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To: Spktyr
Head to head: Su-25 vs. A-10

Most telling stat is the Su-25s' gun has 250 rounds the A-10s' gun has nearly 1200 rounds.

49 posted on 11/29/2015 8:28:22 AM PST by jpsb (Believe nothing until it has been officially denied, Otto Von Bismarck)
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To: jpsb
Yup. It isn't as good as the A-10 - but it's still pretty good at killing tanks and surface vehicles. The Russians generally prefer to fit gun pods for surface attack - the SU-25 often flies with two gun pods containing 500 rounds of ammo each and they're actually better for anti-tank work in some respects. Here is an SPPU-22 on a Frogfoot, mounted backwards for ferry purposes. Note the downward pointing (and aimable!) twin barrel cannon for top-down tank killing. With this arrangement, the aircraft does not have to dive on a tank to score hits.


53 posted on 11/29/2015 8:39:50 AM PST by Spktyr (Overwhelmingly superior firepower and the willingness to use it is the only proven peace solution.)
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