In an attempt to improve the performance of the L.1 flying-boat Macchi, the design was improved with a reduced span on the swept biplane wings and a more powerful 119 kW (160 hp) Isotta Fraschini V.4B engine.

The L.2 was a three-bay unequal-span biplane flying boat with a two-man crew in side-by-side cockpits.

It was powered by a single Isotta Fraschini engine, strut-mounted between the two wings and driving a pusher propeller.

It was armed with a single machine gun on a trainable mounting and could also carry four light bombs.

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