A marinised Warthog!!
The Royal Marines would love that.
I was once asked by a US Marine friend (infantry MOS) why the US didn't put the A-10 on carriers. I had to think about that.
Beyond it's being slow as hell and thus needing to tank to get anywhere "from the sea,"
- I don't think they built it with a folding wing mod,
- Undercarriage and main members not beefed up for CV landings
- The Marines at the time were in love with the Harrier
- (that curious version that kept flipping upside down)
But I wonder, sometimes, if a closer look at CAS, and roles and missions, might not have lead to a marinized Warthog.
The Marines are still pissed that the US Navy decommissioned the four battleships ... hey, where's our Naval Gunfire Support, ye swabbies!
