The Max Holste MH.1521 Broussard is a 1950s French six-seat utility monoplane designed by Max Holste to meet a French Army requirement.

• Role: Six-seat utility monoplane
• National origin: France
• Manufacturer: Avions Max Holste
• First flight: 12 June 1951
• Introduction: 1954
• Status: retired 1983
• Number built: 396

Military operators

• Argentine Air Force
• Argentine National Gendarmerie
• Benin Air Force
• Royal Cambodian Air Force
• Cameroon Air Force
• Central African Republic Air Force
• Chad Air Force
• French Air Force
• French Army
• Securite Civile
• Cote d’Ivoire Air Force
• Malagasy Air Force
• Mali Air Force
• Mauritanian Islamic Air Force
• Royal Moroccan Air Force
• Niger Air Force
• Portuguese Air Force
• Senegalese Air Force

Specifications (MH.1521M)

General characteristics

• Crew: 1
• Capacity: 5
• Length: 8.65 m (28 ft 4½ in)
• Wingspan: 13.75 m (45 ft 1¼ in)
• Height: 3.65 m (12 ft 0 in)
• Wing area: 25.20 m² (271.26 ft²)
• Empty weight: 1530 kg (3373 lb)
• Gross weight: 2500 kg (5512 lb)
• Powerplant: 1 × Pratt & Whitney R-985-AN-1 radial piston engine, 336 kW (450 hp)

Performance

• Maximum speed: 270 km/h (168 mph)
• Service ceiling: 5500 m (18045 ft)