The BH-22 was developed in parallel to the BH-21 and was am unarmed lighter aerobatics version trainer of it. Thirty examples of the BH-22 were manufactured and, on one of them, the designers Pavel Benes and Miroslav Hajn, decided to install armament and searchlights in 1925.
Modifications were completed in 1926 and it was tested that same year, under the name of BH-22N. It was powered by a 180hp Hispano-Suiza 8Aa built by Skoda and it was armed with two 7,7mm machine guns.
Anyway, the Czechoslovak authorities weren't interested on the project and no production orders were placed.
Sources:
1. Salamander Books - The Complete Book of Fighters
2. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avia_BH-23
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