Hispano Mk.II (20 mm) - Revision history

U17577377: /* Vehicles equipped with this weapon */

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‎Vehicles equipped with this weapon

U38088265: /* Available ammunition */ Updated

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‎Available ammunition: Updated

U38088265: /* Available ammunition */ Converted to transclusion

2023-07-04T14:11:36Z

‎Available ammunition: Converted to transclusion

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‎Available ammunition: Updated

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‎History

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‎History: added history

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 {{Navigation-Line|Spitfire Mk IX}}{{Specs-Link|spitfire_ix_early}}{{-}}{{Specs-Link|spitfire_ix}}{{-}}{{Specs-Link|spitfire_mk9c_4cannons}}{{-}}{{Specs-Link|spitfire_ix_plagis}}{{-}}{{Specs-Link|spitfire_ix_usa}}{{-}}{{Specs-Link|spitfire_ix_ussr}}{{-}}{{Specs-Link|spitfire_mk9c_iaf}}{{-}}{{Specs-Link|spitfire_lf_mk9e_iaf}}{{-}}{{Specs-Link|spitfire_lf_mk9e_weisman}}
-{{Navigation-Line|Spitfire (Griffon)}}{{Specs-Link|spitfire_mk14c}}{{-}}{{Specs-Link|spitfire_mk14e}}{{-}}{{Specs-Link|spitfire_fr_mk14e}}{{-}}{{Specs-Link|spitfire_xvi}}{{-}}{{Specs-Link|spitfire_mk18e}}{{-}}{{Specs-Link|spitfire_f22}}{{-}}{{Specs-Link|spitfire_f24}}
+{{Navigation-Line|Spitfire (Griffon)}}{{Specs-Link|spitfire_mk14c}}{{-}}{{Specs-Link|spitfire_mk14e}}{{-}}{{Specs-Link|spitfire_fr_mk14e}}{{-}}{{Specs-Link|spitfire_fr_mk14e_belgium}}{{-}}{{Specs-Link|spitfire_xvi}}{{-}}{{Specs-Link|spitfire_mk18e}}{{-}}{{Specs-Link|spitfire_f22}}{{-}}{{Specs-Link|spitfire_f24}}
 {{Navigation-Line|Typhoon}}{{Specs-Link|typhoon_mk1b}}{{-}}{{Specs-Link|typhoon_mk1b_late}}

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 <!-- ''Describe the shells that are available for the weapon and their features and purpose. If it concerns autocannons or machine guns, write about different ammo belts and what is inside (which types of shells).'' -->
-* '''Default:''' {{Annotation|HEI|High-explosive incendiary}}{{-}}{{Annotation|HEI|High-explosive incendiary}}{{-}}{{Annotation|P|Practice}}{{-}}{{Annotation|T|Tracer}}
+* '''Default:''' {{Annotation|HEI|High-explosive incendiary}}{{-}}{{Annotation|SAP-I|Semi-armour-piercing incendiary}}{{-}}{{Annotation|T|Tracer}}
-* '''Universal:''' {{Annotation|HEI|High-explosive incendiary}}{{-}}{{Annotation|SAP-I|Semi-armour-piercing incendiary}}{{-}}{{Annotation|AP|Armour-piercing}}{{-}}{{Annotation|T|Tracer}}
+* '''Universal:''' {{Annotation|AP-T|Armour-piercing tracer}}{{-}}{{Annotation|HEI|High-explosive incendiary}}{{-}}{{Annotation|SAP-I|Semi-armour-piercing incendiary}}
-* '''Ground targets:''' {{Annotation|AP|Armour-piercing}}{{-}}{{Annotation|AP|Armour-piercing}}{{-}}{{Annotation|AP|Armour-piercing}}{{-}}{{Annotation|HEI|High-explosive incendiary}}{{-}}{{Annotation|T|Tracer}}
+* '''Ground targets:''' {{Annotation|AP-T|Armour-piercing tracer}}{{-}}{{Annotation|SAP-I|Semi-armour-piercing incendiary}}{{-}}{{Annotation|HEI|High-explosive incendiary}}{{-}}{{Annotation|AP-T|Armour-piercing tracer}}
 * '''Air targets:''' {{Annotation|T|Tracer}}{{-}}{{Annotation|HEI|High-explosive incendiary}}{{-}}{{Annotation|SAP-I|Semi-armour-piercing incendiary}}{{-}}{{Annotation|HEI|High-explosive incendiary}}{{-}}{{Annotation|SAP-I|Semi-armour-piercing incendiary}}
-* '''Tracers:''' {{Annotation|AP|Armour-piercing}}{{-}}{{Annotation|T|Tracer}}{{-}}{{Annotation|HEI|High-explosive incendiary}}
+* '''Tracers:''' {{Annotation|AP-T|Armour-piercing tracer}}{{-}}{{Annotation|T|Tracer}}{{-}}{{Annotation|HEI|High-explosive incendiary}}
-* '''Stealth:''' {{Annotation|HEI|High-explosive incendiary}}{{-}}{{Annotation|HEI|High-explosive incendiary}}{{-}}{{Annotation|SAP-I|Semi-armour-piercing incendiary}}{{-}}{{Annotation|AP|Armour-piercing}}
+* '''Stealth:''' {{Annotation|HEI|High-explosive incendiary}}{{-}}{{Annotation|HEI|High-explosive incendiary}}{{-}}{{Annotation|SAP-I|Semi-armour-piercing incendiary}}
-{{:{{PAGENAME}}/Ammunition|HEI, P, T, SAP-I, AP}}
+{{:{{PAGENAME}}/Ammunition|HEI, T, SAP-I, AP-T}}
 === Comparison with analogues ===

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 * '''Stealth:''' {{Annotation|HEI|High-explosive incendiary}}{{-}}{{Annotation|HEI|High-explosive incendiary}}{{-}}{{Annotation|SAP-I|Semi-armour-piercing incendiary}}{{-}}{{Annotation|AP|Armour-piercing}}
-{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center" width="100%"
+{{:{{PAGENAME}}/Ammunition|HEI, P, T, SAP-I, AP}}
 === Comparison with analogues ===

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 | Default || 17 || 15 || 11 || 7 || 5 || 2
 |-
-| Universal || 38 || 36 || 28 || 20 || 15 || 11
+| Universal || 37 || 35 || 25 || 16 || 10 || 7
 |-
-| Ground targets || 38 || 36 || 28 || 20 || 15 || 11
+| Ground targets || 37 || 35 || 25 || 16 || 10 || 7
 |-
-| Air targets || 26 || 24 || 18 || 13 || 9 || 6
+| Air targets || 26 || 24 || 17 || 11 || 7 || 4
 |-
-| Tracers || 38 || 36 || 28 || 20 || 15 || 11
+| Tracers || 37 || 35 || 25 || 16 || 10 || 7
 |-
-| Stealth || 38 || 36 || 28 || 20 || 15 || 11
+| Stealth || 37 || 35 || 25 || 16 || 10 || 7
 |-
 |}

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 == History ==
-After the Battle of Britain in 1940, the British Air Ministry realized their eight machine gun armed Supermarine [[Spitfire (Family)|Spitfires]] and Hawker [[Hurricane (Family)|Hurricanes]] were obsolete, lacking the punch to take out enemy aircraft during attack runs. So the Royal Air Force decided to arm the majority of their aircraft, including later marks of both the Hurricane and Spitfire designs, with 20mm cannons. The RAF already had the [[Hispano Mk.I (20 mm)|Hispano Mk.I]] a licensed copy of the French [[Hispano 404 (20 mm)|Hispano 404]], but these drum-fed designs were noted to present problems on the earlier Bristol [[Beaufighter (Family)|Beaufighter]], where it was hard to load the drums at night or during maneuvers. In addition, the Mk.I was tested on the Spitfire and Hurricane where it was known to jam during aerial maneuvers. The Air Ministry briefly considered cannons would not be possible and specified that new fighters should be armed with twelve machine guns.
+<!-- ''Examine the history of the creation and combat usage of the weapon in more detail than in the introduction. If the historical reference turns out to be too long, take it to a separate article, taking a link to the article about the weapon and adding a block "/History" (example: <nowiki>https://wiki.warthunder.com/(Weapon-name)/History</nowiki>) and add a link to it here using the <code>main</code> template. Be sure to reference text and sources by using <code><nowiki><ref></ref></nowiki></code>, as well as adding them at the end of the article with <code><nowiki><references /></nowiki></code>.'' -->
-However, Martin-Baker managed to successfully developed a reliable belt-feed for the Hispano which became the Hispano Mk.II. These cannons were first used on the Hurricane and Spitfire in groups of four along with other late war fighters such as the Blackburn Firebrand and Firecrest strike fighters, later models of the Beaufighter, the Austrialian CAC [[Boomerang Mk I (Great Britain)|Boomerang]] fighters, de Havillard [[Mosquito (Family)|Mosquito]] series of heavy fighters, Lead-Lease Douglas [[DB-7 (Great Britain)|DB-7]] light bombers, Fairley [[Firefly F Mk I|Firefly]] fighter, the first RAF fighter jet, the Goster [[Meteor (Family)|Meteor]], The Hurricane's the [[Tempest (Family)|Tempest]] and the [[Typhoon (Family)|Typhoon]], Lend-Lease North American [[P-51A]] Mustangs, and Martin-Baker's own [[MB.5]] prototype.
+However, Martin-Baker managed to successfully developed a reliable belt-feed for the Hispano which became the Hispano Mk.II. These cannons were first used on the Hurricane and Spitfire in groups of four along with other late war fighters such as the Blackburn [[Firebrand TF Mk IV|Firebrand]] and [[Firecrest]] strike fighters, later models of the Beaufighter, the Austrialian CAC [[Boomerang Mk I (Great Britain)|Boomerang]] fighters, de Havilland [[Mosquito (Family)|Mosquito]] series of heavy fighters, lead-lease Douglas [[DB-7 (Great Britain)|DB-7]] light bombers, Fairey [[Firefly F Mk I|Firefly]] fighters, the first RAF fighter jet, the Gloster [[Meteor (Family)|Meteor]], the Hurricane's successors the [[Tempest (Family)|Tempest]] and the [[Typhoon (Family)|Typhoon]], lend-lease North American [[P-51A]] Mustangs, and Martin-Baker's own [[MB.5]] prototype.
-The Mk.II was originally used in a four gun configuration on fighters, which was used with the Mk.I on the Westland [[Whirlwind Mk I]], however the outboard guns on Spitfires were found to freeze up at high altitudes. As a result, the RAF began replace the two outboard wing cannons with 4 [[Browning (7.7 mm)|.303 Brownings]] or .50 [[M2 Browning (12.7 mm)|M2 Browning]] machine guns to compliment the two inboard wing-mounted Mk.IIs. The British had feared their industrial capacity would not be enough maintain their supply of cannons so they licensed the design to the United States. While their fears were found to be unfounded, the license resulted in the US developing their own variant of the HS.404 starting with the M1, which would developinto a family of cannons that culminated in the [[M24A1 (20 mm)|M24A1]] used during the Korean War.
+The Mk.II was originally used in a four gun configuration on fighters, which was also used with the Mk.I on the Westland [[Whirlwind Mk I]], however the outboard guns on Spitfires were found to freeze up at high altitudes. As a result, the RAF began replace the two outboard wing cannons with 4 [[Browning (7.7 mm)|.303 Brownings]] or .50 [[M2 Browning (12.7 mm)|M2 Browning]] machine guns to complement the two inboard wing-mounted Mk.IIs. The British had feared their industrial capacity would not be enough maintain their supply of cannons so they licensed the design to the United States. While their fears were unfounded, the license resulted in the US developing their own variant of the HS.404 starting with the M1, which would develop into a family of cannons that culminated in the [[M24A1 (20 mm)|M24A1]] used during the Korean War.
 == Media ==

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 === Comparison with analogues ===
+''Give a comparative description of cannons/machine guns that have firepower equal to this weapon.''
 == Usage in battles ==
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 == See also ==
-''Links to the articles on the War Thunder Wiki that you think will be useful for the reader, for example:''
+<!-- ''Links to the articles on the War Thunder Wiki that you think will be useful for the reader, for example:''
-* ''reference to the article about the variant of the cannon/machine gun;''
+* [[Hispano Mk.I (20 mm)]]
-* ''references to approximate analogues by other nations and research trees.''
+* [[Hispano Mk.V (20 mm)]]
 == External links ==
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