What Makes The A-10 Warthog So Dangerous

Summary

Brent M. Eastwood writing in 19Fortyfive, makes the following points:

• Uses the GAU-8/A rotary Gatling-style weapon.
• 4,200 30 mm armour-piercing depleted uranium rounds per minute.
• The “double-ended feed system returns spent casings to the ammunition drum.

References

Recent Runway Posts related to this topic:

• Preliminary Lessons in Conventional Warfighting from Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine: February–July 2022- The Runway (airforce.gov.au)

References from the Web:

• SEP 2022 Why the A-10 Warthog Is Such a Badass Plane-Popular Mechanics
• DEC 2022 US pilots are testing the aging A-10 Warthog for a new kind of mission against more advanced enemies-Business Insider

Source Information: 

• Article Source: Military, Defense & National Security News: 19FortyFive
• Media Check:  1945 - 19fortyfive.com - Media Bias/Fact Check (mediabiasfactcheck.com)
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