You forgot the sarcasm off...
Then again compared to a Tank yes. These planes are very slow.
Yes I did...
“Slow” allows a tight turn and a pass strafing the ground again, several times, before the ammunition is spent. Not only the nose cannon, but various air-to-surface missiles, and cluster bomb loads, make this one of the most effective ground-support aircraft of the last fifty years.
And it still can take HUGE punishment and cripple home. The pilot flies another day.