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The Curtiss P-40 Warhawk was the third most built American fighter, with 15,000 units produced.The P-40E, armed with six 0.5inch wing machine guns, was used extensively as a low-altitude...

When the requirements for the P-40 were formulated, no prospect of high-altitude enemy attack against the U.S.A was envisaged, so that coastal defence and ground attack were the main tasks...