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Re:Air Force tests two turboprops as potential A-10 “replace... by dsfyu404ed on Tuesday June 19, 2018 @11:29AM (#17347568)
>The GAU-8, everybody's favorite reason to love the A-10

Some people love it because it's a high capacity, high accuracy bomb truck. One A10 can provide a lot of close air support with just what's hanging from the wing.

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Re:Air Force tests two turboprops as potential A-10 “replace... by JackCh on Tuesday June 19, 2018 @04:40PM (#17350144)
Sure. But it could carry even more bombs if it had an autocannon that wasn't oversized. The fully loaded GAU-8 weighs something like 1/4th the A-10s maximum bomb load.
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