Bloch MB.162

Maximum speed: 550 km/h (342 mph)
Range: 2,400 km (1,490 miles)
Service ceiling: 9,000 m (29,500 ft)
Rate of climb: 345 m/min (1,130 ft/min)
Wing loading: kg/m² ( lb/ft²)
Power/Mass: kW/kg ( hp/lb)

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Four engine, long-range bomber which never progressed past the prototype stage.

1 Development
2 Operational history
3 Variants
4 Military Operators
5 Specifications (MB.162)
6 References
7 Related content

[edit] Development

Developed from the speedy MB-160 long-range civil transport, the MB-162 was originally developed as a mailplane. 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 fine and fast heavy bomber for the French, somewhat analogous to the B-17 but much faster and less well armed.

[edit] 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.

[edit] Variants

MB.160 - civil transport prototype (3 produced)
MB.162 Raid - mailplane version (? produced)
MB.162.01 - prototype (1 produced), later redesignated SE.161.1.
MB.162 Bn.5 - Production model--never produced
MB.161 - "Languedoc" civil transport, post-war production model (? produced), later redesignated SE.161.P7.