I also want to point, that T-62 tank is toooo far away not so well-armoured, as T-80UD (for better compare imagine abilities of MiG-17 and MiG-29S - the same here ) ) These results reinforced the strategy of attacking tanks from the side or rear to optimize damage potential. The report noted many of the side or rear impacts that did not penetrate the armor nonetheless extensively damaged the tanks' exterior suspension components, whereas all the rounds that hit the tanks' front caused minimal damage. Of the 93 impacts, 17 penetrated the armored envelopes for a ratio of perforations to impacts of 0.18. The ratio of impacts to rounds fired was 0.10. The bursts ranged from 120 to 165 rounds.Īltogether 93 DU rounds struck the tanks during the seven passes, including no impacts on one pass. The aircraft were seldom higher than 200 feet in altitude firings were initiated between 27 feet and terminated at ranges of 1587 to 3055 feet at dive angles of 1.8 to 4.4°. In this test an A-10 aircraft attacked two combat-loaded individual Soviet T-62 tanks in five missions totaling seven passes technicians rehabilitated the two vehicles after each pass. McEachin, Combat Damage Assessment Team A-10/GAU-8 Low Angle Firings Versus Individual Soviet Tanks, February-March 1978, Volume 1, Air Force/56780/February 2, 1979.

Here's the interesting report I've found: If a tank commander finds himself in a position where he is being attacked by ground attack planes repeatedly he or his boss must have done something wrong earlier in the process. It's purpose is to take on infantry units and other MBTs. So to them a GAU-8 or anything similar would be devastating.īesides that, a MBT is not built to take on any airborne weapon system. Non of those have platings similar to MBTs. There are also motorized/mechanized infantry units, artillery units, various kinds of APCs and so on. On a real battlefield there are not just MBTs. But the scenario is hypothetical anyways. ground to ground missiles (such as the MILAN)Ī gun even as huge as the GAU-8 was not considered a serious threat. And there were only 4 weapons systems, that were seriously considered dangerous to us: I served my military duty in a tank battalion for the German Bundeswehr. But one quick remark from me on the topic.

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