We did destroy a tank we were all full of munition. We were fitted for our sortie with ARAAMs just to partol the "no-fly zone" between Saudi and Iraq. We did'nt see shit,all their aircraft through weeks before of friendly-bombing destroyed the MIGs. We just flew around for nothing. About 3 hours into our sortie, we saw 1 T-80 MBT for the Iraqi Army, we all wanted to get it! I should take back what I said about "my" kill, I really don't know that I killed the tank operators,no I don't think I did to tell you the truth but my pilot's and I, we share it and and give rights to saying "my" kill, Anyways, we made 3 strafes of 3 aircraft, each with the 20 going on hot.I was last to strafe came in after 2 other aircraft didn't do visible damage, the MBT was not moving after the 1st aircraft let it out, I was optimistic about if we killed them or not. I strafed thinking the 20 is not going to get a hole in a tank! Well, I guessed wrong! 1 or 2 hit it's oil or gas tank because when I came , the rear was on fire I did 5 burst and we saw the munitions blow, we saw no life in it so we return to base ASAP to tell that an aircraft that had A/A greatness can do a A-10's job! Thats my weary old Gulf War veteran story.LimpPP wrote:
Only question I have is....how does a F-15C get an A/G kill? The F-15C/D have no air to ground capabilities, with the exception of the gun...but that wouldn't stop a tank even with HEI. I know this as I load munitions in the AF...and have for the last 11 years...and will till I hit 20 . In fact when we do our functional checks....if the A/G video lines from the CP(Computer Programer) cause the fail...we disconnect and stow the connecter. Only the F-15E carries A/G munitions.....though I am not saying the F-15C/D is no good. It does have the best radar for A/A. Also from watching the war games from the observation room during Red Flag(War Games at Nellis AFB) the F-15C/D's ate up the F-16 Agressors....though one of the F-15s almost flew into the square area in the middle of the play area....which is HIGHLY offlimits.1stLt.MikeUSAF wrote:
The A-10 didn't give us F-15C's a chance in the Gulf War! I flew 13 sorties and only 1 confirmed kill that was a T-80 MBT. Our unit wanted more, but those A-10's bet us to our objectives.
Also the A-10 is a flying tank.AC-130H has a 105mm Howitzer and a 40mm Bofars cannon. It had 2 x 20mm M61A1, but they took them out as they was not as effective from 5000+ feet in the air. When they was used in the 60's and 70's they also had 2 x 7.62mm guns. BUT the AC-130U has 105mm,40mm, and 25mm(soon to be replaced with a 30mm(same as whats in an A-10, but will be diffrent gun)) I actually got a flight in on e of these as we came back from a TDY. the 40mm will rock the plan, but the 105 is a beast. u get pushed back in ur seat when they fire it. It has a 45 inch recoil and causes the planes ass end to slide 8 feet in the air. Got to seat in the booth with the sensor operator and watch him blow the crap out of the static tanks and trucks on the range. The gunner crew is 3 or 4 for the 105, and I think 3 for the 40mm, but they don't shot both at the same time....I think it's 4 gunners at once.1stLt.MikeUSAF wrote:
It's not a GL its a real artillery piece! I don't know what piece thou. In, BF2 the AC-130 would have to have a gunner for each weapon system. If I remeber right I think there are four weapon pieces onboard.
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