A-10 Stats

[RyanW]

Originally Posted by gruundehn

Have you tried Google? Search for the A-10 specifications and you should get what you need. What you probably won't be told is that the titanium bathtub, the cockpit protection, can take two 37mm hits in the same spot before the protection breaks down and anything after that can get through.

If you know (and can tell us without having to kill us), what sort of caliber does it take to actually pierce the skin of the wings/body/engine housings? I've seen quotes to the effect that it can "withstand" hits from 23mm (though whether that means it can't penetrate, or the DR and HP keep single/few hits from being crippling is at best vague), and the "bathtub" can stop up to 57mm groundfire (though probably not reliably near that limit). With better information there, it shouldn't be difficult to estimate the DR.

As a first draft:

TL  Vehicle                  ST/HP  Hnd/SR  HT   Move   LWt.  Load  SM  Occ  DR  Range  Cost    Locations  Stall
7   Fairchild Republic A-10  117    +1/3    13f  2/215  25    8.2   +6  1    ?   2500   $11.8M  g3WWi      68