SNCASO (Sud-Ouest) SO.7100 "Dogue" ground attack/COIN aircraft project

[Caravellarella]

Dear Boys and Girls, here is an article in French about Sud-Ouest's entrant for the 1956 ground attack/COIN competition; the SNCASO Sud-Ouest SO.7100 Dogue. It remained a "project"......

The article comes from the 26th November 1955 issue of Les Ailes......

Terry (Caravellarella)

 

[hesham]

By the way,

in this competition,the tenders were;

SNCASO-7100 Dogue
Breguet Br.1060
NORD N-3300
Sipa S-1100
Latecoere-820 and 821
Morane-Saulnier MS-1600
Dassault MD-315 B
SNCASE SE X-116
Potez TOE

 

[Caravellarella]

Thank you Hesham; I'll keep a look out for other designs on your list. I just love the fact that this design is called "Dogue"; I assume as in "Dogue de Bordeaux"......

Terry (Caravellarella)

 

[Stargazer]

Fascinating. Thank you so much Terry for reminding us that unbuilt French projects were that varied and interesting!

"Dogue" is French for a species of hound dogs, a logical, albeit not very sexy name for a COIN aircraft...

 

[Caravellarella]

Thank you Stéphane; I wonder if that is where the English word "Dog" came from? I don't like dogs, but I understand a "Dogue" is some kind of big French Mastiff type creature. Good name for a ground-attack aircraft ;D......

Terry (Caravellarella)

 

[hesham]

Also from Ailes 11/1955.

 

[fightingirish]

Source at Twitter:
www.twitter.com/FanaAviationMag/status/1145573298350297088
www.twitter.com/FanaAviationMag/status/1145713333988986884

 

[PhR]

Another original SNCASO drawing of the Dogue from my collection.

 

[Archibald]

dogue coin ? Musk would love it (I'll get my coat...)

More seriously... circa 1955-56 the Armée de l'Air started a flurry of prototypes for CAS / COIN in Algeria. Nothing like the Vautours or SMB-2s or Mirages they procured at the time.
In the end, the CAS / COIN Algerian war issue was solved through massive procurement of armed, second-hand T-6s and T-28s - plus Skyraiders.

 

[dan_inbox]

...and Aéronavale F4U Corsairs

 

[Archibald]

Also the P-47s very last hurrah.