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How Slow Can an a10 Warthog fly?
706 km/h
Fairchild Republic A-10 Thunderbolt II/Top speed
How many rounds per minute does an a10 Warthog fire?
What makes the Warthog so deadly? The Air Force’s original request for proposal (RFP) asked for a 30mm rapid-fire cannon. General Electric delivered the GAU-8. This seven barrel Gatling gun is capable of firing 1,800 rounds of high explosive incendiary (HEI) and armored piercing incendiary (API) ammunition per minute.
How fast does an a10 Warthog shoot?
Dubbed Warthog, Hog or just Hawg, the A-10 Thunderbolt II is, basically, an airplane built around the GAU-8 Avenger 30-mm hydraulically driven seven-barrel Gatling-type cannon. The Avenger cannon is the Hog primary weapon and is able to fire 3,900 bullets per minute.
How much thrust does an a10 have?
| Specifications | |
|---|---|
| Primary Function | A-10 — close air support, OA-10 – airborne forward air control |
| Thrust | 9,065 pounds each engine |
| Length | 53 feet, 4 inches (16.16 meters) |
| Height | 14 feet, 8 inches (4.42 meters) |
Can the A-10 dogfight?
Can Warthogs dogfight? Conventional wisdom says slow attack jets like the A-10 can’t dogfight. Watch and learn. The Thunderbolt II’s 30mm GAU-8/A Gatling gun can fire 3,900 rounds a minute and can defeat an array of ground targets to include tanks.
Do fighters still dogfight?
Unlike older planes immortalized in films, the F-35 doesn’t need to face its adversary to destroy it. While US Air Force pilots do train for classic, World War II-era dogfights, and while the F-35 holds its own and can maneuver just as well as fourth-generation planes, dogfights just aren’t that important anymore.
How many a 10s were shot down?
(Many returned to base almost unflyable, but only seven Warthogs have ever been shot down or crashed due to combat.)
Can a 10s dogfight?
The A-10 was not built to dogfight And that’s where Fairchild Republic came in with a design for an unusual aircraft that prized resiliency, redundancy, and function over all else.
Did the A-10 serve in Vietnam?
The A-10 was designed for close support in low intensity conflicts during the Vietnam War, yet it came to be seen as a dedicated anti-armor platform by the early 1970s. As A-10’s entered service in the USAF around 1977, and as vulnerability of the A-10 was questioned it was slowly withdrawn in favor of the F-16.
How much is airspeed reduced on an a10-warthog?
At 18,000 kg, a dive angle of 16° is enough to maintain airspeed without adding thrust while firing the gun: the gravity component now exactly compensates for the thrust of the gun. What acceleration is being applied to the aircraft (In m/s or kt/s)?
Is the A-10 Thunderbolt used in the Air Force?
1990’s — The A-10 Thunderbolt II is the first Air Force aircraft specially designed for close air support of ground forces. They are simple, effective and survivable twin-engine jet aircraft that can be used against all ground targets, including tanks and other armored vehicles. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Greg L. Davis)
Is the a 10’S Cannon effective against tanks?
If that were so, why does a “main battle tank” (e.g. an M1 Abrams) have a 120 mm gun — contrast that with the A-10’s 30 mm cannon? I thought that in WW2 you needed something like a 75 mm or 88 mm gun to be effective against the then-heavy tank armour.
Where was the A-10 Thunderbolt II used in Iraq?
OPERATION IRAQI FREEDOM — A-10 Thunderbolt IIs ares lined up on the flightline of Tallil Air Base in southern Iraq awaiting pilots. The aircraft are part of the 442nd Fighter Wing from Whiteman Air Force Base, Mo., which was deployed to Talli and Kirkuk Air Bases in 2003.