@@dozergames2395 The Yamato's 18 inch guns fires 1.5 ton shells... multiply by 9 thats a total of 13.5 tons per volley, and thats not even including the impact force of one shell.
The horizontal surfaces of many ships aren't very thick. I think the A-10's gun has 55 or 60mm of penetration on modern armor. I doubt an A-10's GAU can sink a cruiser, but it could probably shred the upper works to the point repairs would take a long time.
The A-10 can also individually drop 6 2000lb bombs or 4 guided 2000lb bombs. Iron probably didn't use them because they would have been way too OP against ships.
During the Dev server those GBU 8 2000 pounder guided bombs were dumb bombs and didn't actually guide at all. Annoying as hell but what ever. Typical of gaijin to release the Dev server way before it was ready to be released.
@@brognog1145 I’m now convinced its word of mouth because I cant find a single damn article mentioning the fight, but I have found many articles about the BFM capabilities of the hog
The interesting thing with the a-10 is that the primary dangers come from the missiles and bombs, not the gun. It sits at 9.7 right now, but we will have to see if it gets moved in BR as time goes on.
So it is shit aircraft after all that fanboying, if Mig 27 never ripped ground RB to shreds then this shit will never do what those Fan boys want (there is anti air in the game and with that A-10 becames the biggest siting duck ever).
@@madkoala2130 idiots who think the gun is the primary weapon of the A-10 will be sitting ducks yes. That being said in ground games there isn’t always reliable air cover and if an A-10 comes late game when most SPAA is dead. Enemy team will be having a bad time
@@Klaus_Klavier sorry for being salty in comments but A-10 will be flown mostly by those idiots its premium so 9.7 will be AA fiesta for everybody because they will play with their XM1 and hop into A-10 and die (like Americans need more noobs at top-tier).
@@Rosenrot774 i mean, in the testing of this video, it took wuit a beating, only to be knock out because the lift is destroy in an video of Real engineer, the glass of the cockpit can withstand amor piercing sniper round, can still fly with 1 engineer
Shaped charges aren’t the best to use against ships. You have: many crew instead of just a handful, components are spaced out, compartments are separated into multiple bulkheads, volatile ammunition is stored deep beneath the ship, etc. AKA the opposite of tanks which are very compact with ammo and fuel stored close together with a handful of crew with most tanks not really having bulkheads beyond engine compartments or ammo stowage.
When shaped charges and AP belts are all you have, I'll pick the shaped charges every time. Of course, given the freedom to choose freely, I'd choose a bomb (guided or not, still could make it work) with a time-delay fuse on it so that it goes thru the decks a ways, and THEN explodes, hopefully hitting a major fuel tank or ammunition magazine. Or you know, fit a proper anti-ship missile to it, I hear it's not hard to get the Harpoon to talk to all manner of datalinks.
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@@thekringe4387 I know that, but why ban people for quoting it? Because there would be spam? Didn't he like the video? That's the type I answer i wanted with the original comment.
I think these simulations routinely ignore that the battleship AA batteries are manned by fairly exposed crew. A burst from an A-10 along the decks would severely, and instantly, shut down most of the light AA and would also trash any kind of range finding equipment for the heavier and more protected AA.
The turrets of the secondary armament (5" guns) of most ships of that era aren't as heavily armoured, the main gun of the A10 would likely punch through and knock out the secondary armament quite easily. Most of the anti aircraft guns (25-40mm) are on open deck mounts so a strafing run would turn the AA gun crews into mincemeat. Then you can send in the torpedo bombers to deliver the killing blow.
@@iamgaijin88 Unfortunately most would be too dead, dying or severely wounded to be worrying about anybodys' flatulence. Strafing decks was a tactic used by all naval aircraft at the time because all light aa guns were physically manned by crews who were unavoidably exposed to the sky. That Vulcan cannon would wreak havoc amongst those poor souls. The ships hospital would be quickly overwhelmed.
@@trevorpom the Vulcan has a deliberate innacuracy built in because any valid target of the weapon needs only a few on-target hits, and everything else dies to only nearby hits. The AA crews would last only seconds against an A-10, and after that a ship would be a mostly indestructible but completely unthreatening steel lump. Given enough time and rearmamments, an A-10 would sink a WW2 warship easily. without rearmament, its extremely unlikely a single salvo of even its best armamment would sink a decently sized warship. they simply built them differently back then. modern arnti ship missiles are built for speed and radar evasion, not penetration or explosive force. modern ships are not armoured like they used to be- Modern radar and anti missile and anti-torpedo systems have made armour obsolete.
"Doesn't seem to have the highest of top speeds but damn it can move." That's because that's how physics/aerodynamics works. Aircraft that fly slowly, can make tighter turns. The faster you fly, the wider your turning circle. It's also the same for cars. The A-10 has those broad, square wings for this purpose. They are extremely effective for slower flight, which also helps the A-10 corner like it does. My Dad flew F-4Es and F-16As for the USAF, and had to skirmish against A-10s. He said it was a cake-walk until someone put AA missiles on the A-10s. Edit: Well of course the A-10 has trouble against a heavy cruiser. It's job is tank busting, and making mincemeat out of enemy soldier, not fighting medium to large sized warships. Although if you threw in another A-10 or two, you could do strafing runs along each side as that was something done to suppress open AA mounts in WWII. More likely though you'd just load up the big guided bombs and shit-post from just outside of AA range,
With the way modern ships are set up, strafing runs can mess them up pretty good. Not a massive amount of armor and they are bloated in size. You can cuck their defenses pretty bad with mass rocket artillery barrages. But as an advocate for roles, I think you would see more like B1's and carrier launched F18's using anti-ship weapons and not an old army line support brawler due for an airframe overhaul going at major warships. I wouldn't doubt the Russian Navy is retarded enough to allow a suicidal A-10 to get close and let it rip causing so many bullet holes the swiss rename their cheese.
I like how everybody is saying the a10 will be bad in air rb and and gb but the ability to turn on a dime with a pretty bug payload will benefit the plane alot.
It's the popular youtuber said a thing [haha funny I so smart] bandwagon powering the A-10 spastic hate train. Experienced players will impact the anus of ground battles with space missiles and ridiculous sprays from a dime turning plane if they allow the model to actually have the straight wing stability and lift. Light armor on suicide watch. Damage stacking nightmare show. If you thought dying to a Gepard stack was annoying.
A-10 bad. Anyway, I’m really excited that they added the A-10 to WT! It’s gonna be so fun, but challenging to use. Of course, top tier SPAA is gonna have a field day, but that’s part of the fun :) I am a little disappointed that the gun dispersion isn’t as huge as in real life, I was really hoping to douse an entire grid square.
Top Tier SPAA will be having a nightmare, not a field day. That is, if you bring Mavericks, and can lock on to the AA outside of it's missile range. That's what you have to do in DCS to take out AA batteries with an A-10, and it's actually quite effective in this role. Basically, stay high and far, because those Mavericks may have a rocket motor on them but they're more like a glide bomb in how they actually fly. The higher and further away you are, the longer those Mavericks can reach out.
It seems like lazerpig is rather accurate with what he’s said. But because it was made for infantry units and light armored vehicles. At least the cannon was. So.. using it on a ship is understandable at how crap it is.
I still haven't watched his vids on that, but I just might.......after I rewatch the other three videos I have in my recommended next to this comment (The T-34 video, the video about Mike Sparks and the "aerogavin", and the legendary badass known as the Piorun.)
@@airplanemaniacgaming7877 I honestly cycle through his vids every month while doing other stuff just because they are entertaining, informative and actually really well read.
depends on what missile is being used. irl, that gatling gun would be doing alot more damage that they portray in this. we're talking the GAU-8 Avenger gatling gun. that fires 30mm armor-piercing depleted uranium and/or high-explosive incendiary rounds.
This would have been easier has he’d been using the A-10s bomb load as well. Honestly the A-10 seems like it’s going to surprise a lot of people with just how hard it is to kill with 20mm cannons or less. It can stand-off with missile SPAA
It isnt. The thing in game survives massive amounts of 40mm, 30mm, and 20mm aa like a flying bullet sponge due to gaijin actually modelling the redundancy and armor of the aircraft
@@uctutfc67uf66 ah good I was mainly refuring to the fact that it died numerous times to the Ship's AAA and that I can as you say survive excessive fire but only where the armour is at the nose arround the cockpit
@@captain61games49 in game it survives multiple hits from 40, 30, and 20mm to the wings, a few hits to the engines, center and back of the aircraft as well. They modelled it correctly
@@uctutfc67uf66 yeah that's what was meant to be funny about my comment is that some people will just see the a10 as this indestructible aircraft so when it dies to aaa that shoots of the wing like in the vedio that'll complain
@@captain61games49 yeah, there are some hardcore a10 fanbois, there the same people who think the t34 (which is a garbage tank in my opinion) is nuke proof. A lot of people think rugged and survivable is a synonym to immortality lol. The a10 can take a beating, and the amount it can take is impressive for an airframe, but it still can get shot down
We can’t quote Lazerpig? Alright, How about Dalekmk14, or anyone else on the CAB show or Armor Cast... i’ll settle for Spookston “The F16 actually ran more combat missions than the A10 in desert storm, and with fewer casualties”
One little mistake, you can only fire the Cannon on an A-10 for 3 seconds, or the recoil will stop the forward motion of the plane and cause it to stall.
Actually its not a battleship, its a heavy cruiser, it doesnt have as much armor as a battleship, a german battlecruiser like scharnhost would make almost every shells ricochet or just shred
If battleships were susceptible to 30mm ammunition no nation on earth would have bothered building them. Light discussion with a friend, the A-10 could make a pass at 40,000ft carrying 4 GPS clamp-on equipped B43 Thermonuclears to deliver the weapons in a box formation creating a quarter megaton "hydraulic press" around it without the ship ever having a clue what was going to happen.
The Admiral Hipper class were heavy cruiser class of ships. Not battleships. If you wanted battleships you should've went with Bismarck or Scharnhorst class.
@@babyyoda3497 well…this wasnt even a battleship. Prinz Eugen (which was the ship being targeted) was a Heavy Cruiser. Not to mention that towards the end of the vid, he swapped from Eugen to HMS Belfast, which…was a *_LIGHT CRUISER_*
The flight model needs a lot of work. The A-10 can turn like that, but it losses energy like nobody's business. The A-10 could rival P-47 or even P-51 in a dogfight
The title very explicit says 'battleship', yet the video features a pair of cruisers :| You'll find weapons of similar size on ships in the mid-higher end of coastal trees, and usually in more numbers. Yet those ships struggle to kill destroyers, so surprise surprise, the 30mm can't really damage a cruiser. Even with the advantage of shooting at the unarmoured deck from above, all you can do is damage unprotected equipment and kill the crew on the first and second decks immediately below. Realistically, the crew would just move lower in the ship
This seems about accurate; - The A-10's gun would never be able to penetrate the armour belt. Ever. - The A-10's gun, however, would _devastate_ the superstructure, as most battleships of WWII vintage had shifted to an "All or Nothing" armour layout, meaning that only the critical parts are heavily armoured, but the armoured parts are _significantly_ tougher than their contemporaries with an equivalent amount of armour. Of course there is _some_ armor in the superstructure, but nothing that the A-10 likely couldn't make swiss cheese out of. - In the _highly_ unlikely case an A-10 can survive getting over a WWII battleship, depending on the thickness of the deck armour, it _might_ be possible to penetrate the ship to the engine room. but that's extremely unlikely. If an A-10 pilot were to attempt something like that, firing down the smokestack is probably the way to do it. - The A-10 can fire bombs and missiles, and like any aircraft capable of carrying missiles, it can probably be adapted to fit an anti-shipping missile. In which case it doesn't matter if it's an F-35, A-10 Warthog, B-52, or even an adapted B-17, you've likely sunk it from well beyond visual range.
Having seen an A-10 at an airshow, this... seems pretty close? Those things can maneuver pretty quickly, at least when not carrying a weapons load. As far as the gun... I would've expected more damage to the crew and AA guns, but critical systems damage being minor is about what I would expect. Whether or not the gun translates to tank kills, idk. My understanding is that it's intended for more moderately armored vehicles (APCs and whatnot) and light fortifications, as well as from fairly substantial range. For MBTs... well, it will probably make them experience a sudden lack of ERA packs, possibly some light critical damage, but far from just ripping them apart. Still, that is all useful.
From how it's been on the test server it pretty much deletes every tank around or above its BR. The low side armour and even worse roof armour on most tanks just leads to it shredding them
that's the thing though, the 30mm shell is using a dense depleted uranium core that is self sharpening, meaning the thicker the armor & faster the shell, the deeper it will go (and sharper it becomes, but that should be self explanatory). dense uranium > steel & wood also the gau 8 cannon wouldn't give a shit about deck armor or armor in general, since it has enough shells& the fire rate to simply saw through the deck like an impaling sword to a tanks crew compartment, or to a ships ammo rack
@@Skringly it is, have you guys never studied the ammo of the a10's cannon or the specific details of its loadouts / specifications? @I like ships well i see a sea boat shitter, about to get dunked on by guided bombs, unable to accept that the a-10 has the firepower to blast ships into the depths.
@@cr90captain89 A ship has so much internal space and comparmentalization that a 30mm strafing run will likely do little more than maim a few sailors for each pass. A battleship's anti-aircraft weaponry is considerably more potent against the A-10 than the A-10's 30mm is against the ship so standing off with guided bombs until the dual purpose armament is out of commission would be recommended. Many battleships, not an Admiral Hipper-class cruiser as seen here, could be designed with protection against armor piercing shells with explosive fillers in excess of the Mark 84. The A-10's payload is probably insufficient to "blast ships into the depths" in the case of a battleship but could force the crew to abandon ship if enough damage is inflicted. I suspect near misses with the Mark 84s would probably prove more effective than direct hits in order to damage the hull below the water.
As an A10 Fanboi, I am impressed, the survivability is extremely high, the payload is effective even with what you are currently bringing, find the fact that modern-day A-10's 11 hardpoints, and the gun which is meant for fighting Soviet vehicles it does what it's supposed to, the thing that you don't understand is that us A10 Fanbois are Not all about the 30mm gun, it's about the sheer Firepower that this CAS plane can bring, and it does exactly what it is designed for, be slow, turn fast, tank bullet, and Brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrt
Lacking AP bombs, you are only going to wreck the upper works, though that can still mission kill the ship. If the simulation you use has the Durendal, you should probably try that, but you would need to use either an F-111 or F-15E
the A10 was designed to be a close ground sup[port aircraft, not a fighter, so its not as fast as fighters but its extremely maneuverable in order to stay close to the ground troops. basically its a flying tank.
Soon any custom battle where the creator choose "plane: all br" will be unplayable for everything other than a jet. I mean it's already the case but it isn't going to improve...
its not super surprising it turn on a dime because if you think about it in real life it has to go into a dive with engines off then turn them back and pull out of the dive after the strike
Ah yes, taking an Anti-tank specialist against warships, a recipe for shenanigans. The A-10 irl is good at its job because of the shear amount of ordnance it can carry, and it’s all but impervious to small arms fire, not necessarily larger caliber cannons. And side note, the A-10 is extremely maneuverable when it has an empty load, it’s just ya know, designed with the intent of having an entire B-17’s bomb load strapped to its hard points (obvious exaggeration is obvious)
*"The A-10 Sucks, and I can prove it mathematically!"*
- Lazerpig.
Love his videos 😂
I play DCS and the gun is my last option to use
The man's criminally undersubbed
@@fuzzybloodpc9291 ahh man of sense i see
The gau 8 is way way way too accurate in warthunder, IRL it had horrid accuracy,.
Its almost like battleships are designed to protect against plunging fire from shells that weigh as much as the A10
Indeed and the graf Spee is only a cruiser
Trust me no battleship has ever fired a shell ( or likely even volley of shells) as heavy as an a-10
@@dozergames2395 The Yamato's 18 inch guns fires 1.5 ton shells... multiply by 9 thats a total of 13.5 tons per volley, and thats not even including the impact force of one shell.
@@dozergames2395 close but no cigar
The horizontal surfaces of many ships aren't very thick. I think the A-10's gun has 55 or 60mm of penetration on modern armor. I doubt an A-10's GAU can sink a cruiser, but it could probably shred the upper works to the point repairs would take a long time.
The A-10 can also individually drop 6 2000lb bombs or 4 guided 2000lb bombs. Iron probably didn't use them because they would have been way too OP against ships.
I mean, it's also because the payload is the least interesting part of the plane
also, superstructure hits aren't going to do much, whether GAU or Maverick
During the Dev server those GBU 8 2000 pounder guided bombs were dumb bombs and didn't actually guide at all. Annoying as hell but what ever. Typical of gaijin to release the Dev server way before it was ready to be released.
@@UnePintade Also the most effective
@@PilotTed That’s the point of the dev server you get access to non implemented thing and things that aren’t fully working yet
The A-10 is actually known to be quite agile. Not fast. But what with the wing span and everything, the A-10 is known to turn well and what not.
In a simulated exercise, an a-10 was able to outmaneuver and “kill” an F-14 tomcat
@@redjaypictures4528 im intrigued, whats your source i wanna read up on it more
@@redjaypictures4528 yea my teacher who used to work for the airforce sead the same thing but the f-14 wanted revenge
@@brognog1145 I’m now convinced its word of mouth because I cant find a single damn article mentioning the fight, but I have found many articles about the BFM capabilities of the hog
@@redjaypictures4528 Im fairly sure growling sidewinder talked about it when fighting a10 v f14 in dcs
The interesting thing with the a-10 is that the primary dangers come from the missiles and bombs, not the gun. It sits at 9.7 right now, but we will have to see if it gets moved in BR as time goes on.
So it is shit aircraft after all that fanboying, if Mig 27 never ripped ground RB to shreds then this shit will never do what those Fan boys want (there is anti air in the game and with that A-10 becames the biggest siting duck ever).
@@madkoala2130 idiots who think the gun is the primary weapon of the A-10 will be sitting ducks yes. That being said in ground games there isn’t always reliable air cover and if an A-10 comes late game when most SPAA is dead. Enemy team will be having a bad time
@@Klaus_Klavier sorry for being salty in comments but A-10 will be flown mostly by those idiots its premium so 9.7 will be AA fiesta for everybody because they will play with their XM1 and hop into A-10 and die (like Americans need more noobs at top-tier).
@@madkoala2130 People already think the A-10 will be a flying tank, but we all know its not going to work in WT.
@@Rosenrot774 i mean, in the testing of this video, it took wuit a beating, only to be knock out because the lift is destroy
in an video of Real engineer, the glass of the cockpit can withstand amor piercing sniper round, can still fly with 1 engineer
They did a pretty good job with the sounds of the gun by the way.
it was the only thing that they had no other option but to do it right or else no one would buy it
It’s aight
From the ground it sounds like a foghorn
It’s not even that good in my opinion. The Vulcan minigun’s sound more like irl.
@@kaboom6236 The vulcan sounds more like the shell impacts tbh
"if anyone quotes lazer pig i will ban you" i died at that sentance
Ah there goes Iron, calling a cruiser a battleship yet again
I mean... they are heavy cruisers so they can be easily mistaken for a small battleship
Got to pay the bills, with energy prices there days
*All I want to know is why you used the Hipper when there's a perfectly good Scharnhorst in game*
@@f.m.f962 even worse with battle cruisers, they look like a battleship on their own and only look "small" when compared to an actual battleship
Wasnt there a scenario on battle of denmark strait where thr prinz eugen was mistaken to be bismarck? I guess this applied to iron lol
Shaped charges aren’t the best to use against ships. You have: many crew instead of just a handful, components are spaced out, compartments are separated into multiple bulkheads, volatile ammunition is stored deep beneath the ship, etc. AKA the opposite of tanks which are very compact with ammo and fuel stored close together with a handful of crew with most tanks not really having bulkheads beyond engine compartments or ammo stowage.
I see that you are a cultured shikikan because of your pfp.
Good comment, But the AL pfp makes me cringe
@@khykhyplayz "Culture".
Ah yes my favorite proper battlecruiser
When shaped charges and AP belts are all you have, I'll pick the shaped charges every time.
Of course, given the freedom to choose freely, I'd choose a bomb (guided or not, still could make it work) with a time-delay fuse on it so that it goes thru the decks a ways, and THEN explodes, hopefully hitting a major fuel tank or ammunition magazine.
Or you know, fit a proper anti-ship missile to it, I hear it's not hard to get the Harpoon to talk to all manner of datalinks.
6:20 Does anyone notice that the A-10s wing armament is still there even though the A-10 has a huge hole in its right wing?
I'm sure it's a bug that will be fixed at some point
@@TheIronArmenianakaGIHaigs at some point™ aka probably never
@@TheIronArmenianakaGIHaigs The Grizzly still has that same issue and it's been a few years now
I love the references to LazerPig’s A-10 video.
"Lazerpig fuming right now-"
dies.
I lost it.
The Prinz Eugen survived 2 nuclear bombs after all.
Still siting upside down ass up in the water to this day
@@TheIronArmenianakaGIHaigs just because she is doing the jack-o pose doesn't mean anything.
A ship still floating =/= a ship surviving. Eugan was unusable as anything other than a reef ship following the nuclear testing
@@j.kearney484 tbf the only reason she capsized was because her hull was punctured and the team deemed it was too risky and too radioactive to repair
Mark Felton Moment
A-10 go BRRRRTTTTTTTTTTTTTT
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Why exactly is it that you would ban people for quoting LazerPig? Just wondering why.
@@bigspoon3634 he made a video explaining why the A-10 is bad. Very good video.
@@thekringe4387 I know that, but why ban people for quoting it? Because there would be spam? Didn't he like the video? That's the type I answer i wanted with the original comment.
@@bigspoon3634 it was a joke
@@zacamakapaka3989 ok
I think these simulations routinely ignore that the battleship AA batteries are manned by fairly exposed crew. A burst from an A-10 along the decks would severely, and instantly, shut down most of the light AA and would also trash any kind of range finding equipment for the heavier and more protected AA.
The turrets of the secondary armament (5" guns) of most ships of that era aren't as heavily armoured, the main gun of the A10 would likely punch through and knock out the secondary armament quite easily. Most of the anti aircraft guns (25-40mm) are on open deck mounts so a strafing run would turn the AA gun crews into mincemeat. Then you can send in the torpedo bombers to deliver the killing blow.
the aa crew would probably ask “did you just fart?”
@@iamgaijin88 Unfortunately most would be too dead, dying or severely wounded to be worrying about anybodys' flatulence. Strafing decks was a tactic used by all naval aircraft at the time because all light aa guns were physically manned by crews who were unavoidably exposed to the sky. That Vulcan cannon would wreak havoc amongst those poor souls. The ships hospital would be quickly overwhelmed.
@@trevorpom and if somebody survive the famous a-10's fart/brrt he have to live to tell the tale as he was not the target.
@@trevorpom the Vulcan has a deliberate innacuracy built in because any valid target of the weapon needs only a few on-target hits, and everything else dies to only nearby hits.
The AA crews would last only seconds against an A-10, and after that a ship would be a mostly indestructible but completely unthreatening steel lump. Given enough time and rearmamments, an A-10 would sink a WW2 warship easily. without rearmament, its extremely unlikely a single salvo of even its best armamment would sink a decently sized warship.
they simply built them differently back then. modern arnti ship missiles are built for speed and radar evasion, not penetration or explosive force. modern ships are not armoured like they used to be- Modern radar and anti missile and anti-torpedo systems have made armour obsolete.
"Doesn't seem to have the highest of top speeds but damn it can move." That's because that's how physics/aerodynamics works. Aircraft that fly slowly, can make tighter turns. The faster you fly, the wider your turning circle. It's also the same for cars. The A-10 has those broad, square wings for this purpose. They are extremely effective for slower flight, which also helps the A-10 corner like it does. My Dad flew F-4Es and F-16As for the USAF, and had to skirmish against A-10s. He said it was a cake-walk until someone put AA missiles on the A-10s.
Edit: Well of course the A-10 has trouble against a heavy cruiser. It's job is tank busting, and making mincemeat out of enemy soldier, not fighting medium to large sized warships. Although if you threw in another A-10 or two, you could do strafing runs along each side as that was something done to suppress open AA mounts in WWII. More likely though you'd just load up the big guided bombs and shit-post from just outside of AA range,
With the way modern ships are set up, strafing runs can mess them up pretty good. Not a massive amount of armor and they are bloated in size. You can cuck their defenses pretty bad with mass rocket artillery barrages. But as an advocate for roles, I think you would see more like B1's and carrier launched F18's using anti-ship weapons and not an old army line support brawler due for an airframe overhaul going at major warships. I wouldn't doubt the Russian Navy is retarded enough to allow a suicidal A-10 to get close and let it rip causing so many bullet holes the swiss rename their cheese.
I like how everybody is saying the a10 will be bad in air rb and and gb but the ability to turn on a dime with a pretty bug payload will benefit the plane alot.
It's the popular youtuber said a thing [haha funny I so smart] bandwagon powering the A-10 spastic hate train. Experienced players will impact the anus of ground battles with space missiles and ridiculous sprays from a dime turning plane if they allow the model to actually have the straight wing stability and lift. Light armor on suicide watch. Damage stacking nightmare show. If you thought dying to a Gepard stack was annoying.
Sure, the thunderbolt is based
but the A-36 was the brrt before it was cool
What about the F-82 death lazer?
Or F-89B (before the update)
@@Sandalphon36 F-82 has such high fire rate that with API-T it drops my fps to a single digit
"A10 Shitting Hippo, Bullet Bukkakie" - Lazer Pig.
Ill take my ban now =)
A-10's 30mm are peashooter to boat that are made to withstand 350mm rounds
A-10 bad.
Anyway, I’m really excited that they added the A-10 to WT! It’s gonna be so fun, but challenging to use. Of course, top tier SPAA is gonna have a field day, but that’s part of the fun :) I am a little disappointed that the gun dispersion isn’t as huge as in real life, I was really hoping to douse an entire grid square.
OMG HOW COULD YOU SAY THAT A10 WART HOGGER BEST PLAN USA FREEDOM GUN GO BRRT HAHA. A10 TOP JET BRRT
They really ought to turn friendly fire on again for Ground Rb.
@@martijn9568 air vs ground friendly fire is always on. But britain really need the scimitar to be added
@@piscessoedroen naw
Top Tier SPAA will be having a nightmare, not a field day. That is, if you bring Mavericks, and can lock on to the AA outside of it's missile range.
That's what you have to do in DCS to take out AA batteries with an A-10, and it's actually quite effective in this role.
Basically, stay high and far, because those Mavericks may have a rocket motor on them but they're more like a glide bomb in how they actually fly. The higher and further away you are, the longer those Mavericks can reach out.
It seems like lazerpig is rather accurate with what he’s said. But because it was made for infantry units and light armored vehicles. At least the cannon was. So.. using it on a ship is understandable at how crap it is.
I still haven't watched his vids on that, but I just might.......after I rewatch the other three videos I have in my recommended next to this comment (The T-34 video, the video about Mike Sparks and the "aerogavin", and the legendary badass known as the Piorun.)
@@airplanemaniacgaming7877 I honestly cycle through his vids every month while doing other stuff just because they are entertaining, informative and actually really well read.
@@discipleofdagon8195 ye, they are all awesome. He finally made a video about the glorious Crusader tank!
@@airplanemaniacgaming7877 already seen it
The a-10 was made to kill tanks of any kind and also keep in mind that the a-10 is like 20 years old at least
Edit it’s actually closer to 45
"The missiles are better than the gun."
So it's realistic then?
depends on what missile is being used. irl, that gatling gun would be doing alot more damage that they portray in this. we're talking the GAU-8 Avenger gatling gun. that fires 30mm armor-piercing depleted uranium and/or high-explosive incendiary rounds.
I'm really not interested in video game videos, but this one was so intriguing, that I just had to give it a watch. Not disappointed. ;-)
You cannot stop the LazerPig quotes!!! "That's a bus. That's a whole frickin bus."
I love the references to LazerPig’s A-10 video
"Lazerpig must be mad"
Gets immediately shot down
This would have been easier has he’d been using the A-10s bomb load as well. Honestly the A-10 seems like it’s going to surprise a lot of people with just how hard it is to kill with 20mm cannons or less. It can stand-off with missile SPAA
Haha missiles go woosh
It uses a 30mm
@@kptlt.phillipthomsen5973 he said how hard it is to kill with 20mms not what calibre the gun is
@@Miftahul_786 Ok but that makes no since since the A-10 uses a 30mm GAU
@@kptlt.phillipthomsen5973 He's saying 20mm have a hard time killing the A-10, nothing about the A-10s gun.
I can't wait for people to complain that the a10 is too weak
It isnt. The thing in game survives massive amounts of 40mm, 30mm, and 20mm aa like a flying bullet sponge due to gaijin actually modelling the redundancy and armor of the aircraft
@@uctutfc67uf66 ah good I was mainly refuring to the fact that it died numerous times to the Ship's AAA and that I can as you say survive excessive fire but only where the armour is at the nose arround the cockpit
@@captain61games49 in game it survives multiple hits from 40, 30, and 20mm to the wings, a few hits to the engines, center and back of the aircraft as well. They modelled it correctly
@@uctutfc67uf66 yeah that's what was meant to be funny about my comment is that some people will just see the a10 as this indestructible aircraft so when it dies to aaa that shoots of the wing like in the vedio that'll complain
@@captain61games49 yeah, there are some hardcore a10 fanbois, there the same people who think the t34 (which is a garbage tank in my opinion) is nuke proof. A lot of people think rugged and survivable is a synonym to immortality lol. The a10 can take a beating, and the amount it can take is impressive for an airframe, but it still can get shot down
Thank you for using the A-10 for its purpose. You even did the turnaround vertical, which almost nobody knows how to do.
The A-10 is just proof that a zombie apocalypse is not possible with the flying meat grinder in existence
I think you forgot to upload the footage where you're fighting the battleship, was nice seeing it do damage to destroyers and cruisers though
We can’t quote Lazerpig? Alright, How about Dalekmk14, or anyone else on the CAB show or Armor Cast... i’ll settle for Spookston
“The F16 actually ran more combat missions than the A10 in desert storm, and with fewer casualties”
One little mistake, you can only fire the Cannon on an A-10 for 3 seconds, or the recoil will stop the forward motion of the plane and cause it to stall.
Actually its not a battleship, its a heavy cruiser, it doesnt have as much armor as a battleship, a german battlecruiser like scharnhost would make almost every shells ricochet or just shred
If battleships were susceptible to 30mm ammunition no nation on earth would have bothered building them.
Light discussion with a friend, the A-10 could make a pass at 40,000ft carrying 4 GPS clamp-on equipped B43 Thermonuclears to deliver the weapons in a box formation creating a quarter megaton "hydraulic press" around it without the ship ever having a clue what was going to happen.
The Admiral Hipper class were heavy cruiser class of ships. Not battleships. If you wanted battleships you should've went with Bismarck or Scharnhorst class.
The Bismarck isn't in the game
@@babyyoda3497 Then why not classify a ship by what it actually is? I am a huge nerd and to tell the truth most probably wouldn't know the difference.
... so it takes 20 A10's to get to the battleship center of a German Battleship.
If you only use the guns you'd be better of going full Kamikaze against a german ww2 battleship than use the guns.
@@babyyoda3497 well…this wasnt even a battleship. Prinz Eugen (which was the ship being targeted) was a Heavy Cruiser.
Not to mention that towards the end of the vid, he swapped from Eugen to HMS Belfast, which…was a *_LIGHT CRUISER_*
Watching this really helps me understand how little the average gamer understands about jets.
The flight model needs a lot of work. The A-10 can turn like that, but it losses energy like nobody's business. The A-10 could rival P-47 or even P-51 in a dogfight
Holy shit a modern CAS plane can rival WWII fighter? How
Well not a Battleship, the only WW2 German battleship in the game is the Scharnhorst, the ship in the Video is Admiral Hipper a Heavy cruiser.
Is no one going to acknowledge that neither of the ships used are battleships? I get that there aren’t any in War Thunder (to my knowledge), but still
Actually, now that I think about it, the A-10 (in WT) is kinda gonna be just an upgraded SKS
"If anyone quotes Laserpig I will ban you!"
Banned :pog
@@mrsbuddyque9647 He did it for Peirre Sprey
OK point . the Prinz Eugan was a heavy cruiser NOT a battleship
Was the Password '349' a reference to the Natter 349?
Yep :3
The title very explicit says 'battleship', yet the video features a pair of cruisers :|
You'll find weapons of similar size on ships in the mid-higher end of coastal trees, and usually in more numbers. Yet those ships struggle to kill destroyers, so surprise surprise, the 30mm can't really damage a cruiser. Even with the advantage of shooting at the unarmoured deck from above, all you can do is damage unprotected equipment and kill the crew on the first and second decks immediately below. Realistically, the crew would just move lower in the ship
I’m sure the pilot had to use his binoculars to identify the huge German battleship as an enemy
Why arent you using the A-10's entire bomb armament? Like, of course its gonna be hard to Kill a ship whit a autocannon
because he needs more content than just a couple seconds of a-10 shitting on a ship with it's bomb loadout
If Iron knows about Lazerpig. Then it is only a matter of time before he finds my favourite shit post sub.
I love non creditable defence
@@TheIronArmenianakaGIHaigs Ah you're just a lurker. Probably not a bad idea.
This seems about accurate;
- The A-10's gun would never be able to penetrate the armour belt. Ever.
- The A-10's gun, however, would _devastate_ the superstructure, as most battleships of WWII vintage had shifted to an "All or Nothing" armour layout, meaning that only the critical parts are heavily armoured, but the armoured parts are _significantly_ tougher than their contemporaries with an equivalent amount of armour. Of course there is _some_ armor in the superstructure, but nothing that the A-10 likely couldn't make swiss cheese out of.
- In the _highly_ unlikely case an A-10 can survive getting over a WWII battleship, depending on the thickness of the deck armour, it _might_ be possible to penetrate the ship to the engine room. but that's extremely unlikely. If an A-10 pilot were to attempt something like that, firing down the smokestack is probably the way to do it.
- The A-10 can fire bombs and missiles, and like any aircraft capable of carrying missiles, it can probably be adapted to fit an anti-shipping missile. In which case it doesn't matter if it's an F-35, A-10 Warthog, B-52, or even an adapted B-17, you've likely sunk it from well beyond visual range.
Pov this guy the admiral hipper ot print eugen a battleship even though its a heavy cruiser
Hipper is a heavy cruiser thats about half the tonnage of a battleship,a nd 1/3 of the AA guns:P Looking forward to THAT clip:D
A-10's are very maneuverable, I used to see them all the time out of Martin State Airport.
Why not fly lower and go after the rudder and screws?
How thick is the hull of the ship at the waterline near the screws?
“If anyone quotes LazerPig, I’m going to ban you!”
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Having seen an A-10 at an airshow, this... seems pretty close? Those things can maneuver pretty quickly, at least when not carrying a weapons load.
As far as the gun... I would've expected more damage to the crew and AA guns, but critical systems damage being minor is about what I would expect.
Whether or not the gun translates to tank kills, idk. My understanding is that it's intended for more moderately armored vehicles (APCs and whatnot) and light fortifications, as well as from fairly substantial range. For MBTs... well, it will probably make them experience a sudden lack of ERA packs, possibly some light critical damage, but far from just ripping them apart. Still, that is all useful.
From how it's been on the test server it pretty much deletes every tank around or above its BR. The low side armour and even worse roof armour on most tanks just leads to it shredding them
@@jacobbateson8215 as it should.
Did you just call the Hipper a battleship?
Also rich of you to assume 100mm~ of pen would be enough to go through multiple layers of deck armour.
that's the thing though, the 30mm shell is using a dense depleted uranium core that is self sharpening, meaning the thicker the armor & faster the shell, the deeper it will go (and sharper it becomes, but that should be self explanatory).
dense uranium > steel & wood
also the gau 8 cannon wouldn't give a shit about deck armor or armor in general, since it has enough shells& the fire rate to simply saw through the deck like an impaling sword to a tanks crew compartment, or to a ships ammo rack
that's not how that works, but okay...
I’m smelling a a 10 fanboy.
@@Skringly it is, have you guys never studied the ammo of the a10's cannon or the specific details of its loadouts / specifications?
@I like ships
well i see a sea boat shitter, about to get dunked on by guided bombs, unable to accept that the a-10 has the firepower to blast ships into the depths.
@@cr90captain89 A ship has so much internal space and comparmentalization that a 30mm strafing run will likely do little more than maim a few sailors for each pass. A battleship's anti-aircraft weaponry is considerably more potent against the A-10 than the A-10's 30mm is against the ship so standing off with guided bombs until the dual purpose armament is out of commission would be recommended. Many battleships, not an Admiral Hipper-class cruiser as seen here, could be designed with protection against armor piercing shells with explosive fillers in excess of the Mark 84. The A-10's payload is probably insufficient to "blast ships into the depths" in the case of a battleship but could force the crew to abandon ship if enough damage is inflicted. I suspect near misses with the Mark 84s would probably prove more effective than direct hits in order to damage the hull below the water.
As an A10 Fanboi, I am impressed, the survivability is extremely high, the payload is effective even with what you are currently bringing, find the fact that modern-day A-10's 11 hardpoints, and the gun which is meant for fighting Soviet vehicles it does what it's supposed to, the thing that you don't understand is that us A10 Fanbois are Not all about the 30mm gun, it's about the sheer Firepower that this CAS plane can bring, and it does exactly what it is designed for, be slow, turn fast, tank bullet, and Brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrt
The f-35, but worse
Now fly it in sim battles with no HUD, and no electronics bar the cockpit gun sight...
F-111 but worse.
@@henrynagel7175 A-10 is very old though, od be suprised if a new CAS plane was worse lol
@@catbear3294 If you listen to a lot of A10 fanboys they do think it's worse... for some reason.
Lacking AP bombs, you are only going to wreck the upper works, though that can still mission kill the ship.
If the simulation you use has the Durendal, you should probably try that, but you would need to use either an F-111 or F-15E
I feel like A-10 is the Supra of warplane enthusiasts.
Shut
Accurate, tho I do have to say it’s my 3rd favorite plane
Except the Supra is actually good.
@@majorborngusfluunduch8694 A-10 fanbois are very very angry at you. XD
@@TaikaviittaX he's not wrong
Ive used this A10 in Afghanistan a shit load. I was a forward observer for 8 years. This and the F15E are my favorite CAS platforms by far.
What where your thoughts about the A-10? You being someone that has worked with it might have some interesting insight :D
I would fucking hate being trapped in a battle ship with an A-10 pounding the hell out of the armor with its guns. Like good lord.
Why not try using the gbu-8? They have way more explosive mass than the mavericks, so shouldn’t they be better in the anti-ship role?
She was not a battleship but a heavy cruiser
Prinz Eugene is a heavy crusier not a battleship
the A10 was designed to be a close ground sup[port aircraft, not a fighter, so its not as fast as fighters but its extremely maneuverable in order to stay close to the ground troops. basically its a flying tank.
Soon any custom battle where the creator choose "plane: all br" will be unplayable for everything other than a jet.
I mean it's already the case but it isn't going to improve...
Which is how technology works?
Prinz Eugen is a heavy cruiser.
Prinkz Eugene is a heavy cruiser
is this paly station or X box ?
2:35 what's wrong with Lazer pig?
5:10 is it flag of Armenia?
I just want to know how the fuck the thing flies so well and doesn't slow down as much while firing for 5 seconds straight...
THICC wings, plus the fact he fired while diving, saw another youtuber fly it and flying straight he almost stalled
It's not a battleship. It's a fucking cruiser...
The prinz Eugene is only a heavy cruiser
when you wake up and see a10's and german battelships in norway
im from norway lol
You have attracted the Norwegians with your comment
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@@bigspoon3634 i think sooo
What lazerpig quote did your chat reference? I wanna knoooow
its not super surprising it turn on a dime because if you think about it in real life it has to go into a dive with engines off then turn them back and pull out of the dive after the strike
whiskeys voice at the end was a placent surprise
Curious why he has the A10 so close to the Battleship when you can do just as much damage from further away?
This isn't a battleship. And the gun is obviously more capable of penetraiting the armour from a closer distance.
did you not have the full loadout with rockets and missiles that the A-10 can carry?
Doesn't the a10 chaingun fire depleted uranium rounds? I feel like irl the ship would sink almost instantly.
quick reminder that KMS Prinz Eugen is a heavy cruiser from the Admiral-Hipper class heavy cruisers, not a battleship.
This boat survived 2 close nuclear bomb explosions…
It was the sister ship the Prinz Eugen, this is the Admirl Hipper.
Ah yes, taking an Anti-tank specialist against warships, a recipe for shenanigans. The A-10 irl is good at its job because of the shear amount of ordnance it can carry, and it’s all but impervious to small arms fire, not necessarily larger caliber cannons.
And side note, the A-10 is extremely maneuverable when it has an empty load, it’s just ya know, designed with the intent of having an entire B-17’s bomb load strapped to its hard points (obvious exaggeration is obvious)
64 A-10s vs Battleships please
OMG God Yes
belfast and admiral hipper were not battleships they were cruisers
If this was actually happened then the crew who's on the deck and probably even on the bridge would turned into tomato sauce
"Don't quote lazer pig" but what he says is true i tell you, true!
I’m curious what a full bomb-load would do to the ship
Your gun runs start too close but that could just be game mechanics making it too difficult to fly the 'Hog.
Yes the Admiral Hipper is definitely a battleship
Great to hear that lazerpig has gotten mainstream
why are the mavericks firing in pairs of 2 rather then independently ?
The Admiral Hipper was a Heavy Cruiser not a Battleship. There are no WW2 era Battleships in war thunder expect the Scharnhorst.
wait so now there will be walleyes in wt?
Quick question: what does this guy have against Laser Pig?
I hate to be that guy but the hipper is a WW2 heavy cruiser
Still a excels video