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To: yarddog

Not really. The Spectre gunships (AC-130) is very vulnerable to ManPads and even AAA. It needs to be flown in what is known as a “permissive environment”. The A-10 because it maneuvers on the deck and has a lot of lift for tight banking can evade a lot of that stuff, or survive a hit.

One of the reasons that they adapted the big cannon into the Spectre was that the mini-guns were too short in range and the plane needed a better stand-off weapon to avoid the radar control guns (ZSU-23/4).


24 posted on 04/23/2014 7:05:12 PM PDT by Tallguy
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To: Tallguy

I once taped two A-10s flying around for 20 minutes. The camera I was using used those mini VHS cassets and only ran for 20 minutes.

I still have that tape but it requires a VHS adapter then you play it in a VHS player.

They were a marvel to watch. Reminded me a whole lot of crop dusters. They actually looked to me like they would also be a little vulnerable to ground fire or whatever. I know they are built to withstand a lot.


28 posted on 04/23/2014 7:28:06 PM PDT by yarddog (Romans 8: verses 38 and 39. "For I am persuaded".)
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