brewerjerry Posted July 17, 2015 Share Posted July 17, 2015 Hi Came across this by accident LR tanks and only one cannon per wing ? cheers jerry http://www.70squadron.roselake.co.uk/whparr/bparr_benina2.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theplasticsurgeon Posted July 17, 2015 Share Posted July 17, 2015 I've seen other photos of Hurricanes with just the one cannon per wing. Desert Hurricanes, similar to your photo. Field removal of outboard cannons to reduce weight and improve roll rate. The photo I have in mind has 3 or 4 Hurricanes. Leader has full 4 cannons, next 2 have just 2 each - so probably down to pilot preference. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gomtuu Posted July 17, 2015 Share Posted July 17, 2015 Yeah I have seen photos of such Hurricanes with one cannon per wing. A theplasticsurgeon says it was to improve performance and was usually in conjunction with long range tanks in the Tac/R guise. (Tactical Reconnaissance) Not to be confused with Russian Hurricanes where 2 cannons where removed and heavy machine guns installed rather like the 'E' wing Spitfires late war. The remaining cannons where also replaced with readily available Russian equivalents. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graham Boak Posted July 17, 2015 Share Posted July 17, 2015 It was also done in the Far East. In Russia however, the common configuration was the removal of the 12 machine guns in the B wing and their replacement with Russian cannon and heavy machine guns - though not on a one-to-one basis! I don't recall seeing evidence of Russian-modified Mk.IIc (other than a post-war Meteoroloical example) and am not sure that they would want to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott Hemsley Posted July 19, 2015 Share Posted July 19, 2015 I used a couple of photos of a 417 Sqn. (RCAF) Hurricane IIc in the same configuration (while operating in North Africa) when I did mine. Scott Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Truro Model Builder Posted July 20, 2015 Share Posted July 20, 2015 A few years back I did a 1/72 SEAC Mk.IIC in a similar configuration. As others have said, all to save weight and improve performance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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