Kammala wannan magana: P-40 (Model 81A) sun kasance kusan daidai da XP-40, amma an gina shi da 1,040 hp (780 kW) V-1710-33s da kuma.30 M1919 Browning a kowane reshe. An canza sunan kamfanin zuwa Model 81 saboda canje-canje masu yawa daga samfurin samfurin 75. Faransa, wanda ya kasance babban mai amfani da P-36, yana da sha'awar wannan mayaƙin kuma ya umarci jiragen sama 140 a matsayin Hawk 81A-1s. Duk da haka, bayan 1940
Faransa ta Armistice Royal Air Force ta sami waɗannan jiragen sama kamar Tomahawk Mk.Is. Ba a yi la'akari da wannan bambance-bambancen ba don yaƙi, saboda ba su da manyan makamai da makamai, amma saboda akwai karancin jirgin saman soja mai kyau bayan yakin Birtaniya, RAF ta tura su cikin sabis don amfani da su a Arewacin Afirka.