Italeri 2678 - 1/48 Focke-Wulf Fw 190 A-8 WWII  [IT-2678S]

Period: Second World War

Nation: Germany

Model Dim.: 18 cm

Focke-Wulf FW 190 A-8

The Focke-Wulf Fw 190 wound up being one of the most significant better airplanes produced during World War II. With more than 20,000 devices crafted from 1941, using the Messerschmitt Bf 109, it was the Luftwaffe’s most well-known fighter. The Focke-Wulf Fw 190 A-8 wound up being built with a BMW 801 D-2 two celebrity radial motor, with 14 1,700 Hp cylinders, which permitted it to achieve a maximum speed of 653 Km/h. It had been significantly armed with 2 MG 131 product weapons and 4 MG 151 20 mm cannons. Production the A-8 variation started in first months of 1944, characterised with an injection system able to increase engine power, for brief durations, to over 1,900 Hp. From 1944 until might 1945 in lots of the Focke-Wulf factories, over 6,500 190 A-8 models was indeed built, to handle the more and much more regular allied environment raids.