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"user314" (user314) 02/13/2019 at 10:00 • Filed to: modelopnik, Models, A-10 Thunderbolt II, A10, BBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT

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A post on the FP reminded me of this pic from Hasegawa’s Weapons Set: II, which included guided bombs, SUUs and laser designators.

Yes, that is an A-10 with two SUU-23 20mm gun pods, which were normally carried singly by F-4s. This was just to show off the weapons included in the kit, as I don’t think a Warthog could get airborne with a load like that, nor could it actually carry the GBU-8 or -15.

Still, BBBBBBRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRTTTTTTTTTT with a side of bbbbbbbbbbrrrrrrr rrrrrrrrtttttttttttttt.

ttyymmnn > user314 02/13/2019 at 10:25

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All the BBRRTT.

Even without all the extra ordnance, the thought of all that lead (or depleted uranium) downrange is pretty terrifying.

Demon-Xanth knows how to operate a street. > user314 02/13/2019 at 10:27

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Well, it could take 16000LBs underneath...

The SUU-23A weight in at 1730/ea

GBU-8 weight is 1050/ea

GBU-15 2000LBs

SUU30 is 820

GBU-10 is 2103

...which totals...15406 LBs. So yeah... it totally could.

facw > user314 02/13/2019 at 10:27

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facw > user314 02/13/2019 at 10:31

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Of course what they really needed were a bunch of GPU-5s/GAU-13s for maximum 30mm bbbbbbbbbrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrttttttttttttttttttttting :

KingT- 60% of the time, it works every time > user314 02/13/2019 at 10:31

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Why does a flying gun need a gun?

user314 > KingT- 60% of the time, it works every time 02/13/2019 at 10:40

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Never enuff dakka!

user314 > facw 02/13/2019 at 10:49

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OPPOsaurus WRX > user314 02/13/2019 at 10:53

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thats a lotta freedom that thing can deliver

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > Demon-Xanth knows how to operate a street. 02/13/2019 at 11:04

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r/theydidthemath

user314 > Demon-Xanth knows how to operate a street. 02/13/2019 at 11:08

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Fair point, but the GBU-8 and -15 are TV/IIR guided, which the ‘ Hog was never set up to use. 

RacinBob > user314 02/13/2019 at 12:49

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Wouldn’t it be hilarious if the Chinese trolled us and announced a new ground control fighter that was an A10 C lone just as the US Air Force is trying eve ry way possible to ground the A10?......

facw > RacinBob 02/13/2019 at 13:10

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We’d just laugh. The A-10 is tough, but it would doomed in the fight against a major power. If China built one of their own, we’d appreciate that they were wasting money on something so easy to counter. The closest non-American analog is the Su-25, and I really don’t think it keeps the Army up at night.

user314 > RacinBob 02/13/2019 at 13:59

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Yeah, the Hog is good only in low-threat environments . If you’re up against someone with a competent ADF, or worse, a real air force, the A-10s can’t survive long enough to bust tanks

user314 > ttyymmnn 02/13/2019 at 14:26

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Oh, it’s way worse than just lead. The SUU-23 is a version of the M61, and fires the same ammunition:

RacinBob > user314 02/13/2019 at 23:39

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You both are well read and make good points. Chances are the Chinese don’t have any 3rd world opponents that don’t have 1st world backers so you are correct why bother except to troll....

Your comments reminds me of something that I recall which went something like this; If you send an A10 against a 1st world enemy, it would be more humane to shoot the A10 pilots on the tarmac as it would be easier for all considered than sending them up in c ontested airspace and have to recover the body....

Until then, I think out ground pounders consider a A10 to be a really useful plane in the conflicts we are in.....