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Type: Single-Seat Fighter Origin: Moraine-Saulnier First Flight: January 29, 1939 Service Delivery: March 1, 1939 Final Delivery: N/A Number Produced: N/A Engine: Model: Hispano-Suiza 12Y-31 Type: V12 Liquid cooled Number: One Horsepower: 860 hp Dimensions: Wing span: 34 ft. 9.75 in. (10.60m) Length: 26 ft. 9.25 in. (8.16m) Height: 9 ft. 3.75 in. (2.83m) Wing Surface Area: 172.23 sq. ft. (16.00 m²) |
Weights: Empty: 4,189 lbs. (1900 kg) Loaded: 5,445 lbs. Max. Take-Off: 6,000 lbs. (2722 kg) Performance: Maximum Speed: 302 mph (485 km/h) Initial climb: 2,789 ft./min. (850 m/min) Service Ceiling: 30,840 ft. (9400m) Range (Internal Fuel): 497 Miles (800 km) Armament: 20mm Hispano-Suiza HS-9 or 404 cannon firing through spinner Ammunition: 60 round drum Two 7.5mm MAC 1934 machine guns in wings Ammunition: 300 Rounds per gun |
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Comments: Equipping 19 of the 26 French fighter groups available in May of 1940, the M.S. 406 was the most numerous fighter available to combat the Germans. However, severely underpowered, unprotected, and underarmed, the M.S. 496 proved to be as easy to shoot down as it was to fly. Fitted with drop tanks, the Vichy government sent several to Syria to fight the RAF. Many were fitted with skis and the Soviet M-105P engine and used by Finland (called the LaGG-Moraine). |
