Iconic A-10 Thunderbolt II "Warthog" still rules.

The top image: Fairchild Republic A-10 Thunderbolt II (Wikipedia/Fairchild Republic A-10 Thunderbolt II)

The old-fashion A-10 Thunderbolt II "Warthog" is still capable of its mission. The iconic tank buster tested its primary weapon the massive 30 mm. GAU-8 "Avenger" rotation cannon against the modern reactive armor. And the aircraft was still capable to use its cannon against the most modern armored vehicles.

The reason why GAU-8 is so capable is that the cannon shoots multiple grenades and depleted uranium penetrators against the reactive body armor. Even if those explosive bricks can destroy a couple of grenades before they hit the body of the tank the burst of the grenades removes or explodes a large number of explosive bricks from the tank. And sooner or later those hits will strip the explosive bricks away from the tank.

The "Hellfire" and larger-size "Maverick" missiles would be very effective against any tank in the world. The Hellfires can shoot against tanks in multiple salvos. But the larger size Mavericks can be devastating even against the warships. So the single Maverick missile can also destroy the tank which is protected by reactive armor.

Image 1) Laser AGM-65E Maverick on a USN F/A-18C, 2004

Image 2) Hellfire missiles on the United States Marine Corps AH-1W Super Cobra

The idea of reactive armor is that explosive brick will detonate the grenade before it can make contact with the metal surface of the tank. In the most modern versions of that armor, its effect is boosted with steel flechettes that will shoot against incoming shells before it impacts the tank. The weakness of the reactive armor is that explosive brick can be used only once. And after the use of the new explosive brick must hang on the surface of the tank.

The problem is that fast operating cannons can shoot multiple grenades against reactive body armor. The rate of fire of those cannons is over 2000 launces per minute. And those hits can strip the explosive bricks away from the surface of the tank. In the warzone is the possibility that one tank will be shot by using multiple missiles at one time. In the same way, the most modern anti-tank missiles can equip with tandem warheads.

When that highly advanced ammunition will close its target it shoots sub-ammunition in front of it and the purpose of that sub-ammunition is to detonate the explosive bricks from the route of the weapon. Smart weapons like 50-100 kilogram GPS, image or laser-guided bombs, and 150-250 mm grenades are also very capable weapons against tanks. The problem with GPS-guided weapons is that the position of moving targets must update very often.

There is the possibility that the small-size quadcopter will position the GPS location system on the tank. And then the system will send intensively updating location information of the target to the GPS-homing weapons. The fact is that this type of system would make fundamental things on the battlefield.

https://www.businessinsider.com/air-force-tests-a-10-cannon-against-modern-tank-armor-2022-5?r=US&IR=T

https://www.19fortyfive.com/2022/05/forget-retirement-the-a-10-warthog-tested-new-reactive-armor/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fairchild_Republic_A-10_Thunderbolt_II

The top image: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fairchild_Republic_A-10_Thunderbolt_II

Image 1) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AGM-65_Maverick

Image 2) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AGM-114_Hellfire

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