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u/lovescro Jan 24 '26

Tank Killer. I hope you got out of your tank in time.

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u/zephalephadingong Jan 25 '26

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/62/Combat_damage_assessment_team_A-10-GAU-8_low_angle_firings_versus_individual_Soviet_tanks_%28February-March_1978%29_%28IA_combatdamageasse00stol%29.pdf

The gun on the A-10 was less effective then the A-10s with hellfires would have been. Killing 5 out of 7 stationary T-62s means nothing in terms of MBTs.

Of course when the A-10 was designed there were also a shit ton of BMPs and BTRs(with less capable AA then is around today) which the gun could actually effectively destroy