Block MB.200 ( fr. Bloch MB.200 ) - the French all-metal medium bomber of World War II with a fixed gear. The aircraft was developed in the design bureau of the company Société des Avions Marcel Bloch under the direction of M. Block. Serially produced at the Marseille Block factories in Courbevoie, 4 aircraft were built, Henri Potez in Melt - 111 aircraft, Societe Anrio in Bourges - 45 aircraft, Avienz Louis Breguet in Velizi - 19 aircraft, Chantier de la Loire "- 19 and SNCASO - 10 aircraft in Saint-Nazaire . In total, before the end of mass production in July 1936, 208 bomber copies were built in France. Under license from Aero and Avia, another 64 aircraft were built in Prague . In Czechoslovakia, mass production was completed in April 1939.
| MB.200 | |
|---|---|
 MB.200 | |
| Type of | medium bomber |
| Developer | Société des Avions Marcel Bloch |
| Manufacturer | Bloch ( Courbevoie ) Breguet ( Velizi ) Hanriot ( Bourges ) Loire and SNCASO ( Saint-Nazaire ) Potez ( Melt ) Aero and Avia ( Prague ) |
| Chief Designer | Marcel Block |
| First flight | June 26, 1933 (MB.200.01) [1] |
| Start of operation | 1934 |
| End of operation | April 1941 |
| Status | not in operation |
| Operators |  Armée de l'air Češkoslovenske Letectvo  Military Air Force in Bulgaria |
| Years of production | July 1934 - April 1939 |
| Units produced | 272 |
| Options | Bloch MB.210 |
The aircraft entered the air force of France in the autumn of 1934. In combat, aircraft were first used on the Republican side during the Spanish Civil War in the Madrid area. In the Battle of France, MB.200 was used only as night and sea patrol bombers. The planes captured during the war were used in the Luftwaffe as training, some of the Czechoslovak-made planes were transferred to the allies of Germany - Bulgaria, Romania and Croatia. In France, MB.200 was withdrawn from service in August 1940, the longest aircraft served in Germany - until April 1941.
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Performance Specifications
The following specifications correspond to the modification of MB.200B.4 :
Data Source: Sky Corner
- Specifications
- Crew : 4 people
- Length : 16.0 m
- Wing span : 22.45 m
- Height : 3.9 m
- Wing Area: 67.0 m²
- Empty weight: 4,463 kg
- Normal take-off weight: 7,280 kg
- Powerplant : 2 × Aerial Gnome et Rhône 14Kirs
- Engine power: 2 × 870 hp (2 × 650 kW)
- Flight characteristics
- Maximum speed: 285 km / h at an altitude of 4,300 m
- Cruising speed : 197 km / h
- Practical range: 1,000 km
- Practical ceiling : 8,000 m
- Rate of climb : 4.3 m / s
- Wing load: 108.7 kg / m² (calculated)
- Thrust-weight ratio: 178.6 W / kg (calculated)
- Armament
- Shooting and cannon: 3 × 7.5 mm MAC 1934 machine gun (at the fore, upper and lower fuselage points)
- Combat load: up to 1200 kg of bombs
Armed
- France - adopted in 1934
- Second Spanish Republic - 2 bombers purchased for the Republican Air Force at the expense of French workers
- Czechoslovakia - adopted in April 1937, after the occupation of Czechoslovakia by German troops in March 1939, the armed forces of Czechoslovakia ceased to exist, and aircraft became available to the Third Reich.
- Bulgaria - in 1939, 12 Avia MB.200 bombers (French Bloch MB.200 bombers, licensed in Czechoslovakia) were transferred by Germany to the Bulgarian Air Force [2]Aero MB.200, Bulgarian Air Force , 1941
Notes
- ↑ "Military Bloch aircraft: MB 200". Dassault Aviation Archived November 19, 2008.
- ↑ A.I. Kharuk. Attack aircraft of the Second World War - attack aircraft, bombers, torpedo bombers. M., “Yauza” - EKSMO, 2012. p. 323