Hawker Hurricane Mk. IV

[waystin2]

My wish is more Hurricane!  The Mark IV was the final production version of the Hurricane. It was a dedicated ground attack aircraft, normally armed with two 40 mm Vickers cannon, eight 60 lb. rockets or two 500 lb. bombs.  It was equipped with the Merlin 24 or Merlin 27 engine, both of which gave 1,620 hp. which gave it a little more hp to carry the external ordnance.  Over 700 were built and flown during the war years.

[gyrene81]

geez waystin, didn't think you were one of those "late war monster gimme types"...cool plane but wouldn't it be nice (and easier) to get a mk2 a or b?

[waystin2]

geez waystin, didn't think you were one of those "late war monster gimme types"...cool plane but wouldn't it be nice (and easier) to get a mk2 a or b?

I love those darn Vickers, but admittedly the IID is not the best bird to attack flaks.  This would give the best of both worlds.  Incidentally she's a mid-war bird first flown in mid to late 1943.  Saw action in Africa, Burma, and a few other locales.  I think a couple hundred were sold to the Russians for use there as well.  Purty ain't she Gyrene?

[ink]

I'd fly it

[waystin2]

I'd fly it

Can I get a hell yeah?

[Volron]

HELL YEAH!

Rockets WITH 40mm's equal a whole heap of fun!

[gyrene81]

Purty ain't she Gyrene?

ahem... 


<sigh> at least it's not another spit 

[titanic3]

Sea Hurricane. 

[ImADot]

ahem...  (Image removed from quote.)


<sigh> at least it's not another spit 

..or P-40 variant 

[Wagger]

..or P-40 variant 

And on that note did anyone see the AH home page.  I guess you missed it.  When are we going to get the JU-188 or He-111

[Tyrannis]

Question: Why did the brits never try to advance their hurricane line like they did their spitfires? Didnt the hurricane prove to be the backbone of the RAF during the battle of britain?

[titanic3]

Because the original Spitfire already outperformed it. There were more Hurricanes than Spitfires at the BoB, but, even then the Spitfires outflew the Hurricanes.
Why try to make something worse better when you can make a "better" better?

[Tyrannis]

Because the original Spitfire already outperformed it. There were more Hurricanes than Spitfires at the BoB, but, even then the Spitfires outflew the Hurricanes.
Why try to make something worse better when you can make a "better" better?

Well, from what ive read, the Hurricane performed better against the Luftwaffe fighters at the time than the Spitfire did, and i believe i read somewheres it achieved more kills during the battle than the spits.

so, you have the spit who performed better than the hurricane, but the hurricane performed the task set to both of them better than the spit.


idk, i just think there was alot of un-tapped potential in the hurricane. Would of loved to see a 4-6 .50 cal version.

[Raphael]

 
YES
YES
YES!

we need a "attacker" perk 

werent there also some versions of the IV that used 20mm cannons? im just asking out of curiosity i would only use the 40mm and gv hunt would get even better 

[gyrene81]

werent there also some versions of the IV that used 20mm cannons?

if you wanted 20s, the tiffie and the temp would be better choices.