why a-10c does not have 127 mm zuni rockets mountable on lau-10 pod ?

[ACI XCIX-0001]

night !
was it never mounted on the a10 irl ?
they are mounted on the bru-33 on the fa18 and on lau-10 on av8b, a-4, a-1.
[lau-68, lau-131] for 7 rockets, lau-68 for 19 rockets for the a-10.
is the lau-10 also used to mount it on a10 irl if the case.
was it not available on ah-64 at a time as well ?
not found informations about that.....

Edited January 11, 2024 by ACI XCIX-0001

[WinterH]

Aside from maaaybe F-4s during Vietnam, I don't think Zunis were used on any USAF aircraft, they are really a NAVY/USMC weapon. Although I think some export customers did get them for aircraft made for USAF and didn't use them there.

As for the A-10, can't say I have any primary source info to prove this, but I doubt they were ever a thing on A-10. They may have been tested before A-10 going into service maybe, at most.

[Dragon1-1]

I don't think USAF F-4s used Zunis in Vietnam. It's a weapon exclusive to the Navy and USMC, at least as far as US goes. Pakistani F-86F did use it, which is the closest it ever got to being mounted on a USAF aircraft. Perhaps when Ukraine gets F-16s that one will get it, too, because Ukrainians did have some Zunis sent to them.

[WinterH]

29 minutes ago, Dragon1-1 said:

I don't think USAF F-4s used Zunis in Vietnam. It's a weapon exclusive to the Navy and USMC, at least as far as US goes.

They've even used AGM-62 there allegedly, I think I've seen some photos of F-4C or Ds with Zunis, but not sure, however there's been some shenanigans with weapons on USMC/USAF shared bases back in Vietnam days apparently.

I think some F-5s and F-104s were also seen with Zunis in non-US service, but can't find any photos for now.

As for Ukraine, apparently 4000 rounds of Zunis were sent there and are used on Su-25s and Mi-24s.

In case case though, I really don't think they were a thing on A-10.

[ACI XCIX-0001]

@Dragon1-1, thank for answering !

was talking about A-4F for instance that you can notice on wikipedia launching zuni rockets.

@WinterH, thank for answering !
copy !
maybe hallucinated some old vietnam photos with zunis mounted on a10.....
so the full zunis loadout on war thunder never happened in the usaf ?

too bad, it s a beast mode that could have been interesting to test in dcs !......

Edited January 11, 2024 by ACI XCIX-0001

[Dragon1-1]

18 minutes ago, ACI XCIX-0001 said:

was talking about A-4F for instance that you can notice on wikipedia launching zuni rockets.

A-4 was a Navy plane. USAF never had it. Even if you see any USAF aggressor training with them involved, that's either joint training with Navy or contractors with privately owned jets.

2 hours ago, WinterH said:

They've even used AGM-62 there allegedly, I think I've seen some photos of F-4C or Ds with Zunis, but not sure, however there's been some shenanigans with weapons on USMC/USAF shared bases back in Vietnam days apparently.

It's usually USMC tactically acquiring gear from other services, but I doubt this included USAF F-4s.  I can imagine some might have been borrowed from the Marines, and the F-4 was certainly capable of using them (no fancy computerized sight on that one). It's also quite possible the pics were actually of a USMC B model, visually identical to the C except for the carrier-rated gear.

[Yurgon]

50 minutes ago, ACI XCIX-0001 said:

maybe hallucinated some old vietnam photos with zunis mounted on a10.....

Oh that was most definitely a hallucination!

The A-10A officially entered service in 1976/1977, so unless preproduction jets were sent to Vietnam (which to my knowledge they weren't), they'd have missed the Vietnam war by at least one year.

[ACI XCIX-0001]

@Dragon1-1thank for the precisions !

@Yurgon thank for answering !
 

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so unless preproduction jets were sent to Vietnam

good point, maybe from some movies or games then.
but still could have been wild to have the zunis on it in dcs....

[ACI XCIX-0001]

@Yurgon

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1974 F-15 and A-10 did fly around Vietnam. But it didn’t participate in the war, at this point in 1974, US congress already sieges all of the support for the Republic of Vietnam, including military fire support. All of the fire support missions ended in 1973. F-15 and A-10 were indeed flown around Vietnam during 1974 but just as a test flight, serve no active combat role since the 30mm GAU-8 for A10 was not ready at that time and on the early prototype, it used 20mm vulcan. So no doubt that your buddy can see A10 back then. Just not in combat, of if it does, it would be a secret war in Laos or Cambodia where CIA station at there.

_Bob Anderson_Former VPA Army Mechanised Reconnasance
Was the A-10 Warthog used in the Vietnam War?

maybe some photos somewhere [in, around] the vietnam area but cannot find them back.
the fact that the preproduction models like you said, had only a 20 mm could have explained the essential need for lau-10 and 127 zuni rockets back then.

Edited January 16, 2024 by ACI XCIX-0001