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> ... with a projectile the size of your thumb I have a dummy shell from an A10 at my desk. Here's an image (not mine) (the nearly 12" shell on the far left):

> ... with a projectile the size of your thumb I have a dummy shell from an A10 at my desk. Here's an image (not mine) (the nearly 12" shell on the far left): https://qph.fs.quoracdn.net/main-qimg-23308fca719553f998cbc4be4f609a21-lq https://qph.fs.quoracdn.net/main-qimg-23308fca719553f998cbc4... Now, the A10 is air to ground, and these shells are made for killing tanks and not aircraft and you're not wrong in that the projectile isn't that much larger than a thumb, but just seeing the dang thing. I mean, it's crazy what we come up with to destroy.

meheleventyone 5y ago
Aircraft in WW2 used even bigger caliber rounds as well. The advancement over the war from firing machine guns to cannons is pretty bonkers.
melony 5y ago
Is that a HEAT round?
- laverya 5y ago
  Blue is generally training [0], but the standard loadout for the A-10 was a 5:1 mix of depleted uranium API and HEI rounds. (per wiki [1]) I think there was a move to change that ratio given that they were much more likely to be shooting unarmored technicals than T-69s, though. (And you wouldn't put HEAT in a 30mm projectile anyways, far too small diameter) 0: https://fbcinc.com/source/Northrop_Resources/30_x_173mm_Full_Ammo_Suite.pdf https://fbcinc.com/source/Northrop_Resources/30_x_173mm_Full... 1: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GAU-8_Avenger https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GAU-8_Avenger
- lkxijlewlf 5y ago
  That picture isn't of mine. Mine is a dummy round to test and calibrate the auto loader.