Mirage IV for French carriers

[Jon K]

I've seen references for a version of Mirage IV which was to be based on French carriers. Does anyone have specifications and pictures upon that bird? (IMHO, the nicest looking bomber plane ever)

 

[kato]

Mirage IV M, designed for PA58? Or the later version?

Iirc the original design study called for a 20t strike aircraft, 19m length by 12m wingspan, with twin P&W J75 turbojets. Land-based version would have been the Mirage IV C.
Later supposedly a smaller variant was offered as a 16t fighter in 1961/62 or so (with essentially very similar data to Mirage IV A, the "smaller cousin" to the IV C). Whole thing was cancelled with PA58, neither type had prototypes or anything like that built. All a bit shrouded in darkness obviously.

 

[Lostfleet]

I don't know if it would fit the elevators ( with folding wings and etc) to have access to hangars however could Mirage IV take off and land from Clemencau or CDG just as a deck operating plane?