Post CAS on a budget. Pic related
https://theintercept.com/2016/04/11/blackwater-founder-erik-prince-drive-to-build-private-air-force/
>>29825146
Why not?
>>29825146
The Super Tucano is my planefu
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gHDZqUa0m1s
>>29825146
>>29825146
>>29825146
>>29825544
In arguments about the A-10 being retired I always see people say that the A-10 is so much better than attack helicopters because it is less vulnerable. But Russia has had no problem operating these helicopters in Syria despite the opposition having access to advanced weapons from the US.
>>29825564
They are both slow targets.
But one can do hover and pop up tactics and does not need a airfield.
It really depends on what army is using them.
If Iraq or Syria had shit ton of A-10's then we might see a couple of them getting downed by ISIS etc.
And you may always counter with that a F-16 is significantly less vulnerable then a A-10 and better :^).
Or that a AH-64 Apache would blow both away.
>>29825372
>On a budget
>piston engine that's more than 400hp
Come on
>black flight suits
>no us markings
>night missions
>fucking up the ho chi minh trail
I can't think of anything better
>>29826244
Yes. I like that.
>>29826197
I've got a couple 1425 hp engines and it's still way cheaper then any kind of turbine engine
Cloudy day over NKP
>>29825261
Pucara is sexy as fuck
>>29826197
>piston engines
>not economical
let's put some miniguns on it.
>>29825207
Made rice crispies before Kellog
>>29826437
>on this episode of ice pilots, the crew is hired to rain down the hate on charlie
One of those air tractors that are armed to the teeth
>>29826437
>>29826519
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Douglas_AC-47_Spooky
my allusion was to fact as well
>>29826536
>The 4th ACS deployed to Tan Son Nhut Air Base, Vietnam, on 14 November 1965. Now using the call sign "Spooky", each of its three 7.62 mm miniguns could selectively fire either 50 or 100 rounds per second. It can be seen in action here. Cruising in an overhead left-hand orbit at 120 knots air speed at an altitude of 3,000 feet (910 m), the gunship could put a bullet or glowing red tracer (every fifth round) bullet into every square yard of a football field-sized target in potentially less than 10 seconds.[1] And, as long as its 45-flare and 24,000-round basic load of ammunition held out, it could do this intermittently while loitering over the target for hours.
>Noone has posted artillery
>>29826631
you know what, you're absolutely right.
pictured at left, 75mm artillery.
>>29826714
50mm right here brother
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MZs9DF0m6Xo
>good luck finding a cheaper alternative
>mfw running gentoo on raspberry pi directing a swarm of these things to scout ahead & maintain protective formation around me
>>29826913
those things are a bitch to fly without goggles
Ouch.
>pic related
>>29826714
...but that's the one without the cannon pod, Anon..
Restoration of the last airworthy B-26k.
Should be finished later this year.
>>29826976
damn, you're right. I thought they'd somehow fitted it internally. here's the right pic
winner of all aerial "muh dick" arguments
>>29827018
Agreed. That cannon must have kicked something fierce..
>Thread of people who think "CAS" means "airplanes"
This is why America spends so much money on their military
>>29827063
Could stop the plane mid-air.
>>29827075
Bruh, there are several helis in here, wtf do you want, a gyrocopter?
The most balls to the walls CAS and strike airplane out there.
Successfully doing guerrilla airstrikes against a much more powerful and better equipped enemy who had the support of the Soviets and US both.
>>29826985
Will it be ready in time for the Legions attack on Hoover Dam?
>>29826961
hahaha holy shit
>>29825353
What % of those rounds are tracers you think? One in four?
I have no idea what this is a thing, but all I can think of is the poor Ivan who had to load this fucker.
>>29827188
it's supposed to be 1 every 10.
Sometimes for demonstrations or practice they'll up that to 1 in 5 to give the gunners a better idea of how the weapon works.
>>29826961
WITNESSED
>>29827202
The US came up with a much better method to Dakka.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lazy_Dog_(bomb)
>. An F-84 flying at 400 knots and 75 feet above the ground served as the test bed while a jeep and a B-24 were the targets. The result was eight hits per square yard. Tests revealed Shapes 2 and 5 to be the most effective. Shape 5, an improved basic Lazy Dog slug, had the force of a .50 caliber bullet and could penetrate 24 inches of packed sand. Shape 2 could penetrate 12 inches of sand — twice as much as a .45 caliber slug fired point blank.
>>29827307
my new favorite weapon.
>>29827134
>Count Carl Gustaf von Rosens Biafra Babies
Why is European nobility so based?
Oh
Yeah
I'm unreasonably hyped by the Douglas A-20G Havoc.
>Put moderns low-consumption piston-engines
>Replace the rear turret by something more useful in current context (i don't really know what)
>Incorpore some modern cheap innovations (lighter materials...)
Please kill my dream
>>29827332
>Why is European nobility so based
The ability to give absolutely zero fucks, even in the face of ZPUs while flying a Cessna made by IKEA.
>>29827307
Can someone explain to me like I was a dumb fucking kid how can a falling projectile with a terminal velocity of barely 100 fps can have the force of a .50 cal ?
Because wiki page or not, that sounds like fucking gook propaganda.
>>29828213
Because they're not moving at 100fps. Why the fuck do you think that
>>29828285
I just did the math. A falling bullet-shaped projectile weighting 13 grams will at sea level will not go faster than 32 meters per second.
Granted, Vietnam isn't at sea level. But even if we lower atmospheric density at 0,5, we don't even break 60 m/s.
>>29828213
It reaches a higher terminal velocity than 100 fps because it is shaped aerodynamically.
>>29828123
A true king leads his armies into battle. Elected officials in a democracy have no such expectation or obligation.
>>29828364
The formula takes that into account. For a bullet, the drag coefficient is around 0.3.
>>29828349
It's being dropped at fucking four hundred miles an hour to start with.
>>29828398
Knots but yeah he forgot a huge factor there. We ain't talking pennies from a sky scraper here.
I can imagine a reusable electric drone that uses disposable rocket motors to get up to speed before precision dropping a belly full of tungsten and lead. Then a quick automated immelman loop to swing back for recon before come back for a reload.
>>29828398
Duh.
Thanks.
But it is still pretty low velocities in the most ideal, almost theoretical conditions. I wouldn't be surprised if these things had been oversold a bit.
>>29826244
What plane is that ?
>>29828395
muh barrel bombs has to be one of the most ridiculous things to come out of Syria
literally no difference between one of those dropped out of a helo vs any other dumb bomb
>>29828518
The called it a B-26k when it came out.
But when they sent them to vietnam they re-designated them as a A-26A because Thailand didn't want any bombers operating from Nakhon Phanom airbase.
>>29828646
Much obliged.
>>29828611
It's not so much what they are as it is how they're used.
cant believe no one's posted this yet.
>>29825261
Kind of stupid when theres harriers around though.
But only when the US gives them to you for free.
mosquito with 6 pounder
I wish the thing for the OV10 Bronco to come back was actually happening
>>29827134
They can stick a pair of Deuce 40s above the wing roots and 500 rounds each and use the same basic sights fused for the hydras. >>29827134
>>29829495
Details on this please
1x37mm & 4 .50s plus 1500lbs of bombs.
Not bad for a plane that dates back to '42.
>>29825544
>Reminder that an F-15E scored an air to air kill on a Hind with a 2000lbs LGB
>>29826961
Last I checked it was a Hind.
>>29829639
>mid-engine plane
A lot of capability for the dollar right here.
>>29827018
you rang?
>>29830209
>>>
Why do the newer versions of the AC-130 omit the 40 mm Bofors?
>>29830284
They do? I hadn't heard that. I'm not sure - if I had to hazard a guess, I'd say that having three different weapons systems on one aircraft is too much of a logistical hassle, when compared with the application of those systems. Still guessing, but I'd imagine the 25mm and 105mm have been getting most of the use, while the 40mm hasn't. Maybe with soft targets like infantry out in the open, you don't really need the 40mm, either pepper them with the 25 or smash with the 105.
In other words, my best guess is that the 40mm fills a niche that just isn't being used enough to justify maintaining a whole different set of tools, spare parts and ammunition.
>>29829336
that's because you need to unfuck yourself
>>29829336
>filename AH1Z
>pic is AH64
i assume you're trolling there bud
>>29829393
Everything this does the m-346 does better.
>>29830383
The newest version of the AC-130, the Ghostrider, switches out the 25mm for 30mm and gets rid of the 40mm entirely. I would guess that the idea is that 30mm is sufficient for most scenarios and if you encounter something that is too tough for the 30 then you hit it with the 105.
>>29830688
Not sure how that one got misnamed, fixed.
How has nobody posted Rhodesia's K Car mod of the Alouette yet?
Buy cheap French chopper, remove door, apply Kraut 20mm machinecannon.
>>29825207
FPBP
>>29829355
But can you get harriars on a budget anon?
My ideal CAS aircraft
>has internal 20mm gun
>could carry at least 4 AGM-65E/K or 2 Paveway II or 4 rocket pods
>has targetting pod
>ECCM and missile countermeasures
>less than usd2k and 5 maintenance hour per flight hour
>tfw your cunt still uses this and even upgraded it with modern systems and shit to drop laser guided bombs
>>29827018
If we talkin oldies, im afraid my friend the PBJ has you beat. 75mm 8x 12.7mm guns mounted in and around thr nose, can carry an assortment of under wing bombs and rockets, has tail and waist gunners, based off of b25 master race
>>29827307
I'm hard now
>>29833804
>5 maintenance hour per flight hour
U wot m8? A Gripen does better than that.
>>29833822
Phil Air Force? Also the Bronco's a pretty solid design, no shame to still use it.
Where's the jug?
>>29827134
I've seen talk lately of giving the Afghan Air Force more equipment so they can operate when the US withdraws, why wouldn't something like this be used? No way that plane costs much so they could be easily replaced when they inevitably get shot down/crash.
>>29825646
And one can climb to 8000m, re-fuel in the air and cruise at 300 knots.
A chopper is in constant danger when manpads are involved
>>29836457
They have Super Tucano and they're trying to get Super Mushshak (license-produced, upgraded mfi-17 safari)from Pakistan
>>29825353
I would suck a mean dick to operate one of those for a day
Best I know no one has actually done it (yet) but these babies are just begging for a mod. Make it a single-seater and use the weight allowance freed up to mount, oh, perhaps a light machine gun with a good targeting system and a bit of ammo could be made to fit?
Or a grenade launcher?
>>29837081
But the A-10 is the one that is in the most danger of all jets.
Other aircraft during the gulf war had to do its job for fear of it getting shot down by manpads and such.
>>29830076
Yes? Are you saying other helicopters would not get killed by something they had no idea was coming?
>>29826318
whatchu need those for?
>>29837799
The A-10 spent most of the war at altitude slinging Mavericks, as soon as they started flying low they got BTFO and were no longer allowed to go after the Republican Guard.
>>29832366
shit, my country killed dindus with two of these XD
>>29826613
Didn't the pilot or copilot have a gunsight since the guns were aimed by physically moving the aircraft.
>>29827130
>gyrocopter CAS
I think about this, I think about this a lot.
>>29830161
Doesn't Iraq operate Bell 407s converted to gunships on the cheap?
Those are sexy.
>>29839730
Did you see this? >>29837375
>>29839785
Yes indeed they do.
>>29839730
is that the male succubus? thanks for reminding me of that, i've always wanted to... research that topic, source plz?
>>29838785
I own them just for the sole purpose of doing maintenance on them.
>>29826467
>1945
>Before 1927
Tell me about your time with King Arthur, oh wise one.
>>29830120
b-b-buh anon its a sports plane!
muh balance!
>>29832157
There's also the fact that the 40mm Bofors hasn't been in production for decades, and they're simply wearing out from use. Each barrel lifespan was less than 10,000 rounds, and since many of these were taken from WWII stocks they're not starting out factory fresh - and they've been used a lot in the last 50 years. Time to just replace them with something new and frankly better rather than keep around old guns.
>>29840795
- It's your job?
- How much does it cost?
This counts.
>>29830100
Wikipedia
>>29832366
This looks like flying brick/house to me
>>29844368
https://theaviationist.com/2012/02/10/f-15e-10000/
>In fact, in Jan. 1991, the same plane piloted by Capt. Tim Bennet and WSO Capt. Dan Bakke, destroyed a flying Iraqi Mi-24 helicopter with a 2,000-lb GBU-10 Laser Guided Bomb in the only credited F-15E air-to-air kill recorded so far.
>Iraqi Mi-24
http://www.f-15e.info/joomla/stories/182-tim-bennetts-war
>The image on the pod was good enough to identify the helicopters as probable [Mi-24] "Hinds," five to ten miles out.
The only "source" I can find claiming it was a Hughes 500 is War is Boring, and there's no fucking way anybody confused a 500 and a Hind.
>>29844170
It's only the L/56 and L/60s that is out of production.
For some reason the US decided on using those meaning that they had to scavenge barrels off targets at the tank range.
They could have gotten new and fancy L/70 guns but I doubt that the added weight would be appreciated or that the ability to fire advanced 3P fused proximity rounds would add any capability.
Still, it is pretty baller that some people go out blasting sandpeople with the same gun that their father blasted gooks with, which also happen to be the same one that grandpa blasted nips with.
>>29829355
This
>>29845035
I was just saying that wikipedia is shit, and it can be changed very easily
>>29845035
But the fact that it happened, I believe, because it was laser designated and stuff
>>29847356
>>29847654
>I was just saying that wikipedia is shit, and it can be changed very easily
same goes for correction. saying "wiki is shit" comes from people who still use 50 year old books.
>>29847693
I use wikipedia, just you said one day it was one, and another it was another, and sometimes I don't like wikipedia, but I'm still using it, because it's neat
>>29847654
And? If you make changes without anything to back it up it'll probably get reverted, especially on major pages. Even a decade ago comparative review found Wikipedia significantly more accurate than Britannica.
>>29847668
Yep. There was an SF team that needed fire support, so they used the GBU-10 because it would either hit and scare off the rest of the 5-helo flight, or it would miss and blast the ground troops the helo might have just dropped off.
>>29825146
When the Philippine economy started tanking in the late 60's & 70's taking down our then-decent airforce with it, the PAF slapped guns, dumb bombs, and rocket pods on Beechcraft T-9 Texan II trainers.
Ironically however they did some of the more gangsta stuff in Flip Airforce History. Like scaring the then-primitive Chink navy off the Spratlys and anti-piracy patrols.
>>29847773
Fellow Filipino here.
The plane in the picture is a T-28 Trojan.
And it's the North American "T-6" Texan that we had in the past, the one you mentioned is the currently one in military service with other countries, and certainly not in ours.
>>29847693
On certain things 50 year old books may be the most authoritative sources.
>>29847939
wrong. information and knowledge is progressive.
>>29828983
Which is how, exactly? When you're a civilian, does it really matter whether you're being bombed by mass produced dumb bombs or crudely made barrels filled with debris and explosives?
>>29847972
That's why historians have to use original sources instead of just quoting themselves in a circle jerk, right anon?
>>29847935
Thnx Mang. I was looking for the plane under "texan" but can't find shit.
>>29825243
He better suck a lot of dick or it'll go the way of EO.
>>29829495
>>29829621
BAC Strikemaster. Maintenance nightmare, expensive to maintain too. Not only that but all models were built with faulty wings so you need to build and install new wings.
It can only hold up to four rocket pods, gun pods or dumb bombs. And it has two mgs next to the intakes.
t. Blunty maintainer
>>29840111
A male succubus is called an incubus you retard
>>29848403
Yeah, but it's a trap doujin, so roll with it.
>>29828395
Why am I not surprised that shit like this is being used in Syria...
>pic semi-related
>>29830076
That is awesome. Please let there be a webm of it.
>>29828395
Where the hell have you been?
People even forget we did that shit here in the States not that long ago.
Philadelphia police helicopter dropping one of two bombs onto a black liberation group’s house, which caused a fire destroying 60 houses and killing 6 adults and 5 children 1985
>>29850196
It was a lot easier to hide that shit 30 years ago.
>>29825146
>>29828395
>Not posting the original.
>>29847773
>Texan
That's clearly a Trojan
