I love the Warthog!
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beaucoup ammo
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Forgot to say THANKS! Those pics are a treat indeed.
Gordon
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I wonder why the BATFE felt the need to aquire two Warthogs during the Klintn admin ?
ARGarrison
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Grissom AFB had a reserve squadron of A-10 back in the day when they were all painted OD. The swooped over the trees and huged the Walbash river in north Central Indiana. I miss them over head. Haven't seen an A-10 in-flight scence 2000 when I was out in Nevada.
hank327
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Used to see A-10s all the time when we were on manuevers in West Germany during the early 1980s. They are VERY manuverable and hard to see from the ground. A few times my unit was the OPFOR and I have been on the receiving end of an A-10 gun run more than once. The Warthogs flew just above the tree tops to avoid any possible AAA and would just pop up right on top of you with that big gun pointing at you. It was not a pleasant sight or feeling...
simmonsguns
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Hi Engel, you got any room in there for THR member's for air time? Great looking ride.
cbsbyte
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The Massachusetts Air National Guard still flies them out of Barnes AG base, so I see them fly overhead every so often on training missions. I heard the A10s where being transfered out this year, and being replaced by F15s at that base. They where originally slated to be retired in the early 1990s.
AStone
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Such impressive planes.
I used to see them fly over my research area in central NM on occasion. Never got to hear the Gatling, though.
I was wondering about numbers: How many rnds/sec? Total number of rnds without reloading?
So I googled it and found this wikipedia article on the A-10. Nice write up, but I'm wondering about this part:
At 3,900 rnds/minute, that means a pilot would have only 20 sec of ammo.
I'm sure that a half second burst will do a lot of damage, but ...
Engels and others, are those accurate numbers?
Nem
I used to see them fly over my research area in central NM on occasion. Never got to hear the Gatling, though.
I was wondering about numbers: How many rnds/sec? Total number of rnds without reloading?
So I googled it and found this wikipedia article on the A-10. Nice write up, but I'm wondering about this part:
That last part - 1,350 rnds - must be a typo, right?
At 3,900 rnds/minute, that means a pilot would have only 20 sec of ammo.
I'm sure that a half second burst will do a lot of damage, but ...
Engels and others, are those accurate numbers?
Nem
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My favorite vodeo game of all time was a flight simulator of the A10. That was a fun airraft, even digitally.
I also had the chance to stay on Eileson AFB about 6 years ago on out trip to alaska. Fantastic state and the guys we met up there were great!
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Brian
That may be correct. AFAIK most of the very high speed guns do not carry enough to get more that 30-60 seconds of full fire.
I also had the chance to stay on Eileson AFB about 6 years ago on out trip to alaska. Fantastic state and the guys we met up there were great!
Thanks,
Brian
That may be correct. AFAIK most of the very high speed guns do not carry enough to get more that 30-60 seconds of full fire.
Brian Williams
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Yes they are, only 20 seconds of ammo on board.
RNB65
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I've seen a couple of tac demos with A10's. Their maneuverability and turning radius are unreal. The Warthog can make a 90* turn on a dime and a 180* turn on a quarter. The can juke and jive through the sky like a Tim Wakefield knuckleball making shooting them down with any type of manually operated machine gun/cannon very difficult despite their slow airspeed.
The A10 is one of the most feared aircraft the US has ever flown and the Air Force brass is still trying to kill it. If I was the Army, I'd buy my own A10's and operate them independently of the Air Force.
The A10 is one of the most feared aircraft the US has ever flown and the Air Force brass is still trying to kill it. If I was the Army, I'd buy my own A10's and operate them independently of the Air Force.
PercyShelley
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Just off the top of my head, that sounds about right. The F-16 has only a few hundred rounds on hand, and it shoots smaller cartridges.
Anyway, here's the cannon plus ammo bin:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/72/GAU-8_avenger.jpg
beaucoup ammo
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That's "Metal Storm" territory!
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That's Metal Storm territory!. An Area Denial Weapon System (ADWS) that literally fills the air with lead without the need of a human operator.
"The scariest part is that when you set this monster on auto, it can automagically fire 6000 rounds per minute at anything that moves... firing so many rounds so quickly it sounds like a quick bark of a buzz saw."
"The scariest part is that when you set this monster on auto, it can automagically fire 6000 rounds per minute at anything that moves... firing so many rounds so quickly it sounds like a quick bark of a buzz saw."
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AStone
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So, now I'm guessing that pilots must engage in some significant amounts of ... um, impulse control training.
I mean, how tempting is it to just want to rip about 9 or 10 sec, just for the adrenaline rush ...
Metal storm, indeed.
Josh Aston
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It's definitely a cool plane, I'm just glad I wasn't there for the show. I absolutely loathe airshows. Used to think they were cool until I actually had to work one. :banghead:
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We watch A-10's fly out of Bradley Int'l in Ct . The CT ANG flies them -at least for the time being.Love watching 'em fly overhead....
I believe the Vulcan cannon is computer controlled to only fire a 2 or 3 second burst.
Another tidbit I heard was that if allowed to fire till empty, it would actually slow the aircraft down considerably as well as melting the barrels...
I believe the Vulcan cannon is computer controlled to only fire a 2 or 3 second burst.
Another tidbit I heard was that if allowed to fire till empty, it would actually slow the aircraft down considerably as well as melting the barrels...
RNB65
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Here's an A10 tac demo. Man, that's got to be a fun plane to fly.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p2gNJ6JHedo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p2gNJ6JHedo
thexrayboy
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Cite please? I have read reports that indicate the BATF may have acquired as many as 22 OV10 Bronco surveillance craft from the military but can find no indications that they possess any of the A10 Thunderbolt II aircraft. Not that I would put it past them to acquire and use such military hardware against American citizens, I just can find no evidence that they have actually done so.
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