A-10C

Description

The A-10C Thunderbolt II is a rank American strike aircraft with a battle rating of (AB), (RB), and (SB). It was introduced in Update "Dance of Dragons".

General info

Flight performance

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Details

Engine performance

Survivability and armour

The A-10C provides the pilot with a 38 mm thick armoured tub. The front of the canopy also provides the pilot with bulletproof glass with a thickness of 44 mm.

Modifications and economy

Armaments

Ballistic Computer
CCIP (Guns)	CCIP (Rockets)	CCIP (Bombs)	CCRP (Bombs)	EEGS

Offensive armament

The A-10C is armed with:

• A choice between two presets:
  • 1 x 30 mm GAU-8/A cannon, chin-mounted (1,174 rpg) + 480 x countermeasures
  • 1 x 30 mm GAU-8/A cannon + 480 x countermeasures + MAW

Suspended armament

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Usage in battles

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Pros and cons

Pros:

• AIM-9Ms are very potent against its range of targets
• HMD allows for off boring the missiles
  • Very advanced HMD shows IFF (in cockpit view) of both friendly ground and air units.
• MAWS (Automatic release of countermeasures)
• Large array of CAS ordinance
• Large pool of countermeasures
• Decent turn rate
• Laser Warning System

Cons:

• Very slow for a jet
  • Subsonic, and can get outsped by propeller-driven planes
  • Even slower when mounting further ordinance
• Large target

History

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Media

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See also

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• reference to the series of the aircraft;
• links to approximate analogues of other nations and research trees.

External links

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