Since the P-36 is getting some love and the Finnish version will be flyable, perhaps TD would consider non-flyable variants of this ubiquitous early war fighter. Most of these models just require trivial FM/DM tweaks.
China - H75M - with fixed landing gear. It could also double for the H75N used by Thailand against the French and Japanese.
France/Finland - H75A-1, H75A-2. Captured survivors of the Battle of France were later sold to Finland by the Germans.
Great Britain - Mohawk I-IV. Basically, just H75A1-A4 from French stocks, but with slightly altered throttles and Vickers .303 machine guns. Could just be a loadout option for the H75A1-4, but also carried bombs. Used in East Africa by SAAF. Used by the RAF and RIAF the CBI until 1944.
Finland - 1942 upgunned H75A, with 1 or 2 .50 caliber MG in the nose and 2-4 0.303 caliber BMG in each wing, or the 12.7mm Berezin UB or LKk/42 heavy machine guns. Might possibly just be a loadout option for existing H75A-4.
Netherlands/KNIL - 75A-7. 1,200 hp Cyclone, 1 0.5 caliber MG and 1 0.303 MG in the cowl and 2 .303 MG in wings, or 4 .303 in - two in nose, one in each wing). Provision to carry up to 6 50 lb. bombs. Used extensively during defense of Dutch East Indies against the Japanese.
USA - P-36A-3 mounting four .30 in (7.62 mm) machine guns in the wings in addition to nose armament. Served at Pearl Harbor, scoring two of the first U.S. kills of the war.
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