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HURRICANE

The Hawker Hurricane was a series of British single-seat fighter and fighter-bomber monoplanes of the Second World War. Various version were armed with various weaponry, typically twelve Browning 0.303 inch machine-guns, or eight Browning 0.303 inch machine-guns, or four 20 mm Hispano cannons, or two 40 mm guns and two 0.303 inch machine-guns all wing mounted. Wing racks could carry two 250 lb or 500 lb bombs, eight rocket projectiles or auxiliary fuel tanks. All models were powered by a single engine, the marks I and IA by a Merlin II or III 1030hp engine giving a top speed of 330 mph. Other models were fitted with the Merlin XX engine, and had various speeds around 320 mph.
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