A10 Early with 30mm and conventional bomb and unguided rocket but somehow stay at 9.7. It needs much lower br i suggest at 8.3 to 8.7 because its slower than even Me262 and dont say because of its 30mm Ho229 at 7.0 has same pen as 30mm Gau8
You cannot be serious rn
yeah slower than a ww2 plane :)) dude u serious? at 9.7
i suggest 1.0 , biplanes turn more

But better maneuverability, low speed control, a lot of countermeasures and the armour piercing ammo. I don’t think would be fair at all to lower the A-10A and A-10A (Early) battle rating because of the speed because in contrast of the lower speed in between striker airplanes like the Su-25, A-10 should have armor.
Regarding the ammo comparison is also unfair, it’s different ammo types with different angled penetration values which creates a huge performance gap if we look closely, so I don’t think that’s a realistic request at all you’re already having the possibility to use the A-10 at fairly low battle rating and you want even more. If you’re unable to properly use dumb bombs might as well stick to smart guided ones.
You want a plane who can use CCIP and CCRP to deliver a payload of over 10 2000lb bombs with a targeting pod that can locate targets at over 8 km — at 8.7? Are you insane?
and 2 20 mm Gau poor 8.3 . imagine down tier , 7.3
max 700km/h if u cant shoot it down i dont know what can u do
Not to mention the gun CCIP that lets it hit targets without any misses
It can fucking drop 10+ 2000lb bombs from kilometers away without even being seen. You need to understand how game breaking that would be
Men a-10 early is insane airframe , with only cannon you can dogfight basic everything
Its perfectly fine at its BR, but there is one change i would make. The su25 is at the same BR and got to keep its r60m. Meanwhile if you bring down the A10 to 9.7 you lose the access to the 9L. I dont see why the A10 shouldnt get the 9L at 9.7 when that gets the r60m, and things like the alpha jet get 9L too.

dude u have only 700km/h if enemy play air u will certainly die, if enemy AA catch on u u will basically die. u can drop bomb from kms away and enemy cant run? i am talking about normal bomb not the smart bomb, 700km/h is a death sentences for CAS. Enemy just stay focus on u, fly low u will get HMG fly high AA.
CCIP/CCRP attacker simply wont be at such low BR, end of story.
put the fries in the bag mate the a10 is like a A6M , and the it wins because jets that are meant to go zoom have to go slow or people head on the brrt gun.
The a10 is staying at 9.7 because if it goes down 7.7 and 9.0 will die.
Does CCIP/CCRP mean absolutely nothing to you?
Just drive. [1]
[1] I dont where to cite for just pull the missiles is too common
what does it mean into the game with a plane slower than a prop with every AA that can either lock into u and shooting either their gun or their Missile? what worse enemy got HEVT and LRF. CCRP is good if u fast enough to drop bomb and quick get out its not suitable for this plane. The plane itself is big so even a tank with APDSFS shell and LRF can shoot u down easily