Great Britain's Hawker Hurricane Mk II fighter

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Hawker Hurricane Mk II fighter:	Hawker Hurricane Mk II fighter in Bengal:
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Hawker Hurricane Mk IIA fighter:	Hawker Hurricane Mk IIA fighter in 1941:	Hawker Hurricane Mk IIA fighter in September 1941 at Kano, Nigeria:	Hawker Hurricane Mk IIA fighter in April 1942:
Hawker Hurricane Mk IIA fighter at Comiso, Italy:
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Hawker Hurricane Mk IIB fighter:	Hawker Hurricane Mk IIB fighter in August 1941 at Malta:	Hawker Hurricane Mk IIB fighter at Hal Far:	Hawker Hurricane Mk IIB fighter at Malta:
Hawker Hurricane Mk IIC fighter: Aeronautics Aircraft Spotters' Handbook	Hawker Hurricane Mk IIC fighter: Aeronautics Aircraft Spotters' Handbook	Hawker Hurricane Mk IIC fighter:	Hawker Hurricane Mk IIC fighter:
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Hawker Hurricane Mk IIC fighter in Malta:	Hawker Hurricane Mk IIC fighter on May 6, 1942 at Malta:	Hawker Hurricane Mk IIC fighter with the Turkish Air Force:
Hawker Hurricane Mk IID fighter:	Hawker Hurricane Mk IID fighter:

The Hurricane Mk II was delivered in August 1940.⁵

Hurricane Mk IIA: Had Merlin XX engine which improved the speed by 20 mph / 32 kph.^1,3 Started being delivered by the end of 1940.^2,3
Hurricane Mk IIA Series I: Had 8 machine guns in standard Mk I wings.⁴
Hurricane Mk IIA Series II: The fuselage was made stronger.⁴ Longer nose.⁴
Hurricane Mk IIB: New wing.⁴ Could carry bombs.⁴ Entered service in May 1941.⁴
Hurricane Mk IIC: Was tested by No. 151 Squadron during the Battle of Britain.¹ Could carry bombs or fuel tanks under wings.⁴
Hurricane Mk IID: No. 6 Squadron flew the Mk IIDs and were known as the "Flying Can Openers."¹ Introduced in 1942.² Used in North Africa.^2,4 Also known as the "Tank Buster."⁴
Hurricane Mk IIE: Became the Hurricane Mk IV.⁴

Britain, France, India, Eire, Portugal, South Africa, and the Soviet Union used the Hurricane Mk II.⁴

There were 80 RAF squadrons that had Hurricane Mk IICs.⁴

The Soviet Union received around 2,900 Hurricane Mk IIs.⁴

	Hawker Hurricane Mk IIC	Hawker Hurricane Mk IIC (Trop)
Type	Fighter^1,2,3,6, Fighter-bomber^1,2,3,5
Crew	1^1,2,3,5,6
Engine (Type)	1: Rolls-Royce⁶ 1: Rolls-Royce Merlin XX piston^1,2,3,5
Cylinders	Inline², V 12^3,5
Cooling	Liquid^1,5,6
HP	1,280^1,2,3,5, 1,300⁶
Propeller blades	3¹
Dimensions
Span	40'^1,2,5,6 12.19 m^1,2
Length	32'^1,2, 32' 2"^5,6 9.75 m^1,2
Height	13' 1"^1,2,5, 13' 3"⁶ 3.99 m^1,2
Wing area	257 ft² ¹, 257.5 ft² ² 23.92 m² ^1,2
Weight
Empty	5,658 lb⁴, 5,788 lb¹, 5,800 lb² 2,566 kg⁴, 2,631 kg^1,2
Loaded	7,590 lb⁶, 7,800 lb⁵, 8,083 lb¹, 8,100 lb² 3,674 kg^1,2
Maximum load	8,044 lb⁴ 3,649 kg⁴
Performance
Speed	335 mph¹ 541 kph¹	301 mph⁴ 484 kph⁴
Speed @ 12,500' / 3,810 m	336 mph^2,3 541 kph^2,3
Speed @ 22,000'	339 mph⁵
Cruising speed
Climb		2,400'/minute⁴ 731 m/minute⁴
Climb to 20,000' / 6,095 m	9.1 minutes^2,3
Climb to 20,000' / 6,100 m	9.1 minutes¹
Service ceiling	35,600'^1,2,3,5 10,850 m^1,2,3	33,200'⁴ 10,119 m⁴
Range	460 miles^1,2,5 740 km¹	426 miles⁴ 686 km⁴
Range with 2: 53 gallon / 200 liter drop tanks	920 miles¹ 1,480 km¹
Armament	4: 20 mm^1,3
Wings	4: 20 mm Hispano or Oerlikon^1,2,3,6 4: 20 mm^4,5
Bombs - wing racks	2: 250 lb¹ 2: 113 kg¹
OR	2: 500 lb^1,2,5 2: 227 kg^1,2
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Rockets	8: 60 lb² 8: 27.2 kg²
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Drop tanks	2: 90 gallon² 2: 409 liter²

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