Entry Into service
1934-01-01
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- Name
- Potez 540
- Manufacturer
- Potez
- Description
- The Potez 540 was a French multi-role aircraft of the 1930s.
- First Flight
- 1933-11-14
- Entry Into service
- 1934-01-01
- Designer
- Potez
- Type
- Reconnaissance/bomber
- Length (m)
- 16.2
- Height (m)
- 3.88
- Cockpit Crew
- 4
- Max Speed (km/h)
- 310
- Max Ceiling (m)
- 10000
- Armament
- 3–5 × 7.5 mm (0.295 in) MAC 1934 machine guns in flexible nose, dorsal, and ventral positions; 4 × 225 kg (496 lb) bombs on external racks or 10 × 55 kg (121 lbs)
- Number Built
- 192
- Powerplant Description
- 2 × Hispano-Suiza 12Xirs V-12 liquid-cooled piston engines, 515 kW (691 hp) each
- Primary Users
- French Air Force, Spanish Republican Air Force
- Wikipedia Article (URL)
- en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Potez_540
- Flat Wing Span (m)
- 22.1
- Flat Wing Area (m²)
- 76
- Number of Engines
- 2