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Originally Posted by olife
oooooooffff!!!what a crazy fire power!!and tell me if i m wrong but a 40 mm vickers guns were put in the hurricane IV wings?...imagine how the wing must be solid!!!
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Your right, the Hurricane's in North Africa (Mk IID's) were armed with 40MM guns, and ontop of that caused MASS amounts of damage to enemy units and vehicles. They were absolutely deadly. Though the wing was ever so slighty modified to be able to carry the vickers s gun.
The Hurricane could do it though, with such a thick wing in comparison to other fighters such as the Spitfire/Mustang, so it made for a vert sturdy gun platform.
You name it the Hurricane could do it. It may not of been the best fighter aircraft by the end of the war, but it was without a doubt the most versatile aircraft of the war having been used in every role without much ugrading etc.
A true work horse.
On topic.... did you see the manaquin get destroyed in that clip? Nasty!! And the recoil it had when in fully automatic mode. Ouch!!