

F35 arrives at Eglin  (Source: Lockheed Martin)
Lockheed Martin finally delivers F-35 JSF aircraft to Eglin AFB









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RE: $771 million my ass
By Mudhen6 on 7/19/2011 6:43:29 PM , Rating: 2
Uhhh duh? Maybe because the A-10 was specifically designed and equipped to hunt tanks? It's not a coincidence that the A-10 gets the nod anytime we need a strike against enemy armor. If you were correct, we would have used F-15's exclusively.

Haha, "duh"? You completely miss the point - we can't use F-15Es because they were tasked with other missions. Unlike the A-10, which is more specifically tasked to hunting tanks. So of course the A-10 would score more tank kills.

You also clearly did not check out my link (which is a coloring book that tells real A-10 pilots what parts of an enemy tank to aim for). Otherwise, you wouldn't engage in such crazy talk. It takes two seconds to check out, and you can't even do that.

Only in the front. Guess what? Tank treads aren't armored. And every A-10 jockey knows the rear of a tank is the sweet spot. The armor is thinner and the engine and fuel are there too. Claiming the 30mm cannon with depleted uranium penetrates and exploding rounds cannot decimate tanks is hilarious. Truly ignorant.

You have to be an idiot if you think a tiny little hole punched into the treads of a tank are going to hamper its mobility. These are tracked vehicles bud, they don't use tires. A hole is going to do zilch.

What is hilarious is claiming that a weapon that is only effective at killing tanks from the rear as an "anti-tank" weapon. Are the 25/30mm cannons on the modern APCs/IFVs "tank-busters" then? They are just as effective as the GAU-30 at taking out tanks in this respect.

What is also hilarious is your F-16 data. Not only are they irrelevant (these are "clean" configurations), but they are also wrong (the corner speed of the F-16 is not 600 kts, so why that specific performance parameter is used makes no sense and merits no further thought).

Furthermore, in the non-CAS, anti-armor/"tank-plinking" role, I fail to see why you would want the A-10's slow-speed agility, which only counts for CAS. There are no troops at risk on the ground, so there is no pressing need to provide a sustained battlefield presence. It's much safer to lob laser-guided bombs from 20-30 000 ft then do strafing runs at 2-8000 ft when you don't have to.

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