A-10 Warthogs

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elxaime wrote: Fri Jul 29, 2022 9:08 pm Now, at the last, his looks faded, he slowly descends the staircase, ready for his close-up with Mr. DeMille, still living a fantasy of days long gone.
I think the A-10 is more like Bruce Campbell... :) Use the A-10 in the right way and it can still kick ass big time, despite its age :D
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And just like Bruce Campbell, lived off the laurels of a couple movies and then made a living off of that over 30 years.
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Yep :lol:
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thewood1 wrote: Sat Jul 30, 2022 12:22 am And just like Bruce Campbell, lived off the laurels of a couple movies and then made a living off of that over 30 years.
30 years of counterinsurgency...
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maverick3320 wrote: Thu Aug 04, 2022 8:36 pm
thewood1 wrote: Sat Jul 30, 2022 12:22 am And just like Bruce Campbell, lived off the laurels of a couple movies and then made a living off of that over 30 years.
30 years of counterinsurgency...
If so, I wonder how it would perform in Vietnam...
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gennyo wrote: Fri Aug 05, 2022 1:12 am
maverick3320 wrote: Thu Aug 04, 2022 8:36 pm
thewood1 wrote: Sat Jul 30, 2022 12:22 am And just like Bruce Campbell, lived off the laurels of a couple movies and then made a living off of that over 30 years.
30 years of counterinsurgency...
If so, I wonder how it would perform in Vietnam...
Interesting theoretical question. A platform designed to kill armor wouldn't have too much to do in Vietnam, at first glance. a 30mm tankbusting weapon would be overkill against peasants with AK-47s. I think the biggest problem in Vietnam was finding targets; without precision munitions, the US often resorted to "area" weapons - large iron bombs, napalm, B-52s, etc. The NVA did have some SAM capabilities as well.

The question that I keep coming back to is what could the A-10 do in Vietnam that armed helicopters, F-4s/F-105s, and area bombers couldn't?
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The A-10 would have been doing basically the same job as the A-1. Low/slow/heavy hitter. It was faster, but prop planes are usually a little more resistant to critical damage.
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gennyo wrote: Fri Aug 05, 2022 1:12 am
maverick3320 wrote: Thu Aug 04, 2022 8:36 pm
thewood1 wrote: Sat Jul 30, 2022 12:22 am And just like Bruce Campbell, lived off the laurels of a couple movies and then made a living off of that over 30 years.
30 years of counterinsurgency...
If so, I wonder how it would perform in Vietnam...
Perhaps similar to the A-37.
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