While the VG-33 was still under production, Arsenal tested a new prototype fitted with the Hispano-Suiza 12Y-45 delivering 935hp of power, that was the VG-34. The VG-35 was a direct variant of the VG-33 fitted with a Hispano-Suiza 12Y-51, only one prototype was fitted and it was modified in order to build the next development in the series, the VG-36.
The VG-34 was armed with the usual four 7,5mm MAC 1934 machine guns mounted in the wings plus one 20mm Hispano-Suiza HS.404 gun mounted in the engine and firing through the propeller hub.
The VG-35 wasn't armed with a cannon, and had only the four machine guns in the wings, two per wing.
When tested, the VG-34 was flown in 20th January 1940 and it achieved speeds of 575Km/h at 6200m high and the fate of the prototype is unknown.
The VG-35, AKA VG-33-04 was flown for the first time on 25th February 1940. The protype was at the Orleans-Bricy air base when the Germans arrived and it's fate after then is unknwon.
Sources:
1. https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arsenal_VG_33 (translated)
2. Salamander Books - The Complete book of fighters
3. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arsenal_VG-33
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