How many tanks did the A-10 destroy?
During the forty-day conflict, the A-10 force was credited with destroying 987 tanks, 926 artillery pieces, 1,355 combat vehicles, and a range of other targets-including ten fighters on the ground and two helicopters shot down in air-to-air engagements.
'As pretty much everyone else answering this question has pointed out… the A-10 can fairly easily destroy a tank. As can anything else slinging either an AGM-65 Maverick or an AGM-114 Hellfire. 'Even a Cessna 208 Caravan.
A US Air Force test showed that the A-10 attack aircraft, which is over 40 years old, can take out even modern tanks with its gun. The air service tested the attack aircraft against main battle tank surrogates with explosive reactive armor. The plane's GAU-8 Avenger cannon can fire around 3,900 rounds per minute.
The U.S. Air Force has announced that 422nd and 59th Test and Evaluation Squadrons proved that modern-day armored vehicles equipped with Explosive Reactive Armor are still vulnerable to the A-10C Thunderbolt II's GAU-8 Avenger.
During the forty- day conflict, the A-10 force was cred- ited with destroying 987 tanks, 926 artillery pieces, 1,355 combat vehicles, and a range of other targets—includ- ing ten fighters on the ground and two helicopters shot down in air-to-air engagements.
A total of 23 M1A1s were damaged or destroyed during the war. Of the nine Abrams tanks destroyed, seven were destroyed by friendly fire and two intentionally destroyed to prevent capture by the Iraqi Army. Some others took minor combat damage, with little effect on their operational readiness.
The airspace over Ukraine, he said, wasn't secure enough for A-10s, and Ukraine didn't have a large enough group of pilots ready to fly the aircraft.
Using the cannon, the A-10 is capable of disabling a main battle tank from a range of over 6,500 m. While modern battle tanks have quite sophisticated armor protection (for the crew), there are many vital components with less protection.
Everybody knows the A-10 can bring the pain to ground targets like few aircraft in history, but the aircraft's tight turn radius and powerful gun can actually make it a force to be reckoned with in a dogfight too.
The Bofors NLAW (Next Generation Light Anti-tank Weapon) is the first ever single soldier missile system that rapidly knocks out any Main Battle Tank in just one shot by striking it from above. The true tank killer for light forces that operate dismounted in all environments including built-up areas.
Has the A-10 ever shot down an aircraft?
Robert “Swaino” Swain of the 706th Tactical Fighter Squadron (TFS), when flying the A-10A No. 77-0205 he shot down an Iraqi Bo-105 helicopter. As explained by Donald J. McCarthy, Jr.
The gun's 5-foot, 11.5-inch (1.816 m) ammunition drum can hold up to 1,350 rounds of 30 mm ammunition, but generally holds 1,174 rounds. To protect the GAU-8/A rounds from enemy fire, armor plates of differing thicknesses between the aircraft skin and the drum are designed to detonate incoming shells.
During its nearly 60-year service life, the RPG-7 has been used to knock out tanks, destroy armored personnel carriers, buildings, fortifications, attack infantry, and shoot down low-flying helicopters.
The bazooka was a straightforward weapon. During World War II, it was simple enough for rifle squads to use, and its high-explosive rounds were powerful enough to destroy bunkers, light tanks and pillboxes.
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| Type 10 | |
|---|---|
| Unit cost | $15 million (2021) |
| Produced | 2010 (in production) |
| No. built | 106 (FY 2010–2020) |
| Specifications | |
A total of 23 M1A1s were damaged or destroyed during the war. Of the nine Abrams tanks destroyed, seven were destroyed by friendly fire and two intentionally destroyed to prevent capture by the Iraqi Army. Some others took minor combat damage, with little effect on their operational readiness.
Of the nine Abrams destroyed, seven were due to friendly fire, and two were intentionally destroyed to prevent capture after they became disabled.
Fact: At less than $18,000 per combat hour, that makes the A-10 21% cheaper to fly than the F-16 (which carries half the ammunition load for a smaller cannon).
19 the Ukrainian army had lost just 320 tanks: 176 of them destroyed.
Kahl did not specify exactly how many tanks the Pentagon estimates Russia has lost, but according to open-source intelligence analysis by Oryx, at least 1,450 Russian tanks have been destroyed, captured, abandoned, or damaged over the course of the war, which would be roughly half the pre-invasion tank force.
How many tanks Ukraine has destroyed?
There are numerous reports indicating that thousands of tanks in this large fleet may not be in an operational status, a fact which makes Ukraine's destruction of 2,000 tanks extremely impactful.
| Ukrainian Air Force | |
|---|---|
| Country | Ukraine |
| Type | Air force |
| Role | Aerial warfare |
| Size | 35,000 (2022) 215 aircraft |
Only a handful of M1910s have been seen in use since Russia invaded in February, but they have reportedly proven effective in fixed defensive positions and fortifications. As well as water cooling allowing sustained fire, their fixed mounts make them easier to aim.
Delivery of U.S. and NATO 155mm and 105mm howitzers — and especially M142 High-Mobility Artillery Rocket System, or HIMARS, multiple rocket launchers, which can shoot GPS-guided projectiles out to 50 miles — has enabled Ukraine to conduct devastating strikes against Russian ammunition dumps, command posts and key ...
Weighing just 12.5 kilograms, NLAW is a portable, shoulder-launched system that can be used by a single operator. Its armour-piercing warhead can destroy a heavily protected modern battle tank with one shot, and the system is effective at ranges between 20 and 800 metres.
The A-10 Thunderbolt is also known as the Warthog, the 'flying gun' and the Tankbuster. The aircraft was used extensively during Operation Desert Storm, in support of Nato operations in response to the Kosovo crisis, in Operation Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan and in Operation Iraqi Freedom.
Anti-tank guns are guns designed to destroy armored vehicles from defensive positions. In order to penetrate vehicle armor, they fire smaller caliber shells from longer-barreled guns to achieve higher muzzle velocity than field artillery weapons, many of which are howitzers.
Yet despite these advantages, the F-16's performance in Desert Storm was inferior to the A-10 in the CAS role, primarily because the F-16 was extensively vulnerable to ground fire down low. It did not have the rugged survivability features the A-10 had, consequently the F-16 was forced to fly at higher altitudes.
Russia Su-25 Frogfoot is their equivalent to the US A-10 Warthog.
Simply put, the real reason the Air Force wants to retire the A-10 is not because it doesn't see the A-10 as important, but because in order to upgrade its fleet to more modern aircraft, it needs the funds currently being used for the A-10. F-35 Lightning II. Image source: Northrop Grumman.
Can an NLAW destroy a Russian tank?
Ukrainian forces attribute about 30% to 40% of Russian tank losses to the NLAW system. The NLAW's combat success, which can be attributed to its ease of use and ease of transportation, has made the NLAW the "weapon of choice" for Ukrainian infantry.
“NLAW is an extremely potent man-portable, short-range, fire-and-forget, anti-armour weapon,” Bach told reporters. “It can destroy the most advanced tanks now envisaged, and is highly effective against other military targets such as armoured vehicles and buildings.”
NLAW is excellent at close range – from 20 to 600 meters, so it is indispensable when combat actions take place in urban areas (cities and villages). And Javelin is best at a range of 1-2.5 kilometers, i.e. in the open field. Both ATGWs are very effective.
19/20 January 1991: F-15E-46-MC, 88‑1692, c/n 1101/E076, of the 336th FS, 4th TFW, USAF, was shot down by an Iraqi SA-2E missile during Operation Desert Storm.
The A-10 was designed for close support in low intensity conflicts during the Vietnam War, yet it came to be seen as a dedicated anti-armor platform by the early 1970s.
The A-12 was produced from 1962 to 1964 and flew from 1963 to 1968. It was the precursor to the twin-seat U.S. Air Force YF-12 prototype interceptor, M-21 launcher for the D-21 drone, and the SR-71 Blackbird, a slightly longer variant able to carry a heavier fuel and camera load.
Among other things, the plane is outfitted with electronic counter measures (ECM) to jam enemy radar. The plane can also eject flares to throw heat-seeking missiles off course.
The M134 Minigun is an American 7.62×51mm NATO six-barrel rotary machine gun with a high rate of fire (2,000 to 6,000 rounds per minute).
Grenades were first used against armored vehicles during World War I, but it wasn't until World War II when more effective shaped charge anti-tank grenades were produced. AT grenades are unable to penetrate the armor of modern tanks, but may still damage lighter vehicles.
Since most of the readily available RPG-7 rounds cannot penetrate M1 Abrams tank armor from almost any angle, it is primarily effective against soft-skinned or lightly armored vehicles, and infantry.
Can panzerfaust destroy modern tanks?
Panzerfaust targets Russia's T-72 and T-80 tanks
The German weapons system is a man-portable rocket-propelled grenade that can penetrate 900 mm, 35 inches of steel armour and is known as a tank destroyer. Russia's T-72 and T-80 tanks can easily be targeted by the Panzerfaust 3.
No, a minigun is a specific weapon, a 7.62MM electrically powered rotary or gatling gun the m134 Minigun - Wikipedia . Now there is a rotary gun that can destroy a tank the 30MM GAU-8 Avenger.
Like all German tanks, the Tiger II had a petrol engine; in this case the same 700 PS (690 hp, 515 kW) V-12 Maybach HL 230 P30 which powered the much lighter Panther and Tiger I tanks.
The 17-pounder gun, mounted on the Sherman Firefly and some M10 tank destroyers, was the British answer to the Tiger problem and could effectively penetrate their armor. Over 2,000 were produced, while the 90 mm guns of the American M36 tank destroyer—later of the M26 Pershing—also demonstrated a capable counterthreat.
By the eve of Putin's 2022 invasion, the Ukrainian military had roughly 850 T-64s in service, including around 100 in its National Guard and Marine Corps.
These tanks are only used in NATO by their respective countries. There are roughly 200 tanks in service for each tank type, making a total of 800, plus roughly 1500 Leopard 2's and roughly 2500 M1 Abrams, the majority of which are M1A2's and the rest M1A1's.
Together with the longer-range but much more expensive American-made Javelin anti-tank missile – and alongside drones and conventional artillery – the NLAW has helped the Ukrainian army destroy more than 650 tanks and 3,000 other armoured vehicles since the start of the invasion.
The Hellcat was the most effective U.S. tank destroyer of World War II. It had a higher kill to loss ratio than any other tank or tank destroyer fielded by U.S. forces in World War II. Kills claimed were 526 in total: 498 in Europe, 17 in Italy, and 11 in the Pacific.
A total of 23 M1A1s were damaged or destroyed during the war. Of the nine Abrams tanks destroyed, seven were destroyed by friendly fire and two intentionally destroyed to prevent capture by the Iraqi Army.
Has the A 10 ever shot down an aircraft?
Robert “Swaino” Swain of the 706th Tactical Fighter Squadron (TFS), when flying the A-10A No. 77-0205 he shot down an Iraqi Bo-105 helicopter. As explained by Donald J. McCarthy, Jr.
The NLAW blasts Russian forces in Ukraine
To date, estimates suggest that Russia has lost over 1,500 tanks in Ukraine.
NLAW stops tanks dead in their tracks. Weighing just 12.5 kilograms, NLAW is a portable, shoulder-launched system that can be used by a single operator. Its armour-piercing warhead can destroy a heavily protected modern battle tank with one shot, and the system is effective at ranges between 20 and 800 metres.
The Bob Semple tank (sometimes referred to as Big Bob) was a light tank designed by New Zealand Minister of Works Bob Semple during World War II. Originating out of the need to build military hardware from available materials, the tank was built from corrugated iron on a tractor base.
Michael Wittmann - the most decorated tank ace in history - fought at Kursk and in Normandy - and in many of the greatest tank battles of all time. An officer in the notorious Waffen SS, hailed as a hero by the Nazis, Wittmann, even today, is a focus of both cult and controversy.
According to the vets, the life expectancy of a tank crew member was only six weeks.
The Ukraine War in data: Russia has lost more than 1,400 tanks in Ukraine; many armies don't have that many.
Everybody knows the A-10 can bring the pain to ground targets like few aircraft in history, but the aircraft's tight turn radius and powerful gun can actually make it a force to be reckoned with in a dogfight too.