And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
Built in a time when engineers listen to the needs of the end users. Case in point, the greatest tank/warship destroyer of all times, Hans-Ulrich Rudel was brought in during the design stage for his insight into what a ground attack aircraft should bring to the table.
Greatest tank killer ever? There were times I beg to differ: The BDA reports said otherwise. By mid-February, the 66 Aardvarks were accounting for a disproportionate share of confirmed armor kills. Tanks, armored personnel carriers, artillery pieces, self-propelled guns - the F-111F's were finding them at night, in weather that grounded other platforms, and hitting them with a consistency that no other airframe could match. One post-war analysis by the Gulf War Air Power Survey would eventually conclude that F-111F's were responsible for more confirmed kills on Iraqi armor than any other aircraft type in the coalition. They outpaced the A-10, the F-15E, and everything the Navy or Marines were flying.
"The F-111F with GBU-12 was the most effective tank killer of the war." That assessment comes straight from the Gulf War Air Power Survey, Volume IV - the official US Air Force-sponsored study completed in 1993.
He's talking about Hans-Ulrich Rudel, recipient of the Knight's Cross with Golden Oak Leaves, Swords, and Diamonds. In WW2, Rudel knocked out 519 tanks, one battleship, one cruiser, 70 landing craft and 150 artillery emplacements. He flew 2,530 ground-attack missions exclusively on the Eastern Front, usually flying the Junkers Ju 87 "Stuka" dive bomber.
watching an A-10 perform any maneuver is akin to watching a precision drill team perform. Though each step appears to be spring-loaded, the entire maneuver is performed with the fluid grace of a dancer.
Built in a time when engineers listen to the needs of the end users.
ReplyDeleteCase in point, the greatest tank/warship destroyer of all times,
Hans-Ulrich Rudel was brought in during the design stage for his
insight into what a ground attack aircraft should bring to the table.
Greatest tank killer ever? There were times I beg to differ:
DeleteThe BDA reports said otherwise. By mid-February, the 66 Aardvarks were accounting for a disproportionate share of confirmed armor kills. Tanks, armored personnel carriers, artillery pieces, self-propelled guns - the F-111F's were finding them at night, in weather that grounded other platforms, and hitting them with a consistency that no other airframe could match. One post-war analysis by the Gulf War Air Power Survey would eventually conclude that F-111F's were responsible for more confirmed kills on Iraqi armor than any other aircraft type in the coalition. They outpaced the A-10, the F-15E, and everything the Navy or Marines were flying.
"The F-111F with GBU-12 was the most effective tank killer of the war." That assessment comes straight from the Gulf War Air Power Survey, Volume IV - the official US Air Force-sponsored study completed in 1993.
He's talking about Hans-Ulrich Rudel, recipient of the Knight's Cross with Golden Oak Leaves, Swords, and Diamonds. In WW2, Rudel knocked out 519 tanks, one battleship, one cruiser, 70 landing craft and 150 artillery emplacements. He flew 2,530 ground-attack missions exclusively on the Eastern Front, usually flying the Junkers Ju 87 "Stuka" dive bomber.
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ReplyDeleteImpressive machine! Snakepit
ReplyDeletewatching an A-10 perform any maneuver is akin to watching a precision drill team perform. Though each step appears to be spring-loaded, the entire maneuver is performed with the fluid grace of a dancer.
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