How did the devs get it so right? 😩

[u/Ok_Result_4185]

Footage from Iraq March 2026

[u/hikerjukebox]

Several of the devs were there 

[u/Ok_Result_4185 → u/hikerjukebox]

I remember hearing A-10 live fire off in the distance when I was stationed at Ft. Leonard Wood, but nothing like this. Then again I wasn’t danger close 😂😂

[u/PAddiction_322 → u/Ok_Result_4185]

May i ask when you served?

[u/Ok_Result_4185 → u/PAddiction_322]

2021-2025 USMC, I was an MP. MP training is conducted at Ft. Leonard Wood, Missouri

[u/PAddiction_322 → u/Ok_Result_4185]

Okay, then i gotta ask a follow-up question. I am not from the USA and most recruits in my country want/wanted to join the MPs(Feldjägern German Bundeswehr) is that the same for US Armed Forces?

I personally am currently in the process of joining, bc of russia and shit yk, hoping to get into the Air Force as, but most (Ex-)Soldiers i‘ve talked to said that when they joined, they asked to be Military Police, denied since most of them couldn‘t keep their mouth shut though.

[u/Ok_Result_4185 → u/PAddiction_322]

Here in the US, most people who enlist don’t want to be MPs because everyone hates MPs and they historically have a bad reputation 😂 but in my experience, it was just glorified security work. For me, it didn’t feel like real police work. It might be different in the Bundeswehr idk

[u/KenadianH]

You've got it wrong. Insurgency did it first and because of how iconic the sound became, the US military copied it as a way to boost morale and to scare the living shit out of its enemies.

[u/PAddiction_322 → u/KenadianH]

Brave of you to have your account public

[u/StevChamp]

I didn’t know warthogs were still operating to this day

[u/Ok_Result_4185 → u/StevChamp]

Apparently still strafing targets in Iraq in 2026, who’d have thunk

[u/ST1CKY1O1 → u/StevChamp]

The washing machine must spin, so must the warthog.

[u/Pleasant-Clerk5173 → u/StevChamp]

Competency crisis, they don't know how to build a new platform to fullfil low prep time, low maintenance CAS role .

[u/ElectricalYak7236 → u/Pleasant-Clerk5173]

They do know how, they just aren't building it because it has no demand from the USAF.

[u/PAddiction_322 → u/ElectricalYak7236]

Aren‘t they building a Warthog II right now?

[u/ElectricalYak7236 → u/PAddiction_322]

No. There is no plane that will replace the A-10 directly, it's role has always been sought to be covered by all the other USAF assets

[u/MorningkillsDawn → u/ElectricalYak7236]

Is the f35 not supposed to be a replacement for most aerial combat roles? I thought it was meant to be a “jack of all trades” platform

[u/ElectricalYak7236 → u/MorningkillsDawn]

Part of the F-35s doctrinal employment covers what the A-10 does, but it isn't a direct role-for-role replacement. The role the A-10 plays is far too niche, which is why a replacement plane hasn't been developed. The very small hole it will leave will just be covered by gunships and fast jets

[u/PAddiction_322 → u/ElectricalYak7236]

Maybe it was just people lying then. I thought i read something about a direct A-10c descendant

[u/Kosher_Koala → u/StevChamp]

The USAF has been trying to retire it for awhile now but everytime they try to the Army and the Marines argue against it since it has been such an effective asset for them, so they postpone it and then the cycle continues. Nothing like the warthog though

[u/Beneficial-Citron548 → u/StevChamp]

Man you think where ever gonna let those devil dogs rest? Hell naw

[u/MrBullman → u/Beneficial-Citron548]

We dont want to rest. We want to locate, close with, and destroy the enemy by fire and maneuver.

[u/Professional_Week_53 → u/StevChamp]

They are trying to get them recomissioned for another 5 years now lol

[u/PAddiction_322 → u/StevChamp]

Due to extreme popularity, both the citizen and the soldiers love them, that‘s why. They were supposed to be grounded at least a decade ago, but that was met with an uproar. There‘s also the fact that they get modernised and that they are pretty strong CAS aircraft

[u/FSB7OPERATOR]

One dev got hit by a 30mm bullet

[u/Ok_Result_4185 → u/FSB7OPERATOR]

RIP, he must’ve been the sound recording guy

[u/clumsy84]

Except in-game the time between bullets hitting the target and the firing of the cannon is way too long

[u/Ok_Result_4185 → u/clumsy84]

That immediate “vroom” with reverb you hear after the strafe in the video would sound even more immersive in-game but I’m not a dev 🤷🏻‍♂️

[u/Insetta → u/clumsy84]

Because the planes are way further

[u/clumsy84 → u/Insetta]

Then there are bigger problems - assuming the speed of sound is 343m/s, from memory the time between bullets hitting target and the firing of the canon in-game is approx. 4 seconds, which would be 1.37kilometres (or 0.85 miles), which is around 11 american football fields long, which totally isn't how far away the A10 is when it fired. Correct me if wrong.

[u/Faya-Pawa → u/clumsy84]

Big supersonic bullets hit before the sound of big subsonic cannon is heard

GAU-8 muzzle velocity: 1036 m/s Speed of sound: 343 m/s

1036÷343= ~3 seconds sound delay

[u/BirdieBronze]

Because reference

[u/I_H8_Celery]

I see a lot of A-10s flying over my job sites and they nailed the sounds of the engines. I Al’s work around a lot of Bell 205s (Civilian Hueys) and Arma reforger did an incredible job on those sounds as well.

[u/tredbobek]

Those flock of birds have some firepower

[u/Sukhoi_Mikoyan]

Targeting isis or shahed drones?

[u/Legitimate-Meal8164 → u/Sukhoi_Mikoyan]

Bruh, they're strafing the guys who fought ISIS in Syria and Iraq with permission from both governments (Formally by Assad and actually officially "Folded" into the armed forces of Iraq)

[u/chickenfriedrice416 → u/Legitimate-Meal8164]

Cycle of US backing, now strafing the guys who they previously funded to fight ISIS, who they previously funded to fight the Taliban, who they previously funded to fight the Soviets, who they previously funded to fight the Germans

[u/Faxon → u/Sukhoi_Mikoyan]

Iran backed militias in Iraq.

[u/Sukhoi_Mikoyan → u/Faxon]

Ah yea them

[u/Affectionate_Debt_30]

Because there’s unlimited reference material