Hawker Tempest Mk.V (PV)

Originally envisaged as the Hawker Typhoon Mk.II, the Tempest was developed as a series of six prototypes, each powered by a different engine. This was undertaken, so that if development problems arose with one engine, development still continued with the others.

The six prototypes built were as follows:

• One Tempest Mk.I (serial number HM599), equipped with the Napier Sabre Mk.IV engine

• One Tempest Mk.I (serial number HM599), equipped with the Napier Sabre Mk.IV engine
• Two Tempest Mk.II (serial numbers LA602 and LA607), equipped with the Bristol Centaurus Mk.IV engine (LA607 later receiving a Centaurus Mk.V)
• One Tempest Mk.III (serial number LA610), equipped with the Rolls-Royce Griffon 85 engine (originally planned for the Griffon IIB)
• One Tempest Mk.IV (serial number LA614), which was never completed but planned to be equipped with a Griffon 61 engine
• One Tempest Mk.V (serial number HM595), equipped with the Napier Sabre Mk.II engine

Hawker Tempest Mk.V (PV)

The Hawker Tempest Mk. V (PV) was fitted with two experimental underwing Vickers 47 mm Class P anti-tank guns at the end of the war. These guns were part of a project to develop a 47 mm airborne anti-tank gun, of which several company designs existed. The Vickers design was called PV, for Class P, Vickers. The PV guns were housed in long slim streamlined gun pods carried on the bomb racks and had 38 rounds each. The 20 mm wing guns were removed for this installation. Testing of the guns revealed that the weapon had potential, but no production was undertaken.

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