Breguet 17

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type=Heavy fighter
manufacturer=Breguet
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first flight=1918
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primary user= French Army
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number built=ca. 100
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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.

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.

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.

Variants

;Bre.17C.2:Main production version.;Bre.17:Night fighter prototype.

Operators

;FRA
*French Army

pecifications

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crew=Two, pilot and gunner
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length m=8.10
length ft=26
length in=7
span m=14.28
span ft=16
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height m=3.42
height ft=11
height in=3
wing area sqm=43.3
wing area sqft=466
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gross weight kg=1,840
gross weight lb=4,056
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eng1 type=Renault 12K1
eng1 kw= 336
eng1 hp= 450
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max speed kmh=218
max speed mph=135
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ceiling m=7,500
ceiling ft=24,610
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climb rate ms=5.8
climb rate ftmin=1,140
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armament1=2 × fixed, forward-firing .303 Vickers machine guns
armament2=2 × trainable, rearward-firing .303 Lewis guns in ring mount in rear cockpit
armament3=1 × trainable, downward-firing .303 Lewis gun through trap door in rear cockpit
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