VERSIONS – MD.450-30L, MD.450A/B, Barougan
Details as MD.450A/MD.450B
unless otherwise indicated
Aircraft no.140 modified for rough
field trials in 1954, renamed
Barougan (amalgamation of
Baroudeur and Ouragan)
No main gear wheel cover
Bulged main gear housings
Reinforced main landing
gear units with twin, low-
pressure tyres for rough
field operations
Brake chute
container
MD.450A Barougan
Tail fin leading
edge pitots
deleted
Details as MD.450 prototype 01
unless otherwise indicated
Revised fuel system
Whip antenna moved
to port side
Pitot on intake
splitter plate
4 x 20 mm (0.79 in) Hispano 404 Model 50
cannons with 125 rounds per gun (removed)
MD.450B: 1 x Hispano Suiza (Rolls Royce)
Nene 105A centrifugal turbojet
Revised ailerons/flight
control systems
Pressurised cockpit
Mk.IV E gyro gunsight
Airframes 101-150: Martin Baker
Mk.1 ejector seat
Airframes 151 onwards: SNCASO
type E86-3 ejector seat
MD.450A/
MD.450B
Single pitot
Details as MD.450 prototype 01 unless otherwise indicated
Revised fuel system
Prominent pitot
New solid nose section with provision
for radar antenna and lateral intakes
blending into fuselage
Whip antenna moved
to port side
Provision for 2 x 30 mm (1.18 in)
cannons in lower forward fuselage
Revised ailerons/flight
control systems
Pressurised cockpit
MD.450-30L
Preseries No.11
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