Lets face it Roger, the Hispano definately came under the chocolate oven glove list of toys........

Mark

Sorry about the nationality error, Smoke, got confused, mate. 

The Hurricane, as we know, was quickly assigned more to the 'intercept' role, while the Spit was your fighter, as such.

The Hurricanes that were assigned to bomber intercept, was that the 8 x .30 cal version or the 4 x 20 mm, or both?

I know that the Hurricane was responsible for more kills during the BoB than the Spit. Was this due to the increased numbers or the fact that more of the kills were bombers, or both.
It would be interesting to see some figures regarding the amount and type of planes shot down by Hurricanes and Spits and further, which variant of each plane (armament wise) was responsible for which kills etc.

It would be a very interesting table indeed. Can one of our brilliant researchers come up with something? I've had a quick look, but I'm on AOL time restriction till the end of my billing cycle (two more days) due to 'overuse' (Bastards! ).

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The Hurricane far outnumbered the Spitfire at the start of the Battle of Britain. The Hurricanes of this time had the 8 x 30 cal armament.
Hurricanes accounted for about two thirds of the German aircraft lost during the battle with the Spitfire and other aircraft plus ground fire accounting for the rest.
Hurricanes were far easier to construct and easier to repair. They were very stable gun platforms and could out turn the main opponent, the BF-109 E.
People think that the Hurricane only took on the bombers but that is not true.
Fighter commands only VC was won by a Hurricane pilot.
I still firmly believe that the Spitfire was a far better fighter aircraft than the Hurricane, but the Hurricane won the Battle of Britain and so almost certainly saved England.

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Sorry if it came accross as if I was trying to correct what you said there Prof old pal I just typed out a few facts about the BoB period Hurricane to try to answer some of your questions.
I think the Hurricane was more associated with bomber intercepts because there were just more of them around and it was more likely that the bombers would encounter the Hurricane.
The 4 x 20mm MkIIc version did not turn up until after the battle although I remember reading somewhere that  the first victory scored by a cannon armed Hurricane was during the of the BoB. Whatever, they were not around in any numbers if at all.

Well the poll is closed but I have to go with 8 .30s  . My favored tactic is getting really close in (where this config thrives) and "sawing" away with the storm of bullets (In CFS 1 2 and 3 of course) . But I keep in mind this configs is useless at long range. And both the Spit and Hurri have there merits so quit with the comparing!

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What's that, mate? 

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So it's a more elaborate version of the 'Minigun'.

Still just 6 barrels or more?

Where are they going to store ammo for a gun that will fire 1 million rounds per min.

I x .50 cal round projectile weighs 10.5 grams without the shell so we'll say approx 20 grams completete (I imagine being a minigun they'd just be in a 'bucket', so no belt or anything) but that equals around 20,000 kilograms per 1 million rounds - THAT"S 20 TONNES!

How the heel are they going to feed the bloody thing.

20 Tons per minute. That's ridiculous! 

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