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> The A10's minigun is ineffective at killing modern main-battle tanks, so I wouldn't say it's a raging sucess. I love those improvised battle tanks by the gue
by venomsnake 12y ago
> The A10's minigun is ineffective at killing modern main-battle tanks, so I wouldn't say it's a raging sucess.
I love those improvised battle tanks by the guerrilas that the US has been encountering in their last 30 years of wars.
- remarkEon 12y agoYeah good thing no one we're dropping bombs on today has any armored vehicles. http://defensetech.org/2015/01/07/us-airstrikes-agaisnt-isis-destroy-184-humvees-and-58-tanks/ http://defensetech.org/2015/01/07/us-airstrikes-agaisnt-isis...
- venomsnake 12y agoUS also don't have boots on the ground. And it's not as if ISIS has the vaguest idea how to use what it has.
- remarkEon 12y agoYes that's right there's no one over there right now and that hardware is a black box impervious to anyone figuring out how to use it. http://www.stripes.com/news/us/1-000-soldiers-from-the-82nd-airborne-headed-to-iraq-1.320194 http://www.stripes.com/news/us/1-000-soldiers-from-the-82nd-...
- vacri 12y agoYou make it sound like the A-10 doing close-support is the only way the US has to destroy a tank from the air.