Re: Jets Vs Vtol

At 08:55 AM 10/3/99 -0700, you wrote:
>At 5:31 PM +1000 10/3/99, Alan E and Carmel J Brain wrote:
>>UsClintons@aol.com wrote:
>>
>>> > "Shot down" by a 1000 lb bomb.
>>>
>>> OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOHH  THATS GOTTA HURT!
>>
>>Actually, no. A 450kg bomb on the rotor mast - I doubt they felt a
>>thing.
>
>
>I'm starting to think that the laser guided bomb is becoming our most 
>effective weapon. Asides from this, I recall a documentary on 
>Discovery (the US Army channel !, and yes, it's not what I consider a 
>canon source) about the F-111 in Desert Storm. Adter the fixed 
>targets were mostly blown away, they sent the F111s on night sweeps 
>hunting tanks. A 2000 lb bomb on the rear deck will take out any MBT. 
>I don't precisely recall the number of tanks claimed by this combo, 
>but iirc it was in the hundreds.
>
>Hmmm... how many damage chits would THAT draw ?

I have read something similar, I think it was in James Dunnigans book
about
Deseret Storm. Anyway, it was F-16's mainly, with other aircraft thrown
in
for good measure, that went on the tanks sweeps using LGB's. IIRC, the
F-16/LGB mix killed more tanks and other AFV's than any other weapons
system, including A-10's. My memory is shaky here, so the Apache *may*
have
actually killed more than the Falcons. I'll need to find it and check. I
don't believe that the F-117's were ever used in the "tactical" role,
being
used only in the "strategic/operational" role.	I could be wrong though.

Don