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Aeronautique Militaire
Q1, 1936

Note : In 1937 I discontinued listing specific aircraft/armored vehicles. Presume the Belgian Airforce has Good Quality, but not Cutting Edge, aircraft & Engines, and access to the Avions-Fairey line. Planes are focused on Dog fighters, Tactical Bombers, Reconnaissance and Trainers.

31 Avions-Fairey Fox II bombers
13 Avions-Fairey Fox III reconnaissance fighters
48 Avions-Fairey Fox IIIC bombers
4 Avions-Fairey Fox IIICS trainers
79 Avions-Fairey Fox VI reconnaissance fighters
4 Avions-Fairey Fox VIS trainers
2 Avions-Fairey Fox VII fighters
12 Avions-Fairey Fox VIII fighters

96 Avions-Fairey Battles on order for 1936
144 Avions-Fairey Balmorals projected for 1938.

36 Renard R31 by SCABA reconnaissance

48 SV.4 trainers

132 Gloster Gladiators
80 Hawker Hurricane I, by Renard, 4x 13.2mm MG.
72 Renard R-36
140 Renard R-37

Reynard
Reynard is a Belgian company, producing the R.31 and R.36 for the Belgian airforce. Reynard has been displaying the R.37 with the Gnome-Rhone 14N engine in the hopes of securing foreign orders.

Factory
Reynard has two factories, near Deurne and Evere.

SABCA
A Belgian company founded in 1920, SABCA stands for Société Anonyme Belge de Construction Aéronautique and produces mostly civil aircraft. The company is willing to license build foreign aircraft. Designs from Fairey, Fokker, Koolhoven and Savoia Marchetti have been built in the past, and the production line is currently producing copies of the British Hurricane, for the Belgian airforce. The Breguet 693 and Caproni Ca313 are being considered.

Factory
SABCA has one factory, at Charlerois-Gosselies near Brussels.
SABCA also has an engine plant at Brussels.

Belgium has a third aircraft company, Stampe & Vertongen company at Antwerpen, but with the exception of the SV5 trainer, only light civil aircraft are produced.

Additionally, a subsidiary of Fairey, est 1931, Avions Fairey has a factory at Gosselies.

Gloster
Gloster SS.37 Gladiator; a single-seat biplane
Dimensions; 32.3/ 27.5/ 11.7/ 323 sq ft; 1x 830hp Bristol Mercury IX; max speed 257mph; range 440 miles and service ceiling 33,500ft.
Armament : 2 x 13.2mm FN-Browning MGs, 2 x 7.65mm FN-Browning MGs.

Hawker license built
Hawker Hurricane I
Dimensions; 40/ 32.2/ 13.1/ 257.5 sq ft; 1x 870hp RR Peregrine I; max speed 307mph; range 480 miles and service ceiling 34,000ft.
Armament : 4 x 13.2mm FN-Browning MGs

Renard R-36
1933 monoplane fighter
Rough Field
Crew : 1
Powerplant : 1 x 898hp Hispano-Suiza12Y crs
Armament : forward 4x7.92mm & 1x 20mm Hispano, radio.
Armor : none
Payload : 50kg
Range : 540nm at 170kts
Rate of climb : 3,176 fpm
Loaded Stall speed : 62 kts
Ceiling : 39,500 ft
Max speed : 278kts (320 mph) at 9,000 feet.
Corner speed : 219kts at 9,000 feet, 27.8 deg/ sec
Weight (max) : 4,851 lbs
Cost : $18,000
Wing Span: 38.2 ft Length: 28.1 ft. Wing Area: 205 ft2
Wingloading : 24lbs/ft2

Renard R-37
1934 monoplane fighter
Rough Field
Crew : 1
Powerplant : 1 x 1070hp Gnome-Rhone 14N
Armament : forward 4x7.92mm & 2x 20mm Hispano, radio.
Armor : none
Payload : none
Range : 540nm at 170kts
Rate of climb : 2,397 fpm loaded
Loaded Stall speed : 69 kts
Ceiling : 38,500 ft
Max speed : 299kts (344 mph) loaded
Corner speed : 280kts, 24.2 deg/ sec
Weight (max) : 6,062 lbs
Cost : $28,000
Wing Span: 37.8 ft Length: 27.6 ft. Wing Area: 215 ft2
Wingloading : 28lbs/ft2

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Various Fairey Fox versions

Avions-Fairey Battle to be license built 1936

Fairey Battle; designed as a modern fast monoplane bomber with retractable undercarriage and enclosed cockpits. Three crew are carried and the armament comprises one 7.7mm MG in the starboard wing and another in a dorsal position, bombload is 1,000lbs.
Dimensions; 54/ 42.4/ 15.6/ 422 sq ft; 1x 870hp RR Peregrine I; max speed 244mph; range 1000 miles at 16,000ft at 200mph and service ceiling 25,000ft.

Avions-Fairey Balmoral projected to be license built 1938
Armament is four 250lb bombs in an internal bomb bay and eight wing-mounted .303in Browning MGs in the wings and one dorsal .303in Browning.
Dimensions 49.2/ 39.9/ 12.3/ 414 sq ft; 1x 1,280hp RR Merlin IV; max speed 245 mph, range 1,000 miles and service ceiling 16,500ft.

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Renard
R31 parasol-wing
1931
Crew : 2
Engine : 525hp Rolls-Royce Kestrel IIS
Armament : 2x 7.65 forward, 1x 7.65 ring mount aft
Max speed : 159mph
Max range : 400miles
Ceiling : 28,700ft
Length : 30.2ft
Span : 47.2ft
Wing area : 344.5ft
Empty :2933lbs
Maximum : 4697lbs

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Stampe et Vertongen

SV.4
2-man trainer
1930
Crew 2
Powerplant : 120hp De Havilland Gipsy III (SV.4)
unarmed
Maximum speed 127 mph
Operational range 450 km
Service ceiling 16,400 ft
Weights
Empty 1104 lb
Loaded 1716 lb
Dimensions
Length 22 ft 10 in
Wingspan 27 ft 6 in
Wing area 194.3 ft²