Bloch MB.162
| MB.162 | |
|---|---|
| |
| 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
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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 pressed 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
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)
Specifications (MB.162 B5)
Data from War Planes of the Second World War: Volume Seven [1]
General characteristics
- Crew: 5
- Length: 21.91 m (71 ft 11 in)
- Wingspan: 28.1 m (92 ft 2 in)
- Height: 3.76 m (12 ft 4 in)
- Wing area: 109 m2 (1,170 sq ft)
- Empty weight: 11,890 kg (26,213 lb)
- Gross weight: 19,040 kg (41,976 lb)
- Powerplant: 2 × Gnome-Rhône 14N-48 14-cylinder two-row air-cooled radial engine, 820 kW (1,100 hp) each LH rotation
- Powerplant: 2 × Gnome-Rhône 14N-49 14-cylinder two-row air cooled radial engine, 820 kW (1,100 hp) each RH rotation
- Propellers: 3-bladed variable-pitch propellers
Performance
- Maximum speed: 551 km/h (342 mph, 298 kn) at 5,500 m (18,000 ft)
- Range: 2,399 km (1,491 mi, 1,295 nmi)
- Service ceiling: 9,000 m (30,000 ft)
- Time to altitude:
- 2,000 m (6,600 ft) 5 minutes 48 seconds
- 5,000 m (16,000 ft) in 18 minutes
- Wing loading: 175 kg/m2 (36 lb/sq ft)
- Power/mass: 0.17 kW/kg (0.10 hp/lb)
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 (7,937 lb) of bombs
See also
Related development
- SNCASE Languedoc
Related lists
Notes
- ^ Green 1967, p.106.
Bibliography
- Green, William. War Planes of the Second World War: Bombers and Reconnaissance Aircraft, Volume Seven. London: Macdonald, 1967.
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Bloch MB.162.
- Aviafrance(in French)
- MB 162 - Dassault Aviation