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Designed as a single-seat ground-attack aircraft, the Sud-Est SE.2410 Grognard (Grumbler - a nickname for a soldier of Napoleon's Old Guard) prototype flew for the first time on 30 April 1950, powered by two 2197kg thrust Hispano-Suiza Nene 101 turbojets mounted one above the other in the fuselage. A second prototype, the SE.2415 Grognard II, flew in February 1945. A two-seater, it was damaged in a belly landing. The definitive production version would have been the SE.2418, which was to have been powered by Rolls-Royce Tay turbojets, but the SO Vautour was selected to meet the Armee de l'Air's ground-attack requirement instead.
| MODEL | SE.2410 Grognard |
| CREW | 1 |
| ENGINE | 2 x 2197kg Hispano-Suiza Nene 101 turbojets |
| WEIGHTS |
| Take-off weight | 14481 kg | 31925 lb |
| DIMENSIONS |
| Wingspan | 13.57 m | 44 ft 6 in |
| Length | 15.40 m | 50 ft 6 in |
| PERFORMANCE |
| Max. speed | 1038 km/h | 645 mph |
| Ceiling | 11590 m | 38050 ft |
| Range | 853 km | 530 miles |
| ARMAMENT | 2 x 30mm cannon, bombs and rockets |
 | A three-view drawing (950 x 509) |
| K LeGrow, justa(@)nfld.net, 31.01.2008 Typo error I assume..Re 2nd prototype flew in 1945. 1st flew in 1950! |
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