 After a fierce competition, in which the C.205N was quickly abandoned and the G.55 was considered better from a production point of view (being only marginally inferior as a fighter but much easier to mass produce), the "Regia Aeronautica" ordered the production of 750 Re.2005 aircraft, an optimistic figure in wartime Italy.The Re.2005 was a low-wing, single-engine, single-seat fighter monoplane, made of light alloys.Propulsion was by a Daimler Benz DB.605A-1 engine, either of original German production or built by Fiat as the RA.1050 RC.58 "Tifone" (Typhoon).