#Hurricane tank buster model upgrade
#Hurricane tank buster model series

Despite the increased penetration capability of the APSV ('super velocity') shell, the redesigned gun was unreliable, and the Hurricane was obsolete regardless, so testing stopped there. The breech of the cannon was redesigned to handle the new shell. Presumably, this knowledge would have been used for a different plane type armed with S guns, since the Hurricane was entirely obsolete. The 'Littlejohn' was a squeeze-bore shell, similar to APCR ammunition. In May 1944, some tests were conducted concerning the fitting of the 'Littlejohn' adapter to the Vickers S gun. In addition, the S gun struggled to defeat Germany's heaviest tanks such as the Tiger. The cannons slowed the Hurricane down considerably, the plane was susceptible to anti-aircraft fire, and it was less versatile than later variants carrying the RP-3. Unlike the Mk.IV, the 40mm cannons were fixed to the Mk.IID and could not be changed for bombs or rockets. The P-51 was in fact ill-suited to the role of close support even though that was the role the first operational models were assigned to. More than 80 modifications were needed to convert a Hawker Hurricane into a Hawker Sea Hurricane.Caption: 'Vickers 40mm Class S gun with Littlejohn Adaptor fitted to Hurricane in 1944' P-51s were much too valuable in what we would call today the air superiority role than to be used as tank killers. I guarantee to ship the item as shown and described, but nothing beyond that. Hawker Hurricane Mk.I modified by General Aircraft Limited to be carried by CAM ships (catapult armed merchantman). Their kit 209, a Hawker Hurricane 2D, a tank killer variant with a cannon mounted under the wing. Initially armed with 12 x 0.303 machine guns but this was later changed to four x 20 mm cannon.Ĭanadian-built single-seat fighter and fighter-bomber, powered by a 1,300 hp Packard Merlin 29 and armed with eight x 0.303 in machine guns.

Eight x 0.303 machine guns mounted in the wings.Ĭanadian-built single-seat fighter and fighter-bomber, powered by a 1,300 hp Packard Merlin 29. Single-seat fighter and fighter-bomber, powered by a 1,300 hp Packard Merlin 28. Speed was 326 mph at 500 ft, which is comparable with the Hawker Hurricane I despite being one and a half times as heavy.

#Hurricane tank buster model upgrade

This was powered by a Merlin 32 boosted engine to give 1,700 hp at low level and was intended as a dedicated ground-attack aircraft to use in Burma. Other Tanks & Military Vehicles (12) Upgrade Batteries, Chargers and Bundles (33) Heng Long Tank Spares (19) Sale 7.2v 3300mAh NiMh Battery £ 16.99 £ 13.99 Add to basket Sale 7.2v 5000mAh NiMh Battery £ 29.99 £ 26. The final British variant to be produced. Fitted with improved Merlin 24 or 27 engines of 1,620 hp. 303 in Brownings were fitted to aid aiming of the heavier armament. Introduction of the 'universal Wing', a single-design able to mount two x 250 or 500 lb bombs, two x 40 mm Vickers 'S' guns, droptanks or eight '60 pounder' RP-3 rockets. However, Merlin production had increased to the point where the idea was abandoned. Version of the Hawker Hurricane Mk.II proposed with a Packard-built Merlin engine. Two-seat training version of the Mk.IIC - Two aircraft were built for the Imperial Iranian Air Force. Wing modification was introduced on the Mk.IIE but the changes became extensive enough that it was renamed the Mk.IV after the first 250 had been delivered. The outer wing attachments were strengthened and although the weight of guns and armour protection marginally impacted performance. Additional armour for the pilot, radiator and engine and were armed with a Rolls-Royce gun. Hawker Hurricane Mk.IIB conversion with two 40 mm (1.57 in) anti-tank auto-cannons in a gondola-style pod and a single Browning machine gun in each wing.

#Hurricane tank buster model series

Hawker Hurricane Mk.IIA Series 2 became the Mk IIC using a slightly modified wing. Hawker Hurricane Mk.IIA Series 1 equipped with slightly longer propeller spinner and fully replaced the machine-gun armament with four 20 mm Hispano MkII cannons.