A10 Close Call

[Ghelp]

If I was in a battle and a A-10 f*cking did that I would surrender to the plane! That sound is just demoralizing as hell!

[PoGo]

Yeah, that was really close, too close unless it was a real emergency. But you cannot say whose fault it was from that video....who was controlling the A-10? If those guys made the call for CAS and thats where they asked for it to hit, its not the A-10 pilots fault. If a FAC made the call and its in the wrong place, its the FAC's fault. Its only the A-10 drivers fault if he puts the ordnance in the wrong place. The A-10 pilot can't see those little guys in desert camo down there or tell who is who most of the time. As for the Apache, it can't get there as quick or carry as much ordnance as the A-10. I remember seeing a senior British commander talk about CAS a year or two ago praising the A-10 for getting in low and slow and hitting the targets, something he pointed out the RAF was having a lot of trouble doing.
MD

Thats not entirely true. Unless the pilot is 100% sure he is shooting the bad guys, he shouldn't be taking the shot. Now the fog of war screws things up sometimes, but this is what you are taught from day 1 in the USAF.

Dont they call the A-10 the silence gun? Becuse you are dead befor you hear the roar of the gun.

Must be a bigger chance too hit friendly forces whit the A-10 compare to Apache, just becuse the A-10 moving much faster and the Apache have the possibility too stand still(didnt find the right word) and aim more careful and use their more advanced sights.

I think the A-10 is one of the coolest plane in the world.

Correct, the 30 mike mike is supersonic and the first round hits the ground before you hear the burst.

So who flies these A10s in Afghanistan? is it the USAF only or do other countries use them too

USAF only.

[mi35d]

Really can't tell from the video how close the enemy truly was. Yes, the second hit was close, but how close to the enemy? Were there waddies (gullies) on the far side of the Brit troops that held concealed enemy?

The troops on ground weren't swearing at the pilot, they were just remarking on how close the action was. If you've never been close to dropped ordnance you don't really know how loud and shocking it truly is.

(Nearly crapped on myself the first time I was near a Claymore.)

[caleb]

Here's another vid of an A-10 strafing Taliban positions in Afghanistan.



http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=120_1191588903

This video that was taken on 20th of August 2007 shows the Dutch and Afghanistan troops pushing out the Taliban from a police checkpoint they recently took over,the battle took place at Kala Kala in the valley at Choram,Uruzgan.Two Dutch soldiers where wounded...You also hear and see a A-10 Warthog firing at the enemy positions with his powerfull onboard GAU-8/A Avenger Gatling Gun and dropping his deathly payload.

Most awe-inspiring sound there is, the ANA guys seem to love it as well.

[khalifah]

I'm just thinkig about how the f*** talibans under fire are feeling!!!

Hopefully give the A10, an evil name an spreading it among their friends...

And then see them get torn apart by that cannon

[Power_serj]

Actually PoGo, the first run looked awfully close to the Brits as well. If the Brits called in coordinated that close to their position, it's not the fault of the pilot.

[SARGE!!!!]

I thought the first explosion was the close one, the second one nearly knocked me off my chair.......The wife's still laughing at me.
Cracking video.

[CantGetRight]

that sound, man, thats a weapon in itself

[John_J]

dam that was close... the guys in the front of the cameraman must have gone crazy !

[ekranoplan]

Here you go GAU-8/A 30mm shell compared to a 7.62x51.



I know it's awkward but that's only thing I have at home for comparison.

[qaborg]

I have seen on a BBC doc where the section commander calls in air support and says to the pilot Danger close as the tally were trying to get close to his position so air support could not be used but he called it in anyways he had to repeat it a couple of time so the pilot was sure

[jimmyboots]

funny how things start quieting down when that bird starts lighting sh*t up caleb.

[Hollos]

It looks like troops were from 2nd battalion angalin reg (vikings) going by the patch, these lads lost 3 men from friendly fire by a CAS mission in helmand last year,

[DippaH]

Just the sound of the cannon would make me crap my pants, and run away...

[PoGo]

Actually PoGo, the first run looked awfully close to the Brits as well. If the Brits called in coordinated that close to their position, it's not the fault of the pilot.

Sorry I guess I wasn't clear. I wasn't talking about this situation. The hog pilot in this video was doing some damn good gun work. The 2nd run was extremely close, but the first run wasn't abnormally close. Its hard to tell the distance, but any further away and the A10 could have dropped some MK82. The only reason people perceive it to be close is because theres not many videos on you tube and live leak of the danger close CAS. Soldiers are usually pulling triggers and not holding cameras when the enemy is that close.