Combat Damage Assessment Team, A-10/GAU-8 Low Angle Firings Versus Simulated Soviet Tank Company (10 March 1978).

Abstract

This report describes firings of the A-10/GAU-8 weapon system on 10 March 1978 against a Soviet tank company simulated by ten combat loaded M-47 tanks. The pilots attacked at low altitudes and dive angles simulating operations in hostile air defense environment. GAU-8 30mm Armor Piercing Incendiary Ammunition was fired achieving 253 impacts on the targets. The impacts included 43 perforations of the armored envelopes and inflicted damage totaling eight immobilized tanks four of which were catastrophically killed. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 01, 1979
Accession Number
ADA077883

Entities

People

  • J. E. Clemens
  • R. R. Mceachin
  • Russel H. S. Stolfi

Organizations

  • Naval Postgraduate School

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Defense
  • Air Force
  • Aircrafts
  • Altitude
  • Ammunition
  • Aspect Angle
  • Birds
  • Damage Assessment
  • Fuel Tanks
  • Low Altitude
  • Low Angles
  • Oil Coolers
  • Projectiles
  • Schools
  • Warfare
  • Weapon Systems
  • Weapons

Readers

  • Aerospace Engineering
  • Military History / Militaries and War Studies
  • ballistics.