It was also powered by the Isotta-Fraschini V.4b that powered most of the versions of the Macchi M.5 and was armed with two Vickers 0.303 machine guns.
After comparative trials were performed between the M.6 prototype and an standard M.5, the results showed that the M.6 had not any advantage over the M.5 whatsoever, so it's development was abandoned and no more M.6s were built. The fate of the prototype is unknown.
Also, as there aren't any blueprints or profile drawings of this airplane, only black & white photos, so we decided to leave undrawn.
The only known pic of the Macchi M.6 |
Sources:
1. Salamander Books - The Complete Book of Fighters
2. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macchi_M.6
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