civdiv Posted March 25, 2007 Share Posted March 25, 2007 Since there is no insurgent armor, what kind of ammo is the A-10 using for strafing? I'm about 99% sure it's not DU that IIRC, was the only ammo the A-10 used to carry. civdiv 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Kettler Posted March 25, 2007 Share Posted March 25, 2007 civdiv, Actually, the A-10 normally carries API (the DU) and HEI as a mixed load. Details are here. http://www.fas.org/man/dod-101/sys/ac/equip/gau-8.htm Regards, John Kettler 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
civdiv Posted March 25, 2007 Author Share Posted March 25, 2007 Thanks John, I would assume they carry nothing but HEI these days. But just an assumption on my part, I can't see them spraying DU all over the place these days, especially given the heaviest armor they have to penetrate is the hood of a toyota pick-up. civdiv 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
imported_Wildman Posted March 26, 2007 Share Posted March 26, 2007 All HEI, that is what the F-15Es that replaced them in Afganistan are carrying now. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
argie Posted March 27, 2007 Share Posted March 27, 2007 Are you doing strafing runs with F-15Es in Afghanistan? OMG! Those should be the most costly (in cost/efectiveness) CAS operations in history! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tiny_tanker Posted March 27, 2007 Share Posted March 27, 2007 The F-15E is the only plane that can use the SDB which is the new big thing. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
argie Posted March 27, 2007 Share Posted March 27, 2007 Which is great, as far as they don't need to do strafing runs 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonS Posted March 28, 2007 Share Posted March 28, 2007 SBD? That technology is the best part of 70 years old! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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