Posted on 10/15/2015 8:22:03 AM PDT by upbeat5
Sorry, I can still seem ‘em. I’m not sure what the issue is. Anyone else having problems of these images displaying?
I read the book about 45 years ago.
They need some VW engineers to code their missiles.
It’s tough like a tank. Titanium tub for the pilot. Redundant hydraulics. Operates in primitive conditions.
LOL!..For less smoke?...........................
I think it was about the same time, around when I was in college. Recently I’ve been reading some WWII memoirs from Russians and Germans about eastern front fighting, particularly armored fighting. Really hairy and scary. Didn’t matter if you were in a T34, a Tiger, or a Panther, you ran a hell of a good chance of being trapped in your machine and burned alive. Indeed, the speed with which tanks on both sides were knocked off in major actions was appalling.
Like some other posters mentioned: In ground attack, a gun is usually the easiest way to take out a target (not including big items like bridges or tough bunkers), and this is still true even in the era of guided bombs being universal on U.S. aircraft, and probably somewhat common with Russian planes. The A-10’s cannon has about 2-3X the rate of fire, 44% more muzzle energy, and holds about 5X the ammo. The A-10s straight wing is also easier to fly and more efficient at the lower speeds of ground attack. So the SU-25 and other swept-wing jets can do the job, it’s just harder to pick out objects in the ground when you are flying faster and can’t simply point your nose at the target and hose it down with the world’s largest Gatling gun. So the A-10 is more efficient at the job.
Gee, the SU-25 looks very much like the Northrup A-9, the aircraft that lost out to the A-10:
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/cb/Northrop_A-9A_at_touchdown.jpg
That’s more than entire division of tanks. 400 tanks to a division, generally.
Impressive. The tanks were likely Russian, I would imagine.
Roger that!
Best flying weapon ever short of nukes.
The USAF would not like it either as it isn’t stealthy... at all!
Hans-Ulrich Rudel
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hans-Ulrich_Rudel
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