Experimental Missile packs for Hawker Hunters

[Ewan T]

Hello, Recently me and @Jason Dykstra (Wyvern) have come across a few interesting pictures regarding Missile packs for the Hawker Hunter that could be fitted in place of the ADEN armament, I was wondering if anyone had any more info than what we have, so far we have found images for;

• A Missile pack for two Firestreak Missiles
• A Mixed pack for two AIM-9 Sidewinders and Two 30mm ADEN cannons

Any more info regarding either of these, especially potential testing of them or the specific variant of Hunter they were proposed to equip would be great, thank you

 

[TsrJoe]

Hawker Hunter F.6 with Firestreak AAM. pack, July 1960

Hawker Hunter F.6 with Firestreak AAM. pack, retouched photo to show installation

 

[Jason Dykstra (Wyvern)]

The Firestreak mounting position is quite sensible given that they possessed large amounts of on-board electronics which made it challenging to mount them under the wings; this was one of the leading factors behind the cancellations of the P.1083 and Type 545.

It would be interesting to know whether such a pack was tested on an F.6, as it seems like an F.4 was used in these photos.