Posted on 10/15/2015 8:22:03 AM PDT by upbeat5
Russian Sukhoi Su-25 Frogfoot ground-attack planes perform during the Aviadarts military aviation competition at the Dubrovichi range near Ryazan, Russia, August 2, 2015.
As the Syrian military begins its push to take back opposition-held areas in northwestern Syria, Russia has provided backing through an intensifying aerial campaign.
Among the planes Moscow has used to back the Syrian military's attempted advance is a Russian combat aircraft that some have compared to the US's venerated A-10 Warthog.
The Russian Su-25 Frogfoot is a low-flying tank-like plane that specializes in providing aerial cover and attacking ground targets.
The Frogfoot is a sturdy plane, and according to The National Interest, the plane can keep flying after suffering damage while striking targets with precision-guided munitions.
These systems make it ideal for the kind of operation that the Assad regime and its Russian partners are trying to launch against the opposition.
“The Russian air force will use the Frogfoots to support the Assad regime in the same way the USAF is using the A-10 Warthog to support the Iraqi government,” a former US Air Force aviator told The National Interest.
Russian state-owned media outlet RT reports that since Tuesday Kremlin forces have carried out 40 airstrikes against rebel and ISIS forces throughout five Syrian provinces. The majority of these strikes occurred around the city of Aleppo and in the neighboring province of Idlib, which is completely under opposition control.
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That doesn’t look environmentally friendly with all that black smoke! The pollution could kill someone!
and add to Glowbull Warming!..................
The A-10 Warthog we're getting rid of? That A-10 Warthog?
I’m sure the EPA are stamping their feet about it.
I know nothing about military hardware, but those planes look exceptionally fabulous.
The Russian Stormovik was known to be extremely tough and difficult to shoot down.
Maybe we took the idea for the Warthog from it.
Actually when they were working on the Warthog they consulted with the top German Stuka pilot, who was still alive at the time.
I dont know. I am no expert but it does not look as rugged ascthe a 10.
First the engine inlets are on the bottom and could get junk in them on remote run ways.
Second the wings dont look as large. Seems to me it would need a faster speed to remain stable in flight. Also less wing damage on smaller wings has a bigger impact on that slower speed by reducing wing lift.
Third the a 10’s front gun is bad ass. And it seems to point down some what. Which means a lower attack angle. This translates to less notice to the enemy that there is incoming air support.
But I am not any kind of air power expert.
A-10 designer Pierre Sprey:
“I felt that the combat specifics, such as tactics, targets, aerial cannon effectiveness, austere field operations, surge sortie rates, air-ground communications and coordination, of the World War II close support experience were so relevant to designing a first-rate CAS [close air support] plane that I required every member of the A-X concept design team to read Hans-Ulrich Rudel’s Stuka Pilot.”
(Alas, I don't think it ran on anything beyond Win98...)
Can’t see your pics, but I know what the gatling gun is and it is bad a$$. Any Air Force puke who wants to get rid of it should be chaptered!
Is he the big tank killer of the Eastern Front? Then I probably read his book back in early 1970s.
Hans Eric Rudel, one of Der Furher’s great favourites.
I’ve read the same book.
“The Russian Su-25 Frogfoot is a low-flying tank-like plane”
Duhhh, where’s the turret?
He did quite a bit:
Rudel flew 2,530 combat missions claiming a total of 2,000 targets destroyed; including 800 vehicles, 519 tanks, 150 artillery pieces, 70 landing craft, nine aircraft, four armored trains, several bridges, a destroyer, two cruisers, and the Soviet battleship Marat.
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