When I think of the toughest military aircraft, I think of not the ones that can just drop a drop or shoot a missile, but the ones that the enemy sees coming and just knows their day is ruined.
What do you think are the most badass aircraft?
I would have to go with an MH-53 Super Stallion. From my reading (correct me, I like learning this stuff) it's about as tough as helicopters can get, and armed with 3 M134 miniguns or M2 .50s cals. Does it get much worse when extracting in a hot LZ? And look how scary they are approaching...
The other I'd pick is the A-10. I also define the "tough aircraft" role as when a helo/plane doesn't have to go Mach 2 in order to get its job done...something that can just stroll through an area and stiff-arm its opponents while delivering a few face slaps. The 30mm gatling gun plus it's other rockets, missiles and bombs would have me changing my diapers if I saw one inbound.
Apaches close in 3rd place in my mind, but I'll let someone else take that one.
What would your nominations be?
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