Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Chinhu chokutanga chakapiwa ku-air-to-ground version, chivimbo mumigumisiro yekutanga chakanga chakakwirira kwazvo zvokuti USAAF yakanga yakaraira 3,500 rockets pamberi pepi zvayo yakanga yave yakanyatsogadziriswa kune imwe ndege uye yaitarisira kuva navo inoshanda munguva ye
Operation Torch, kupinda muNorth Africa, muna October 1942. Kubudirira kwokutanga kweM8 kubva kuCurtiss P-40E murwi musi waJuly 6, 1942 kwakaguma nehurongwa hwekuwana kwezviuru mazana matanhatu. Kuvandudzwa kwakatanga pachivharo chinogona kuzadzwazve icho chaigona kuiswa muchitokisi chebhomba chebhomba reDouglas A-20, asi ichi hachina kutongoshanda. Pakanga pane zvinetso zvakakomba nepeturu, fuses nemapaipi okutanga pasi pemapapiro, zvose izvo zvakanyanyisa kunonoka kushandiswa kwekushanda.