Realistic Weapons Loads

[openfalcon68]

Since A-10C have been used in combat, what kind of weapon loads did they carry. Any info or links on same ?

 

Also will a direct hit with a Mk82 destroy an HAS ?

 

Manish

[mvsgas]

1) Depends heavily on mission.

 

2) Depends on the HAS, some it does not have to be a direct hit.

[Weaponz248]

As MVGAS said it depends heavily on the mission. What are your targets? I can say most load outs are without GP bombs.....

[openfalcon68]

A-10C Loadouts

 

I found this blog and links after googleing some on loadouts. Very good info.

 

http://warthogcombatloadouts.blogspot.com/2008/10/operation-enduring-freedom-combat.html

 

http://warthogcombatloadouts.blogspot.com/2008/10/a-10-thunderbolt-ii-and-anarc-235-face.html

 

http://warthogcombatloadouts.blogspot.com/

 

http://www.dtic.mil/dticasd/sbir/sbir041/srch/af276.pdf

 

I managed to destroy an HAS in A-10C with a single Mk82. Would a similar HAS get destroyed in real life with a Mk82 ?

 

Manish

[Invisibull]

Nice finds, Openfalcon. Thanks.

[GGTharos]

This depends on the HAS and the fuze.

 

There are some VERY hard and buries HAS out there. On average, I'd say a tail-fuzed Mk82 using a penetrating warhead would do the job just fine. If you use nose fuze and it is a relatively hard HAS, then the bomb might just explode on the surface and do next-to-nothing. This is highly situational so the real answer is 'it depends'.

 

While we don't have the fuzing simulated in detail in DCS, it might not be terribly important in the end. Or it may come in the future.

 

I managed to destroy an HAS in A-10C with a single Mk82. Would a similar HAS get destroyed in real life with a Mk82 ?

 

Manish