Bloch MB.162
| MB.162 | |
|---|---|
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| Role | Heavy Bomber |
| National origin | France |
| Manufacturer | Société des Avions Marcel Bloch |
| First flight | 1 June 1940 |
| Introduction | 1943 |
| Primary user | Luftwaffe |
| Number built | 1 |
| Developed from | Bloch MB.161 |
The Bloch MB.162 was a French four-engine, long-range bomber developed by Société des Avions Marcel Bloch in the late 1930s. Only a single prototype was built; after capture by German forces, it was impressed into service with the Luftwaffe as a transport.
Development
Developed from the speedy MB.160 long-range civil transport, the MB.162 was originally developed as a mail plane. The MB.162 01 bomber prototype first flew in June 1940 and was captured subsequent to the Armistice. Had the MB.162 entered production in 1941 as planned, it would have been a notable and fast heavy bomber for the French, somewhat analogous to the B-17 but much faster and less well-armed.
Operational history
The MB.162 did not fly a single combat mission, nor did the MB.162 B.5 production model ever enter production. The prototype was used by the Luftwaffe in I/KG 200 for clandestine affairs during 1943-1944.
Variants
- civil transport prototype with smaller span, longer, single central fin. Three built.
- MB.161
- produced postwar as airliner SE.161 Languedoc. 100 built
- MB.162 Raid
- Long-range mailplane version
- MB.162.01
- prototype, one built
- MB.162 Bn.5
- Production model - never produced
Military operators
- Armee de l'Air (postwar)
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Specifications (MB.162 B5)
Data from War Planes of the Second World War: Volume Seven [1]
General characteristics
- Crew: five
- Length: 21.91 m (71 ft 10½ in)
- Wingspan: 28.10 m (92 ft 2 in)
- Height: 3.76 m (12 ft 4 in)
- Wing area: 109 m² (1,173 ft²)
- Empty weight: 11,890 kg (26,158 lb)
- Loaded weight: 19,040 kg (41,888 lb)
- Powerplant: 4 × Gnome-Rhône 14N-48/49 14-cylinder two-row air cooled radial engine, 821 kW (1,100 hp) each
Performance
- Maximum speed: 551 km/h (297 kn, 342 mph) at 5,500 m (18,045 ft)
- Range: 2,399 km (1,296 nmi, 1,490 mi)
- Service ceiling: 9,000 m (29,530 ft)
- Wing loading: 175 kg/m² (35.7 lb/ft²)
- Power/mass: 0.17 kW/kg (0.11 hp/lb)
- Climb to 2,000 m (6,560 ft): 5 min 48 sec
- Climb to 5,000 m (16,400 ft): 18 min
Armament
- Guns: 2 × 7.5 mm (.295 in) MAC 1934 machine guns in nose and ventral positions
- 2 × 20 mm Hispano-Suiza HS.404 cannon in ventral and dorsal positions
- Bombs: 3,600 kg (7,940 lb) of bombs
See also
- Related development
- Related lists
References
- Notes
- ↑ Green 1967, p.106.
- Bibliography
- Green, William. War Planes of the Second World War: Bombers and Reconnaissance Aircraft, Volume Seven. London: Macdonald, 1967.
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