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Merged with earlier thread on the same topic.
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Using an online converter, I can't vouch for the accuracy, the fuel weight of the ER.103C is equal to approximately 1,000 imperial gallons, only two-thirds of the P.1121. Perhaps it would have been possible to squeeze some additional fuel into the rear fuselage but there is no evidence for that. The undercarriage arrangement might leave enough room for four underwing pylons in addition to the wingtip Red Tops and there is plenty of room under the fuselage for stores so it feels like something interesting could have been made of it from a tactical fighter perspective. The fighter-bomber variation of the twin engined submission hints to the possible albeit it was more of an OR.339 effort.
It really isn't outlandish to have an AU in which the RAF procured a supersonic tactical fighter-bomber in the late 1950s, it is a shame that the usual suspect was allowed to destroy this thread though.