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The Curtiss P-40B Tomahawk entered service with the US Army Air Corps in 1939 and was used extensively by the Allied air forces until being replaced by the P-40E and later versions.
The Tomahawk first saw combat with the Commonwealth squadrons of the Desert Air Force and later with the American Volunteer Group in China.
The P-40B was armed with 4 x 7.7mm machine guns and 2 x 12.7mm machine guns, the P-40C could also carry bombs or a drop tank below the fuselage.
This example is a P-40C (Tomahawk IIB) of 126 IAP Soviet Air Force 1942.
The Tomahawk first saw combat with the Commonwealth squadrons of the Desert Air Force and later with the American Volunteer Group in China.
The P-40B was armed with 4 x 7.7mm machine guns and 2 x 12.7mm machine guns, the P-40C could also carry bombs or a drop tank below the fuselage.
This example is a P-40C (Tomahawk IIB) of 126 IAP Soviet Air Force 1942.
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I read the Soviets were not too impressed with the P-40, because it needed more maintenance than their own planes and it was used in the Far North, for which it was not designed. On the other hands, some top Soviet aces used it.