military - Is the A-10's cannon effective against tanks? - Aviation ...
Jul 17, 2019 · Define effective. Using the cannon, the A-10 is capable of disabling a main battle tank from a range of over 6,500 m. While modern battle tanks have quite sophisticated armor protection (for the crew), there are many vital components with less protection. In the image below, we see the tracks and the wheels, which are exposed.
military - Does the cannon of the A-10 deliver more thrust than …
Jul 1, 2017 · $\begingroup$ The big problem with the GAU-8 and the A10 during development wasn't recoil, it was the smoke from the cannon shell propellant blowing the engines out. If you've ever seen the oft repeated video of a pilot punching out of an A10, and the aircraft then crashing into a desert, that's what happened: during a test, the cannon smoke ...
How much is airspeed reduced on an A10-Warthog when firing its …
Dec 4, 2017 · 3. Open fire: the cannon produces 50,000 N reverse thrust. Image above shows the first 8 seconds, acceleration has decreased from 2.78 to 2.0 m/s$^2$. If we plot velocity over time, we see that speed decelerates to 110 m/s in 165 seconds, stall speed is never reached.
What weapons do A-10 Warthogs typically carry? [closed]
Sep 29, 2016 · 3. The 30 mm GAU-8/A Avenger with over 1000 rounds is in itself a potent anti-tank weapon, which can fire depleted uranium rounds, among others. It carries a number of anti-armor weapons like the AGM-65 Maverick, Hydra 70 rockets and cluster bombs in 11 external hardpoints with a maximum load of 7200 kgs. The 'typical' operational layout of ...
What is the highest muzzle velocity of a gun on any fighter aircraft ...
Apr 20, 2018 · It should also be noted that the base muzzle velocity of an M2 is 2,910 ft/s (890 m/s) for M33 ball round. So it really depends what round you are loading in. The F-35 Joint Strike Fighter has the GAU-22 Gatling Gun which with the TP HEI ammunition has a quoted muzzle velocity of 3,560 feet (1,085m) per second (15 m/s faster than the GAU-8 on ...
Is the A-10 Warthog being discontinued? - Aviation Stack Exchange
Oct 18, 2017 · To put numbers into perspective the U.S. Air Force stated that retirement of A-10 would save $ 3.7 billion from 2015 to 2019. With delay in F-35, air force retrofitted all A-10 and OA-10 aircraft in the fleet to the A-10C standard with a new flight computer, new glass cockpit displays and controls, two new 5.5-inch (140 mm) color displays with ...
External stores on the A-10 Warthog - Aviation Stack Exchange
Aug 18, 2021 · 0. There are several sizes of external fuel tanks. For example the USAF uses or used 275, 330, 375, and 600 gallon fuel tanks (and probably others) over the last several decades. 600 gallon is afaik only used for centerline use and not combat rated. Ideally you don't want to use external tanks on combat sorties.
Newest 'fairchild-a-10' Questions - Aviation Stack Exchange
Aug 18, 2021 · The A-10 Warthog is built around a 30 mm cannon that fires depleted uranium rounds, 65 of them per second. I heard from someone who worked on the flight controls a long time ago, that when the cannon ...
military - Why do fighter jets still have guns/cannons? - Aviation ...
Sep 24, 2014 · For example, the A10 Warthog's bread and butter is its main cannon. Though this plane is primarily designed with the elimination of ground targets in mind. (As someone noted the A10 is an attack aircraft. I'm merely noting this aircraft's reliance on its cannon for ground attacks as a justification for the above supposition.
military - How does a combat aircraft handle the recoil force of a ...
Nov 5, 2017 · The firing of a forward firing cannon can generate thousands of pounds of reverse thrust. The use of shock absorbers in the gun mounting has the effect of reducing the peak recoil forces which might damage the airframe, but it does not reduce the average recoil force/thrust or the total impulse imparted to the aircraft over the time the gun is firing.