...t/second). <ref>[http://www.aviation-history.com/guns/303.htm <nowiki>[The Aviation History Online Museum]</nowiki> Browning .303 Mark II Machine Gun]</ref>
...f the combat experience gained by Hurricane squadrons during the Battle of France.
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...were the first to see service, fighting German units during the Battle of France. The DB-7 would later serve in the air forces of multiple air forces as an
...led and handed over to French units. By the start of the Battle of France, France possessed 70 of the 100 ordered aircraft, enough to equip three squadrons.
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...part, the [[D.520]], in the French aviation tree in [[Update 1.73 "Vive la France"]].
...nt) Pierre Le Gloan from GC III/6. Production of the D.520 was halted when France surrendered in the summer of 1940 and then restarted under German occupatio
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* North American [[F-86K (France)|F-86D]] Sabre
...inim.ne.jp/His-Mil-F86F-000-Index.htm <nowiki>[dansa.minim.ne.jp]</nowiki> Aviation History Museum - Short history of the F-86F]
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...Airfield in the Gifu Prefecture. With the arrival of the Bf 109s, the Army Aviation Examination Department, dedicated to examining aerial technology and traini
...ntline pilot who saw aerial combat in the Spanish Civil War, the Battle of France, and the Battle of Britain where he became an ace pilot (he would later be
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In early 1944, Alexander Kartveli, the chief designer for the Republic Aviation Aircraft Company set out to work on a replacement for the piston-powered P-
* [[F-84G-26-RE (France)]]
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...ult Aviation and introduced in 1952. It was a very important milestone for France at the time, since it was the first French-built jet powered aircraft, serv
It was introduced in [[Update 1.73 "Vive la France"]]. The Ouragan is a very capable air superiority fighter for its rank, lik
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It was introduced in [[Update 1.73 "Vive la France"]]. The M.D 452 IIA is very simmilar to the earlier M.D 450 Mystere, but it
...452 Mystere was a swept-wing air superiority fighter developed by Dassault Aviation, derived from the M.D.450 Ouragan. The aircraft combined the fuselage of th
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...n variant of the Potez 63 project, which was a project intended to provide France with modern heavy fighter capabilities and which eventually led to one of t
...troduced in [[Update 1.73 "Vive la France"]] along with the initial French aviation tree. The {{Specs|name}} is the second variant of the Potez found in the Fr
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After World War II, France found itself lacking a proper military to maintain the domain of its overse
...uction to Rank 3 of French aviation. Succeeding the F6F-5 is the [[SB2C-5 (France)|French SB2C-5 Helldiver]], another export US naval aircraft.
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...}''' was acquired by France in the years following WWII. During the 1950s, France was still rebuilding its nation and its armed forces, and the easiest way t
It was introduced in [[Update 1.73 "Vive la France"]]. The ▄F6F-5N (N stands for Night fighter variant) is the French varian
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...ere-ii/# ([https://web.archive.org/web/20210504192518/https://www.dassault-aviation.com/en/passion/aircraft/military-dassault-aircraft/md-452-mystere-ii/ Archi
...ing section and engine. In 1950, Marcel Dassault, the head of the Dassault aviation firm, signed a contract to produce an M.D.450 Ouragan with a new thinner wi
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...ench bomber {{Battle-rating}}. It was introduced in [[Update 1.73 "Vive la France"]].
Farman Aviation Works began working on the F.220 bomber design in 1925. This aircraft was b
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...total of 140 F-84s of the E and G variants, purchased in the mid-1950s, as France at the time was facing conflicts in many of their overseas domains, while n
In early 1944, Alexander Kartveli, the chief designer for the Republic Aviation Aircraft Company set out to work on a replacement for the piston-powered P-
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...rear ventral and dorsal turret armament. In 1940, with the capitulation of France, these bombers were transferred to North Africa to work as transport aircra
It was introduced in [[Update 1.73 "Vive la France"]]. The '''{{Specs|name}}''' works like many other bombers around its BR, b
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It was introduced in [[Update 1.73 "Vive la France"]]. The '''{{Specs|name}}''' acts as a bomber, as such, your main objective
...he German occupation in France. Many aircraft design teams have scattered. France was also new to the new jet propulsion area. The requirements issued by the
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...designed by the Société des Avions Marcel Bloch, later known as Dassault Aviation after the end of WWII. The Bloch M.B.162, although based on a civilian airl
It was introduced in [[Update 1.73 "Vive la France"]]. The '''{{Specs|name}}''' is a very capable heavy bomber, considering th
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It was introduced in [[Update 1.73 "Vive la France"]]. The '''{{Specs|name}}''' is a very fast ground attack aircraft; it work
In total 140 of the versatile and powerful Vautour aircraft were built by France between 1956 and 1959. The Vautour II-A was the ground attack variant; the
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...guided missile (ATGM). This missile is essentially a Swedish copy of Nord Aviation's SS.11 manual command to line of sight (MCLOS) wire-guided ATGM.
...wn tank, designated "Emil", as well as seek out the AMX-13 light tank from France. However the wait ended abruptly when Britain started to export the Centuri
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...uided missiles (ATGMs) mounted on a launcher above the main armament. Nord Aviation's SS.11 is a French manual command to line-of-sight wire-guided ATGM. It wa
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