Breguet 690 series from France
Type: Two Seat Attack Bomber
Design: Breguet Design Team
Manufacturer: Breguet Aircraft Company
Powerplant: (Bre.693) Two 700 hp (522 kW) Gnome-Rhône 14M-6/7 Mars 14-cylinder two-row radial engines. (Bre.695) Two 825 hp (615 kW) Pratt & Whitney R-1830-SB4G Twin Wasp Junior 14-cylinder two-row radial engines.
Performance: Maximum speed 304 mph (490 km/h) at 16,405 ft (5000 m); maximum cruising speed 248 mph (400 km/h) at 13,125 ft (4000 m); service ceiling 27,885 ft (8500 m); climb to 13,125 ft (4000 m) in 7 minutes 12 seconds.
Range: 839 miles (1350 km) on internal fuel.
Weight: Empty 6,636 lbs (3010 kg) with a maximum take-off weight of 10,803 lbs (4900 kg).
Dimensions: Span 50 ft 5 in (15.37 m); length 31 ft 8 3/4 in (9.67 m); height 10 ft 5 3/4 in (3.19 m); wing area 314.32 sq ft (29.2 sq m).
Armament: One 20 mm Hispano-Suiza cannon and two forward firing 7.5 mm (0.295 in) Darne machine guns, plus one similar gun on a flexible mount in rear cockpit, one fixed 7.5 mm (0.295 in) Darne machine gun firing obliquely aft from ventral position and (late models) two 7.5 mm (0.295 in) Darne machine guns, one in each engine nacelle firing aft, plus up to 882 lbs (400 kg) of bombs.
Variants: Bre.690.01 (prototype), Bre.691, Bre.693, Bre.694, Bre.695, Bre.696.01 (single prototype), Bre.697 (single prototype), Bre.700 (intended production version of the Bre.697 prototype).
Avionics: None.
History: First flight (Bre.690.01) 23 March 1938; first flight (Bre.691.01) 22 March 1939; first flight (production Bre.691) 15 May 1939, initial deliveries (Bre.691) October 1939; first flight (Bre.396.01) 25 October 1939; first flight (Bre.695.01) 23 April 1940; first flight (Bre.696.01) 3 November 1940; first flight (Bre.697 prototype) 19 October 1939.
Operators: France (Armee de l'Air de l'Armistice), Italy (Regia Aeronautica).
