Breguet 17

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Type	Heavy fighter
Manufacturer	Breguet
Maiden flight	1918
Primary user	French Army
Number built	ca. 100

The Breguet 17 was a fighter biplane developed in France towards the end of World War I and operated by that country during the 1920s.

Contents 1 Design and development 2 Operational history 3 Variants 4 Operators 5 Specifications 6 References 7 External links 8 See also

[edit] Design and development

Breguet 17 was a derivative of the highly-successful Breguet 14 bomber, but somewhat scaled down and carrying a more powerful engine and heavier machine gun armament in place of a bomb load. The French Army was impressed enough to place orders for 1,000 of these aircraft during 1918, to be delivered the following year. The end of World War I also ended these plans, but some limited production did take place into the early 1920s.

[edit] Operational history

The type was operated as the Bre.17C.2 with several escadrilles as a supplement to existing aircraft, but never formed the basis of any one unit on its own. A single example was converted into a prototype night fighter, but no production ensued.

[edit] Variants

Bre.17C.2

Main production version.

Bre.17

Night fighter prototype.

[edit] Operators

 France

• French Army

[edit] Specifications

General characteristics

• Crew: Two, pilot and gunner
• Length: 8.10 m (26 ft 7 in)
• Wingspan: 14.28 m (16 ft 10 in)
• Height: 3.42 m (11 ft 3 in)
• Wing area: 43.3 m² (466 ft²)
• Gross weight: 1,840 kg (4,056 lb)
• Powerplant: 1 × Renault 12K1, 336 kW (450 hp)

Performance

• Maximum speed: 218 km/h (135 mph)
• Service ceiling: 7,500 m (24,610 ft)
• Rate of climb: 5.8 m/s (1,140 ft/min)

Armament

• 2 × fixed, forward-firing .303 Vickers machine guns
• 2 × trainable, rearward-firing .303 Lewis guns in ring mount in rear cockpit
• 1 × trainable, downward-firing .303 Lewis gun through trap door in rear cockpit

[edit] References

• Taylor, Michael J. H. (1989). Jane's Encyclopedia of Aviation. London: Studio Editions, 198. 
• World Aircraft Information Files. London: Bright Star Publishing, File 890 Sheet 80. 

[edit] External links

[edit] See also

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