Breguet 19 - Design

Design

The Breguet 19 was a biplane (sesquiplane), conventional in layout, with braced wings. The fuselage, ellipsoid in cross-section, was a frame of duralumin pipes. The front part was covered with duralumin sheets, the tail with canvas. The wings were canvas covered. It had a conventional fixed landing gear with rear skid. The crew of two, pilot and observer/bombardier, sat in tandem in open cockpits, with dual controls.

Many different engines were fitted, mostly water cooled 12-cylinder inline engines:

  • Renault 12Kb (336 kW/450 hp), 12Kd (357 kW/480 hp) - V12
  • Lorraine-Dietrich 12Db (298 kW/400 hp) - V12
  • Lorraine-Dietrich 12Eb (336 kW/450 hp)
  • Lorraine-Dietrich 12Ed (reducted) - W12
  • Hispano-Suiza 12Ha (336 kW/450 hp)
  • Hispano-Suiza 12Hb (373 kW/500 hp) - V12
  • Farman 12We (373 kW/500 hp).
  • Gnome-Rhône 9Ab Jupiter (313 kW/420 hp) (radial engine, in Yugoslav aircraft)

They carried 365 L (96 US gal) of fuel in a fuselage tank. The propeller was wood.

A fixed 7.7 mm (.303 in) Vickers machine gun with interrupter gear was operated by the pilot, while the observer had twin 7.7 mm (.303 in) Lewis Guns. There was also a fourth machine gun, which could be fired by the observer downwards through an opening in a floor. The CN2 night fighter variant was fitted with two pilot's machine guns. The bomber variant could carry up to 472 kg (1,041 lb) of bombs under the fuselage, or in a vertical bomb bay (small bombs up to 50 kg/110 lb). The reconnaissance variant could carry 12 10 kg (20 lb) bombs. The reconnaissance variant had a camera mounting, which was optional on the bomber variant. All variants had radio.

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