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 |caption=Portuguese Bre16Bn.2 "Patria"
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 |type=Night bomber
 |manufacturer=Breguet
 |designer=Marcel Vuillierme
 |first flight= 1 June 1918
 |introduced= 1921
 |retired= 1926
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The '''Breguet 16''' was a bomber [[Engineering:Biplane|biplane]] produced in {{wipe|France}} toward the end of [[Social:World War I|World War I]].

==Design and development==
The design of the Breguet 16 was essentially a scaled-up version of Breguet's highly successful [[Engineering:Breguet 14|14]] — a conventionally configured biplane with two-bay, unstaggered, equal-[[Wingspan|span]] wings. Trials in 1918 proved promising, and mass production by several French manufacturers, under licence from Breguet, was planned for 1919. These plans were discarded upon the Armistice, but more limited production was revived in the early 1920s as the {{wipe|French Air Force}} began a programme of modernisation.<ref>Taylor and Alexander 1969, pp. 74–75.</ref>

==Operational history==
In service, the single-engine Breguet 16 was used to replace obsolete twin-engine Farman F.50s in the night bomber role as the '''Bre.16Bn.2'''. Some of the 200 aircraft built were deployed to [[Place:Syria|Syria]] and Morocco, and Breguet also managed to sell some to the military air arms of {{wipe|China}} and [[Place:Czechoslovakia|Czechoslovakia]].<ref>Taylor 1989, p. 199.</ref> A single Breguet 16 was acquired by the {{wipe|Portuguese Air Force}} in 1924 for an attempted flight between Portugal and [[Place:Macau|Macau]], but the attempt failed, with the aircraft being destroyed in a forced landing in India.<ref name="AE73 p23">Niccoli 1998, p. 23.</ref>

==Variants==
;Bre.16Bn.2
:Night bomber version.

==Operators==
;{{China as ROC}}
*{{wipe|Chinese Nationalist Air Force}}
;{{CZS}}
*{{wipe|Czech Air Force}}
;{{FRA}}
*{{wipe|French Air Force}}
;{{POR}}
*{{wipe|Portuguese Air Force}}<ref name="AE73 p23"/>

==Specifications==
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|crew=Two, pilot and observer
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|length m=9.55
|length ft=31
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|span ft=55
|span in=8
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|height m=3.32
|height ft=10
|height in=11
|wing area sqm=75.5
|wing area sqft=813
|empty weight kg=1,265
|empty weight lb=2,789
|gross weight kg=2,200
|gross weight lb=4,850
|eng1 number=1
|eng1 type=Renault 12Fe
|eng1 kw=224
|eng1 hp=300
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|max speed kmh=160
|max speed mph=99
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|range km=900
|range miles=559
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|ceiling m=4,600
|ceiling ft=15,090
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|armament1=1 × trainable 7.7 mm (.303 in) Lewis Gun in observer's cockpit
|armament2=550 kg (1,213 lb) of bombs
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==References==

===Notes===
{{Reflist}}

===Bibliography===
{{Refbegin}}
*{{cite magazine|last=Niccoli|first=Riccardo|title=Atlantic Sentinels: The Portuguese Air Force Since 1912 |magazine=Air Enthusiast|issue=73|date=January–February 1998|pp=20–35|issn=0143-5450}}
* Taylor, John W. R. and Jean Alexander. ''Combat Aircraft of the World.'' New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1969. {{ISBN|0-71810-564-8}}. 
* Taylor, Michael J. H. ''Jane's Encyclopedia of Aviation.'' London: Studio Editions, 1989. {{ISBN|0-517-69186-8}}.
* ''World Aircraft Information Files.'' London: Bright Star Publishing, File 890, Sheet 80–81.
{{Refend}}
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