The P-40E.with a shortenenose,shortened landing gear. and armed with six 0.5in(12.7mm) wing device firearms. was utilized extensively as low-altitude close-support fighter. Numerous products had been exported towards Allied environment forces, among which, 1,500 devices served the RAF as P-40E Kittyhawk Mk. 1A. The british deployed the Kittyhawk in Northem Africa contrary to the German Luftwaffe.
