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badbriar

01-25-2015 07:01 AM

A-10 Warthog vs Tank... Just curious

I know we have a new inmate here that is a M1A1 driver and am curious. A-10 Warthog vs a first line Soviet made tank... Which would come out on top?

hotreds

01-25-2015 07:05 AM

Re: A-10 Warthog vs Tank... Just curious

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wCqXbfGEPMI

The Poet

01-25-2015 07:09 AM

Re: A-10 Warthog vs Tank... Just curious

The Warthog flies slightly faster and higher than an Abrams.

hammondc

01-25-2015 07:28 AM

Re: A-10 Warthog vs Tank... Just curious

Favorite military plane. Glad to see it come out of 'retirement'.

Remo	01-25-2015 10:15 AM

Re: A-10 Warthog vs Tank... Just curious

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Originally Posted by The Poet (Post 2014211)

The Warthog flies slightly faster and higher than an Abrams.

JohnnyFlake

01-25-2015 11:53 AM

Re: A-10 Warthog vs Tank... Just curious

The Warthog will kick the Tanks A-- every time!

it can almost hug the ground, making it very hard to shoot at. It can hit with a missile but me thinks the pilots love to use the .30mm Gatling Gun Best. What Fun!!!

AdamJoshua

01-25-2015 12:12 PM

Re: A-10 Warthog vs Tank... Just curious

That's cute and all but having been a TOW gunner ....

http://youtu.be/E1VWPOpYbQI

That being said used to love to watch the hogs fly in and take care of the heavy lifting. :tu

badbriar

01-25-2015 03:26 PM

Re: A-10 Warthog vs Tank... Just curious

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Originally Posted by hammondc (Post 2014214)

Favorite military plane. Glad to see it come out of 'retirement'.

Yep - interesting that the A-10 is one of the best aircraft in the world for what it was designed for. Even Washington lobbyists couldn't put it to rest in favor of spending billions on a successor. Perfect example of "if it ain't broke"...

shilala

01-26-2015 07:33 AM

Re: A-10 Warthog vs Tank... Just curious

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Originally Posted by The Poet (Post 2014211)

The Warthog flies slightly faster and higher than an Abrams.

:lr :lr :lr

JLMraider

01-26-2015 12:32 PM

Re: A-10 Warthog vs Tank... Just curious

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Originally Posted by The Poet (Post 2014211)

The Warthog flies slightly faster and higher than an Abrams.

This is the A-10's advantage indeed. I don't know the specs of soviet tanks exactly but I know it has a vertical elevation limit on it's main gun so attacking it from the air is preferred. That 30 mm gatling gun is BA also.

The sight package on our Abrams is pretty advanced so that we can see them first. The Abrams can carry more "big" bullets than the A-10 so there's that.

Overall, I'm glad the A-10's are on our side.

Good post Rob

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