The Hawker Hurricane was a British fighter aircraft built for the [[Royal Air Force]]. Serving alongside the contemporary [[Supermarine Spitfire]] in [[World War II]], this early monoplane was initially armed with 8 .303 [[browning m1919|Browning]] [[machine gun]]s in its wings. Later Hurricanes were commonly fitted with four 20mm cannons and could also carry a 500lb bomb under each wing (these earned the nickname "Hurribombers"). The Mk.IID version was an anti-tank model used extensively in Africa which sported 2x.303 machine guns loaded with tracers for aiming its 2x40mm anti-tank cannons.

The Sea Hurricane was a carrier-based variant. Some standard models were mounted on merchantmen with catapults and used for convoy protection.

h4. External links

* "Wikipedia: Hawker Hurricane":http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hawker_Hurricane
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