"Arsenal Plane" Concepts

[jsport]

As LM was quick to point out 6th gen is in the software not the airframe. Bombtrucks are the future so consider whatever hardware enhancements necessary or stay at 28. Two planes w/ 56 is .5 a division thus the armored offensive is bomb stopped.

 

[bobbymike]

Sorry to be a pedant but IMHO to fit the definition of an arsenal plane it has to be a heavy bomber sized, or very near to it, aircraft with A2A capability.

A B-52 that can carry ALCMs gets updated to carry LRSOs doesn’t magically become an arsenal plane. A heavy bomber build for that purpose that gets updated to drop other bombs is an updated bomber. A fighter sized aircraft is a fighter-bomber.

I guess you could include a smaller aircraft that was built to solely drop bombs adding air to air, a regional arsenal plane, sort of (probably still better called a fighter-bomber.

Just a personal opinion that keeps the concept clearer in my mind.

 

[Josh_TN]

More A-10 Warthogs deploy to the Middle East

"Several" A-10 Warthogs and more than 300 airmen are deploying as the U.S. military builds up forces in the region amid fighting in Yemen.

taskandpurpose.com

Glade to hear someone actually looked at the previous article, the bomb trucks require hardpoints or an internal bay. Hog has hangers and 250s r light.

The hogs practice gunning & thumping a couple miles from here highlights the Hog's continued presence.

Oooo, eventually several A-10s were deployed. Are we saved yet? Has anyone reported that they actually bombed anything yet?

 

[Josh_TN]

As LM was quick to point out 6th gen is in the software not the airframe. Bombtrucks are the future so consider whatever hardware enhancements necessary or stay at 28. Two planes w/ 56 is .5 a division thus the armored offensive is bomb stopped.

6th gen is marketing and software is limited by the computer hardware it is run on - see F-35 tech refresh as a stumbling block to blk 4.

If software/processing is your argument, I would be surprised if the entire A-10 fleet had the processing power of a single TF F-35 aircraft. But sure, slap some software patches on that big dick 30 mm like it was viagra for Hugh Hef.

 

[DWG]

Two planes w/ 56 is .5 a division thus the armored offensive is bomb stopped.

56 weapons/targets is not half a division.

A division is typically 9-10 manoeuvre battalions, each with around 50-70 AFVs.

 

[jsport]

56 weapons/targets is not half a division.

A division is typically 9-10 manoeuvre battalions, each with around 50-70 AFVs.

No one cares about afvs. Tanks for memory. Modern realistic deployments of divisions lose 50 tanks the initiative is over.

 

[DWG]

No one cares about afvs.

So how come everyone is buying them? Major 4-nation CV-90 buy announced just last week, Boxer, Redback, Lynx and Puma selling like hotcakes, XM-30 to come. The professional militaries seem to care rather a lot about AFVs.

 

[TomS]

So how come everyone is buying them? Major 4-nation CV-90 buy announced just last week, Boxer, Redback, Lynx and Puma selling like hotcakes, XM-30 to come. The professional militaries seem to care rather a lot about AFVs.

AFV is Armored Fighting Vehicle. That includes Tanks, IFVs, and a host of other vehicles.

 

[DWG]

AFV is Armored Fighting Vehicle. That includes Tanks, IFVs, and a host of other vehicles.

Agreed, I was trying to keep it simple by pointing out one major omission at a time.

 

[jsport]

Statement stands, tanks would be targeted and would stifle operational initiative. this has become tedious.