Armée de
l'Air OOB
NOTES:
1.) In
OTL, Marcel Bloch, the owner of Bloch, spent WWII in a Nazi camp, and
after the war, changed his religion from Judaism to Catholicism and
his name to Marcel Dassault, and rebuilt Bloch as Dassault. In
Drakafic, this never happens, so we have Bloch Mirages instead of
Dassault Mirages postwar, etc.
2.) During the invasion of
France in 1940, Emil Dewoitine fled to Argentinia, where postwar, he
designed the Pulqui I. With no German invasion of France in 1940,
Dewoitine stays in France.
3.) The French get aircraft that
they got in the early 1950s, because in OTL, they pretty much had to
rebuild their industrial and design base from scratch following World
War II; it's not enough to simply copy German "what if"
designs, you need to have an indigenious capability of refining and
developing the designs to get a workable airframe. You can see this
in OTL, when the Argentinians tried building a copy of the Ta-183
with Kurt Tank's help. They found that the swept wing made it
viciously unstable, and the Argentinians didn't have the technical
capital needed to crack the secret of non-stalling swept wings; which
was to build each wing exactly the same as the other. France didn't
have this kind of industrial capital for quite some time after WWII.
In Drakafic, no invasion of France occurs, and French soil is
untouched, except for Drakian nusiance raids in retaliation for the
bombing of North Africa, so the French are able to maintain their
aeronautical expertise that was lost in 1940 in OTL.
4.) Many
Bureaux absorptions do not happen.
OTL Combines |
Companies they Swallowed Up |
---|---|
SNCASO |
Lioré-Olivier, Bloch, SNCAO |
SNCAN |
Potez, Breguet |
SNCASE |
Lioré-Olivier, Potez |
FIGHTERS
Morane
Saulnier MS.406C.1 (July 1937) xx
Hispano Suiza 12Y 31
@ 860 hp
304 MPH @ 14,765 ft maximum speed
248 MPH @ 16,405 ft
cruising speed
16,405 ft in 6:30
466 mile range, 932 with drop
tanks
1 x 20mm Hispano-Suiza 404 (Hub)
2 x 7.5mm MAC 1934 MGs
(Wings)
Potez
631 (November 1937) xx
3 man crew
2 x Gnome-Rhône
14M-4/5 @ 700 hp
275 MPH @ 14,765 ft Max Speed
248 MPH @ 13,125
ft Cruising Speed
758 mile range
2 x 20mm Hispano-Suiza HS-9
(Nose)
2 x 7.5mm MAC 1934 MG (Nose)
1 x 7.5mm MAC 1934 MG
(Flexible Rear Cockpit Mount)
882 lbs of bombs (8 x 110 lb bombs
on modified aircraft)
NOTES: Was intended to act as a long
range heavy fighter; but wartime experience showed that it was not
very good at this role; and the ground attack role was better filled
by the Bre.690 series, which was also faster, while carrying the same
bombload; so for a brief time, the Potez 630 series was looking for a
mission; and found it as night-fighters the same way the Bf-110 did,
and filled that role until it was replaced by newer
night-fighters.
Cauldron-Renault
CR.714 Cyclone (July 1938) xx
Renault 12R-03 @ 500 hp
4
x 7.5mm MAC 1934 MGs (Underwing Gondolas) (300 RPG)
292 MPH @
16,404 ft
16,404 ft in 12:00
NOTES: A rather disappointing
fighter, it was built because the engine was readily available, it
used non-strategic materials (all wood), and only required 5,000
man/hours to assemble, compared to 12,000 for the MS.406
Dewoitine
D.520C.1 (November 1938) xx
Hispano-Suiza 12Y @ 935
hp
336 MPH @ 23,030 ft maximum speed
230 MPH Cruising speed
13,125 ft in 5:45
553 mile range, 957 mile range with drop
tanks
1 x 20mm Hispano-Suiza 404 (Hub)
4 x 7.5mm MAC 34 M39 MGs
(Wings)
NOTES: Part of the French response to the German
Bf-109E, severe problems with the Unions and recalitrant government
ministers delayed full production until 1939.
Arsenal
VG-33 (November 1938) xx
Hispano-Suiza 12Y 31 @ 860
hp
347 MPH @ 17,060 ft
745 mile range
1 x 20mm Hispano-Suiza
(Hub)
4 x 7.5mm MAC 34 M39 MGs (Wings)
NOTES: Part of the
French response to the German Bf-109E, severe problems with the
Unions and recalitrant government ministers delayed full production
until 1939.
Bloch
MB-152 (September 1938) xx
Gnome-Rhone 14N-25 @ 1,080
hp
320 MPH @ 13,125 ft
280 MPH Cruising speed
373 Mile
range
2 x 20mm Hispano 404 (Wings) (60 rpg)
2 x 7.5mm MAC 1934
MGs (Wings) (300 rpg)
NOTES: Part of the French response to
the German Bf-109E, severe problems with the Unions and recalitrant
government ministers delayed full production until 1939.
Bloch
MB-155 (July 1939) xx
Gnome Rhone 14N-49 @ 1,100
hp
323 MPH @ 14,768 ft
652 mile range
2 x 20mm Hispano 404
(Wings)
2 x 7.5mm MAC 1934 MGs (Wings)
NOTES: Had a smaller
turning radius than the MB-152.
Cauldron-Renault
CR.770 (November 1939) xx
Renault 626 @ 800 hp
6 x
7.5mm MAC 1934 MGs (Underwing Gondolas) (300 RPG)
366 MPH @ 16,404
ft
888 mile range
NOTES: An upgrade of the previous CR.714,
with a more powerful engine and two more 7.5mm machine guns, the
CR.770 found it's niche working as a fighter training aircraft in the
Armee De La Air due to it's cheapness; and also as a French
Lend-Lease aircraft, with the Italians operating a few squadrons of
them, along with a few other minor powers.
Morane
Saulnier MS.410 (December 1939) xx
Hispano Suiza 12Y 31
@ 860 hp
314 MPH @ 14,765 ft maximum speed
258 MPH @ 16,405 ft
cruising speed
466 mile range, 932 with drop tanks
1 x 20mm
Hispano-Suiza 404 (Hub)
4 x 7.5mm MAC 34 M39 MGs (Wings)
NOTES:
Improved model with two more wing mounted machine guns. Was otherwise
indistingushable from the MS.406. This was the end of the line for
the Moraine Saulner fighter family, as the MS.411 was only 20 MPH
faster, despite having a 1,000 hp engine; and the later MS.450 had a
speed of 348 MPH on a 1,300 hp engine; this was unacceptable and the
Moraine Saulner bureau no longer developed any fighters for the Armee
De L'Air.
Arsenal
VG-39 (May 1941) xx
Hispano Suiza 12Y 89 @ 1,200 hp
388
MPH @ 18,044 ft
301 MPH @ Near SL
16,404 ft in 4:55
745 mile
range
1 x 20mm Hispano-Suiza (Hub)
6 x 7.5mm MAC 34 M39 MGs
(Wings)
Dewoitine D.551 (June 1941)
xx
Hispano-Suiza 12Y-31 @ 1,300 hp
410 MPH @ 21,325 ft maximum
speed
6,561 ft in 1:29
553 mile range, 957 mile range with drop
tanks
2 x 20mm Hispano-Suiza 404 (Wings)
2 x 7.5mm MAC 34 M39
MGs (Wings)
Dewoitine
D.552 (xxx)
Arsenal 12H-02 @ 2,250 hp
450 MPH @
26246 ft
4 x 20mm Hispano-Suiza 404 (Wings)
NOTES:
Bloch
MB-157 (August 1941) xx
Gnome Rhone 14R-4 @ 1,590
hp
430 MPH @ 25,754 ft
680 mile range
2 x 20mm Hispano 404
(Wings)
2 x 7.5mm MAC 1934 MGs (Wings)
Arsenal
VG-39 bis (June
1942)
Hispano Suiza 12Z 17 @ 1,600 hp
420 MPH @ 20,000 ft
400
MPH @ 10,000 ft
380 MPH @ 5,000 ft
700 mile range
1 x 20mm
Hispano-Suiza (Hub)
6 x 7.5mm MAC 34 M39 MGs (Wings)
NOTES:
Performance is approximated from the P-51B, which had a 1,600 hp
engine.
Bloch
MB-158 (No OTL Analogue) (September 1942) xx
Gnome
Rhone 15B-1 @ 2,000 hp
435 MPH @ 25,754 ft
700 mile range
4
x 20mm Hispano 404 (Wings)
NOTES: Revised version of the
MB-157 with a cut down bubble canopy of the style found on late mark
USAF fighters, and a 2,000 hp engine. Armor protection for the pilot
was increased, along with the armament, which kept the speed
increases down to a marginal 5 MPH over the MB-157. Was the mainstay
of the French fighter force for the war.
Bloch
MB-159 (NO OTL ANALOGUE) (December 1943)
Gnome Rhone
15D @ 2,700 hp
460 MPH @ 25,754 ft
700 mile range
4 x 20mm
Hispano 404 (Wings)
NOTES: Last of the Bloch series of radial
engined fighters.
Bloch MB 18x Series
Bloch MB 19x
Series
Arsenal
VB-10 ()
2 x Hispano Suiza 12Z Ars 15 @ 1,150 hp
435
MPH @ 24,606 ft
1,056 mile range
4 x 20mm Hispano Suiza
500
kg bombs
NOTES:
LeO 610 Narval
(OTL SNCASO SO-8000 Narval) ()
1 x 2,250 hp Arsenal 12H engine
453
MPH @ 26246 ft
NOTES:
Dewoitine D.xxx
(OTL IAe.27 Pulqui)
Derwent 5
850 KMH top at sea
level
720 KMH at altitude
712 kmh cruise
900 km range
4 x
20mm
Bloch
MB-190 Ouragan (OTL Dassault MD.450) (Winter 1945)
1 x
Turbojet (5070 lbs thrust)
516 MPH top speed at altitude
584
MPH @ SL Maximum Speed
466 MPH Cruising speed
571 Mile
Range
355 Mile combat range
4 x 20mm cannon
2 x 1,000 lb
bombs on 2 hardpoints
Bloch
MB-192 Ouragan II (OTL Dassault MD.452 Mystere II) ()
1
x Atar 101D-3 turbojet @ 6613 lbs thrust
658 MPH top speed
745
Mile Range
2 x 30mm cannon
NOTES: Upgraded Ouragan with a
more powerful turbojet engine.
Bloch
MB-193 Ouragan III (OTL Dassault MD.453 Mystere III) ()
2
man crew
6283 lb turbojet
627 MPH top speed
NOTES:
Redesigned MB-19x series to have a two man crew, and room in the nose
for radar; first French Jet powered nightfighter.
Bloch
MB-194 Ouragan IV (OTL Dassault MD.454 Mystere IVA) ()
xx
7,716 lb thrust turbojet
695 MPH @ SL Maximum speed
820
mile range
2 x 30mm DEFA cannons
Arsenal
VG-90 (1949)
Hispano-Suiza Nene 102 @ 5,004 lbs
thrust
590 MPH @ 19,685 ft
39,370 ft in 18:00
963 mile
range
3 x 30mm
2 x 500 kg bombs
NOTES: The VG 90 was a
shipboard jet fighter design, derived from the VG 70 and VG 80. The
jet intake was moved from the ventral position to under the wing
roots, and the wing sweep was reduced to enhance low-speed handling.
Like the VG 70, the VG 90 was sleek and clean, but it was rather
large for its engine. Both prototypes were lost in fatal crashes. The
VG 90 was cancelled.
SNCAN
Nord 2200 ()
5,004 lbs thrust turbojet
581 MPH @
16404 ft
32,808 ft in 11 minutes
559 mile range
NOTES:SNCAN
was part of Potez, Breguet
Potez
721 Nord
(OTL SNCAN Nord 1601) ()
621 MPH @ SL
2 x Rolls-Royce "Derwent"
5 turbojets, 1814kg
NOTES:
S.N.C.A.S.O.
SO-6020 'Espadon' Fighter
2,264 kg thrust turbojet
646 MPH
@ SL
32808 ft in 10 minutes
39370 ft ceiling
Bombers
Bloch
131 (December 1936) xx
4 man crew
2 x Gnome Rhone
14N10/11 @ 950 hp
239 MPH @ 13,123 ft
23,786 ft service
ceiling
553 mile range with 882 lb bombload
1,764 lbs of bombs
maximum (4 x 441 lb, or 6 x 220 lb, or 8 x 110 lb, or 64 x 22 lb
bombs)
1 x 7.5mm MG (Nose)
1 x 7.5mm MG (Dorsal turret)
1 x
7.5mm MG (Ventral Gondola)
Bloch
M.B.174 A.3 (September 1938) xx
3 Man crew
2 x Gnome
Rhone 14N 48/49 @ 1,100 hp
329 MPH @ 17,060 ft maximum speed
248
MPH Cruising speed
1,025 mile maximum range
802 mile range
with 882 lbs of bombs
2 x 7.5mm MAC 1934 MGs (Wings)
2 x 7.5mm
MAC 1934 MGs (Dorsal Position)
3 x 7.5mm MAC 1934 MGs (Aft Firing
Wobble Mounts)
882 lbs of bombs (usually 8 x 110 lb bombs)
NOTES:
The MB.174 proved to be exceptional in its handling, but a major
deficiency was the size of its bomb bay, too small to allow the
carriage of bombs larger than 110 lb. This was a major limiting
factor on the aircraft's effectiveness. Also conceived for armed
strategic reconnaisance, its speed and its maneuverability at
altitude allowed it to escape from most modern fighters.
Amoit
354 (October 1938) xx
4 man crew
2 x Gnome-Rhone 14N
48/49 @ 1,060 hp
298 MPH @ 13,125 ft maximum speed
217 MPH
Cruising speed
1,553 mile range
1 x 7.5mm MAC MG (Nose)
1 x
20mm cannon (Dorsal Turret)
1 x 7.5mm MAC MG (Ventral
Tunnel)
2,646 lb maximum bombload
NOTES: Became a primary
french light/medium bomber of the war, replacing the Bloch MB-170
series due to it's greater range, bombload , and defensive
armament.
Bloch
M.B.175 (December 1938) xx
3 Man crew
2 x Gnome
Rhone 14N 48 @ 1,140 hp
336 MPH @ 17,060 ft maximum speed
245
MPH Cruising
994 mile range
2
x 7.5mm MAC 1934 MGs (Wings)
2 x 7.5mm MAC 1934 MGs (Dorsal
Position)
3 x 7.5mm MAC 1934 MGs (Aft Firing Wobble Mounts)
1,322
lbs of bombs
NOTES: After the
fiftieth MB.174 was delivered, the MB.175 succeeded the MB.174 on the
assembly lines. This version, a dedicated bomber, had a redesigned
bomb bay capable of carrying bombs of 220 to 440 lbs. Its fuselage
was lengthened and widened to accommodate this greater capacity. A
small amount were converted to act as torpedo bombers under the
designation M.B.175T before the Breguet 690 series took over that
role. Eventually it was phased out in the light/medium bomber role
once the Amoit 350 series was produced in larger numbers as it was
correctly predicted that the Amoit aircraft had more life in it's
basic design. Still, it provided the French with most of their bomber
force for the early part of the war.
Liore
& Oliver LeO 451 (February 1939) xx
4 man crew
2
x Gnome Rhone 14N48/49 @ 1,140 hp
298 MPH @ 15,749 ft
29,528 ft
service ceiling
1,802 mile maximum range
Up to 2,204 lbs in
bomb bay (two 1,102 lb bombs or 5 x 441 lb bombs)
two small bomb
bays in wing roots (1 x 440 lb or 1 x 220 lb bomb)
1 x 7.5mm MG
(Fixed Nose Gun) (300 rounds)
1 x 20mm Cannon (retractable dorsal
turret) (120 rounds)
1 x 7.5mm MG (retractable ventral turret)
(500 rounds)
Bloch
MB-162 (December 1939)
5 man crew
4 x Gnome Rhone
14R @ 1,375 hp
301 MPH maximum speed @ 18,044 ft
1,490 mile
range
29,500 ft service ceiling
1 x 7.5mm MG (Nose)
1 x
7.5mm MG, 1 x 20mm (Dorsal Position)
1 x 7.5mm MG 1 x 20mm
(Ventral Position)
7,940 lbs of bombs
NOTES: Somewhat
analogous to the B-17 of OTL, but much faster and less well
armed.
Amoit
358 (No OTL Analogue) (September 1940) xx
4 man crew
2
x Gnome Rhone 14R @ 1375 hp
304 MPH @ 13,125 ft maximum speed
220
MPH Cruising speed
1,500 mile range
1 x 7.5mm MAC MG (Nose)
1
x 20mm cannon (Dorsal Turret)
1 x 7.5mm MAC MG (Ventral
Tunnel)
2,646 lb maximum bombload
NOTES: Improved version
with slightly faster speed; most of the extra weight being in armor
and self-sealing fuel tanks.
Liore
& Oliver LeO 455 (October 1940)
4 man crew
2 x
Gnome Rhone 14R @ 1375 hp
310 MPH @ 15,749 ft
29,528 ft service
ceiling
1,750 mile maximum range
Up to 2,204 lbs in bomb bay
(two 1,102 lb bombs or 5 x 441 lb bombs)
two small bomb bays in
wing roots (1 x 440 lb or 1 x 220 lb bomb)
1 x 7.5mm MG (Fixed
Nose Gun) (300 rounds)
1 x 20mm Cannon (retractable dorsal turret)
(120 rounds)
1 x 7.5mm MG (retractable ventral turret) (500
rounds)
Liore
& Oliver LeO 460 (No OTL Analogue) (June 1941)
4
man crew
2 x Gnome Rhone 14R-4 @ 1,590 hp
300 MPH @ 15,749
ft
29,528 ft service ceiling
1,550 mile maximum range
Up to
2,204 lbs in bomb bay (two 1,102 lb bombs or 5 x 441 lb bombs)
two
small bomb bays in wing roots (1 x 440 lb or 1 x 220 lb bomb)
1 x
7.5mm MG (Fixed Nose Gun) (300 rounds)
1 x 20mm Cannon
(retractable dorsal turret) (120 rounds)
1 x 7.5mm MG (retractable
ventral turret) (500 rounds)
Amoit
359 (NO OTL Analogue) (August 1941)
4 man crew
2 x
Gnome Rhone 14R-4 @ 1,590 hp
310 MPH @ 13,125 ft maximum speed
225
MPH Cruising speed
1,400 mile range
1 x 7.5mm MAC MG (Nose)
1
x 20mm cannon (Dorsal Turret)
1 x 7.5mm MAC MG (Ventral
Tunnel)
2,646 lb maximum bombload
NOTES: Major production
version; had more armor protection, etc. The first pre-production
versions had been delivered to the Armee De'L Air when WWII broke
out.
Amoit 405 (No OTL Analogue)
(May 1943)
3 man crew
2 x Gnome Rhone 15B-1 @ 2,000 hp
370
MPH @ 20,000 ft maximum speed
300 MPH Cruising speed
1 x 20mm
cannon (Dorsal Turret)
1,850
mile range with 3,700 lbs of bombs
7,940 lb maximum
bombload to short ranges
NOTES: Advanced medium bomber; served
for the remainder of the war as the primary light/medium bomber of
the Armee D'L air.
S.N.C.A.O. CAO-1000
(No OTL Analogue) (September 1943)
5
man crew
2 x Gnome Rhone 15B-1 @ 2,000 hp
330 MPH @ 28,000 ft
Maximum Speed
200 MPH @ 25,000 ft Cruising speed
3,000
mile range @ 25,000 ft with 5,000 lb bombload
1,000 mile range @
medium with 10,000 lb bombload
1
x 20mm (Remotely Controlled Dorsal Turret)
1 x 20mm (Remotely
Controlled Ventral Turret)
1
x 20mm (Tail Gun)
NOTES: Was based on SNCAO's failed
CAO-700 heavy bomber design that failed to win the competition for a
heavy bomber in 1939. The SNCAO designers didn't give up, and
constantly kept on improving the CAO-700, with more powerful engines,
and better aerodynamics, so that when the French Ministry of War put
forth a requirement for a successor to the Bloch MB-162 series, SNCAO
was well positioned and won the competition easily. Helped burn North
Africa to the ground.
Lioré-Olivier
LeO 760 (OTL S.N.C.A.S.O. SO-4000) (August 1945)
2
x 4,982 lbs thrust tubojets
528 MPH @ 29,527 ft
2
man crew
2 x 20mm in Wingtip Pods
4 x 992 lb bombs in bomb
bay
or/plus
4 x 992 lb externally (total warload of 7,936
lbs)
NOTES: First French jet-powered bomber; was capable of
outrunning all piston-engined fighters, but was vunerable to any jet
fighters. Was beset with early stability problems and was terribly
underpowered. It could be equipped with two 20mm cannons in wingtip
gun pods for ground attack, but this was a feature rarely used. The
placement of the engines led to many maintenance problems, leading to
it becoming known as a hangar queen; and the stability problems led
to several fatal crashes in it's only combat deployment. Was quickly
withdrawn as the far superior LeO 762s entered
service.
Lioré-Olivier
LeO 762 Vatour I
(Straight-Winged Version of OTL Vatour) (May 1946)
2 x 5,500 lbs
thrust tubojets
540 MPH @ 29,527 ft
2 man crew
2 x 30mm
(Fuselage)
6 x 992 lb bombs in bomb bay (5,952 lbs
maximum)
or/plus
4 x 992 lb externally (3968 lbs, for a total
warload of 9,920 lbs)
NOTES: Successor to the experimental LeO
760, the 762 was a conventional straight-winged jet bomber; which had
considerably improved handling qualities over the 760, and was
significantly easier to maintain. It was about 20 MPH faster; and
could carry about 2,000 more lbs of bombs maximum due to the improved
turbojets. It was originally planned to have the Vatour be a swept
wing aircraft; but due to the problems in acquiring turbojets
sufficient in power, it was decided for the first production block to
be conventionally winged.
Lioré-Olivier
LeO 764 Vatour II
(OTL SNCASO SO-4050 Vatour A but with weaker engines) (June
1947)
2 x 6,600 lb
turbojets
665 MPH top speed
4 x 30 mm DEFA
46,200 ft service
ceiling
600 Mile range - low altitude attack with 2,204 lbs
of bombs
1,553 Mile
range with external bombs on a high altitude bombing mission.
8,818
lb bombload (Bomb Bay, six bombs max)
7,716 lb bombload
(externally)
16,534 lb maximum bombload
NOTES:
Replaced the earlier Vatour I as France's frontline jet bomber; was
capable of outrunning all early jets; but was still vunerable to jet
fighters of it's era. Was also fitted with four 30mm cannons for use
in the light ground attack role. It was good enough that it served
into the 1960s as France's light-strike bomber before being replaced
by the Mach 2 Breguet Bre 810. Also served as photo reconnaisance and
in night fighter roles. When France acquired the Atomic Bomb, and
minaturized it to be small enough, it was the Vatour and it's
developed successors which carried them as France's counterpart to
the German Ju-132.
Attack
Breguet
Bre.693 (September 1938) xx
2 man crew (Pilot, rear
gunner/radio operator)
2 x Gnome Rhone 14M 6/7 Mars 14 @ 700
hp
304 MPH @ 16,405 ft maximum speed
248 MPH @ 13,125 ft
cruising speed
839 mile range
1 x 20mm Hispano Suiza Cannon
(nose)
2 x 7.5mm Darne MGs (nose)
1 x 7.5mm Darne MG (Rear
Cockpit Flexible Mount)
1 x 7.5mm Darne MG (Ventral Tunnel)
2 x
7.5mm Darne MGs (Engine Nacelles, firing Aft)
882 lbs of bombs
(usually 8 x 110 lb bombs)
NOTES: Originally designed as a
three-seat heavy fighter, after losing to the Potez 630, the Breguet
690 series was redesigned into a light bomber. In order to fit the
required bombload in, the navigator's seat was deleted and replaced
with a bomb bay. The little Breguets were popular with their crews.
The aircraft was well designed, easy to maintain, pleasant to fly and
the type's sturdy construction was frequently demonstrated and the
armament was effective.
Breguet
Bre.697 (xxx)
2 man crew (Pilot, rear gunner/radio
operator)
2 x Gnome Rhone 14N 48/49 @ 1,100 hp
310 MPH @ 16,405
ft maximum speed
250 MPH @ 13,125 ft cruising speed
800 mile
range
1 x 20mm Hispano Suiza Cannon (nose)
2 x 7.5mm Darne MGs
(nose)
1 x 7.5mm Darne MG (Rear Cockpit Flexible Mount)
1 x
7.5mm Darne MG (Ventral Tunnel)
2 x 7.5mm Darne MGs (Engine
Nacelles, firing Aft)
882 lbs of bombs (usually 8 x 110 lb
bombs)
NOTES: Upgraded version of the Breguet 690 series with
new 1,100 hp engines.
Breguet
Bre.701 (No OTL Analogue) (xx)
2 man crew (Pilot, rear
gunner/radio operator)
2 x Gnome Rhone 14R-4 @ 1,590 hp
315 MPH
@ 16,405 ft maximum speed
253 MPH @ 13,125 ft cruising speed
800
mile range
3 x 20mm Hispano Suiza Cannon (nose)
4 x 7.5mm Darne
MGs (nose)
1 x 7.5mm Darne MG (Rear Cockpit Flexible Mount)
882
lbs of bombs (usually 8 x 110 lb bombs)
NOTES: Formed the
backbone of the Armee de La Air's light attack fleet. Was a upgraded
version of the Bre 697 with more powerful engines, and a revised
armament for the ground attack duties it found itself performing with
increasing regularity. Large amounts of armor were added to the
airframe, which negated most of the advantage from moving to 1,500 hp
class engines. Torpedo-carrying variants were effective over the
Mediterranean.
Breguet Bre.805 (No
OTL Analogue) (xx)
2 man crew (Pilot, rear gunner/radio
operator)
2 x Gnome Rhone 15B-1 @ 2,000 hp
350 MPH @ 17,000 ft
maximum speed
280 MPH @ 14,000 ft cruising speed
1,000 mile
normal range
2,200 mile maximum range
4 x 20mm Hispano Suiza
Cannon (nose)
1 x 20mm Hispano Suiza Cannon (Remote Dorsal
Turret)
6,000 lb maximum
external bombload
NOTES: Was a totally new "clean
sheet" design from Breguet, which did away with the internal
bomb bay, allowing the aerodynamics to be cleaned up significantly
compared to the earlier Breguet 690 and 700 series.
Potez
(OTL S.N.C.A.S.E. SE-2410 Grognard) ()
2 x Nene 101 turbojets @
2700 kg
644 MPH @ 4921 ft top speed
528 mile range
Potez
(OTL S.N.C.A.S.E. SE-2415 Grognard II) ()
2 x Nene 101 turbojets @
2700 kg
596 MPH @ 4921 ft top speed
Two seat version with
stretched fuselage
Breguet BR-960-1 VUlture
1 980
hp engine Mamba I?
1 2,200 kg thrust turbojet
932 mile
rnage
559 MPH top speed
Breguet BR-960-2 VUlture
1 1320
hp engine Mamba III?
1 2,270 kg thrust turbojet
932 mile
rnage
559 MPH top speed
SFECMAS 1402 Gerfaut 1A
2300 kg
engine
745 MPH top speed
SNCAC NC-1071
2 x2,350 kg thrust
turbojet
621 mile rnage
494 MPH @ 21325 ft
SNCAC NC-1080
1 2,270 kg thrust
turbojet
981 mile rnage
608 MPH @ 16404 ft
TRANSPORTS
Bloch
MB.220 (February 1935) xx
2 x Gnome Rhone 14N-16 @ 915
hp
217 MPH top speed
173 MPH cruising speed
18
passengers
621 mile range
Caudron C.445M
Goéland "Seagull" ()
2 x Renault
6Q-00/01 @ 220 hp
186 MPH @ SL maximum speed
162 MPH Cruising
speed
621 mile range
6 passengers
Dassault
MD-315 'Flamant' I (6 July 1947)
10 Passengers
2 x
SNECMA 12S @ 580 hp
236 MPH @ 3,280 ft
186 MPH Cruising
speed
Bloch MB 161 (1941)
4 x
Gnome Rhone 14N @ 1,150 hp?
7200m ceiling
425 KMH top
speed
1000 km range
33 seats (long range)
44 seats (short
range)
5,500 kg of cargo as transport
Sud-Est
SE-2010 Armagnac (1945 design)
5 man crew
4 x P&W
R-4360-B13 Wasp Majors @ 3,500 hp
282 MPH cruise speed
84 to
160 passengers
1,522 mile range with maximum payload
SNCASE
SE.161 Languedoc ()
4 man crew
4 x Gnome Rhone 14N
68/69s @ 1,200 hp
252 MPH cruise speed
620 mile range
33
passengers
or
8,752 lbs cargo
Breguet
Br.763 Provence (1944 design)
4 man crew
4 x Gnome
Rhone 15Cs @ 2,400 hp
218 MPH cruise
1,345 mile range with max
payload
26,960 lbs maximum payload
59 passengers on upper deck;
48 on lower deck (107)
135 passengers using high-density
seating
NOTES: Rear doors are of clamshell type
SNCASO
SO-30 Nene Transport
2 x 5,004 lb turbojets
30
Passengers
466 MPH top speed
1056 mile range
39,370 ft
ceiling
NOTES: High speed variant of the SO-30P Bretagne
Transport
RECONNAISSANCE
S.N.C.A.S.E.
SE-1010
4 x 1,590 hp radials
323 MPH max
248 MPH cruise
4,350 mile range
37730 ft ceiling
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Breguet Bre.694
()
3 man crew
2 x Gnome Rhone 14M 4/5 @ 710 hp
2 x
MGs
S.N.C.A.S.O. SO-4000 (1951)
2
x Nene 102 @ 4,982 lbs
528 MPH @ 29,527 ft
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SFECMAS
1402 'Gerfaut' 1A ()
1 x SNECMA Atar 101C @ 5,070
lbs
745 MPH top speed
Aircraft
Weapons
Hispano Suiza 404
Cannon
20 x 110; 122 gram HE, 830 m/s
50
kg
gas/blowback operation
700 rpm
1.52 kg/sec burst
Hispano
Suiza 406 Cannon
23 x 122; 200 gram HE, 900 m/s
56.5
kg
gas/blowback operation
750 RPM (placeholder, 50 RPM over
404)
2.5 kg/sec burst
NOTES: Was under development when
France fell in OTL.
Hispano Suiza 825 Cannon
30 x136(B); 225 gram
HE, 1,050 m/s
103-112
kg
gas operated, belt fed
950-1000 RPM
3.66 kg/sec
burst
NOTES: Was a weapon that competed against the ADEN
cannon in the 1950s.
DEFA 541 Cannon
30
x 97B; 296 gram HE, 670
m/s
84 kg
gas revolver, belt fed
1,200 to 1,400 RPM
6.41
kg/sec burst
NOTES: Based upon the same principles as the
German MG-213 Cannon.