The A-10 is indeed a tank killer, the front mounted canon fires several super-hard “depleted uranium” tipped non-explosive rounds opening a hole in the target tank. Then the next round, an explosive “anti-personnel” round fly’s through the middle of the open hole and explodes on the inside of the tank, turning everyone inside into ground beef. The A-10 is a cool plane; I have seen them up close, my then 8-year-old son had the helmet on and even sat in the cockpit. In my opinion, the A-10 would not be the best choice for use in Afghanistan as I don’t think they have too many tanks left do they? Then again they could pay a visit to Sadam as long as their in the neighborhood anyway, I think he still has a few tanks :-)
Freeman