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Variants
F.36/34 Prototype powered
by Merlin C engine (1 built)
Hurricane Mk I First production
model, powered by 1 × Rolls Royce Merlin II or III engine,
early aircraft had fixed-pitch two-blade wooden propeller, and no bullet
proof windscreen. Later aircraft were fitted with two-speed or constant-speed
three-bladed propellers, and all-metal wings. Before, they had fabric covered
wingtips. (2719 built)
Hurricane Mk IIA Introduced
Merlin XX two-stage supercharged engine, some converted from Mk Is (415
built)
- Series 1 Hurricane Mk IIA fitted
with 8 × 0.303 inch (7,7 mm) guns
- Series 2 Hurricane Mk IIA fitted
with 4 × 20 mm Hispano cannons and provision for wing stores
Hurricane Mk IIB This version
was to carry 12 × 0.303 inch (7,7 mm) guns, 332 rounds each, additionally,
it had 2 underwing hardpoints fitted, rated 500 lb (227 kg) each. (3100
built by Hawker, Gloster and Austin, plus conversions)
Hurricane Mk IIC This version
had 4 × 20 mm cannons armament, bomb and tank provision, operated
as a Hurribomber/fighter-bomber. (3400 built by Hawker, Gloster and Austin,
plus conversions)
Hurricane Mk IID Anti-tank
version, armed with 2 × 40 mm Rolls Royce BF cannons, 12 rounds each,
later replaced by 2 × 40 mm Vickers 'S' cannons, 15 rounds each,
to help aiming it was also armed with 2 × 0.303 inch (7,7 mm) guns
in the wing leading edge. It had additional armor for the pilot, engine
and radiator, powered by 1 × Rolls Royce Merlin XX V12. many tropicalised
(800 built, many conversions)
Hurricane Mk IIE Designation
used for the initial 270 Hurricane Mk IV aircraft. (270 built)
Hurricane Mk IV Powered by
1 × Rolls Royce Merlin 24 or 27, it had 350 lb (159 kg) of additional
armor, and was fitted with the so called Universal Wings which included
2 × 0.303 inch (7,7 mm) Browning guns. Besides that, it had provisions
for 2 × 40 mm cannons, or 2 × 500 lb (227 kg) bombs, or Smaal
Bomb Carriers, or 8 × 60 lb (27 kg) air-to-surface rockets, or 2
smoke-laying installations, many tropicalised (2000 aprox. built numerous
conversion)
Hurricane Mk V Prototype powered
by ground-boosted Merlin 32 engine with 4-bladed rotol propeller
Canadian Car & Foundry Hurricane Mk X
Identical to Mk IIB, except that it was powered by 1 × Packard (Rolls
Royce) Merlin 28, about 100 with 8 gun wing, remainder with Mk IIB wing,
many converted to Mk IIC wing (489 built)
Canadian Hurricane Mk XI Identical
to Mk X, with 12-gun or 4-cannon armament, with Canadian rather than British
equipment (150 built)
Canadian Hurricane Mk XII
Canadian equivalent of the Mk IIC, powered by Packard Merlin 29, armed
originally with 12 × 0.303 inch (7,7 mm) guns, but was sometimes
refitted with 4 × 20 mm cannons in stead, single ski-equipped conversion
(248 built)
Canadian Hurricane Mk XIIA
Identical to the Mk XII, but originally fitted with 8 × 0.303 inch
(7,7 mm) guns. These were often replaced by 12 × 0.303 inch (7,7
mm) guns or 4 × 20 mm cannons (150 built)
Sea Hurricane
Sea Hurricane Mk IA The first
50 conversions from Mk I Hurricanes were with the catapult attachments,
but without the arrester hook, which was superfluous for the Cam ships.
(50 built)
Sea Hurricane Mk IB The next
step in the Sea Hurricane evolution was the MAC ship. A MAC (Merchant Aircraft
Carrier) had a small deck on which a few fighters and anti-submarine aircraft
could stand and land. The first MAC aircraft were 300 Hurricane Mk I's
powered by 1 × Rolls Royce Merlin III, and 25 Hurricane Mk IIA's
powered by 1 × Rolls Royce Merlin XX. These aircraft had 8 ×
0.303 inch (7,7 mm) Browning guns, 334 rounds each. Also they had the arrestor
hook. (325 built)
Sea Hurricane Mk IC This version was converted
from the Hurricane Mk I, and improved on the Sea Hurricane Mk IB by changing
the armament to 4 × 20 mm cannons like the Hurricane Mk IIC
Number converted: around 450 total of the Mk
IC and Mk IIC versions.
Sea Hurricane Mk IIC This was the navalized
version of the Hurricane Mk IIC
Number converted: around 450 total of the Mk
IC and Mk IIC versions.
Canadian Sea Hurricane Mk XIIA Navalized
conversions of the Hurricane Mk XIIA. These aircraft were operational on
escort carriers operating with convoys between Newfoundland and Iceland
Number converted: around 450 total of the Mk
IC and Mk IIC versions.
Export Hurricanes A number of Hurricane Mk I's
were exported to various countries:
Belgium: 20 aircraft, plus a license to build
another 80 by Avions Fairey. 2 of these were completed by the time the
Germans invaded Belgium in May 1940.
Canada: 20 aircraft in 1939
Finland: 12 aircraft in 1940
Persia (Iran): 2 aircraft. More had been ordered,
but the remainder were postponed until after the war.
Poland: 10 aircraft, but only 1 had been delivered
when the Germans invaded Poland.
Rumania: 12 aircraft in August 1939.
South Africa: 3 aircraft in 1939
Turkey: 15 aircraft delivered in September 1939.
Yugoslavia: 2 × 12 aircraft in December
1939 and February 1940, plus a license to build 40 and 60 additional fighters
in the Rogozarski and Zmaj factories. These factories had produced another
20 aircraft by the time Germany invaded Yugoslavia.
Number built: about 22
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