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by exabrial 1528 days ago
The way _Russia_ uses tanks has been dead... basically since 1972 and the advent of the A10. Here a $23 munition, fired quickly, could chew up an armor column. Don't forget the Javelin is still $250k, it's not exactly cheap.

Tanks must be supported by infantry teams. Without capable mortar teams, rifle teams, automatic weapons teams, they are sitting ducks, as Russia has proven.
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chernevik 1528 days ago
The A10 probably couldn't survive in the Ukraine airwar environment.
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greedo 1528 days ago
Nope. Maybe slightly better than the SU-25s have, and Maverick etc might make them able to stand off a bit from all the manpads, but the A-10 would be an easy kill for any fighters/SAMS.
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exabrial 1527 days ago
Of course, you wouldn't send an A10 without uncontested airspace, you would send F35s first.
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