The A-10 Warthog, an infantryman's best friend.

[gridlore]

U.S. Army Paratroopers from 2nd Battalion (Airborne), 503rd Infantry Regiment, "The Rock", 173rd Airborne Brigade Combat Team, call in an A-10 Warthog to engage Insurgent position with 30mm gatling gun in Korengal valley, Afghanistan. Additional info: "The distance was no more than 500 meters and this is after we had just gotten attacked from multiple positions, this being only one of them, and in a village we visited frequently and were shot at on the way in and on the way out just about every fucking time and in a place where we took contact on a daily basis, some from far some from close."

Sweet.

Comments

[tsjafo.livejournal.com]

The A-10 is indeed awesome.

[dalen-talas.livejournal.com]

Just how effective would this be against a target in a building?

[shadowcat48li.livejournal.com]

depends on the building and what you load the A-10 with.

she can carry assorted laser guided bombs, maverick missiles
old fashioned iron bombs, small diameter bombs for avoiding collateral damage in urban areas. how big a crater do you want?
this article doesnt begin to cover all the ways an A-10 can hurt things you want removed.

http://www.airforce-technology.com/projects/a-10/
urban pest control at its finest.

http://www.harpoondatabases.com/Platform.aspx?DB=1&Type=Plane&ID=1633

although for a big heavy construction building you might want to hit it with something bigger

[chaotic-nipple.livejournal.com]

I remember the "snarling" being lower pitched. Is my memory faulty, or is it an artifact of the recording process?

[claidheamhmor]

I love the Warthog...and the sound that gun makes, just like a V8 revving.