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Fairchild Republic A-10 Thunderbolt II (Warthog) vs North American B-25 Mitchell Comparison


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Subjects
Fairchild Republic A-10A Thunderbolt II (Warthog)
Close Air Support (CAS) / Forward Air Control (FAC)
North American B-25C Mitchell
Twin-Engine Medium Bomber Aircraft
Basics
ORIGIN
United States
ORIGIN
United States
YEAR
1976 [Diff.+35 yrs]
YEAR
1941 [Diff.-35 yrs]
CREW
1
CREW
5
PRODUCTION
713 units [Diff.-9,103]
PRODUCTION
9,816 units [Diff.+9,103]
Dimensions
LENGTH
53.3 ft (16.3 m) [Diff.+0.4 ft]
LENGTH
52.9 ft (16.1 m) [Diff.-0.4 ft]
WIDTH/SPAN
57.5 ft (17.5 m) [Diff.-10.0 ft]
WIDTH/SPAN
67.6 ft (20.6 m) [Diff.+10.0 ft]
HEIGHT
14.7 ft (4.5 m) [Diff.-1.1 ft]
HEIGHT
15.7 ft (4.8 m) [Diff.+1.1 ft]
Relative Size Comparison
Shapes below depict aircraft from wingtip-to-wingtip / nose-to-tail assuming aircraft are being viewed from overhead perspective (the nose pointing towards the top of the screen). Helicopter widths include main rotor diameter. If any dimensional values are "NA" in the database then the presented shapes may appear skewed.
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Fairchild Republic A-10A Thunderbolt II (Warthog)
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North American B-25C Mitchell
Weights
EMPTY WT.
27,999 lb (12,700 kg) [Diff.+7,699 lb]
EMPTY WT.
20,300 lb (9,208 kg) [Diff.-7,699 lb]
M.T.O.W.
51,998 lb (23,586 kg) [Diff.+17,999 lb]
M.T.O.W.
34,000 lb (15,422 kg) [Diff.-17,999 lb]
Installed Power
2 x General Electric TF34-GE-100 non-afterburning turbofan engines developing 9,065 lb of thrust each.
2 x Wright Cyclone R-2600-19 air-cooled piston engines developing 1,700 horsepower each driving three-bladed propeller units.
Performance
SPEED
439 mph (707 kph) [Diff.+167 mph]
SPEED
272 mph (438 kph) [Diff.-167 mph]
RANGE
474 miles (763 km) [Diff.-876 miles]
RANGE
1,350 miles (2,173 km) [Diff.+876 miles]
CEILING
34,695 ft (10,575 m) [Diff.+10,499 feet]
CEILING
24,196 ft (7,375 m) [Diff.-10,499 feet]
RATE-OF-CLIMB
6,000 ft/min [Diff.+4,334 feet]
RATE-OF-CLIMB
1,666 ft/min [Diff.-4,334 feet]
Armament
STANDARD, FIXED:
1 x 30mm General Electric GAU-8/A seven-Barrel Gatling Gun mounted under the nose.

OPTIONAL:
Up to 16,000 pounds (7,200 kilograms) of mixed ordnance across eleven underwing and underfuselage pylon stations, including:

AGM-65 Maverick Missiles (IR/Laser homing)
AIM-9 Sidewinder short-range air-to-air missiles
2.75-inch Rocket Pods
Mk 82 Series 500lb Bombs
Mk 84 Series 2,000lb Bombs
Incendiary Cluster Bombs
Combined Effects Munitions
Mine Dispensing Munitions
Paveway Laser-guided / Electro-Optically Guided Bombs.
Infra-red Countermeasure Flares
Electronic Countermeasure Chaff
Jammer Pods
Illumination Flares
Model-specific armament included:

8 x 12.7mm M2 Browning Heavy Machine Guns (HMGs) OR 1 x 75mm Automatic cannon in fixed, forward-firing mounting(s) in nose assembly.

2 x 12.7mm M2 Browning HMGs in fixed, forward-firing gun pack at lower fuselage left.
2 x 12.7mm M2 Browning HMGs in fixed, forward-firing gun pack at lower fuselage- right.
2 x 12.7mm M2 Browning HMGs in dorsal turret (power-assisted in some models).
2 x 12.7mm M2 Browning HMGs in ventral turret (power-assisted in some models).
1 x 12.7mm M2 Browning HMGs in left beam position.
1 x 12.7mm M2 Browning HMGs in right beam position.
2 x 12.7mm M2 Browning HMGs in tail gun position (deleted in some models).

OPTIONAL:
1 x Torpedo carried under fuselage (model-specific).
8 x 250lb Conventional drop bombs carried on 8 x External hardpoints (model-specific).

Maximum internal bomb load of 3,000 lb (1,361 kg).
Going Further
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