And the A-7D/E versions pioneered the tactical use of a sophisticated and highly integrated electronics suite that combined inertial nav, doppler, air-data sensing, ground-mapping radar inputs, and a digital computer system feeding into a head-up display and projected-map display system - producing arguably one of the most accurate and lethal ground attack packages of the late 20th C. What the Corsair II lacked in sheer haulage it more than made up for in delivery accuracy and versatile loadout (you want slick or retarded Mk 82's? 83's? 84's? Zuni pods? Shrike (and later HARM)? Aerial-drop antiship mines? A 162LB AO3 (long story)? Walleye glide bomb? Aerial refueling package? A thousand rounds of 20mm? The A-7 could haul and precision deliver it all...although I have to admit the two AIM-9 rails on stations 4 and 5 probably were a tad optimistic.

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