>the a-10's gun is irrelevant https://www.youtube.

top kek

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cRwRQsNzgyU

thank god the gau 8 will be around for at least another decade.

Here you can compare some F-15E gunrounds to an A-10

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IMMGywAxBmg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nk1HU5WShpU

that 30mm pretty much needs a direct hit to kill. you'd be better off with a ww2 era prop with 12 303s mounted to it. could carry way more ammo as well.

>>34621783
MEGAKILL

That direct hit though

>>34621807
That movie is great but it aged like bread

>sandniggers
We could do the same job with a Cessna. A10 faggots grasping at their last straws like every other day of the week.

>>34621739
>That was about 5 seconds worth of bursts, and they carry about 40 seconds worth... in addition to their other loadout.

They carry about 10 seconds worth.

>>34621739
I'm glad you removed the fallacies from your fanboyism, but please refrain from posting this repeatedly

>>34611647

>>34623755
Depends on how long the trigger is held down. It has enough ammo for 17 one second bursts.

Are there any difference in terms of power between the GAU8 and tje cannon of the Apache ? It is the same ammo, right?

>>34623858
30x173mm and 30x113mm are very different.

>>34623942

Can you tell me more?

Can't tell if OPs pic is DCS graffics or real life...

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ATEN A BITCH

>>34621739
CAS still is the least effective way to employ an airplane.

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>>34623956
30x173 is the 'standard' western 30mm round and has a wide variety of ammunition types to choose from.

30x113 is significantly shorter and has much less propellant behind each round, making them poor for kinetic penetrators. In practice only HEAT rounds are used for 30x113.

30x113's advantage is its small size, comparatively light recoil, and how guns such as the M230LF are ~1/3 the weight of 30x173 autocannons. This allows 30x113 to be used on small vehicles like the JLTV or attack helicopters where weight is critical.

>>34623589
Direct hit to kill what? Those rounds explode so maybe you should be a bit more specific on what target you are suggesting a direct hit it needed. Also that's an area affect weapon, not point.

>>34624009
That's a spicy meatball

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>>34623727

we only need a10s to keep marines on their toes

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>>34623956
The 30mm on an Apache is more akin to a grenade launcher than a proper 30mm autocannon. The rounds are much shorter and are fired at a lower velocity.

>>34621794
Was the second one an A-10

why dont we just use super tucanos or any of the other light attack anti-insurgency planes we fucked around with?

>>34624129
The 40mm shells look like fleshlights.

>>34621739
>in addition to their other loadout.

The A-10 can carry more "other ordinance" than a B-17 from WWII.

>>34624749
http://www.defensenews.com/articles/textron-sierra-nevada-prep-for-oa-x-experiment-at-us-air-force-base

>>34624803
So can a Phantom. Your point?

>>34624813

inb4 they scrap it because its not expensive enough/not boeing enough

>>34621739
>the a-10's gun is irrelevant
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ff3fKXx50Zs