That’s right..because they were diving from 700m over the target at a 45º dive…:rolleyes:
If they killed tanks that was with the ‘maverick’ missile, not with the gun.
And actually there is no evidence for such claim, while there is a wide evidence for the AGM-65 used to kill tanks (static ones)
Who cares? all that matters is the penetration range, i mean..really who cares if were made with DU or W?
Hint: The round does not have enough penetration against a tank (yes the top armor)
Title : Combat Damage Assessment Team A-10/GAU-8 Low Angle Firings versus Individual Soviet Tanks.
‘Abstract : This report describes firings of the A-10/GAU-8 weapon system against individual combat loaded Soviet main battle tanks. The pilots making the firing passes attacked at low altitude and corresponding low dive angles simulating movement through a hostile air defense system. Ammunition used in the attacks comprised 30mm armor piercing incendiary rounds, which proved to be effective damage agents against substantial areas of the Soviet T-62 tanks used as targets. The pilots in six successful firing passes (one additional pass resulted in a miss) scored 95 impacts on target, which included 17 perforations through the armored envelope. The six tanks which were impacted received damage physically assessed as ranging from catastrophic in the case of two combat vehicles to negligible in the case of one tank attacked directly from the front. (Author)’
http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=ADA085713
Are you telling us that no A-10 Pilot obtained a tank kill with a GAU-8 during Desert Storm?
See post #62 – Dice was a Crew Chief on A-10s.
http://forums.eagle.ru/showthread.php?t=5746&page=7
GAU-8 testing videos.
http://www.thewarthogpen.com/videos.html
TJ
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