The main airborne weapon is a 30mm cannon, which can accommodate 1,350 30mm explosive incendiary bombs (HEI) and armor-piercing incendiary bombs (API), with a rate of fire of 2100-4200 rounds per minute. Mainly used to attack tanks and electronic pod armored vehicles, it is more powerful. There are also 11 external pylons, one under the fuselage, two under the center wing, two in the inner wing section, and six in the outer wing section. 2 AIM-9E/J Sidewinder air-to-air missiles, 4 rocket launchers, 6 AGM-65 Cubs, 8 BLU-1 or BLU-27/B incendiary bombs, 8 MK84 laser-guided bombs 908 kg, 10-16 CBU-38/52/70/71/95/97/105 submunitions, 14 MK82 laser-guided bombs 454 kg, 28 MK80 laser-guided bombs 227 kg, 120 "Jewel Eye" II clusters Bombs; maximum load capacity 7258 kg. The capacity of each pylon is 2,268 kg for the fuselage pylon, 1,587 kg for each of the center wing underwing pylons and inner wing segment pylons, and 45 kg for each of the outer wing segment pylons. It is particularly worth mentioning that the A-10 uses a large amount of armor and has high survivability.
The belly of the aircraft's fuselage and around the cockpit are protected by titanium alloy armor, with a total armor weight of 550 kilograms.
The armor around the cockpit is basin-shaped, with a center thickness of 38 mm and a thickness of 50 mm on the belly of the fuselage.
It is said that this kind of armor can withstand the impact of 23mm high-tech artillery shells.
Model
There are only two types of A-10 aircraft. A mass-produced single-seat attack A-10A. Until the discontinuation of production in 1984, a total of 68 aircraft (including 6 pre-production models) were produced. It is still the main close support attack aircraft of the US Air Force. AWA-10*** 30 aircraft were produced. The A-10A aircraft has a wingspan of 17.53 meters, a length of 16.26 meters, and a height of 4.47 meters; the maximum take-off weight is 22,680 kilograms, and the take-off weight of the front-line airport is 14,395 kilograms (with four MK8 bombs and 75O rounds); combat The flight speed is 713 kilometers per hour (height is 1,500 meters), the practical ceiling is 9,144-11,000 meters, the transition range is 4,850 kilometers, the close support combat radius is 463 kilometers (leaving time is 2 hours), and the take-off distance is 610 meters.
Airborne equipment
Main airborne equipment: AN/ALQ-69 radar warning receiver, AN/AVQ-19 head-up display, CPU-12 navigation computer, AN/ASN- 141 inertial navigation system, AN/ARN-118 Tecon navigation equipment. AN/AWG-(ACS) arms control system, AN/ARN-108 instrument landing system, AN/AAS-35 laser search and tracking system pod, AN/ALQ-87 and AN/ALQ-119 electronic countermeasures pods, etc. The weapon is equipped with a 30mm GAU-8/A7 rapid-fire cannon with a rate of fire of 2100-4200 rounds per minute and can use 1350 rounds of depleted uranium ammunition. 11 racks, maximum external storage capacity is 7250 kg. It can mount various ground attack weapons. The typical bomb plan is: 28 Mk80 bombs, 20 "Rockeye" II cluster bombs, several CBU-52/71/38/70 sub-munition boxes, and 6 "baby" bombs. Air-to-surface missiles, 2 AIM-9E/J air-to-air missiles, 4 rocket launchers, etc. The power plant is two General Motors TF34-GE-100 high flow ratio turbofan engines, each with a thrust of 40.94 kN.