Bréguet 482

In December 1936 the French Air Ministry issued a specification for a four-seat, twin-engined bomber, with Bréguet's initial design, the Bréguet 480 (or Bre. 480) to be powered with the specified Gnome et Rhône 14L radial engines, The Bréguet 482 was a mid-winged monoplane of all-metal construction, with a clean, low-drag, oval section monocoque fuselage, twin tails and a retractable tailwheel undercarriage. The planned defensive armament was a Hispano-Suiza HS.404 cannon in a power-operated dorsal position, with a machine gun in the nose and a further two machine guns in ventral mountings. Up to of bombs could be carried. ==Operational history==

Construction of the two prototypes was well advanced when Germany invaded France on 10 May 1940, and in late May the nearly complete prototypes were evacuated from Villacoublay near Paris, with the first prototype being sent to Bône in Algeria and the second to the Bréguet factory at Anglet, near Bayonne in the far south-west of France. ==Variants==

;Bre 480 :Original design, powered by two Gnome-et-Rhône 14L radial engines. Unbuilt. ;Bre 481 :Proposed versions with two Hispano-Suiza 12Y engines and reduced wing area. :;Bre 481 B4 ::Planned bomber version of Bre 481. Unbuilt. ;;Bre 481 Raid ::Planned long-range record aircraft with further reduced wing area. ;Bre 482 B4 :Four-engined bomber powered by Hispano-Suiza 12Z engines. :;Bre 482 No 1 ::First prototype - destroyed 1942. ;;Br 482 No 2 ::Second prototype, completed 1947 as three-seat research aircraft. ==Specifications (Bréguet Br 482) ==