ANF Les Mureaux 180

ANF Les Mureaux 180
Role Fighter aircraft
National origin France
Manufacturer ANF Les Mureaux
First flight 10 February 1935
Number built 1


The ANF Les Mureaux 180 was a prototype French fighter aircraft of the 1930s. designed and built by Les Ateliers de Construction du Nord de la France et des Mureaux It was a single-engined, two-seat, gull wing monoplane, only one was built and the programme was abandoned as obsolete.[1]

Design and development

The ANF Les Mureaux 180C.2 first flew on 10 February 1935 with a 690 hp (515 kW) Hispano-Suiza 12Xbrs engine and a single fin and rudder.[1] In April 1935 the 180 was modified with a Hispano-Suiza 12Xcrs motor-canon engine, it had 20mm cannon that fired through the propeller hub. The aircraft was also fitted with two wing-mounted 7.5mm machine guns. The observer also had a machine gun mounted on a flexible mount and the tail unit was changed to two vertical surfaces.[1] It continued to be tested until April 1936 but the project was abandoned when the design was considered to be obsolete.[1]

Specifications

Data from [2]

General characteristics

Performance

Armament

See also

Related development


Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 Orbis 1985, p. 236
  2. Parmentier, Bruno. "A.N.F. Les Mureaux 180". Retrieved 14 December 2013.

References

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