Sage-Tips

What airspeed do a 10s normally fly at?

300 knots
It typically flies at a relatively low speed of 300 knots (350 mph; 560 km/h), which makes it a better platform for the ground-attack role than fast fighter-bombers, which often have difficulty targeting small, slow-moving targets.

How fast does an a10 Warthog shoot?

Dubbed Warthog, Hog or just Hawg, the A-10 Thunderbolt II is, basically, an airplane built around the GAU-8 Avenger 30-mm hydraulically driven seven-barrel Gatling-type cannon. The Avenger cannon is the Hog primary weapon and is able to fire 3,900 bullets per minute.

How much does an A-10 round weigh?

Using the cannon, the A-10 is capable of disabling a main battle tank from a range of over 6,500m. The cannon can fire a range of ammunition, including armour-piercing incendiary rounds (API) weighing up to 0.75kg, or uranium-depleted 0.43kg API rounds. The magazine can hold 1,350 rounds of ammunition.

What kind of weapons does the A-10 Warthog have?

Uranium Bullets: The A-10 Warthog’s Cannon Is A Truly Fearsome Weapon It fires depleted uranium rounds.

Is the A-10 Warthog the world’s toughest aircraft?

The Warthog is among the toughest aircraft in the world, designed with numerous redundancies and fail-safes to keep it flying even in the face of catastrophic damage. But despite its impressive survivability and host of other forward-looking features, it’s no secret that the A-10 is really built around its cannon.

What are some myths about the A-10’s cannon?

Another myth about the A-10’s cannon is pilots can only fire short bursts because if they squeeze the trigger for too long, the heat will melt the barrels. In reality, you will not turn the A-10’s gun into molten lava if you fire all 1,150 rounds the plane holds in one long burst, but you will certainly shorten the gun’s life, Ruehl said.

Is the A-10’s gun so powerful that it decelerates the plane?

An old rumor that a reader recently asked about is the A-10’s gun is so powerful that when fired the recoil slows the plane down almost to a complete stop. But while the A-10’s endurance and firepower are legendary, the myth that its cannon drastically decelerates the aircraft is pure “Hawg-wash,” said retired Air Force Col. Steve Ruehl.