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De OPType: Single Seat Fighter / Fighter Bomber / Tank Buster & Ship Based Catapult Fighter
Design: Sydney Camm
Manufacturer: Hawker Aircraft Limited, also built by Gloster Aircraft, SABCA (Belgium) and Canadian Car & Foundry Inc.
Powerplant: (Prototype) One 990 hp (738 kW) Rolls-Royce Merlin 'C' engine. (Mk I) One 1,030 hp (
768 kW) Merlin II 12-cylinder engine, later the Merlin III was used. (Mk II) One Rolls-Royce Merlin XX 12-cylinder 60 degree Vee liquid-cooled engine rated at 1,280 hp (954 kw) at take-off and 1,850 hp (1379 kw) at 21,000 ft (6400 m). (Mk IV) One 1,620 hp (1208 kW) Merlin 24 or 27 12-cylinder engine. (Canadian Mk X) One 1,300 hp (969 kW) Packard-built Merlin 28. (Canadian Mk XII) One 1,300 hp (696 kW) Packard-built Merlin 29. (Sea Hurricane Mk IIC) One 1,280 hp (954 kW) Rolls-Royce Merlin XX 12-cylinder piston engine.
Performance: 340 mph (547 km/h) at 21,000 ft (6400 m) clean, 320 mph (514 km/h) at 19,700 ft (6004 m) with two 250 lbs (113 kg) bombs, 307 mph (494 km/h) at 19,500 ft (5943 m) with two 500 lbs (227 kg) bombs. Service Ceiling 40,000 ft (12192 m) clean, 33,000 ft (10058 m) with a 500 lbs (227 kg) bomb load. Initial climb rate of 2,700 ft (825 m) per minute (varies depending on stores carried).
Range: 460 miles (740 km) at 178 mph (286 km/h) normal fuel. 920 miles (1480 km) with two 44 gallon auxiliary tanks.
Weight: Empty 5,658 lbs (2566 kg) with a maximum take-off weight of 8,470 lbs (3841 kg) with two 500 lbs (227 kg) bombs.
Dimensions: Span 40 ft 0 in (12.19 m); length 32 ft 2 1/2 in (9.82 m); height 13 ft 1 in (3.99 m); wing area 257.5 sq ft (23.92 sq m).
Armament: (Mk I) Eight 7.7 mm (0.303 in) Browning Machine guns each with 333 rounds. (Mk IIA) Same as Mk I but with provisions for twelve guns and bombs. (Mk IIB) Twelve 7.7 mm (0.303 in Browning machine guns and two 250 lbs (113 kg) or 500 lbs (227 kg) bombs or eight rocket projectiles (25 lbs armour piercing or 60 lbs HE). (Mk IIC) Four 20 mm Hispano cannon and provisions for bombs. (Mk IID) Two 40 mm Vickers S Cannon and two 7.7 mm (0.303 in) Browning machine guns to assist aiming of the cannons. (Sea Hurricane Mk IIC) Four 20 mm Hispano cannon. (Mk IV) Universal wing with two 7.7 mm (0.303 in) Browning machine guns and two 40 mm Vickers S cannon, two 500 lbs (227 kg) bombs, eight rockets. Also was capable of using smoke and other stores. Belgium built aircraft were equipped with four 12.7 mm (0.50 in) FN-Browning machine guns.
Variants: Mk I, Mk II, Mk IIA (eight machine guns), Mk IIB (twelve machine guns), Mk IIC (four 20 mm cannons), Mk IID (40 mm cannon), Mk IV (specialized ground attack).
Avionics: (Sea Hurricane) FAA radio equipment.
History: First flight (prototype) 6 November 1935; (production Mk I) 12 October 1937; (Mk II) 11 June 1940; (Canadian Mk X) January 1940; final delivery September 1944.
Operators: RAF, RCAF, RAAF, Belgium, Egypt, Finland, India, Iraq, Iran, Yugoslavia, RNZAF, Poland, Portugal, Rumania, Soviet Union, South Africa, Turkey.
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