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🇺🇸 A-10 Thunderbolt II
Air · Fairchild Republic (ABD) · 1977
The legendary close air support jet that mows down tanks with its huge 30 mm cannon and can take hits and fly home thanks to its armored 'bathtub'.
Specifications
- Class: Close air support / tank-killer aircraft
- Main gun: 30 mm GAU-8/A Avenger 7-barrel rotary cannon (3,900 rpm)
- External load: ~7,260 kg (11 stations: Maverick, AIM-9, guided/dumb bombs)
- Max speed: ~675 km/h (419 mph)
- Engine: 2× General Electric TF34-GE-100 turbofan
- Crew: 1 pilot
- Survivability: Titanium 'bathtub' armor; resistant to 23 mm hits, dual-redundant systems
- Operator: US Air Force
Beats: Su-25 Frogfoot, AH-64 Apache
Loses to: AC-130 (her-hava sensör/ateş gücü derinliği)
Built to fly low and slow and shred armored columns with its gun; where modern air defense is dense its survivability suffers, which is why it keeps being pushed toward retirement.
Related systems
Related systems (Air): KAAN, Bayraktar KIZILELMA, ANKA-3, Bayraktar TB2, Bayraktar Akıncı, Vyriy OPTO 10, Skydagger, AKBABA, GÖKTUĞ (Gökdoğan/Bozdoğan), SOM