Could A-10 Warthogs Clear The Vast Minefields In Ukraine? (WarGames 166)

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@BenAbrigil Жыл бұрын

try to bomb each other with A-10s. no other weapons

@wandameadows5736 Жыл бұрын

This is a great video & my favorite because it's actually so relevant to what's happening at this point in History. I'm surprised you haven't tried recreating the battlefield in Ukraine & tried different types of Assaults. Sure it would be impossible to be 100% accurate but you could come close.

@grimreapers Жыл бұрын

Yeh there are a million things I want to try but realistically I can only do max 4-5 wargames per week, and there is just never enough time to really get into it.

@mm3mm3 Жыл бұрын

That’s a lot of videos lol! I’m sure the important ones can be “modernized” and redone to bring them up to date.

@douglasarthur2673 Жыл бұрын

Comprehensive or what ? 👍🏻

@Immudzen Жыл бұрын

I learned from my dad that any ship can be a minesweeper once. :)

@oladiedoo50 Жыл бұрын

If brave enough even you could be a minesweeper

@Mr0Whitey Жыл бұрын

my condolences

@Immudzen Жыл бұрын

@@Mr0Whitey I think that was a joke that was spreading around in the military. Probably because I had an uncle that was in the navy.

@robandcheryls Жыл бұрын

All forces, everywhere have the same “nuances’

@glenmcgillivray4707 Жыл бұрын

If you build the hull for purpose? A ship can potentially sweep three or more mines at a time. Before having to go home for rebuilding entirely

@Nails077 Жыл бұрын

I imagine that road would be difficult to traverse after that treatment.

@jamiehaigh1707 Жыл бұрын

Loving the A-10 series

@0xKruzr Жыл бұрын

big same

@lasselahti4056 Жыл бұрын

Fun place to go check the road for mines, after all those clusters... XD

@connorwgtn Жыл бұрын

Given the dud rate on those cluster munitions, not only are they harder to use they're making the problem worse!

@jonathanshaw6784 Жыл бұрын

Unless a tank can shrug off the blast from a sub-munition, in which case it's viable if you only put tanks down the road. (More likely it would at least destroy a track, even if it's fixable it's a problem).

@dexlab7539 Жыл бұрын

Biden says less than 10% dud rate….I’m sure we all believe that 😂

@aboutwhat1930 Жыл бұрын

@@dexlab7539They actually say less than a 2.5% dud rate. But yeah you just exchanged AT mines for AP mines.

@jimmymcgoochie5363 Жыл бұрын

“We cleared the mines!” Tank commander staring at the cratered Moonscape in front of him: “…thanks?”

@grimreapers Жыл бұрын

lol

@emmata98 Жыл бұрын

With the clusterbombs you kind of create a new minefield for infantry^^ With 500 lb bombs you destroy your road, so we need more Gau 8's on the battlefield^^

@sampanyofella5832 Жыл бұрын

I’d be interested to know the failure rate of the GAU’s 30mm ammo but that’s just me being a skeptic lol. More A10s for the memes!!!

@tbe0116 Жыл бұрын

Detonating those mines would destroy the road.

@92HazelMocha Жыл бұрын

Or helos. A good hind pilot could probably clear that field by themselves.

@grimreapers Жыл бұрын

"so we need more Gau 8's on the battlefield^^"

@richardwoods9102 Жыл бұрын

If you want to clear a path use the 30mm cannon, If you want to clear a minefield use the CBUs

@qfinck Жыл бұрын

In some of the units I was in, we used to use the Bradley's 25mm Bushmaster HE rounds on the minefield as part of the mine breaching doctrine. This was done before approaching the minefield on foot to breach it. The idea wasn't to necessarily kill the AT mines, though a direct hit would set one off but to try and clear the Anti-Personnel mines mixed in with the AT mines. A proper AT minefield would AP mines mixed in to hamper breaching attempts.

@dm1i Жыл бұрын

AT mines are not usually hidden very well, but it's enough for tank crew to miss and trigger them due to limited visibility and high speed.

@MaxIsStrange1 Жыл бұрын

Something ideal for this scenario would be the M58 Mine Clearing Line Charge (MICLIC) which clears a 100 m by 8 m area. I highly recommend looking up some footage of the MICLIC in use on YT because the explosion simply looks AWESOME.

@Maverick0451 Жыл бұрын

This is exactly why I came to the comments. I wholeheartedly agree. I’ve seen an M58 do it’s thing in real life, and I will never forget the experience. It was literally designed for exactly this scenario!!

@MaxIsStrange1 Жыл бұрын

⁠@@Maverick0451Man, I wish I could witness the use of the MICLIC in real life. Although… I really like my hearing 😆

@lippertwe Жыл бұрын

Both Ukraine and Russia have MICLIC systems. If deploying a few of these line charges would be sufficient to open up the lanes, it would have been done by now. But there are probably several reasons why this isn't the case, including depth and width of the minefields, that there is not just one belt but many (several lines of defense, composed of several belts or clusters of mines), vulnerability of the MICLIC vehicles, etc. The US, NATO, and Ukraine are pouring vast intellectual and intelligence resources into figuring out how to get through these minefields - so it must truly be a daunting challenge - not to say that there arent solutions which the US/NATO arent considering, such as covert carpet bombing of the mine fields and defensive lines with JDAMs, JSOWs, etc. Since these are being given to Ukraine, a B-2 dropping them standoff, undetected by Russian radar, might be deniable. After all - if all Russia has for proof of a strike is the remains of US-made munitions, that says nothing as these are being overtly provided.

@MaxIsStrange1 Жыл бұрын

@@lippertwe What is bro waffling about? 😉 I think everything that we said was about the situation from the video which is basically a dream scenario for the MICLIC - you need to clear a narrow passage through a minefield quickly. Ukraine’s strategic situation, large-scale mine clearance, etc. is a different can of worms. Of course, I agree that it’s not that simple when you need to mount a mass counter-offensive and worry about vast minefields. One obvious problem is that when you travel through a narrow choke point, like the one created by the line charge, you become an easy target for artillery, airstrikes, etc.

@matthewpatton8693 Жыл бұрын

What about those air-burst bombs? They might have enough over pressure to set off the mines, MAYBE? What you all think?

@sfesfawfgasfhga Жыл бұрын

For the gun it looks like it would need a few degrees of automatic gimbal to accurately track the road. It feels like there's a gap in the market for tiny mine clearing drones with thermal cameras and little bit of RDX, used after sunset. The micro drones could be dispersed from a slow helicopter or cruise missile type thing with its own thermal camera.

@EWElife0313 Жыл бұрын

Patent that and you just might win a government contract!

@sfesfawfgasfhga Жыл бұрын

@@EWElife0313 Maybe this sort of thing is one reason why China banned gallium/germanium exports (it's used for thermal cameras)

@xenaguy01 Жыл бұрын

4:20 _"Look at that, no crashes, guys."_ My first thought? You're not in the air yet, Cap.

@grimreapers Жыл бұрын

lol

@edwardx.winston5744 Жыл бұрын

Did you post the net cost of clearing that road? I would imagine the ammo for the A-10’s cannon would be a bargain compared to all the other methods.

@justinpowell1139 Жыл бұрын

I did. 20 minutes of flight for four aircraft? About $29K sans ammo. Of course, those aircraft would have to be loitering for who-knows-how-long just to be prepared for that and I didnt calculate expendables. An APOBS is $11K.

@rubiconnn Жыл бұрын

@@justinpowell1139 How to turn a minefield into a UXO cleanup site contaminated with depleted uranium.

@BoraHorzaGobuchul Жыл бұрын

Nothing beats a demining rope charge in cost. Otherwise you could demine with rockeyes, of course, they would likely require demining themselves :)

@phhdvm Жыл бұрын

What would this look like in contested airspace? Perhaps F16 escort and A10 mine clearing?

@SGT_Gram Жыл бұрын

F-22s off in the distance as well possibly. US military always goes into hot zones with a clear numerical/technological advantage.

@TesseractPleiadesOrion 7 ай бұрын

EA-18 first plus F-15X up top too

@lippertwe Жыл бұрын

A lot of fun. Try a few other things - making the minefield broader and deeper, try using JDAMs or JSOWs dropped from a strategic bomber(s), try "burying" the mines. On the latter point, I wonder if the mines being on the surface of the road make them more vulnerable to certain munitions.

@glenmcgillivray4707 Жыл бұрын

I think the mines have fairly large hit boxes. Which is why the 30 mm obliterated them. When real anti tank mines probably would need a fairly direct hit. Regardless it was interesting watching the cone of fire from aircraft at different altitudes

@SamMurphyHSV Жыл бұрын

Tank group calls in CAS: "We need ground fire to clear a mine field to be able to pass" Grim Reapers are sortied: "Minefield can't exist if there is no road left" Tank Group: "I mean he has a point...." LMAO. I love the stupid stuff. Great work as always!

@grimreapers Жыл бұрын

GR logic??

@SamMurphyHSV Жыл бұрын

@@grimreapers May be flawed logic Cap, but a form of it nonetheless! Lmao.

@martindice5424 Жыл бұрын

The 1960’s TV show Poosh mentioned was ‘Desert Rats’ I believe.

@grimreapers Жыл бұрын

thx

@mikegibbons7763 Жыл бұрын

The fields must be a mess if he best option is to obliterate the road 😂

@terryweedon8431 Жыл бұрын

I wonder if the sonic boom of an aircraft flying at like 100 ft could set of the mines? Great videos!!

@castlekingside76 Жыл бұрын

A10 isn't supersonic. They are 400 mph max speed.

@terryweedon8431 Жыл бұрын

@@castlekingside76 I didn't say the A10, just an aircraft.

@bilbobaggins1934 Жыл бұрын

That's an interesting thought. It might even work. 🤔

@justanotheroglesby2847 Жыл бұрын

At one point the Russians did create a 4 engine plane with design to have sonic boom wave be the weapon to destroy buildings etc but the engine tech just wasn’t there.

@up4open Жыл бұрын

great training exercise, nice line first two times Cap.

@xet1sw156 Жыл бұрын

Pity the A-10 doesn't have a Fuel Air Munition available. The blast wave from a FAM would detonate the mines with minimal damage to the road

@mfreed40k Жыл бұрын

US would use an assault breacher vehicle. A plow and breaching charges just sounds like fun.

@stupidburp Жыл бұрын

The trenches tend to zigzag. A-10 strafes in a straight line. Apache is a better option for guns. HE rockets are even better for either platform against trenches.

@stupidburp Жыл бұрын

For clearing minefields, you need precise fire and good IR sensors can be useful at certain times of day. Again, Apache over A-10.

@stupidburp Жыл бұрын

Maybe some line charges mounted to aircraft hard points would be effective at clearing mines. Probably have to hover while firing which would make Apache a good option. 2 to 4 line charges could probably be carried. They could be slightly angled outwards to create a cleared wedge.

@stupidburp Жыл бұрын

Alternatively, line charges fired straight forward in succession end to end by an aircraft could clear a deeper path in a short period of time.

@MaxIsStrange1 Жыл бұрын

@@stupidburp Or a regular ground-deployed MICLIC which is the US military’s preferred way to quickly clear a 100 m by 8 m path through a minefield.

@stupidburp Жыл бұрын

The disadvantage of using a MICLIC on the ground is that it is exposed to fire for a long period of time. A helicopter carried line charge could greatly reduce the time of exposure and bring some firepower too to help suppress nearby ground forces.

@ietsbram Жыл бұрын

''tanks cant go around cuzz of mud'' turns the road into a casm, great succes

@rogerpennel1798 Жыл бұрын

A mine-clearing line charge would be much more effective and low cost.

@docauger2032 Жыл бұрын

the rat patrol was the name of that show i believe sir

@chrisk_nfl4120 Жыл бұрын

This is a great video cap, the Finding Nemo reference made me chuckle Here's an interesting scenario, not sure if it's been done, but could a squadron of the RAF's F4s have defended the Falklands in 1982?

@grimreapers Жыл бұрын

Good idea.

@bynrdskynrd Жыл бұрын

17:04 That show was called "Rat Patrol" IIRC.

@grimreapers Жыл бұрын

thx

@TheStormpilgrim Жыл бұрын

Normally, I'd agree with Bill Murray and say, "Don't drive on the railroad tracks," but in this case? Seems like a better plan. Are thermobarics not an option? I would think overpressure would do the trick, unless the mines will only explode if they're magnetically activated. I would not want to be in Tank #1, though.

@rickcoona8368 Жыл бұрын

puts a new meaning to "Plow the Road"

@krazicanuck9045 Жыл бұрын

Anything can be a mine sweeper at least once

@drrocketman7794 Жыл бұрын

They would probably deploy the AVLM MICLIC (armored vehicle launched, mine clearing line charge) on this. Absolutely devastating for a minefield.

@MaxIsStrange1 Жыл бұрын

True. I think it would be perfect for this scenario. And maybe the road would be in a better condition than after an A-10 airstrike.

@TheCaptainbeefylog Жыл бұрын

The Russians were using their version of that system in urban warfare in some of the towns they hit early on. They'd send the rocket into a building and use the trailing charge to clear an avenue of attack. Not a great system for it.

@MaxIsStrange1 Жыл бұрын

@@TheCaptainbeefylog If I remember correctly, US Marines used MICLICs to clear a few streets from insurgents in Fallujah in ‘04 and those seem to have worked for them pretty well.

@TesseractPleiadesOrion 7 ай бұрын

Ukrainians did this too in urban setting...

@johnaikema1055 Жыл бұрын

the deliberate "poking " of the mines using the aircraft was so stupid it caused me to laugh. well done in keeping it "fun".

@jorehir Жыл бұрын

Five A-10 should pack 6750 cannon rounds and 10000 Mk82 sub-munitions. If the minefield is 1km long and 25m wide, that's almost 1 munition every 1m2. Quite decent, especially with explosive rounds. But i would ask for a second pass...

@dexlab7539 Жыл бұрын

Thought I heard an A-10 sonic boom……..oh wait 💥 LOL

@-GeordieDan- Жыл бұрын

During WWII, my grandfather was a gunner on a Royal Navy Bangor class minesweeper. This method looks more fun on land hehe

@ryanpayne7707 Жыл бұрын

Russian commander: We killed three AIRCRAFT with antitank mines?

@emmata98 Жыл бұрын

Doubt that, it will be effective. Explosives are hard to detonate with external stuff (by design). I don't know about disabling the fuse

@phil.willoughby Жыл бұрын

Request for: which SAM system is most effective when I wish to complain to my chef in his private jet.

@grimreapers Жыл бұрын

Topical.

@TesseractPleiadesOrion 7 ай бұрын

Just add small "gift" to luggage, job done 😂

@charlesparr1611 Жыл бұрын

I bet the overpressure from an air burst fuel air device would get 100 percent of the mines in the affected area with little need for accuracy, and less tendency to dig holes in the ground

@maxschmiemann6623 Жыл бұрын

Fascinating concept haha...enjoying your stuff cheers

@gregorysimpson5032 Жыл бұрын

I think you can also put gun pods on the A-10 maybe get a bit larger spread.

@martindice5424 Жыл бұрын

So that’s the road knackered then - so the Challies go cross country and run into more mines (getting shelled by Ivan arty all the while). Hmm…

@theking-fy1rp Жыл бұрын

-sir there are mines on the road! -then erase the road

@jantschierschky3461 Жыл бұрын

Road is pretty simple, a field would be interesting

@fredkruse9444 Жыл бұрын

The TV show discussed at 17:00 was called the Rat Patrol, (very) loosely based on the British Long-Range Desert Group.

@grimreapers Жыл бұрын

thx

@mm3mm3 Жыл бұрын

Great video! Please do more Ukraine videos!

@svenskdod Жыл бұрын

Yea, more Ukraine videos please. There’s lots happening there right now and it would be great to do a bunch of missions there. Whether it’s the S-400 destruction, Kerch bridge destruction or anything else, please please please more Crimea and Ukraine action.

@grimreapers Жыл бұрын

Ukraine-Russia Series: A-10 Clear Minefields: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/d86Tobuar8q3YX0.html US-Supplied Cluster Bombs: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/jZqRhclq0Zvad4U.html F/A-18 Hornet vs Su-35: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/pLiioLhi2tamoZ8.html F-16A MLU vs Su-35: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/fK6og7CrmrPMlH0.html Patriot vs KH-47M" Kinzhal: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/eZOhZNeI0bLMYH0.html Eurofighter vs Su-57: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/hdR7qLlnl5udk58.html MALD, Storm Shadow & AARGM-ER: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/mpygY7yKxLy1io0.html Storm Shadow vs Russian SAMs: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/a916g8VzptCUh4E.html Iskander vs Various SAMS: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/gd6olMuAt7WocnU.html HIMARS vs Russian SHORADs: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/eq9mrKyllc3TgHU.html Storm Shadow vs Kerch Bridge: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/i9l4lJx3ypidl30.html Rapid Dragon vs Black Sea Fleet: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/qNyFh89n3dDcoY0.html Ukraine With JDAM-ER: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/msuHobFimJediKs.html UK Typhoons vs Su-57: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/hdR7qLlnl5udk58.html F-22 Raptors vs Russia 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@daanimus 11 ай бұрын

Super enjoyable watch, this one!

@johnfbm Жыл бұрын

I can imagine that traveling down a road that has been hit with 500 pound bombs would be a bitch even in a tank.

@drrocketman7794 Жыл бұрын

I thought the mine clearing aircraft you'd go crash land your planes 😂 do one with belly land and another one a 90° dive

@EWElife0313 Жыл бұрын

I was thinking this when it was first announced Ukraine would be getting the cluster munitions. But just to have thorough science...everyone grab your favorite artillery piece (HIMARS, M777, Self Propelled Howitzers, etc.) and try with cluster munitions again. Also if guns worked so well can we try with aircraft Ukraine is more likely to get their hands on? Like a Bronco or Pucara?

@TheMrMerudin Жыл бұрын

as an achitecture student i want to know how are those cable poles were made of

@dexlab7539 Жыл бұрын

Russian steel LOL

@xxxautopsy99xxx Жыл бұрын

Good fun ! That 60s TV show was ,"RAT PATROL". A bit cheesey but good, old-fashioned Nazi-beating fun ;)

@grimreapers Жыл бұрын

thxx

@Zoddom Жыл бұрын

Wouldnt 30mm practice ammo work aswell? Would be the cheapest and most sustainable plus least dangerous method.

@nobodyhome8148 Жыл бұрын

Oh I remember the "rat patrol" show !

@grimreapers Жыл бұрын

rgr

@glenproctor1999 Жыл бұрын

Shame there's no thermobaric weapons in DCS. They're all about pressure. Cluster bombs are basically scattering a fresh minefield, the reason why there's an international treaty banning them. The GAU worked so how about a few IFV's with autocannons from ground level? Cheaper than A-10's?

@jeremyjackson8196 Жыл бұрын

Not sure saturation of fields with DPU rounds will be the best thing for farm land

@captaingradetwo Жыл бұрын

Another idea worth trying: a fuel-air ordinance munition

@markmiller3101 Жыл бұрын

Wow! Ok….that was bad ass! I love A-10s!

@Orieni Жыл бұрын

“Obviously hidden in real life…”. Not really. Normally the purpose of the minefield isn’t to cause damage, but is actually to convince the enemy to go somewhere that you have prepared to kill them. Hiding the mines actually works against you.

@jetfighter200 Жыл бұрын

Warthogs would be Easy and slow prey for any kind of SAM or Jet

@terryboyer1342 Жыл бұрын

I read in a book they tried using the A-10s gun to ignite and burn the oil filled trenches the Iraqis had dug to stop the allied advances. They fired a lot of rounds but only managed to start a few small fires that quickly went out. The crude oil was just too thick to ignite properly.

@duanesamuelson2256 Жыл бұрын

If you want to burn out oil you (if US) call for immediate smoke from Artillery. That mission uses white phosphorus shells.. which burns and keeps burning rather nicely.

@terryboyer1342 Жыл бұрын

@@duanesamuelson2256 Very true about WP ability to ignite and sustain combustion, but I think the trenches were beyond artillery range and narrow so arty would have a hard time hitting them.

@CoreyErnst Жыл бұрын

I know the book you are talking about, A-10 Warthog in the Persian Gulf. I believe they were saying that the oil encapsulated the WP if the bullet went into the trench of oil. LOVE that book.

@terryboyer1342 Жыл бұрын

@@CoreyErnst Yep, great book!

@grimreapers Жыл бұрын

I think that oil needs to be atomized before it will burn?

@paulhartung1174 Жыл бұрын

Try A10 but belly landing, no landing gear

@geoffreyofmonmouth9796 Жыл бұрын

Gentlemen, let's plough the road!

@JoeKier7 Жыл бұрын

I have to admit I was expecting a few tanks to get hit. 😈

@stevechurch4728 Жыл бұрын

could you do the same mission using the ov-10 Bronco?

@blah007001 Жыл бұрын

Has anyone made models for the smart mines currently in use (German AD2 on the Ukrainian side and PTKM-1R on the Russian side)? Those only have to be within 50 meters of the road in order to target a vehicle on the road.

@NightmareKato Жыл бұрын

Without watching the video, I can tell you: nope. It's why armored mine clearing vehicles have detcord that is launched, and mine plows designed to have adjustable and adaptable heights intended to overturn mines (which basically renders them useless since they are shaped/directed charges). An A10 will not be successful in clearing a path. Moreover, they are not designed to fly in contested airspace...

@grimreapers Жыл бұрын

All great points!

@markstott6689 Жыл бұрын

Personally I'd be in favour of using an IFV with a 30mm cannon at the head of the column to blast a way through. The MBT doesn't have to sit around stationary and therefore more vulnerable whilst it awaits the arrival of the A-10.

@ric767 Жыл бұрын

the answer is: only in videogames....real life? definitely NOT!

@colinboneham7387 Жыл бұрын

Cbu’s imo would be tooo light

@nigeldepledge3790 Жыл бұрын

Clearing the mines with the GAU-8 . . . I think the driver of the lead tank might have pooped a little bit.

@Fatallydisorganized Жыл бұрын

An A10 cannot effectively destroy a minefield. The cannon isn't effective enough to bother using and any bombs used would do almost nothing. Why you may ask? Because they use the wrong explosives. MCLIC line charges use C4 as the primary explosive. C4 unlike the explosives used in most munitions is called a fast explosive. It rips things apart instead of pushing them apart. This means it's detonation rips apart the internal mechanisms of the mines detonating them. Mk80 series bombs or any other weapon uses slow explosives which are perfect for making and throwing sharpnel or for deforming copper for HEAT projectiles. They do not have the ability to destroy the internal mechanisms of the landmines since they do not explode fast enough. Anyone trying to say that cluster bombs could be used for mine clearing have absolutely no idea why the MCLIC uses C4 and not a derivative of TNT.

@TacoJack Жыл бұрын

Replacing mines with depleted uranium rounds seems like a questionable idea.

@chupeknick Жыл бұрын

Simba's idea is why he is the people's champ!

@grimreapers Жыл бұрын

yes

@colinsmith8584 Жыл бұрын

Interesting idea.

@MotanTurbat 9 ай бұрын

How about using the JP233 anti runway dispensers?

@roribeedm Жыл бұрын

The problem with the cluster bombs is some munitions won't detonate leaving a bunch of new mines along the road and the fields nearby. In fact, up to 1/3 of the submunitions won't explode on impact. Meaning you've actually scattered more unexploded ordinance in that area than there was to begin with.

@piconano Жыл бұрын

More combined forces war games please...

@TheCaptainbeefylog Жыл бұрын

The CBUs would add their own clearance issues due to the inherent failure rate of the submunitions.

@robertmilbrodt9907 Жыл бұрын

If you do it again try to use low-drag bombs.

@Mariner311 Жыл бұрын

Nice - now could a Thud or Phantom fly LOW (10 ft) in burner and detonate the mines?

@seansmall9910 Жыл бұрын

cluster bombs would be for a real minefield, for one done on a road, I think the gun or other bombs would be better

@davida1408 Жыл бұрын

Renaming my A-10 to the Princess Diana-10. She would have loved these aircraft clearing mines. Probably would have had her Wills and that minge(Harry) flying one

@BenTrem42 Жыл бұрын

I had been wondering about how to deal with smaller, anti-personnel mines in fields. How big would the munition need to be? I'm thinking of some high-rate grenade launcher. The larger AT mines are far easier to find with Mark-1 eyeball.

@brandonwestfall3241 Жыл бұрын

Looking at the wiki page for the US Army M58 MICLIC (mine clearing line charge) says that 5lbs(2.27kg) of C4 per foot(30cm) will clear a path ~26ft wide (8m). Which by my math is about 1kg of C4 per square meter (a suspiciously clean ratio, I'd wager the actual number needed is lower, and it was rounded up to be on the safe side).

@BenTrem42 Жыл бұрын

@@brandonwestfall3241Roger that. Only video I saw of actually on the ground there were like 7 mines visible in maybe 1m square. So I don't think more than 2KB would be required. I don't know .. can you say? what's relative explosive power of that much C4 compared to M19 round. (Seems that only SA has 20mm.) _Addendum: _*_Oh,_* M61 Vulcan is 20mm. Also M197, again 20mm. Effective to use gatling?

@BenTrem42 Жыл бұрын

_Add:_ I found some numbers for *relative effectiveness values:* Nitrocellulose:1.10 C4: 1.34 Nitroglycerin: 1.5

@zilfondel Жыл бұрын

Mine flail or drag a heavy chain through the brush. It will trigger the sensitive sensors on the mines.

@brandonwestfall3241 Жыл бұрын

@@zilfondel Chain dragging would probably only set off AP mines, AT mines would probably not go off, unless you're using a comically large chain. A quick wiki search says average AT mines need more than 100kg of weight to go off.

@Utubesuperstar Жыл бұрын

Clusters are like a less efficient version of the mine clearing line charge they’ll do best. And with a failure rate of less than 3% for the sub munitions it’s decently safe for friendly forces to go through

@kenhelmers2603 Жыл бұрын

The co-ax MG on the tanks may work....

@tombeers3489 Жыл бұрын

That was almost as much carnage - and fun - as your bit with B1s dropping loooong sticks on Russian armored convoy from a similar altitude. Can you imagine sitting in the forward tank watching all these GAU-8 rounds coming in low from behind you ... and devastating the road in front of you. We never see segments showing thousands of these exploding 30mm rounds hitting a hard road surface. That was great. Can you try this again clearing a path in a minefield? How about put them in an S300s and manpad environment ..based at a distance. Let's assume these minefields fields are still pretty far from the Russian lines of defense, so I suspect a low approach would work, no?

@DR-jq9bg Жыл бұрын

EOD dream vehicle!

@janofdelft 11 ай бұрын

How about same scenario, but with Apaches using rockets and mostly guns?

@JRMshadow260a Жыл бұрын

They use flying explosives to make lanes. I think there 200 300 meters long 5 to 8 meters wide. I think they been doing it for decades, I don't remember if that's what they where using in desert storm, I was on ship. It's a rocket with a line of explosives connected.. Maybe it was more a 100 to 150 meters, I'm old and that was a long life ago.. 👍👍👍

@koekiejam18 10 ай бұрын

Yep that is the desert storm one! Very usefull equipment

@docauger2032 Жыл бұрын

and the Mk-19 works extremely well at mine clearence. Clarance

@jokiejoker2011 Жыл бұрын

Could the shock wave of a hypersonic aircraft produce enough energy to explode the munitions?

@johnjones928 Жыл бұрын

Does DCS have a fuel/air type ordnance modeled, those were used for mine sweeping in Vietnam.

@koekiejam18 10 ай бұрын

Sadly not, no napalm in DCS yet.

@trevorday7923 Жыл бұрын

Would I be correct in saying that sappers use fuel-air explosives to clear minefields?

@miketheactuary Жыл бұрын

KZfaq's algorithm is serving me up videos on the USAF's apparent re-attempt to retire the Warthogs and use F-35A's for CAS purposes. Maybe you might want to see, within DCS at least, how much more/less effective the F-35 is in various CAS functions? I assume that the A-10 has advantages in terms of loiter time and loadouts, while F-35's have the advantage of better target identification tech and not having "old plane" maintenance issues. It might be interesting to do tests in various CAS scenarios, with different potential adversaries (think Taliban vs Russia/China).

@koekiejam18 10 ай бұрын

I believe GR has already done it but the scenario they did it in heavily favored the A-10 (uncontested airspace with minimal manpads)

@LoaderX73 Жыл бұрын

Eh, BLU-82 from a C-130. Mines cleared. Put DSU-33s on the MK-82s and the percussion would set the mines off without wrecking the road too much. Probably set your interval too close for the CBU-87s to work well. The good thing about rockets is the WH size is great, but the A-10 takes 1175 rounds and can lay down a lot more faster and with HE rounds the percussion will work great. Again, one BLU-82 from a C-130. Use the right tool for the job.