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Subject: [Leica] IMG: A-10 Warthog up close
From: len-1 at comcast.net (Leonard Taupier)
Date: Fri May 25 08:05:19 2007
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Ira,

Thanks for that story. That's an awesome description of fire power. I  
don't think you want to be a tank commander on the other side.

Len


On May 24, 2007, at 11:20 PM, ISILVERMN@aol.com wrote:

> Jim and Len,
>
> Thirty years ago, I was working for an aerospace hydraulics firm,  
> where I
> was responsible for the manufacture of the A-10's wing flap  
> actuators.   Shortly
> after the plane was commissioned, one of the Fairchild Republic  
> sales  reps
> brought over a film of the Warthog during a test run.
>
> In the Nevada desert, the air force had arrayed 7 Soviet T-72 tanks  
> Israel
> had captured during the Yom Kipper War.  After a strafing run of  
> about 5
> seconds, the tanks were reduced to burning hulks, and a few of the  
> turrets had  not
> yet returned to earth. That's what a 30 mm Gatling Gun loaded with
> alternating rounds of depleted uranium armor piercing and high  
> explosive shells  will
> do.  That and a titanium armor bathtub around the pilot to allow  
> him  to get in
> close.
>
> Beauty is in the eyes of the beholder.
>
> Best Regards,
>
> Ira Silverman
> Irvine, CA
>
> On Thu, 24 May 2007 20:33:26 -0500 "Jim Nichols"  
> _jhnichols@bellsouth.net_
> (mailto:jhnichols@bellsouth.net)  wrote:
>
> "Len,
>
> A friend of mine is a former USAF R&D Colonel, now  retired.  While  
> on active
> duty, he commented that the A-10 was the ugliest  airplane he had  
> ever seen.
> Shortly afterwards, he was assigned to the A-10  development  
> project and came
> to appreciate its capabilities."
>
>
>
>
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