Topic: A-10 survivability 3

Big_Z · January 28th, 2005

Every day at work when we hear that cannon go off every body stops what they are doing and listens closely, the boss included. It truly is a beautiful sound.

the_13th_redneck · January 28th, 2005

Unless you're on the recieving end. In which case you won't hear it if it does kill you.

pyromedic89 · April 10th, 2005

Until modern AFV's get thick top/roof armor, the avenger rounds will continue to slice/dice em' up.

Charge 7 · April 11th, 2005

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I love the A-10, I am so glad those military beancounters wern't able to kill it.

Actually it was the Air Force that tried to kill the A-10. Jet jockeys just hated the idea of a jet that couldn't go supersonic. It was the Army and their better understanding of close air support that saved the A-10.

behemoth79 · May 19th, 2005

The A-10 has got the be the best CAS aircraft out there. It just wont go down. I wonder, can it take an rpg round?

the_13th_redneck · May 19th, 2005

Seeing that the planes flew with half of a wing blown off, one engine only, half a tail missing etc., I guess it could, depending on where it got hit.

Doppleganger · May 19th, 2005

It would be insane for the US Army to phase out the A-10 without any direct replacement ready to replace it. CAS is fundamental to modern armoured warfare and nothing is as good as the A-10 in that role.

The A-10 would have been a decisive weapon of war had a Soviet invasion of Germany ever happened.

bushpig1998 · May 19th, 2005

The A10 is the mother of all CAS craft. It's got more redundancy than a tank and very few, if any tanks can withstand a few of the 30mm rounds.
It's slow, low, HEAVILY armed and armored.

Only way to make it even better?
Add a minigun pod under each wing, one rocket pod under each wing and mavericks on the rest. With the 2 miniguns, it can take out personell, unarmored targets and such. I think it would be the one man equevalent of a Spectre...

Desert_Eagle · May 19th, 2005

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Originally Posted by behemoth79

The A-10 has got the be the best CAS aircraft out there. It just wont go down. I wonder, can it take an rpg round?

Probably, the titanium bathtub you sit in can take AAA shells

hicks · May 21st, 2005

This is why I love being stationed at Fort Bragg.

Almost everyday I see these beautiful beasts take off and fly around for hours.

January 28th, 2005	Post 22
the_13th_redneck No Chance Outside Gear	Unless you're on the recieving end. In which case you won't hear it if it does kill you. __________________ I don't exist. TRESPASSERS WILL BE PROSTITUTED Next time you travel http://www.epictrip.com

May 19th, 2005	Post 25
behemoth79 Tribuni Angusticlavii	The A-10 has got the be the best CAS aircraft out there. It just wont go down. I wonder, can it take an rpg round? __________________ si deum nobiscum, quis contra? AS LONG AS DIXIE STILL EXISTS,THIS COUNTRY WILL NEVER FALL

May 19th, 2005	Post 27
Doppleganger Tribuni Angusticlavii	It would be insane for the US Army to phase out the A-10 without any direct replacement ready to replace it. CAS is fundamental to modern armoured warfare and nothing is as good as the A-10 in that role. The A-10 would have been a decisive weapon of war had a Soviet invasion of Germany ever happened. __________________ "An Emperor is subject to no-one but God and justice." Frederick 1, Barbarossa

May 19th, 2005	Post 28
bushpig1998 Optio	The A10 is the mother of all CAS craft. It's got more redundancy than a tank and very few, if any tanks can withstand a few of the 30mm rounds. It's slow, low, HEAVILY armed and armored. Only way to make it even better? Add a minigun pod under each wing, one rocket pod under each wing and mavericks on the rest. With the 2 miniguns, it can take out personell, unarmored targets and such. I think it would be the one man equevalent of a Spectre... __________________ \"...but Napoleon and all his veterans have never treated us so roughly as these hard-bitten farmers with their ancient theology and their inconveniently modern rifles.\"-Sir Arthur Conan Doyle on the Boer. www.fambook.com

May 21st, 2005	Post 30
hicks Optio	This is why I love being stationed at Fort Bragg. Almost everyday I see these beautiful beasts take off and fly around for hours. __________________ __________________________________________________ \"People sleep peaceably in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf.\" - George Orwell

January 28th, 2005	Post 21
Big_Z Primus Pilus Gear	Every day at work when we hear that cannon go off every body stops what they are doing and listens closely, the boss included. It truly is a beautiful sound.

April 10th, 2005	Post 23
pyromedic89 Milites Gregarius	Until modern AFV's get thick top/roof armor, the avenger rounds will continue to slice/dice em' up.

May 19th, 2005	Post 26
the_13th_redneck No Chance Outside Gear	Seeing that the planes flew with half of a wing blown off, one engine only, half a tail missing etc., I guess it could, depending on where it got hit.