The ANF Les Mureaux 180 was a French fighter prototype of the early-to-mid 1930s. It was a single-engined two-seater, gull-winged monoplane. Only one was built and modified because the program was abandoned due to obsolescence.
The original ANF Les Mureaux 180 flew for the first time on 10th February 1935 and was powered by a 690hp Hispano-Suiza 12xbrs engine and a single fin and rudder. In April of the same year it was modified to be powered by a 690hp Hispano-Suiza 12xcrs engine in order to fit a 20mm cannon that could fire through the propeller hub. It was also armed with a pair of wing-mounted 7,7mm machine guns, it had another 7,7mm machine gun mounted in a flexible mount located in the observer position and the tail was changed to two vertical stabilizers. Testing continued until April 1936, but it was abandoned because the design was considered to be obsolete.
Sources:
1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ANF_Les_Mureaux_180
2. Salamander Books - The Complete Book of Fighters.
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