🔥 PS5 PRO CHANGES THE GAME! RECORD STABILITY IN... EXTREME TESTING. (CFI-7121) The test ran for almost 36 HOURS of continuous, full-load activity (AAA + streaming) in a controlled environment 19.0C–20.4 C. We deliberately exceeded 20 hours of typical heavy use to showcase the extreme endurance and stability of this cooling system. ✅ VERIFIED THERMAL RESULTS: PS5 Pro (CFI-7121): Max exhaust temperature NEVER exceeded 41.8 C (Observed 40.2^C on radiator fins) Xbox Series X (LM Mod.): Hit 47.5°C – 49.6°C at the top exhaust. ⚠️ IMPORTANT NOTE (LM COMPARISON): The XSX was modified with Liquid Metal (LM Mod.) solely to match the PS5 Pro's TIM. This ensures the only variable in the test is the superior cooling system design of the PS5 Pro. 👇 Next Post: See how this unparalleled stability translates into record-breaking silence! #PS5Pro #CFI7121 #CoolingRevolution #HardwareTest #sony #XboxSeriesXshow more

Metal Gear Solid Delta is poorly optimised on all... platforms and it's disingenuous to use it as indicative of typical PS5 Pro advantages. Even in its infancy PS5 Pro's often delivering on Cerny's target of it achieving PS5 30fps mode like fidelity, only at 60fps. Numerous tentpole games this year show sizeable improvements. Battlefield 6 Beta - "Substantially" better IQ and up to 55% better fps than PS5 in performance mode. Assassin's Creed Shadows - Generationally tansformative RTGI/fidelity mode settings, but at 60fps. Kingdom Come Deliverance 2 - Fidelity and graphics settings of PS5's 30fps mode, but at 60fps. Death Stranding 2 - Near locked 60fps with similar IQ and fidelity as PS5's 30fps mode. Monster Hunter Wilds - Far superior image stability and more consistent 60fps vs PS5. As someone who bought a PS5 Pro at launch, I can absolutely say it's been worth it for me, and I'd struggle to go back to the base system. There will always be outliers like MGS Delta, but they don't represent typical improvements PS5 Pro generally brings. Much like PC releases with issues like shader compilation or traversal stutter, or more general bugginess vs console counterparts, it would be unfair to use those things as indicative of PC gaming performance improvements in totality, or to conclude all PC gaming hardware is a scam lol. Context matters. Video compilation. #PS5Pro #PS5 #DigitalFoundryshow more

🚨🇷🇺 Russia unveils surveillance drone built to brave extreme... conditions Russia is set to debut its new Sokol surveillance drone at the National Security Belarus–2026 exhibition in Minsk — a next-generation platform engineered to thrive where extreme conditions are the norm Designed for day-and-night monitoring, including search and rescue missions 🔸 Unique X-shaped tandem aerodynamic design improves stability and wind resistance 🔸 Capable of operating in extreme conditions, withstanding winds of 15–18 m/s and temperatures ranging from -40°C to +50°C 🔸 Flight endurance exceeds three hours, with speeds reaching up to 100 km/h The system highlights Russia’s continued push toward rapid-deployment, weather-resistant UAV platforms for both civilian and emergency response use casesshow more

This is the closest Game we have to compare... to GTA VI in terms of Open-World Gameplay. This Matrix: Awakens footage was recorded on Xbox Series X and as you can see the FPS is struggling to stay above 30FPS. The resolution also takes a big hit when you start moving the camera too fast because of so much processing happening at the same time. Considering GTA 6 has probably 10X times the mechanics of NPCs behavior going on and physics that are miles ahead of this game, it's safe to say that a performance mode is going to be near impossible in a PS5/Xbox Series X and S Version. Perhaps when PS5 Pro launches we will get a 60FPS mode, but things are looking rough right now. Let's see how well Rockstar Games manages to optimize their next GTA For more in-depth insights, updates, and discussions on the gaming and tech universe, join me on this exciting journey. Follow me @niktekofficial and become a part of the evolving gaming communityshow more

We marked an important milestone this past weekend in... preparing for the IM3 mission as our Nova-C Navigation Pod completed long range thermal vacuum testing at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center inside the X-Ray Cryogenic Facility (XRCF). XRCF is the world’s largest X-ray optical test facility and features a massive 500-meter vacuum tunnel, which is longer than the Holland Tunnel’s north tube and nearly the length of two Space Needles stacked end to end. Our laser rangefinders measured targets at 260m and 490m in a completely airless environment. Hardware was enclosed in a thermal shroud with controlled heat loads and temperature swings from 39°C (102°F) to -3°C (26°F), stressing components to confirm sensor accuracy during lunar descent. Grateful for the experts who planned, prepared, and solved challenges on the fly. Stay tuned on this channel for more IM3 journeys to Moon Base and check out the time lapse from inside XRCF!show more

Wuthering Waves PS5 Performance Test • Test Setup PS5... Slim (brand new, clean, no dust) Room temperature: 22°C with AC • Map Issue Yes, it's real. The new map is locked to around 2 FPS when opened from the menu, making it extremely laggy. • Stuttering Problems The game has severe stuttering. In some areas, it even freezes for 4–5 seconds, making the experience frustrating. • My Observation From my testing, the game appears to be running at a very high internal resolution on PS5 instead of relying on aggressive upscaling. For example, DLSS Quality at 1440p renders the game internally at approximately 1707×960 before upscaling it to 2560×1440. On PS5, however, it looks like the game is rendering at or near 2560×1440 internally and then upscaling to 4K. If that's true, it's an extremely demanding target for a base PS5. • Is This Fixable? Yes. If the game is indeed using such a high internal resolution, lowering it and using better reconstruction or dynamic resolution scaling could significantly improve performance. Running at such a high internal resolution on a base PS5 doesn't make much sense, and the game has suffered from performance issues for nearly 12 months. • Final Thoughts Kuro Games needs to address this. At this point, we can't keep blaming players, their hardware, or the engine. If the high internal resolution is the cause, it should be adjusted. If it isn't, then something else in the game's optimization is seriously wrong. #WutheringWaves #Gachashow more

In May 2023, a live streaming world record was... set with 32 million concurrent viewers watching the finale of the IPL cricket game. How was this system built? Ashutosh Agrawal was the architect behind this system, and he walks us through how live streaming at scale works, how the system was built and tested, and other interesting learnings. Watch or listen: • YouTube: • Spotify: • Apple: --- Brought to you by our wonderful sponsors: • WorkOS — The modern identity platform for B2B SaaS • CodeRabbit — Cut code review time and bugs in half (use the code PRAGMATIC to get one month free) • Augment Code — AI coding assistant that pro engineering teams love --- Three of my biggest takeaways: 1. The architecture behind live streaming systems is surprisingly logical. In the episode, Ashutosh explains how the live streaming system works, starting from the physical cameras on-site, through the production control room (PCR), streams being sliced-and-diced, and the HLS protocol (HTTP Live Streaming) used. 2. There are a LOT of tradeoffs you can play with when live streaming! The tradeoffs between server load, latency, server resources vs client caching are hard decisions to make. Want to reduce the server load? Serve longer chunks to clients, resulting in fewer requests per minute, per client… at the expense of clients potentially lagging more behind. This is just one of many possible decisions to make. 3. “Game day” is such a neat load testing concept. The team at Jio would simulate “game day” load months before the event. They did tell teams when the load test will start: but did not share anything else! Preparing for a “Game day” test is a lot of work, but it can pay off to find parts of the system that shutter under extreme load. See more takeaways and a summary here: Thanks Ashutosh for all these behind-the-scene details!show more

The current trends of amateur-to-pro S&C get it wrong... with heavy emphasis on THE WEIGHTROOM & max effort everything (esp baseball). Here's an example of the training mentality that should be utilized*. I am bad with kinesiology terms because I'm somebody who's always known how to train themselves (eg designed a 4-month program to induce the scoliosis that I needed to get at 9 years old; it worked). The thing that is really missing from current S&C is the understanding that the majority of the training should be low-to-medium range intensity. This helps build "muscle memory" to repeat your mechanics when in a competitive environment (Central Nervous System-focused mentality). *Note: I never trained with this kind of move, but I wish I had. While I had specific "regiment" I did before HS, it was always so "I can walk when I'm 40" (which means it also had athletic benefits). This is where "movement-based" S&C trainers, like Barry Lovelace from my hometown, could be of use to people who "know how to train themselves;" helping athletes to jump start a broader pattern of S&C thought.show more

Taxi test on the Jet engine ⚡️: The engine... runs so cool❄️ (EGT 680-800*C) except on prolonged afterburner🔥 use which takes EGT to about 1000*C⚠️ We switched to testing Diesel as fuel & honestly I think I prefer Diesel to kerosene 🤔. Maybe I'll test actual Jet-A1 too Afterburner🔥 mode wanted to send the test bed flying, so we had to abort that and run the taxi test on normal mode at 40-50% throttle. Thrust levels are really excellent, I just wonder how fast this will be at full power plus full afterburner 🔥. We literally built an air breathing rocket engine 🤣. Honestly, I am happy again, the breakdown of this project for weeks took my joy away, I was always sad and down, but hell bent on solving the problems. Next is to build the remote control system so we can unleash the full power of the Jet engine in a long runway from a safe distance. #Zedora #madeinEbonyi #madeinNigeria 🇳🇬show more

I have waited to publish the Pixel 11 Pro... XL Performance and Gaming experience, and there is a slight difference in its performance between when it was launched and now. 🧵 (1/2) The Pixel 11 Pro XL is fast and smooth in real-life usage during normal day-to-day tasks, but heavy tasks and gaming need much improvement. There are improvements in Genshin Impact because, at the time of launch, it was not playable, but now it's playable. Let's talk in detail: Starting with the daily tasks, like app opening and switching between apps, is smooth and fast and easily comparable with other Flagships. The camera shutter button is responsive and quick, and this new Chipset looks efficient too because it doesn't heat up in day-to-day tasks and has less energy consumption. RAM management is also good; it easily keeps apps running in the background. But things get a little messy when you do heavy tasks on it, which is now a habit for almost every Pixel device. When you do heavy things like heavy editing and video rendering at very high quality, it feels slow compared to other Flagships, and the gaming experience is not comparable with them because Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 devices' gaming experience is on another level. Benchmarks Note: All benchmarks were conducted at room temperature around 27°C, in a non-air-conditioned room. Pixel 11 Pro XL features Tensor G6 3nm Chipset, which is paired with IMG CXTP 48 1536 GPU, UFS 4.0 Storage, and up to 16GB LPDDR5X RAM. The device scores 1.9 million in AnTuTu, reaching around 36°C and consuming 4% battery. During a 30-minute throttling test, the device throttled to 68%, and the temperature was around 34°C. Geekbench Scores: CPU Scores: - Single Core: 2287 - Multi-core: 6709 - GPU Score: 3259 AI Scores: - AITuTu Score: 127K 3DMark Stress Test 20 minutes each: Wild Life Stress Test Highest: 13655 | Lowest: 10766 Stability: 78% Wild Life Extreme Stress Test Highest: 3467 | Lowest: 2861 Stability: 81% Steel Nomad Light Stress Test Highest: 1118 | Lowest: 1048 Stability: 93% These 3DMark scores are not impressive but quite stable. The maximum temperature the device reached after these extreme stress tests was 43°C, which is acceptable and good because these tests demand more power and hardware output. The Pixel 11 Pro XL's performance is improved compared to its predecessor but is not comparable with other Flagship devices.show more

Ran 21 km (13.1 miles) — and the motor... was still cold. That’s the detail that matters. 🤖 Honor was the clear dark horse in this year’s robot half marathon. They swept 1st, 2nd, and 3rd, and also posted a strong top-6 finish overall. What stands out to me is that this was not just about bigger motors, or a gait tuned for long-distance running. They seem to have solved something more important — cooling. In a post-race interview, Honor engineers said the robot used liquid-cooling tech adapted from Honor smartphones, with cooling lines running deep into the motor system to carry heat away. Some reports added more detail: the setup used two high-speed micro pumps, with flow rates reaching up to 6 liters per minute, giving the system enough cooling capacity to handle sustained lower-joint motor load. That matters because once a robot starts overheating, output drops, stability goes with it, and the whole run can fall apart fast. And that’s exactly why this detail is interesting. Of course, that does not mean Honor has already surpassed teams like TienKung or Unitree across humanoid robotics as a whole. What it does suggest is that for the marathon task, they built a very strong system solution. And honestly, that alone is already a useful case for the industry. The bigger trend is moving fast. Last year, TienKung won in around 2 hours 40 minutes. This year, the winning time dropped to 50 minutes 26 seconds. Last year, most robots were still fully remote-controlled or only semi-autonomous. This year, around 40% were running with a much higher level of autonomy. So to me, the real signal is not just that robots got faster. It’s that the field is now moving past raw speed, and into the harder problems: autonomy, stability, and system reliability under load. If the pace of progress stays anywhere close to this, then next year’s race should be even more worth watching.show more

Before LNG is loaded into a tank, the tank... must be properly prepared through a series of controlled stages. This preparation is critical to ensure safety and to prevent damage due to extreme temperatures. An LNG tank is fitted with different lines, each serving a specific purpose: filling lines, spray lines, discharge lines, and pumps. The first stage is drying. The tank may contain humid air, which can lead to ice formation at low temperatures. To prevent this, dry air is introduced from the bottom of the tank through the filling lines to displace the moist air. Next is inerting. After drying, inert gas is introduced into the tank to purge out the dry air. This step is important to eliminate oxygen and reduce the risk of forming flammable gas mixtures. The third stage is gassing-up (vaporizing). Since inert gas contains carbon dioxide, which can freeze at low temperatures, it must be removed. Warm LNG vapor is introduced through the spray lines to displace the inert gas and prepare the tank for cooling. Then comes cooling down, which is a critical stage. The tank must be gradually cooled to avoid thermal stress that could damage the structure. Cold LNG is sprayed into the tank through spray nozzles, bringing the temperature down to about -110°C to -130°C. Finally, the loading (filling) stage begins. At this point, the tank is ready to safely receive LNG, and the cargo is loaded through the filling lines. In simple terms, the process moves from removing moisture, to removing oxygen, to introducing gas, then cooling the tank, and finally loading the LNG.show more

This is not a model engine pretending to be... a jet engine. It is actually a complete gas turbine shrunk onto a test bench. Inside this small machine are a compressor, combustion chamber, turbine wheel, fuel system and digital engine controller, the same basic physics used in aircraft engines. At full power, this turbine reaches nearly 98,000 RPM over 1,600 revolutions every second while producing 280 N of thrust, equivalent to roughly 28 kg of pushing force. At nearly 98,000 RPM, even a tiny imbalance can destroy the turbine. The combustion chamber must survive exhaust temperatures approaching 700°C, while the fuel system continuously manages a core flame powerful enough to create 280 N of thrust without losing combustion stability. A high-end RC turbine can cost $7,000-20,000+, despite fitting on a workbench. It is nowhere near the complexity of a modern military turbofan with thousands of components, afterburners and advanced cooling systems. But that is what makes it fascinating, engineers have compressed the core mechanisms of a jet engine compression, combustion and expansion, into a machine small enough to hold. 📹 RC hobbyshow more

This was the most game-tech oriented, but also the... longest, and one of the funniest discussions on this show. anton mikhailov has incredible knowledge and skills, and he's willing to lay it all out in an open and honest discussion! We talk about tech for motion tracking, VR, how the grand project Dreams was being developed, but also comparison of style of working in AAA game industry vs Google, or how Anton, low level C/C++ programmer, had journeyed into a month-long adventure building MONSUMO TV with his AI help :) Never expected to stay past midnight breaking in laughter! anton mikhailov this was awesome! Thank you so much for this talk! PS. Life can't be too pretty. My sound is botched, my beloved OS has switched my mic to 44.1 kHz while recording software was prepared for 48 kHz. I amped the pitch in post, but you can see the audio artifacts when I speak, making it a bit difficult to understand what I'm saying. Sorry about that!show more

According to fick's law, the more moisture that's in... your flower, the more water it will diffuse faster. This means that almost 80% of the water in your plants is gone in the first phase (constant rate)of drying, which, condition depending, can be the first 18 hours to ..🙄3 days according to *Challa 2020-KINETICS AND THE EFFECTS OF DRYING METHODS ON QUALITY OF (C*****s s****a L.) BUDS* Water adhesion principals state that with the surface moisture evaporated, water is less susceptible to the evaporative forces applied on it (falling rate). During this falling rate, your 60/60 is far less effective at pulling water than it was during the constant rate (which still wasn't ideal). Once we enter the second phase of drying, or the falling rate; dehydrated surface exposure, along with low water activation energy in that dehydrated flower means dramatically increased secondary metabolite oxidization. In effect, from this moment forward, that PSM count is going DOWN The longer we keep it on the rack, and not into cure, the faster this will happen In the study *(Basel). 2022- Postharvest Operations of C*****is and Their Effect on C****binòid Content: A Review, it was shown that significant secondary metabolite loss occurred at temperatures higher than 40°c . Below this number, the rate of degradation was relatively constant. As referenced in the above studies. The difference in secondary loss between drying at 71° vs. 77 or even 89° tends to be only 1–2 % with a net positive moisture loss, whereas time driven degradation over days to weeks can account for 30 % total loss or more. Meaning that temperature does affects secondary volatility, but the timing of drying matters WAYYYYY more So how am I drying these? Day 1 - 72°f 55% Day 2 - 72°f 55% Day 3 - 74°f 52% Day 4 - 75°f 50% Day 5 - 75°f 50% See the article on and citations. Share, repost, follow. Still not convinced? Google "sharkmouse drying" on Google and see what reddit has to say!show more

Have a look at one of the greatest examples... of industrial engineering art ever created. This is the rotor assembly of the Ansaldo Energia GT36, one of the most advanced heavy-duty gas turbines ever developed. What looks like a collection of polished metal blades is actually the result of 3.7 million hours of engineering, combining decades of research in aerodynamics, combustion, metallurgy, cooling systems and precision manufacturing. A gas turbine works by compressing enormous volumes of air, mixing it with fuel, burning it at extreme temperatures, and extracting energy from the expanding gases through multiple turbine stages. That is why no two blade rows look the same. Across this rotor assembly, the colours, shapes and surface finishes constantly change because each section is solving a different problem. Some blades are designed to move and control massive airflow volumes, while others must survive the most extreme environment inside the machine. The most advanced turbine blades contain microscopic internal cooling channels. The cooling does not come from room-temperature air. Compressed air extracted from the compressor section already heated to 650 degrees Celsius, is redirected through passages inside the blade. It then exits through thousands of tiny holes, creating a thin protective cooling film in real time 24/7 over the surface of the blades while the surrounding combustion gases exceed 1,500°C all while rotating at 3000 RPM. A blade is not surviving because the metal alone can withstand the heat. It survives because engineers created a controlled thermal environment around it. The blades rely on advanced nickel-based superalloys containing elements such as rhenium, tungsten, cobalt and chromium, protected by metallic bond coats and ceramic thermal barrier coatings such as yttria-stabilised zirconia. These coatings are one of the most closely guarded proprietary technologies in turbine manufacturing. Every blade requires precision casting, advanced machining, laser drilling and microscopic inspection. A manufacturing defect measured in fractions of a millimetre can affect a rotor weighing around 150 tonnes and spinning at 3,000 RPM. The complete GT36 turbine system weighs around 520 tonnes and, in its most efficient combined-cycle configuration, can produce approximately 800 MW of electricity at around 64% efficiency enough to supply roughly 500,000+ homes. A complete power plant built around a machine like this can cost around $500-600 million, but the true value is not the steel and turbine machinery. It is the industrial capability and know how required to build a machine designed to operate for 30+ years and more than 100,000 equivalent operating hours, while repeatedly surviving one of the harshest environments humans have ever engineered. This is what the peak of industrial engineering looks like before it starts moving, this is what powers the world. Engineering is Art Video by AnsaldoEnergiashow more

Last week, we pushed our Hadfield MK IV engine... and Darkhorse engine test cell to their limits ahead of our upcoming thrust vector control (TVC) and orbital engine test campaigns. It was thrilling to see this controlled test go sideways — literally! Orbital launch vehicles operate within narrow design margins and constrained safety factors, where excess mass in any subsystem directly impacts payload capacity or mission viability. Destructive and limit testing enable us to validate optimal mass-performance trade-offs across propulsion, pressure systems, and primary structures. Key outcomes from this test include: ✅ Structural margins validated – Darkhorse demonstrated stable operation under full thrust loads at gimbal angles exceeding design specifications ✅ Thermal performance characterized – Extended burn duration at off-nominal mixture ratios provided empirical data on regenerative cooling degradation modes and injector thermal limits ✅ Fault tolerance demonstrated – Engine maintained functionality despite progressive damage, validating robustness for anomalous flight conditions ✅ TVC readiness confirmed – Test results validate system integration for upcoming actuated TVC test series l Design optimization insights – Failure mode analysis generated actionable improvements for cooling architecture, injector design, thrust structures, and engine reusability At NordSpace, we push limits. Canada needs to get to orbit with sovereign light-lift launch by 2028 and medium-lift launch by the early 2030s. The only way this is possible is through extreme levels of testing, manufacturing, and investment. Our mission to build a Canadian end-to-end space missions capability will change the shape of our nation both on Earth and in space. If you would like to join our mission, please apply for a role at NordSpace via the Careers page on our website, and join us at the Canadian Space Launch Conference on May 5th, in Ottawa. National Defence Defence Research and Development Canada NSERC / CRSNG Canadian Space Agency Transport Canadashow more

Macchi C.205 pilots of the Aeronautica Nazionale Repubblicana with... their fighters still in Luftwaffe markings in early 1944 full clip: The Aeronautica Nazionale Repubblicana was the air force of the Italian Social Republic, the World War II German puppet state in Italy after the 1943 armistice divided the nation. It received numbers of Italian aircraft, later augmented with their own local production, and further aircraft from Germany. This force was opposed to the Aviazione Cobelligerante Italiana, the Italian pro-Allied air force, though they never actually met in combat. The Macchi C.205 Veltro was an Italian World War II fighter aircraft built by the Aeronautica Macchi. Along with the Reggiane Re.2005 and Fiat G.55, this plane was one of the three "Serie 5" Italian fighters built around the powerful Daimler-Benz DB 605 engine. The C.205 was a development of the earlier C.202 Folgore. With a top speed of around 640 km/h and equipped with a pair of 20mm cannon as well as 12.7mm Breda machine guns, the C.205 was highly respected by Allied and Axis pilots alike. Widely regarded as one of the best Italian fighters of World War II, it proved to be extremely effective, destroying a significant number of Allied bombers. The Macchi C. 205 also proved capable of meeting advanced Allied fighters on relatively equal terms. While able to match the best Allied opponents in speed and maneuverability, the type's impact was limited as it was introduced late in the conflict. Due to the limitations of the Italian war economy, only a small production run was delivered before the end of the war. Like the Spitfire, the Veltro was challenging in its construction and slow to build. Italy's highest-scoring ace, Adriano Visconti, achieved 11 of his 26 credited victories in the few weeks he was able to fly the Veltro, with Sergente Maggiore pilota Luigi Gorrini shooting down 14 enemy aircraft plus six damaged with the C.205. A total of 29 C.205s reached northern airfields to be used by the Aeronautica Nazionale Repubblicana. Macchi produced the remaining 72 aircraft of the third series for the ANR before production was shut down by Allied bombing in May 1944. Statistics on aircraft production post-Armistice are unclear and incomplete. In general, C.205s fought well in ANR service: they were attached to units that had homogeneous equipment, or at least of comparable quality, and were guided by German radar stations. Though few in number, they achieved success in inflicting losses on Allied bombers and fighters. A few Veltros were delivered to 3° Gruppo, based in Vicenza, while further Veltros were scattered throughout other small units. The 1° Gruppo C.T. of the ANR based at the Campoformido airfield was equipped with C.205 and its first operation on 3 January 1944 was a success. led by Italian ace Capitano Adriano Visconti, a formation of Boeing B-17 Flying Fortresses and their escort of Lockheed P-38 Lightnings bombing factories in Villar Perosa was intercepted, and four of the escorts were shot down. The aircraft were still in Luftwaffe markings as seen in this footage. On 28 January, the C.205s, now with Italian markings, succeeded in shooting down a B-24 Liberator, their first four-engined American bomber. This air victory was credited to Sergente Marconcini, Visconti's wingman. By 25 February, 1° Gruppo C.T. had reported 26 victories for nine losses. An extremely bitter aerial combat took place on 11 March, where the Italians claimed 12 victories while losing three of their own pilots. These included 1st Lt Boscutti, who was reportedly killed by gunfire from a US P-38 Lightning after he had bailed out from his stricken fighter and was hanging from his parachute. On 18 March, 30 C.205s from 1° Gruppo C.T. and 60 Bf 109s from JG.77 tangled with about 450 Allied bombers and their escorts, shooting down at least four enemy aircraft. Corp. Zaccaria was killed in action, again apparently shot at by a P-38 after bailing out. Allied bombing in April 1944 destroyed most of the Macchi and Fiat facilities, bringing fighter production to an end. With production interrupted, the Italians were forced to re-equip their three groups almost fully with Bf 109s, largely because the Germans were quick to offer some of their best models, including Bf 109G-6s and Bf 109K-4s. The Allies were less generous with the Aviazione Cobelligerante Italiana, and Veltros, including some upgraded C.202s, were slowly replaced with worn-out P-39s and Spitfires, but not before Summer 1944. #macchi #c205 #veltro #anr #ww2 #wwi #sgmshow more