<prompt> Rangarira ndima iri pasi apa uye ipapo pindura mubvunzo gare gare mumutauro mumwe chetewo sechikamu: Passage: On 20 September 1939, pamberi YP-38s yakanga yakavakwa uye nendege kuedzwa, USAAF akarayira 66 kwokutanga kugadzirwa P-38 Lightnings, 30 izvo zvakaendeswa kuna USAAF nechepakati-1941, asi kwete zvose ndege izvi vakanga vakapakata. The unarmed ndege vakanga gare gare vakapakata mana.50 mu 12.7 mm pfuti pachinzvimbo maviri.50 mu 12.7 mm uye vaviri.30 mu 7.62 mm avo ambotaurwa uye 37 mm 1.46 mu pfuti. Vaivawo negirazi rakapfeka zvombo, zvombo zvebhokisi rokutyaira uye zvokufambisa zvebhokisi rokutyaira zvinopenya. Imwe yakapedzwa neimba inomanikidzirwa pahwaro hwokuedza uye yakasarudzwa XP-38A. Nemhaka yemishumo iyo USAAF yakanga iri kugamuchira kubva kuEurope, 36 yakasara mubato yakagadziridzwa nekuvandudzwa kuduku kwakadai sekudzivirira mafuta emafuta uye kudzivirirwa kwezvombo zvakasimbiswa kuti zviite kuti vakwanise kurwisana. The USAAF akataura kuti izvi 36 ndege vakanga kunzi P-38D. Somugumisiro, hakuna kumbova neP-38Bs kana kuti P-38Cs. The P-38D chikuru basa raiva kushanda kunze netsikidzi uye kupa USAAF ruzivo pamwe nokubata mhando. Muna March 1940, French uye British, kuburikidza Anglo-French Purchasing Committee, akarayira dzinokwana 667 P-38s nokuda US 100M, akasarudzwa Model 322F nokuda French uye Model 322B nokuda British. Ndege yacho yaizova shanduro yeP-38E. The mhiri kwemakungwa Allies akashuva zvakazara commonality pakati Allison injini pamwe vazhinji Curtiss P-40 Tomahawks zvose marudzi akanga arayira, uye nokudaro akarayira Model 322 mapatya rworudyi-ruoko injini panzvimbo counter-rotating ndivo uye pasina turbo-superchargers. Kuita kwacho kwaifanira kuva 400 mph 640 kmh pa 16,900 ft 5,200 m. Pashure pokuwa kweFrance muna June 1940, vaBritain vakatora hurongwa hwose ndokupa ndege zita rebasa rokuti Rima. Pakazosvika June 1941, War Ministry yakanga yava nechikonzero chokudzokorora zvavakanga vambotaura nezvendege dzacho zvichibva pane zvavakanga vawana muHondo yeBritain neThe Blitz. Kusagutsikana kweBritain nehurongwa hweLockheed kwakabuda pachena muna July, uye musi wa5 August 1941 vakagadziridza chibvumirano zvokuti ndege 143... Mubvunzo: Zita racho rainzi chii?  <response>: XP-38A 