The ANF Les Mureaux 190 was a French lightweight fighter prototype aircraft, in order to response to a program created by the French Ministry of Air.
It was designed by André Brunet. It was an all-metal monoplane first tested in July 1936 and took part in the Paris Air Show celebrated in November of that same year, where it proved to be very manoeuvrable. Less than one year later, in mid 1937, the project was abandoned due to the poor quality of the engine.
It was powered by a 450hp Salmson 12vars inverted V-12 engine. It was going to be armed by a 20mm cannon firing through the propeller hub and two 7,7mm machine guns mounted in the wings. A version with a retractable undercarriage, the ANF Les Mureaux 191 was planned but its' development was dropped.
This airplane was the last fighter of ANF Les Mureaux before being nationalized and become part of SNCAN (Société Nationale de Constructions Aéronautiques du Nord).
Sources:
1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ANF_Les_Mureaux_190
2. Salamander Books - The Complete Book of Fighters
3. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ANF_Les_Mureaux
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