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Sorry I disagree .. experience with flying the ground attack mission with an aircraft not designed for ground attack does not make it a purpose designed ground attack aircraft.

The USAF P47, the RAF Hawker Typhoon, and the US Navy and Marine F4U Corsair all excelled at ground attack during World War II but none were designed as ground attack.. all were designed as fighters and found a calling in the ground attack role.

In fact no version on the P47 was designed from the factory as ground attack.

The P47 D did double double duty as a fighter and fighter bomber..be close to todays swing Fighter concept

The later P47M for Europe was stripped down lighter version with higher power R2800C engine pure fighter version they will pull off the bomb racks.. The P47N had extended wings for internal wing fuel tanks and extended range.. it was used in the Pacific at the forward island bases to reach Japan

There was a post war ground attack version of the Corsair the F4U6 / AU1...

But again none were designed from the start as a ground attack aircraft ...There's even a ground attack version of the F15. ..the F15E ...But no one ever say the F 15 was a ground attack aircraft only

The A10 was designed as a ground attack aircraft only from the start.. and one would ever confuse it with being a fighter aircraft