[hyair]

Why to compare between two such different looking planes - beacause of thier mission which was the same as a bomber attack planes .
The Super Sabre could take 2 tons of various bombs rockets napalms and had 4 20 mm guns.
The Vautour had an internal bomb bay that allowed it drop bombs in a Supersonic dive and could carry 4.5 tons of various bombs rockets
and had 4 30 mm guns.
At low level the penetration speed of both was the same around 550 knots with bombs while the Vautour range was much better.
The SuperSonic speed of the Super Sabre could only attained at height and not at low level.
The only issue bugging the Vautour was it's complexcity as it required 15 hours of work per 1hour flight. The F-100 seems to require much less.
The Vautour was developed from the outset as an attack bomber while the F-100 as an Interceptor.
However it is always interest me to know what would have happen if the Vautour had to do the F-100 missions of bombing south of Vietnam if the attrition rate was lower or higher than the 270 F-100 lost for all reasons.
The Vautour had a much better fire power than the F-100 so it can be assumed that his loses very about half of the F-100 !!!

Yair