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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. The Martin-Baker MB3 was a British fighter project with six 20mm cannon. The fatal crash of the prototype led to the programme's cancellation. Using lessons learned from the previous MB1 and MB2, James Martin and Captain Valentine Baker capitalised on the design and construction to develop a new design, the MB3, which was powered by a 2,000 hp Napier Sabre 24-cylinder, H-type engine, driving a de Havilland variable-pitch three-blade propeller. The MB3 was projected to meet an Air Ministry fighter specification. It was armed with six 20 mm cannon mounted in the wings, each with 200 rounds of ammunition, which made it the most heavily armed fighter in existence at the time. In an effort to ensure the MB3 was capable of a quick turnaround from an operational point of view, the armament installation was easily accessible. Three were ordered to specification F.18/39 which was written for the design.

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