Aviation / Aerospace

Breguet Br.5

Bomber / Escort Fighter / Night-Fighter Biplane [ 1916 ]

The Breguet Br.5 French biplane served as a principle night bomber from 1916 through 1917.

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The Breguet Br.5 series of biplane bomber was developed from the Breguet Br.4. The Br.5 was operated by a crew of two with the pilot seated in the middle of the aircraft and the gunner/observer to the front. Defensive armament consisted of a single 7.7mm machine gun in a standard role but this could be supplanted by a more formidable 37mm cannon, particularly when in the bomber escort role.

The Br.5 was powered by a Renault 220 horsepower engine whilst some were fielded with a Rolls-Royce brand of 250 horsepower known as the "Eagle". The engine sat behind the crew area - directly behind the pilot in fact - and was of the "pusher" type, powering a two-blade propeller system. Design was of a utilitarian type with a simple bathtub-like fuselage, a static tricycle landing gear array and framework and cables leading out to the empennage. A single vertical tail surface completed the design.

In action, the Br.5 was fielded primarily as a night time bomber and used by both the French and English forces alike from 1916-1917 though it first appeared in the summer of 1915.©MilitaryFactory.com

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Specifications

Service Year

1916

Origin

France

Status

RETIRED
Not in Service.

Crew

2

Production

100
UNITS

Breguet Aviation - France

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France; United Kingdom

(OPERATORS list includes past, present, and future operators when applicable)

✓ Air-to-Air Combat, Fighter
General ability to actively engage other aircraft of similar form and function, typically through guns, missiles, and/or aerial rockets.

✓ Ground Attack (Bombing, Strafing)
Ability to conduct aerial bombing of ground targets by way of (but not limited to) guns, bombs, missiles, rockets, and the like.

Length

32.5 ft
(9.90 m)

Width/Span

57.4 ft
(17.50 m)

Height

12.8 ft
(3.90 m)

Empty Wgt

2,976 lb
(1,350 kg)

MTOW

4,189 lb
(1,900 kg)

Wgt Diff

+1,213 lb
(+550 kg)

(Showcased structural values pertain to the base Breguet Br.5 production variant)

Installed: 1 x Renault engine developing 220 horsepower OR 1 x Rolls-Royce Eagle engine developing 250 horsepower driving a two-bladed propeller in "pusher" arrangement at rear of fuselage.

Max Speed

84 mph
(135 kph | 73 kts)

Ceiling

14,108 ft
(4,300 m | 3 mi)

Range

435 mi
(700 km | 1,296 nm)

Rate-of-Climb

235 ft/min
(72 m/min)

♦ MACH Regime (Sonic)

Sub

Trans

Super

Hyper

HiHyper

ReEntry

♦

(Showcased performance specifications pertain to the base Breguet Br.5 production variant. Performance specifications showcased above are subject to environmental factors as well as aircraft configuration. Estimates are made when Real Data not available. Compare this aircraft entry against any other in our database or View aircraft by powerplant type)

1 x 7.7mm machine gun OR 1 x 37mm cannon in forward observer/gunner position.

Supported Types

Graphical image of an aircraft medium machine gun

Graphical image of an aircraft automatic cannon

(Not all ordnance types may be represented in the showcase above)

Hardpoint Mountings: 2

Br.5 - Base Series Designation

Br.5 B2 - Base bomber variant

Br.5 Ca.2 - Escort Fighter; outfitted with cannon armament.

Grahame White GW.19 - Production by Grahame White for British RNAS service; Rolls-Royce Falcon engine featured; 25 examples completed.

Br.6 - Fitted with Canton-Unne engines

Br.6 B2 - Base Bomber Variant

Br.6 Ca.2 - Escort Fighter with cannon armament

Br.12 - Night-fighter form

Br.12 B2 - Night bomb platform

Br.12 Ca.2 - Night-fighter with cannon armament

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