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Title: Hawker Tempest Mk V - Armament Loadout
Post by: lucull on December 15, 2002, 01:30:23 PM

There was a riddle (http://www.og-blautal.de/report.jpg) about an AAR of an RAF pilot who shot down a FW190 in his Tempest in WWII in german WB BB.

Someone posted this link (http://user.tninet.se/~ytm843e/tempest.htm) to a very interesting site about the Hawker Tempest. After reading it, I have a question now. On the site about armarmament you can find that Tempest Mk V was equipped with Hispanos Mk V with 200 RPG, but in AH we have 150 RPG. I found a thread about Tempest in AH BB (link (http://www.hitechcreations.com/forums/showthread.php?threadid=27833&referrerid=6437)) and there are links to the same page, but nothing about the 200 RPG.

Has this been discussed elsewere before?

Title: Hawker Tempest Mk V - Armament Loadout
Post by: Tony Williams on December 15, 2002, 11:40:32 PM

The Tempest V and VI of 1944 had 200 rpg. The Mk II of 1945 had 162 for the inner pair, 152 for the outer pair.

Tony Williams: Military gun and ammunition website (http://www.quarry.nildram.co.uk) and Discussion forum (http://forums.delphiforums.com/autogun/messages/)

Title: Hawker Tempest Mk V - Armament Loadout
Post by: funkedup on December 16, 2002, 01:19:50 AM

Bump

Title: Hawker Tempest Mk V - Armament Loadout
Post by: MadBirdCZ on December 16, 2002, 03:49:10 AM

But we dont have Tempest II, do we? :)

Edit:
Hmm Hispanos were undermodeled those days for sure... He hit the 190s elevator and the 190 still kept  flying! hmm.... No laser hizookas? :D

Title: Hawker Tempest Mk V - Armament Loadout
Post by: ramzey on December 16, 2002, 04:35:25 AM

Title: Hawker Tempest Mk V - Armament Loadout
Post by: lucull on December 16, 2002, 07:55:55 AM

According to HTC webpage we have the Hawker Tempest Mk V equipped with Hispanos Mk V.
Built in in wing (less drag), lighter, higher rate of fire, but same rate of effectivness.

Title: Hawker Tempest Mk V - Armament Loadout
Post by: funkedup on December 16, 2002, 12:30:13 PM

And therefore Tempest pilots in AH are getting screwed out of 200 rounds.

Conspiracy!!!!!!!

:D

Title: Hawker Tempest Mk V - Armament Loadout
Post by: MadBirdCZ on December 16, 2002, 12:57:43 PM

But right now I checked my book :D and it says:

Tempest V:
Four 20-mm Hispano Mk. V cannon with 150 r.p.g., and two 1000-lb. bombs or eight 60-lb rocket projectiles


My question is: Where is the rocket loadout option? :D