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Three machine guns ------  45 kgs.
Ammunition --------------  25 kgs.
Photographic apparatus --  35 kgs.
Radio and electrical 
installation ------------  25 kgs.
Instruments -------------   5 kgs.

Velocity ---------------- 200 k/h.
Factor of safety --------   9
Range ------------------- 600 km.
Climb to 1,000 m --------   4 min. 40 sec.
2,000 m. ----------------  10 min. 45 sec.
3,000 m. ----------------  19 min.
4,000 m. ----------------  30 min. 30 sec.
5,000 m. ----------------  50 min.

This machine has not been executed in up-to-date fashion and does not represent the last word in construction. Accessibility and maintenance and replacements on this type have not been very well thought out.

The Macchi firm has recently sold four of their old M-7 machines to Sweden.

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