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The '''Armstrong Siddeley Python''' was an early [[United Kingdom|British]] [[turboprop]] engine designed and built by the [[Armstrong Siddeley]] company in the mid 1940s. Its main use was in the [[Westland Wyvern]] [[Aircraft carrier|carrier]]-based heavy fighter, the turboprop engine replacing the Wyvern prototype's original [[Rolls-Royce Eagle (1944)|Rolls-Royce Eagle]] piston engine in production aircraft. In this application, the Python was rated at 4,110 [[horsepower|EHP (Effective Horsepower)]].

==Design and development==