page_title: Curtiss P-40 Warhawk variants
section_title: P-40M
hierarchical_section_title: Curtiss P-40 Warhawk variants / Model 87 / P-40M
caption_attribution_description: English: P-40M in Finnish markings in 1944
context_page_description: The Curtiss P-40 Warhawk was a WWII fighter aircraft that was developed from the P-36 Hawk, via the P-37. Many variants were built, some in large numbers, under names including the Hawk, Tomahawk and Kittyhawk.
context_section_description: Due to the shortage of Merlins, development of the Allison powered Warhawk was again continued.  The P-40K airframe was given a 1,360 hp V-1710-81 with a cooling grill forward of the exhaust stubs.
  The P-40M was supposed to be a purely export variant of the K, although many ended up in USAAF units.  In RAF service the aircraft was named Kittyhawk Mk.III, the same as the P-40K, which can cause some confusion.
caption: The sole Finnish Warhawk (KH-51) was a captured Soviet P-40M-10.
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