Thing on the A-10C nose

[llOPPOTATOll]

Does anyone have any idea what that camera looking thing is?

[Emmy]

Pave Penny Pod

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pave_Penny

[RodBorza]

Does anyone have any idea what that camera looking thing is?

 

That's the Pave Penny pod. Was used for Laser Spot and Tracking on the A-10A.

 

Has been made obsolete by the integration with the Lightning Pod on the A-10C.

 

If you look fopr images of A-10s in Afeghanisthan you wil see that they no longer have these.

 

But in the DCS model it remains.

[llOPPOTATOll]

Thx guys!