This thing needs a buff… The AGMs are complete trash to begin with and using bombs is not possible since it’s too slow to avoid light tanks with proximity rounds
Bro, ain’t this thing can kill tanks >8km? I believe I’ve been killed further than that and often it can nuke three tanks in a single pass, since I don’t fly please enlighten me.
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If everyone is scouted on the map, in clear conditions, with no other dead tanks near the targets then you can lock on at 8km/5miles. There’s only one level of zoom with the camera which makes target acquisition terrible. Plus it’s not even thermal, it’s this black and white camera which makes everything really difficult to see. This is only a problem with the a-10a
The A-10 is under performing in the survivability department:
Gaijin essentially modeled the A-10 like a fighter aircraft, the gun fires straight forward instead of 2 degrees down. It doesn’t have manual reversion flight controls, and the hydraulic system is not in two parts. And especially it doesn’t have the more sturdy 3 spar construction that makes it stick together better when hit with spawl.
In addition they have made sure that if damaged the plane will always lock up and nose down a set amount of degrees so you can’t kamikaze dive and hit anything with the gun.
Its a shame because you are essentially a slow multirole fighter/missile bus which makes using the gun really risky.
But on the other hand given how most people play the game it prevents chaos.
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Thanks, well said.
Exactly right, the whole emphasis is the gun and you can hardly use it since it easily gets locked by IRST light tanks and flares rarely work
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For 65B it needs scouts to compensate the TV head and not moving targets for the 6km lock range
For Late’s 65D, it needs a 24in screen to be useable over 4km, or it’s pure lottery if not blind
For both they tend to drop to the ground at long range; lose track to buildings since a10 cant fire them from a high angle; Hits and Crits without killing for no reason; and have locking bugs which just not let you lock.
65B is absurdly bad
to lock it it has to be clear weather, target must remain stationary or moving slow or hardly moving at all, cannot lock properly through tank engine smoke (like KH-38MT, ofc), if the target is not fully visible it cannot properly lock
i kinda regret grinding the F-4E line for the 65B first over grinding bomber line for the F-111
also its super inconsistence, it hardly overpressure, damage is absolute rng