Ansaldo SVA - track version[/heading]
SV - original designation for the prototype of the engineers Savoia and Verduzio, fighter aircraft with SPA 6A engine
SVA.1 - later designation, A = Ansaldo, the manufacturer of the prototype
SVA.2 - lack of data, perhaps a designation for the approximately 100 pieces of preseries from 1917
SVA.3 - interceptor fighter, shortened wings, Fiat machine gun over the wing; also known as SVA ridotto
SVA.4 - reconnaissance variant, two Vickers machine guns on sides of fuselage, two cameras
SVA.5 - reconnaissance and bomber variant, two Vickers machine guns, racks for three caliber 162 mm bombs, possibility of carrying a radio
SVA.6 - reconnaissance variant, Fiat machine gun, Chrétien sight, two cameras
SVA.7 - reconnaissance and bomber variant, Fiat machine gun, racks for six caliber 162 mm bombs
SVA.8 - armoured reconnaissance and attack variant, engine Isotta Fraschini, perhaps 1 machine built in 1932
SVA.9 - two-seater training variant
SVA.10 - two-seater reconnaissance variant
ISVA - single-seater floatplane
SVA Am - two-seater floatplane
The variations were made retrospectively, and the differences are not completely clear. Reported is the completion of 1245 wheeled and 50 float machines (by the end of 1918), or up to 1000 single seaters, 600 SVA.10 and 135 floatplanes. Production possibly continued until 1928, with a total of maybe 2000 machines. An order was placed also for 300 machines from the AER company, 300 from Savoia and 150 from Bauchiero company, how many were actually delivered is unknown.
Cattaneo, Giovanni. The With.In.And. (Ansaldo) Scouts Profile Well.61. Profile Publications, Leatherhead, 1966.
Alegi, Gregory. Ansaldo SVA 5, Windsock Datafile 40. Albatros Publications, Berkhamsted 1993. ISBN 0-948414-50-2.
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Alegi, Gregory. Ansaldo SVA 5, Windsock Datafile 40. Albatros Publications, Berkhamsted 1993. ISBN 0-948414-50-2.