They're thinking of using the F-35 for ground attack missions, Dim.

The BRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR is every mans wet dream and every terrorist's fucking nightmare

I've clipped it at the correct time

the F-35 GAU 22 is a beaut aswell

And despite their practicality and psychological impact, there's been a push to retire them for years

^

a10 will always have that role though

are the a-10's becoming lemons now Sech?

nothing deals with tanks better than a warthog

coloquially known as the "equalizer"

They've been lemons for a long time

GAU 22 is a smaller brrrt

On the f-35

I know

but it's still beautiful

They're old and they take a fuckl9ad of abuse just operating

Gau 8 fires 30mm rounds

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2piJQYJdYCQ

and it means the F-35 can have more than just the main gun

Naval guns are fun

idk leeroy a dead center nuke would fuck a tank

But they do their job so well we just kept using them

It fits perfectly snug too, Mossad.. The design of that plane is really well done.

Aircrafts take a lot to maintain

did I hear right that they can fly with one wing though?

Money and time

Ship guns are my wet dream to work on

Yep

tbh

Those things are fucking immense

there's massive amounts of redunancy in the design?

Here we go guys

And with the new advancements in rail gun technology

This is the reason tanks are useless now

oof

there's a thing where the same gun that's used today in Russian naval armaments caused endless problems for the MiG-27

I can't wait

Railguns man.

and it's all about air superiority

"The main feature of the Warthog is its main gun," Kotz recalled. "The aircraft is literally built around its huge seven-barrel Gatling-type cannon, capable of piercing enemy tanks with its 30-mm armor-piercing or high-explosive rounds, each weighing nearly half-a-kilogram. Even a short burst is enough to destroy a column of tanks with a series of hits to their turret armor. In addition, the aircraft carries guided or unguided rockets, bombs and underwing guns."

@AstroTorch They can fly with one engine. The only aircraft I've known to fly with a missing wing was an Israeli f15

I can't wait to see what goes on