Built in larger numbers than any other single-seat derivative of the S.V.A., the S.V.A.5 was a reconnaissance- fighter-bomber armed with two 7.7mm synchronised Vickers machine guns and carrying two reconnaissance cameras or light bombs slung on the fuselage sides on special clips. Initial production examples were powered by the 205hp SPA 6A engine, but later examples had the higher compression version of that engine rated at 230hp. Some S.V.A.5s were fitted with the 250hp Isotta-Fraschini V6 engine with which a maximum speed of 240km/h was attainable. The majority of the 1,248 S.V.A. aircraft built during 1917-18 were S.V.A.5s.