Dent21

Of course, i take wiki with lots of salt anyway ;) , but indeed, sensor wise it's maybe not feasible anyway , that would mean that there must be a radar anyway, to designate the Millimeter wave missiles. They ( the US ) had once a plan to use a 2 seater A-10 with this kind of setup ( Lantirn and radar pod ) , but then there is of course the F-15 E Strike Eagle, so it's a moot point i guess....

My interest for combat aircraft came to me when i was 7 years old. My Father was an weapons handler , working on the F-104G Starfighter of the German Navy ( MFG-1 ) , I heard lot's of stories regarding his experiences, and I got bitten by the model-building bug from then on. Gradually i read more and more books, learned English to read more books , and when the computer age came, man..... the flight sim ( games....) era took of . Flew the first Falcon by a friend , blue sky, green mountains ,pink ground , and the migs were just a bunch of pixels that had the shape of a mig-21 , fond memories : to do stuff you read about, and try it on the PC : like firing an aim-9 L head on and kill the mig !, I went from " gee, it REALLY works! " The first gun kill , also very memorable , considering that you were banking and jinking with the keyboard ( man,o, man ! ) , and look were we are now: HOTAS,Rudders, Track IR !

... Why is the Hellfire missile not in the weapon inventory of the A-10 C Warthog ? I Mean, i guess that you can load more Hellfire missiles than Mavericks , and targeting wise , it shouldn't be a problem (?) Just to compare the two missiles: ( info from Wiki ) AGM-65 Maverick AGM-114 Hellfire 211 - 300 kg Weight 45.4 - 49 kg Weight 57 - 136 kg Warhead 8 - 9 kg Warhead 28 KM Operational Range 500 M - 8 KM Operational range Mach 0.93 Speed Mach 1.3 Speed The Maverick has a bigger punch and longer range , but on the other hand, if you want to kill (more) tanks , and looking at the distances involved ( using the A-10 C simulation as a yardstick ) , I really wonder "what if you had Hellfires ?" They seem to do the job quite well , and to me it looks almost as overkill to fire Mavericks at tanks , and to lock them up as far as possible, you still approach the 8 KM zone..... Then you have also the Brimstone variant , range is then 12 KM , is maybe even better, considering newer technology's involved, to quote Wiki " It has been estimated that Brimstone will be 3 times more effective than the AGM-65G Maverick missile against modern tanks, and 7 times more effective than the BL755 cluster bomb " According to the wiki site , the US expressed interest in buying it for their aircraft , so back to my original question ,,,, why not the A-10 then ? any thoughts?

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The Shilka's are deadly enough as they are, just treat them with respect. Lately, I use the gun also on these sawing machines , using the Mavericks 1st on the mobile Sams ( speed and stand off , freedom to move out of Dodge ) , then picking the Shilka's after this ..... keeps you on your toes. Always something to dodge , bank and yank , God , i love this sim!