Armament
All units were fitted with an asdic, and also torpedo launchers were present in the same quantity and placement for all units of the class; about artillery, there were three different configurations:
- Ghibli, Impavido, Impetuoso, Indomito, Monsone were fitted with 3 single 100/47mm guns, plus 4 dual 20/65mm machine guns.
- Aliseo, Ardente, Ciclone, Fortunale, Groppo, Tifone, Uragano with 2 single 100/47mm guns, while central mounting was fitted with another dual 20/65mm installation (10 x 20/65mm machine guns).
- Animoso, Ardito, Ardimentoso, Intrepido with 2 single 100/47mm guns, while central mounting was fitted with a quadruple 20/65mm mounting, for a total of 12 AA machine guns.
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