Battlefield - Armored Personnel Carriers - A-10 Thunderbolt II, Aek-971, Ah-6 Little Bird, AK-74, An-94, ACTA Non Verba, Arica Harbor, Atacama Desert, Battlefield 1942, Battlefield 2, Battlefield 2142, Battlefield 3, Battlefield Vietnam, Battlefield Wiki, (Paperback)

This book consists of articles from Wikia. Pages: 72. Chapters: A-10 Thunderbolt II, AEK-971, AH-6 Little Bird, AK-74, AN-94, Acta Non Verba, Arica Harbor, Atacama Desert, Battlefield 1942, Battlefield 2, Battlefield 2142, Battlefield 3, Battlefield Vietnam, Battlefield Wiki, Caspian Border, Cold War, Crash and Grab, Dmitri Mayakovsky, EOD Bot, F-18, FLAK, G3, Gulf of Oman, HMMWV, Hand Grenade, Henry Blackburn, Jennifer Hawkins, Jonathan Miller, KH2002, M14 Mod 0 Enhanced, M16, M1A2 Abrams, M416, M4 Sherman, Mi-28 Havoc, Montes, Operation Firestorm, Operation Metro, Operation Metro, SQD SPRNT, Sangre Del Toro, Sharqi Peninsula, Strike at Karkand, Thompson, Type-2 Titan, Type 5, Type 98, UMP-45, Wake Island, Zero Dark Thirty. Excerpt: The A-10 Thunderbolt II is an American single-seat, twin-engine, straight-wing jet aircraft developed by Fairchild-Republic and operated by the United States Air Force to provide close air support (CAS) of ground forces by attacking tanks, armored vehicles, and other ground targets with a limited air interdiction capability. It is the first US Air Force aircraft designed exclusively for close air support, and for that designed based on survivability out of strafing runs, having an airframe able to survive direct hits from armor-piercing and high-explosive projectiles to up to 23mm, and capability of flying and landing safely with part of a wing lost or, on worst scenarios, a wing and an engine torn off.The A-10 is designed for the use of the GAU-8 Avenger, a heavy automatic cannon which forms the aircraft's primary armament. The A-10's official name comes from the Republic P-47 Thunderbolt of World War II, a fighter that was particularly effective at close air support. The A-10 is more commonly known by its nickname "Warthog" or simply "Hog." The A-10 is expected to be replaced in 2028 or later. The A-10 Thunderbolt II featured in Battlefield 2: Armored Fury It is classed as an Attack Jet and is one of the 4 American aircraft in th...