mammikoura
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Brookfield said:We were on holiday in Wiltshire, England, & these "Tankbusters" as they are known, used to fly by at about 300 feet, you could not hear yourself speak!!, these are the ones that tried to bomb the deep caves where Bin Laden was supposed to be hiding, aren't they?, impressive looking, what's the power of those engines?, I do know their armanent includes a 7 barreled Gatling gun that has a rate of fire of 3,000 rounds/minute, 2 sidewinders, & cluster bombs, they can carry an awesome 16,000 lbs of external ordinance!, wow!!, what did surprise me was that their speed was only around 500 mph.
I thought only the US had A-10s.. Do the brits use them too?
And it's not supposed to be a fast aircraft, and if you look at it you can see that it was never ment to be fast. It's designed for close air support so weapons and agility are more important than speed. And it's based on the avenger gatling gun which wouldn't be that great at extremely high speeds. (due to the fact that you have to aim) Would be pretty hard to hit a tank with the avenger if you were going mach 2+