72 of the
circling torpedoes were
dropped by parachute...
- HMS Derwent Royal Navy
World War II: The Hunt-class
destroyer was
struck by a "
Motobomba"
torpedo dropped by a
Regia Aeronautica aircraft in the
harbor at Tripoli...
- ships.
Italian aircraft employ three new
weapons for the
first time: the
motobomba torpedo, a new bomb
dropped by Re.2001
fighters designed to
cause maximum...
- in
Tripoli Harbour was
attacked by
German Ju 88
aircraft equipped with
Motobomba FFF torpedoes. The ship's
large consignment of
petrol and
ammunition caught...
- p. 56 Ciampaglia,
Giuseppe (July 1999). "La
sorprendente storia della motobomba FFF".
Rivista Italiana Difesa (in Italian). S****s et al. 2016, p. 392...
