Variants
- YP-43
- Pre-production prototypes; 13 built.
- P-43
- First production version, identical to YP-43; 54 built.
- P-43A
- Version powered by R-1830-49 engine and armed with 0.50 in (12.7 mm) machine guns in the wings replacing the P-43's original 0.30 in (7.62 mm); 80 built.
- P-43A-1
- Version for China, rudimentary armor and wing fuel tank protection, armed with four 0.50 in machine guns (one per wing, plus two in the nose), centerline hardpoint for an external fuel tank or up to 200 lb (91 kg) of bombs; 125 built.
- P-43B
- Photo-reconnaissance version with cameras in the tail; 150 converted from P-43A and P-43A-1.
- P-43C
- Photo-reconnaissance version differing from P-43B only in equipment; two converted from P-43A.
- P-43D
- Photo-reconnaissance version, R-1830-47 engine; six converted from P-43A.
- P-43E
- Proposed photo-reconnaissance version with R-1830-47 engine based on P-43A-1.
- RP-43
- All USAAC aircraft re-designated as "restricted from combat" in 1942.
- P-44 Rocket
- Proposed version with Pratt & Whitney R-2180-1 engine with 1,400 hp (1,044 kW); none built.
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