Vesper Posted March 24, 2007 Share Posted March 24, 2007 Believe so, but what are the chances? Ves Link to post Share on other sites
Rapier01 Posted March 24, 2007 Share Posted March 24, 2007 Gotta say those thermobaric Hellfires are pretty awesome. Link to post Share on other sites
Will7813 Posted March 24, 2007 Share Posted March 24, 2007 Theoretically then could a hog carry 24 of these at a time? In the quad configuration. Uhah, I thought the 16 Apaches can carry was scary. Imangine your enemy tanker driving down the road with your formation of 30 tanks and APCs with infantry in support. You get word 2 Hogs are headed in your direction. Even without the full Hellfire capacity, those two hogs can, theoretically, can wipe out every vechile with the HFs, and every man in the formation with the 30mm and other ordnance that they would still have space for! Scary Stuff if you think about it! Link to post Share on other sites
Collin Posted March 24, 2007 Share Posted March 24, 2007 They'll probably design in some RFHO capability so it can carry L model Hellfires and get RF Handovers from Longbows for target data. That'll give some Fire and Forget capability. But honestly, do ya really want to forget a missile you've just launched at a target in this combat environment?Jon They are putting HF on the A-10 to fight the current war...which you are well aware of the "issues" associated with how we are fighting now....launch and leave or shooting without "eyes on" is way out of favor. Now if this was the Cold War...T-72/82's coming down the gap and just putting rounds downrange...RF HF would have merit. A lot of platforms are going the HF or "modern, small weapons with high yield warhead" route to deal with today's conflict. The A-10/Laser HF combo will be a very welcome addition....working across the circle from them has been a treat...and that is just with the gun and GBU-12's. Looks like we all might have another weapon to stick under the Monogram 1/48 or Trump 1/32 kits. Guess the aftermarket folks will be all over this. Cheers Atis Link to post Share on other sites
PapaSmurf630 Posted March 24, 2007 Share Posted March 24, 2007 (edited) Since they're smaller weapons, how many will an A10 be able to carry i.e. in a normal loadout... Edited March 24, 2007 by PapaSmurf630 Link to post Share on other sites
ChernayaAkula Posted March 24, 2007 Share Posted March 24, 2007 Hope that clears that up.Jon It does. Thanks! Link to post Share on other sites
RedHeadKevin Posted March 24, 2007 Share Posted March 24, 2007 I think everyone alive has that book! It's a classic! Anyhow, I'm also wondering about how the A-10 is going to successfully designate for it's HFs. Let's not forget that the Hawg can now carry the Litening pod, which can designate for Hellfires. Hmm... I was just drooling over the idea of a podded Longbow radar, with a whole mess of Radar Hellfires, and the Hawg launching all of them essentially at once. Link to post Share on other sites
Collin Posted March 24, 2007 Share Posted March 24, 2007 Hmm... I was just drooling over the idea of a podded Longbow radar, with a whole mess of Radar Hellfires, and the Hawg launching all of them essentially at once. Depends on the target set, but for what the A-10 is doing today.... not likely. The land target sets that Radar Hellfires would be useful against is a thing of the past. There once was Longhorn Maverick.... a MMW Maverick variant that was the same as Radar HF....that died on the vine with the Cold War .... that would have been fun to play with. Atis Link to post Share on other sites
Vesper Posted March 24, 2007 Share Posted March 24, 2007 They are putting HF on the A-10 to fight the current war...which you are well aware of the "issues" associated with how we are fighting now....launch and leave or shooting without "eyes on" is way out of favor. Situations or circumstances could change. Ves :( Link to post Share on other sites
Collin Posted March 24, 2007 Share Posted March 24, 2007 Situations or circumstances could change.Ves I agree. Unfortunatly recent upgrades (from small arms to arming combat aircraft) have been reactive to the current situation that we are still learning about...not proactive....thinking of the next conflict....hence my comments. Guess I need to start hording 1/48 and 1/32 Hellfires from those AH-1 and AH-64 kits for my A-10 build when I get home. Cheers Atis Link to post Share on other sites
Will7813 Posted March 24, 2007 Share Posted March 24, 2007 Since they're smaller weapons, how many will an A10 be able to carry i.e. in a normal loadout... You can't really tell since we don't know what pylons and launchers they will be using. If they were using the quads, 24. Will Link to post Share on other sites
Guard Hog Posted March 24, 2007 Share Posted March 24, 2007 (edited) Keep in mind that the A-10 owes a lot of its effectiveness to the fact that it carries a large and diversified weapons load, so you probably wouldn't see a ton of them on a Hog, especially in today's conflicts. - Tom Edited March 24, 2007 by Tom Silkowski Link to post Share on other sites
Aggressor Supporter Posted March 25, 2007 Share Posted March 25, 2007 The book: Part of the drawing with quad Hellfires circled (hope it comes up): The book may be from 1983, but they obviously had some interesting proposals: 1983, people! Hey, I have that book, too! So do I. It's a classic with a lot of good information in it, which I'm sure still applies. Link to post Share on other sites
Andre Posted March 27, 2007 Share Posted March 27, 2007 My local public library had that book... I especially dig the GBU-15 on the Tornado! Cheers, Andre Link to post Share on other sites
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