Ansaldo A.C.4

Good morning, today we keep going with this shot saga of Italian fighters.

Today it's the turn for the Ansaldo A.C.4 which was an Italian single-seat fighter prototype which was a direct development of the Ansaldo A.C.2.

The Ansaldo A.C.4 was basically an Ansaldo A.C.2 powered by a 410hp Fiat A.20 engine which was already successful in Italy thanks to some successful biplane fighters like the Fiat Cr.20. It was armed, like the A.C.2 with a pair of 7,7mm Vickers machine guns.

It was flown for the first time in 1927, but only one prototype was built and, given the avaliability of better fighters, the project was abandoned.

Sources:
1. https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ansaldo_AC.2
2. http://www.aviastar.org/air/italy/ansaldo_ac-4.php
3. Salamander Books - The Complete Book of Fighters