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From: ap542!mike@siemens.siemens.com (Mike Hoffmann)
Newsgroups: sci.military
Subject: Re: a10 in combat
Summary: A10 against tanks to discover decoys
Message-ID: <1991Feb21.024405.8274@cbnews.att.com>
Date: 21 Feb 91 02:44:05 GMT
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From: ap542!mike@siemens.siemens.com (Mike Hoffmann)

The discussion about the A-10 has brought one thing to my mind.

There has been a lot of media coverage about Iraq having bought and
using decoys, especially inflatable tanks. Equipped with an oven and
metal strips they fool Heat-seeking and Radar missiles, resp.

Now if what were if the A10 went tank-hunting and used its 30mm gun
instead of missiles. A missile explodes, so it's hard to tell if
it was also a real tank that blew up.

But if the pilot used the gun, firing maybe a small "test-round" first,
how would a real tank look compared to a baloon tank?

Comments?
Mike


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