The Bloch MB 174 was a French light reconnaissance bomber of the Second World War that saw service with the Vichy French air force after the occupation of France. The Bloch MB 174 was powered by two Gnome-Rhone 14N-48/49 radial piston engines providing a top speed of 530 kmh and a range of 1285 km, depending upon payload. The Bloch MB 174 carried a crew of three and was armed with two 7.5 mm MAC 1934 M39 fixed forward-firing machine-guns in the wing leading edges, two 7.5 mm MAC 1934 trainable rearward-firing machine-guns on a SAMM AB-68 mounting in the dorsal position and three 7.5 mm MAC 1934 M39 trainable rearward-firing machine-guns in the ventral position, and up to 400 kg of bombs in a lower-fuselage weapons bay. Research Bloch MB 174
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